$20 million local heroin treatment shortfall begins today

July 1, 2014

Ohio Republican Party spokesman:  Drug treatment funding is nothing more than “more money for government”

Columbus – Today, a $20 million shortfall in local government substance abuse treatment takes affect under a new Kasich Administration policy in how it handles federal grant money for treatment.  [Source: Toledo Blade, (5/30/2014)]  In addition, recent budgetary changes by the Kasich Administration will redirect funding ordinarily given to local mental health and drug treatment boards and reallocate it for State spending.  [Source: Toledo Blade (6/30/2014), “Risky Budget.”]

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Governor Kasich Veterans Bill is Pure Electioneering

June 30, 2014

Kasich Proposed Cutting Funding for 13 Veterans Organizations His First Year in Office

Today, Governor Kasich will tout his efforts to improve higher education and job opportunities for Ohio’s veterans at a bill signing at the University of Cincinnati. Here’s why that’s just pure electioneering: in his first state budget, Governor Kasich proposed weakening access to state jobs for veterans, and sought to cut funding for thirteen different veteran organizations.

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