Kasich relents, makes swearing-in public

Source: Columbus Dispatch

After facing criticism for planning to hold his official swearing-in ceremony early Monday in private, Gov.-elect John Kasich announced yesterday that it will be done in public at the Statehouse instead.

He also reversed himself on closing large portions of several other inauguration events, all of which will now be open as well. Previously, Kasich's inauguration committee had said reporters would be allowed to hear only the opening remarks at four events and then would be escorted out.

Kasich previously had said that he and Lt. Gov.-elect Mary Taylor would be sworn in shortly after midnight at his Westerville-area home without allowing any members of the media to attend to represent the public, breaking a longstanding Ohio tradition.

The incoming governor had cited security concerns and space limitations for closing the event, which precedes the public, ceremonial swearing-in and inaugural address set for noon Monday at the Ohio Theatre.



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He probably doesn't want the press to see all the lobbyists and criminals from Lehman who are going to be there. Not that the totally worthless press would even report it. I hope some bloggers are hanging out front to catch the perpwalk on video.

If you notice their moral compass is "what can i get away with". Every time someone mentions that Rick Scot committed fraud or Issa has a suspicious pattern of behavior, the republican answer is "was he convicted". That is their MO. "What can I get away with"

And our cowardly Fourth Estate is shite on a stick. It's bad enough we have to fund his house, but it's becoming more and more apparent he'll be a Bewsh-redux law-unto-himself CEO governor who'll lay waste to any social service that isn't nailed down.

King Kasich? Not by me. What an arrogant POS