Posted on 05/18/2008 5:33:05 PM PDT by Darren McCarty
I’m guessing an emergency appropriations request for $10,000.00 exactly came in about 0.00000248 seconds from Chappaqua, NY after this refusal was made.
LOL. Indeed, they get more snow than we do. Whew!
Used to live in N. Augusta, SC, now live in OH (Brunswick) … all equals out I guess. ;-)
And I've got a beautiful 3 bedroom ranch in Montville Township, just outside of Medina that you'd love! Did I mention that it's for sale? ;-)
I remember that 96 snowstorm. I moved to FL to get away from the snow, does that count? lol
The headline should really say, “We don’t want other people’s money. We’ll take care of ourselves.”
Amazing. Nice story!!!
Already got one, sorry! ;-)
It sure does count. It’s the desert for me hopefully one day. :-)
Ack, dry heat, no thanks. I never lived in Geauga County but I’ve been out there enough to know about the snow they get. It would always hit us first on the way there.
Way to go Chardon Trustees. They need to teach the politicians in DC the meaning of being a fiscal conservative.
I remeber that storm last March. Left on Friday for s ski weekend as the snow was just starting to come down heavy and came home to 2 feet of fresh snow on Sun.
Good thing we had a mild spring after that fire in your town’s service garage.
A faulty light ballast caused the fire:
http://wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&article=3414269
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Chardon Township trustees choose against seeking FEMA funds for snow storm
March snowstorm not quite ‘disaster’ Saturday, May 17, 2008John HortonPlain Dealer Reporter
Chardon Township - Ten thousand dollars, free and clear from the federal government? Thanks, but no thanks, said this Geauga County town.
A pair of Chardon Township trustees opted against pursuing disaster recovery money for a March storm that dumped 2 feet of snow, saying it would be an abuse of the assistance system. The late-winter blast, they said, hardly ranked as a catastrophe.
This is Geauga, after all: Snowdrifts come with the territory.
“Some people say, ‘You should take the money. It’s there,’ “ Trustee Chuck Strazinsky said. “That’s the part that’s wrong. The money’s to help in emergencies, and that’s not what we had here. This was a typical snowstorm for us. Nothing more.”
Last month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency included Geauga among 17 Ohio counties eligible for disaster aid for the snow that fell and fell and fell between March 7 and 9. Lake and Ashtabula counties also joined the list; the remaining counties sit in the central or southern areas of the state.
The classification allows communities in those counties to seek reimbursement of up to 75 percent of costs for snow removal and “emergency measures taken to save lives and protect property and public health,” according to FEMA.
The Geauga County Engineer’s Office intends to seek cash, as does the city of Chardon and multiple townships and villages.
Chardon Township Trustee Steve Borowski wanted to join the line at the payout window. At a recent board meeting, he moved to seek the federal money. Officials estimated the township could receive upwards of $10,000 for overtime, salt and other storm-related costs.
Strazinsky and Trustee Michael Brown blocked the application by not seconding the motion.
Borowski said he understood the sentiment behind the stand. However, he called it a mistake: “If the federal government’s willing to help you out, my opinion is you go after the funds. Our job as trustee is to get every penny available.”
Strazinsky and Brown called their decision a matter of principle.
Brown said that on the Saturday night of that March winter storm, he drove his Buick LeSabre to a Geauga Maple Festival fund-raising event. That’s not the sort of journey that’s made in the midst of a natural disaster.
“This isn’t free money. These are tax dollars,” Brown said of the FEMA program. “Let’s save it for actual emergencies.”
A story about my little Ohio township. I think we know who would be proud. :-)
Chardon is also the hometown of one of the best wrestlers (real wrestling) that this country has ever produced. Lee Kemp! It sounds like the whole town is as tough-minded as Lee.
We are a true RED county. It’s hard to believe that Sherrod Brown was once my Congressman for this area before the 2000 redistricting. The district started in Chardon (at the bottom of my street) and ended in Lorain, Ohio. We (the Geauga County citizens) had nothing in common with Sherrod Brown. Now, I’m stuck with him as my U.S. Senator due to some of the voters from other areas of Ohio. Gag!
And Ohio’s other senator is RINOvich. I never voted in Ohio but I would still vote straight GOP despite the state of the party.
It was in the PD today.
Thank you! :-)
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