Republican Governor Orders Killings - 39 Years Ago Today

Hard to believe it's been 39 years ago today, May 4, 2009, that Republican Governor James Rhodes ordered the Ohio National Guard to gun down un-armed college students at Kent State University. Click on the title, above, for a link to full New York Times article from that date.

Also hard to believe that Ohioans re-elected Rhodes to the Governor-ship two more times after that crime. Your blogger proudly worked to elect Rhodes' successor, Gov. Richard "Dick" Celeste, when he ran in 1982. I also worked on his un-successful bid in 1978. Gov. Celeste (also Ambassador to India, 1997-2001) is now President of Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

Ohio voters finally got things right by helping to elect President Obama in 2008 (after George dWi Bush's close "wins" in 2000 & 2004), and put the Governor-ship back in Dem's hands, with the election of Governor Ted Strickland.

Rest In Peace: Allison Krause, 19 years old, of Pittsburgh; Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20, of Youngstown, Ohio, both coeds; Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20, of 22 Diamond Drive, Plainsview, L.I., and William K. Schroeder, 19, of Lorain, Ohio.