Kasich becoming aggressive; marijuana still federal crime; Cleveland Public Power consent decree: Top 5 at 5

By Ray Jablonski,

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The news tends to move rather quickly on cleveland.com, and today has been no exception. Here are some of the stories from the last 12 hours you may have missed, including John Kasich adopting a new aggressive tone to his presidential campaign, marijuana will still be a federal crime even if Ohio voters legalize it next week and Cleveland Public Power will enter into a consent decree with the U.S. EPA.

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Kasich taking aggressive new tone in presidential campaign

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In this Oct. 15, 2015 file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks in Nashua, N.H. Jim Cole, The Associated Press 

John Kasich previews aggressive new tone: 'I am sick and tired of listening to this nonsense'
The adult in the room is mad as hell – and he's not going to take it anymore.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich offered a blistering assessment of his Republican presidential rivals here Tuesday, on the eve of a debate that presents a make-or-break moment for his candidacy.

"Do you know how crazy this election is?" said Kasich, who has presented himself as the grownup in the GOP race. "I've about had it with these people."

He mentioned no names, but it was clear that Kasich focused on three of the top GOP contenders: real estate mogul Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

"We got one candidate that says we ought to abolish Medicaid and Medicare," Kasich said, an apparent reference to Carson, who has suggested replacing both programs with private savings accounts. "You ever heard of anything so crazy as that?"

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Even if Ohio legalizes marijuana, having it still federal crime

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Federal laws have kept most banks from serving marijuana businesses. This vacant building in Denver was supposed to be the first credit union serving marijuana businesses only, but federal banking regulators said the credit union's existence would be prohibited by federal law.David Zalubowski, Associated Press 

Marijuana still a federal crime even if Ohio legalizes it

Ohio voters will decide next week whether to legalize recreational and medical marijuana. But they won't be able to change the laws that keep it a federally illegal substance and make the marijuana industry costly, burdensome, and risky.

Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana use and 23 states have medical marijuana programs. Ohio would be the first state to legalize recreational marijuana without first establishing a medical marijuana program.

Each of these states has created a legal industry a little bit differently, and Ohio's plan would be unique in that it limits commercial growing to only 10 sites belonging to investor groups bankrolling the ballot measure.

But those 10 investor groups, as well as the thousands of people Issue 3 backers expect to join the industry, will face many of the same challenges as their counterparts in other states.