If DeSouza truly wanted to accomplish anything this election season (which he probably does not), an editorial needs to be written regarding why some elected officials may be chosing to utilize the services of Rubenstein and Associates?
Rather than tearing down the future of the Mahoning Valley, YSU, and its employees, inquire why candidates for Commissioner and Prosecutor may be using a professional political consultant who contributed to bringing shame and disrepute onto the Valley during the Marc Dann scandal in Columbus.
This consultant is a link to our not-so-nice past, and I don't want to see him resurrected by CURRENT OFFICE HOLDERS. The Vindy should shed light on these folks and declare that their time has past and the future is bright (without them!).
".... Leo Jennings III of Poland, Dann’s communications director, and Edgar C. Simpson of The Plains, Ohio, his chief of policy and administration, were charged today in Franklin County Municipal Court by the Ohio Ethics Commission and the Franklin County prosecutor’s office.
Jennings, 54, and Simpson, 46, are to plead guilty to the charges when they appear in front of Judge William Politt at 10 a.m. Thursday, said Paul Nick, the ethics commission’s chief investigative attorney, who signed the complaints..." from...
He hates the area and demeans and degrades it as much as he possibly can. The more members argue over his columns and opinion, which are generally all negative, the longer he will be employed by the Vindy.
The Vindy represents Mahoning County's past, creating divisiveness and division in every article: City v. Suburbs, student v.YSU, patients v. hospitals, people v. public officials, etc. The Youngstown Metro area is a great place to live, work, and recreate and it has its share of problems just like every other area.
DeSouza may be Mahoning County's biggest problem. No wonder the BabyBoomer generation, those members who still reside here anyway, continues to hate itself and hate the area--they've been subjected to DeSouza for thirty years. DeSouza has helped shape a generation who cannot look at the area and see a positive place. That must be why DeSouza only supports those incumbant do-nothing-political-hacks who represent his readership--they are just as useless as he is.
I cannot believe I clicked on this thread, which displays DeSouza's icon. I'm just a YSU fan and believe that having a major state university in the middle of downtown is a good thing and should be defended; even if the professors are in a union.
Open admissions? DeSouza attempted another denigration to convey that YSU will "accept anybody." And that YSU may do. But is that a bad thing DeSouza? If YSU didn't have open admissions, this hack would write a separate column condemning a lack of opportunity at YSU to an inner city population YSU is supposed to serve! Again, another attempt at making YSU look inferior, at which DeSouza failed. Personally, I am proud that YSU serves locals with open admissions. Granted, because it is a major university, most unprepared students fail out early, but at least they recieved a chance at a better life, thanks to YSU.
Does anyone really believe the release of these materials has anything to do with justice or equality? This is pure politics! So therefore, this case is fair game...just like Gains' drinking problem and the fact that he initially stated that a janitor shot him in 1996..what a blowhard.
Does anyone believe this case is going to hurt Macejko? If anything, this case is rallying the silent majority who are watching a manager try and terminate a subpar employee but this subpar employee's ethnicity and religious beliefs kept his job.
Speaking of ethnics?....does Gains even employ one person of non-white descent? That drunk is on the radio preaching how Macejko is intolerant...how many African American or Muslims does Gains' office currently employ?
This whole race ends officially on 2/22/12...DEBATE NIGHT!
ADVICE: Make Paul submit to a BAC before going on TV!
Tressel and Terry Bowden working for the same institution? This will be instant financial success for UA.
300, My knowledge of higher education is just fine, but thanks for the offer of "explaining the university system and how it works." A Master degree in Education, even if it is a terminal Masters, is still a graduate degree. Most 1st tier research insitutions would probably pass on Tressel because they don't need him and cannot afford him anyway. UA is a perfect fit for him, right now.
Wow, it never ceases to amaze me of all the negativity on Vindy. Does anyone think positive anymore?
Great job Austintown and Mahoning County. ANYTHING is better than vacant land, and the highway access that surrounds this proposed site will inevitably bring loads of people from Northern Ohio and Pennsylvania. The area is quiet, safe (which is in direct contrast with Thistledown), and cheap to eat or spend the night.
Vindy.com, and its members, are starting to disgust me. Criticizing our elected officials is one thing; because that is the spirit of our democracy. But just hating your own community and constantly tearing it down publicily shows what lack of self-respect you possess.
"...Austintown is emerging as the new Youngstown. Get out while you still can..."
"...So how long before we are stuck with an empty racetrack/casino..."
"...Do we need another Marc Dann in Mahoning County..."
Sorry your own lives are so pathetic that all you can do is criticize a very positive happening in our county. You people should have stayed in school.
YSU can’t spin the bad news
O it's true.
February 9, 2012 at 9:07 p.m. permalink suggest removal
YSU can’t spin the bad news
If DeSouza truly wanted to accomplish anything this election season (which he probably does not), an editorial needs to be written regarding why some elected officials may be chosing to utilize the services of Rubenstein and Associates?
Rather than tearing down the future of the Mahoning Valley, YSU, and its employees, inquire why candidates for Commissioner and Prosecutor may be using a professional political consultant who contributed to bringing shame and disrepute onto the Valley during the Marc Dann scandal in Columbus.
This consultant is a link to our not-so-nice past, and I don't want to see him resurrected by CURRENT OFFICE HOLDERS. The Vindy should shed light on these folks and declare that their time has past and the future is bright (without them!).
".... Leo Jennings III of Poland, Dann’s communications director, and Edgar C. Simpson of The Plains, Ohio, his chief of policy and administration, were charged today in Franklin County Municipal Court by the Ohio Ethics Commission and the Franklin County prosecutor’s office.
Jennings, 54, and Simpson, 46, are to plead guilty to the charges when they appear in front of Judge William Politt at 10 a.m. Thursday, said Paul Nick, the ethics commission’s chief investigative attorney, who signed the complaints..." from...
http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/mar/02...
Why doesn't the Vindy write about something worthy of denigration and leave YSU alone?
February 9, 2012 at 5:04 p.m. permalink suggest removal
YSU can’t spin the bad news
We should not read DeSouza.
He hates the area and demeans and degrades it as much as he possibly can. The more members argue over his columns and opinion, which are generally all negative, the longer he will be employed by the Vindy.
The Vindy represents Mahoning County's past, creating divisiveness and division in every article: City v. Suburbs, student v.YSU, patients v. hospitals, people v. public officials, etc. The Youngstown Metro area is a great place to live, work, and recreate and it has its share of problems just like every other area.
DeSouza may be Mahoning County's biggest problem. No wonder the BabyBoomer generation, those members who still reside here anyway, continues to hate itself and hate the area--they've been subjected to DeSouza for thirty years. DeSouza has helped shape a generation who cannot look at the area and see a positive place. That must be why DeSouza only supports those incumbant do-nothing-political-hacks who represent his readership--they are just as useless as he is.
I cannot believe I clicked on this thread, which displays DeSouza's icon. I'm just a YSU fan and believe that having a major state university in the middle of downtown is a good thing and should be defended; even if the professors are in a union.
Open admissions? DeSouza attempted another denigration to convey that YSU will "accept anybody." And that YSU may do. But is that a bad thing DeSouza? If YSU didn't have open admissions, this hack would write a separate column condemning a lack of opportunity at YSU to an inner city population YSU is supposed to serve! Again, another attempt at making YSU look inferior, at which DeSouza failed. Personally, I am proud that YSU serves locals with open admissions. Granted, because it is a major university, most unprepared students fail out early, but at least they recieved a chance at a better life, thanks to YSU.
Never again will I read this hack's writing.
February 9, 2012 at 4:24 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Kasich gets bill ending 'vicious' pit bull label
I sometimes wonder if Governor Kasich wakes up and considers..."What could I do today that is completely unpopular?"
February 8, 2012 at 8:28 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Cruze named best compact for the money
AWESOME!
Figures no comments from anyone else for GOOD NEWS!
Great job UAW and GM!
February 7, 2012 at 11:53 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Judge considers release of documents, tapes in Muslim-discrimination case
Does anyone really believe the release of these materials has anything to do with justice or equality? This is pure politics! So therefore, this case is fair game...just like Gains' drinking problem and the fact that he initially stated that a janitor shot him in 1996..what a blowhard.
Does anyone believe this case is going to hurt Macejko? If anything, this case is rallying the silent majority who are watching a manager try and terminate a subpar employee but this subpar employee's ethnicity and religious beliefs kept his job.
Speaking of ethnics?....does Gains even employ one person of non-white descent? That drunk is on the radio preaching how Macejko is intolerant...how many African American or Muslims does Gains' office currently employ?
This whole race ends officially on 2/22/12...DEBATE NIGHT!
ADVICE: Make Paul submit to a BAC before going on TV!
February 6, 2012 at 10:52 p.m. permalink suggest removal
UPDATE: 'I am excited to be a Zip,' Tressel says
Tressel and Terry Bowden working for the same institution? This will be instant financial success for UA.
300,
My knowledge of higher education is just fine, but thanks for the offer of "explaining the university system and how it works." A Master degree in Education, even if it is a terminal Masters, is still a graduate degree. Most 1st tier research insitutions would probably pass on Tressel because they don't need him and cannot afford him anyway. UA is a perfect fit for him, right now.
February 5, 2012 at 3:34 p.m. permalink suggest removal
New nightclub opens tonight on West Federal
Great to hear! Good luck 9ine
February 3, 2012 at 8:24 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Roberto's Italian Ristorante opens tonight in downtown Youngstown
Dowtown Ytown is a great location! Good luck!
February 3, 2012 at 3:52 p.m. permalink suggest removal
OFFICIALS GIDDY, UPBEAT ABOUT NEW AUSTINTOWN RACE TRACK PLAN
Wow, it never ceases to amaze me of all the negativity on Vindy. Does anyone think positive anymore?
Great job Austintown and Mahoning County. ANYTHING is better than vacant land, and the highway access that surrounds this proposed site will inevitably bring loads of people from Northern Ohio and Pennsylvania. The area is quiet, safe (which is in direct contrast with Thistledown), and cheap to eat or spend the night.
Vindy.com, and its members, are starting to disgust me. Criticizing our elected officials is one thing; because that is the spirit of our democracy. But just hating your own community and constantly tearing it down publicily shows what lack of self-respect you possess.
"...Austintown is emerging as the new Youngstown. Get out while you still can..."
"...So how long before we are stuck with an empty racetrack/casino..."
"...Do we need another Marc Dann in Mahoning County..."
Sorry your own lives are so pathetic that all you can do is criticize a very positive happening in our county. You people should have stayed in school.
February 3, 2012 at 11:40 a.m. permalink suggest removal