Lee - good one: "Starve the Beast" should be the chant for all new levys across the Mahoning Valley. My house hold budget always balances.
The question really does Ohio sell, lease or have a 3rd party manage the turnpike. The last option is to keep the pike and have the Governor appoint a turnpike comissioner to do a better job managing the NE Ohio asset. I vote for better management on the comission. Selling only converts a NE Ohio asset to cash for Columbus to use where ever in the state (read not NE Ohio). Leasing maintains ownership but transfers cost of employees and upkeep from the state for a distant future. The big question is what if the leasee defaults and leave the state worse off. Again lease money of the asset travels south. Having a 3rd party manage the pike only shifts employee burden cost from the state in agreement to manage hopfully at a reduced labor cost. Ohio needs to be reminded that trucking across the Ohio turnpike is the live blood of this nations most important supply chain. That is real power for the future.
I thought we were finally rid of Williams. Apparantly he has come back to do POTUS re-election work. Having 99 weeks of unemployment does not generate interest in re-training for many out of work. Training should have been required as a condition of collecting. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
Sounds like lack of harmony within the Oil and Gas Club (OOGA). Let's be sure we take a full look at D & L - a Youngstown company who would not like competition with Patriot in Warren. Sounds like conflict of interest with ODNR. Drill yes - injection permits and operation no. I don't think OOGA would jeapodize 1900 members on behalf of D & L.
Santorum need not apply to be on the Republican ballot in Ohio. Changes yes but not scorched earth policies.
Besides being a spam blog why would anyone want to deal with a broken firm that may not be there tommorrow. "Our company is just barely hanging on and has depleted most of the cash reserves we have been operating on the last couple of years..."
msweetwod: Thankyou for bringing facts and civility to the discussion. Maybe the comments board should be reserved for only those who actually purchase and read the Vindy.
Just another reason Atty Engler's request to have the state take over this agency is needed. Disfuctional allowing parental abusive to happen on "supervised visitation" whilst on site, lack of proper record keeping and now magistrate decisions based upon no facts. This is more than one off issues but a sestemic problem that beg for this agency to close under its present format. Cudos for the 3 women judges for following law not mother instincts.
Both Democratic and Republicans have failed the country by continuing the FICA 2% reduction. And people wonder why Social Security is in trouble. Seniors spend money and vote more often. They will never revert back to the 6.2% as it will be perceived as a tax increase in an election environment. Dicussions should have been to tax credit on all Adjusted Gross Income up to FICA limits $110,000 (not just W2) as in the past. ($400 single / $800 couples) This would have stimulated all income earners; and those who have interest, dividends, social security payments. Our political leaders have no right to proclaim they are protecting the interest of seniors. Ryan, Brown and Portman need to hear your views.
Seens fitting that if LIttle Yankee is poluted it goes into the Shenago River that flows back to Pa. Ohios legislators have let it populus down by not closing these loop holes of jamming a well into any location. Maybe Hubbard needs to erect a sign: "Caution Hazardeous Brine Waste Property of D & L Energy - Supported by the State of Ohio". Nothing slanderous but a PR statement of dissatifaction. As a reminder there are numerous abandoned coal mines in this general area.
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