The Valley's problems are largely self-inflicted, and began long before Kasich took office. People need to stop looking for a hero in Columbus or Washington DC to rescue us from our own mistakes. Continuing to operate the same way and vote the same way will produce the same results no matter who sits in a mansion hundreds of miles away.
As long as we keep seeing businesses as something to unionize, bleed and tax to death we'll continue to see businesses leave and never come back.
The so called "stimulus" dollars didn't stimulate anything. They were a guise for political paybacks and pork projects that only added more debt to a recessed economy and made facing reality even more difficult.
Welcome to the real world, educators, where your money doesn't automatically rise each year and you might even have to pay for part of your health insurance. Deal with it.
It's called "reality", children of the left, and the adults now have to clean up the garbage left by the Dems spending spree that created this mess. You can't continually keep spending beyond your means and not expect to suffer the consequences down the road.
Is this really vindy.com? Did reality actually intrude on the union mythology of the "valley"?
It would be nice if Youngstown woke up and stopped blindly voting for government union hacks, in the name of "solidarity", but I suspect the collective stupidity of the locals is too much to overcome.
People who think government post office jobs are the means to a strong economy are one of the reasons this area's economy went down the toilet and has stayed there. Meanwhile, they vilify a private industry that provides more products to us than they'll ever realize - oil makes a lot more than gasoline - as well as real jobs that don't depend on taxpayers to prop them up while they lose billions to inefficiency and outdated services that no one wants or needs.
Eatery caters to unions
“Middle-class Americans do the buying,” Callahan said.
We are also the ones stuck with the tab for the inflated wages and benefits of public sector unions.
I'll find somewhere else to dine.
May 3, 2011 at 10:26 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Kasich touts Valley in speech; will action follow his words?
The Valley's problems are largely self-inflicted, and began long before Kasich took office. People need to stop looking for a hero in Columbus or Washington DC to rescue us from our own mistakes. Continuing to operate the same way and vote the same way will produce the same results no matter who sits in a mansion hundreds of miles away.
As long as we keep seeing businesses as something to unionize, bleed and tax to death we'll continue to see businesses leave and never come back.
March 17, 2011 at 12:57 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Tax phase-out unpleasant surprise for schools
The so called "stimulus" dollars didn't stimulate anything. They were a guise for political paybacks and pork projects that only added more debt to a recessed economy and made facing reality even more difficult.
Welcome to the real world, educators, where your money doesn't automatically rise each year and you might even have to pay for part of your health insurance. Deal with it.
March 17, 2011 at 12:50 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Gov. Kasich's proposed Ohio budget cuts
It's called "reality", children of the left, and the adults now have to clean up the garbage left by the Dems spending spree that created this mess. You can't continually keep spending beyond your means and not expect to suffer the consequences down the road.
March 17, 2011 at 12:45 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Girard’s O’Connell to visit Obama
I wouldn't walk across the street to meet Barack Obama.
March 17, 2011 at 12:41 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Collective thoughts of a taxpayer
Is this really vindy.com? Did reality actually intrude on the union mythology of the "valley"?
It would be nice if Youngstown woke up and stopped blindly voting for government union hacks, in the name of "solidarity", but I suspect the collective stupidity of the locals is too much to overcome.
March 5, 2011 at 11:40 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Strickland fires back at Kasich
Bertram carrying water for Democrats is as predictable as the sun rising in the morning.
*YAWN*
February 19, 2011 at 11:37 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Renowned crime-fighters seek Youngstown volunteers
I agree with BELLAMY1's post.
It's sad to see what has become of Youngstown. Sadder still that I own property and live in Mahoning County.
February 19, 2011 at 11:32 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Chuck Tanner, former Pirates manager, dies
Another piece of my youth passes away. Thanks for the WS, Mr. Tanner. The Pirates may never see another one.
RIP
February 12, 2011 at 8 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Buy a stamp, save a person’s job
People who think government post office jobs are the means to a strong economy are one of the reasons this area's economy went down the toilet and has stayed there. Meanwhile, they vilify a private industry that provides more products to us than they'll ever realize - oil makes a lot more than gasoline - as well as real jobs that don't depend on taxpayers to prop them up while they lose billions to inefficiency and outdated services that no one wants or needs.
Until we learn Econ 101, we're screwed.
January 20, 2011 at 10:43 p.m. permalink suggest removal