If the Niles Gate is the 218 Mile Marker and the Streetsboro Gate is the 187 Mile Marker that is a difference of 31 miles. How coincidental that anything under 30 miles will be frozen, and one of the busiest traveled distances back and forth by many commuters is one mile over the frozen rates.
Eighty-Two+ years-old and barely healthy enough to stand; let-alone sit, on the sidelines with his players makes you start to question why he was even still there at that age. Love for the Game or to sit on a powder keg ready to explode onto the PSU Football Program and JoPa's Legacy? Was he calling in all his markers, letting everyone (PSU Administration, Board of Trustees, large PSU Donors, etc.) know that HE would retire when HE thought it would be right. And when would that have been; when he died on the football field or when he felt that this story would never raise its ugly head? Whatever came first; maybe.
How about talking about Martians, Big Foot, and ther Loch Ness Monster. Better yet, being the undercard for the upcoming Pavlik fight via satellite from the new Lemon Grove!
Should of just took him straight from the Courtroom to the center of town and hung him there while all the media was still present. Hopefully, the Prosecutor can now go after his wife who sat upstairs and knew all along while the screams echoed from the basement.
All, lets just use common sense to figure out the "spin" here. Now, all of us can agree that the typical parent is not going to drop their six year-old kid off at a Walmart at 6:15AM for a bus ride to Downtown Youngstown, then that six year-old needs to board another bus down there at 7:30AM; unattended. This is simply a ploy by your School District to just let these parents fold over and transport them by themselves; period. The underlying issue here is that they want to eliminate bus driver's (low man on the totem pole) so that there remains enough dollars in the "kitty" for the top administration to retire-rehire; collect there full salary AND their pension. "Taxme", if you want to talk about a waste of taxpayers money, look no further than the WRTA, itself. Did you know that 95% of all of its funding comes from the federal and state governments, 95%! The remaining 5% comes from your local levies that you approve. That being said, I see at least ninety-percent of those (WRTA) busses always driving around town and the suburbs with an average of two to four riders; all the time. If I were the parents of these children, I would challenge (put their own spin on the situation) the laws that require them to pay local community taxes to their school district even though they may choose to send them to a private school system, just like their district is attempting to do to them; the taxpayers. If their district can find a way to circumvent the laws required of them to transport these children to and from their school of choice, then most certainly there is a lawyer with expertise in this area that would be willing to represent this contingent of parents and their children to circumvent the laws that also require of them to pay their fair share of property taxes to the school district in which the reside. In essence, pay your taxes, just place them all in an escrow account as a group until such time that the district can make some common sence decisions related to this issue. Do you really think this district was intelligent enough to make this decision on their own? Heck no, other districts have done it, so they are just following the pied piper of legal avenues to implement it, as well. Last time I looked at my property taxes in my school district the school's portion was almost 70% of the tax statement, or $1,400 per Half of my $2,000 statement, and all three of my kids have been out of my districts school system for at least ten years.
"redvert" I won't lower myself to your level by ridiculing your suggestions, since you didn't have any to begin with, nor did you counter mine with some of yours. As I started out my comment "It may be far-fetched", yes, it may seem outrageous on the surface, but, what do we do in the meantime to employ the over 50 group, keep the youth from leaving Ohio, keep our neighberhoods and their residents from dwindling into foreclosures and tumbling home values, depend on Washington? Let me guess, a $7.5K credit on a battery car or a 3.10% on a fixed-rate mortgage for a house that will fall 9% yearly in value is going to get us out of this mess. It is truly time to take care of us Americans.
This may sound far-fetched but, if you really want to fix the "Silver Tsumani" problem you could consider all of the following:
Lower the age to 60 years of age for the MAXIMUM amount payable to Social Security qualified retirees AND increase that MAXIMUM amount payable by 50%, too.
This would solve four problems: #1-Would get all of these people (54.5% of the current Ohio workforce) that would still have to work to supplement their income completely off the employement picture. Look at the map of Ohio that shows the aging demographics by County in the Vindy and see how many you could take off the current payrolls and.... #2- Would open up ALL of their jobs and ones that may be created for young college graduates and HS graduates so we can retain, not lose, our youth. #3- Would enable more spending dollars to be influxed back into the economy by retirees for restaurants, autos, etc. instead for being used for just the basic necessities. #4-Would stabilize the existing housing market crisis by keeping this block of citizens in their homes maintaining their mortgages, paying their real estate taxes, etc., keeping a solid base of homeowners so that existing homes and possible new homes can have a stabilized value and/or even a start to begin increasing homes once again in value.
The major reason why people live Downtown in the bigger cities is that they don't have to commute to their Fortune 500 jobs; that afford them to live in the city with a six-figure salary. In Youngstown, anyone can commute from within a 20 mile radius in 20 minutes, and live in a three-bedroom home for about $80K. No Fortune 500 companies and affordable homes within 20 minutes of downtown will prevent downtown; aside from catering to the college bar scene and student housing from ever being anything other than a college weekend bar-hopping venue.
Poor turnout at turnpike hearing; tolls to go up in 2014
If the Niles Gate is the 218 Mile Marker and the Streetsboro Gate is the 187 Mile Marker that is a difference of 31 miles. How coincidental that anything under 30 miles will be frozen, and one of the busiest traveled distances back and forth by many commuters is one mile over the frozen rates.
May 9, 2013 at 8:53 p.m. permalink suggest removal
McNally edges Brown by only 150 votes in Dem primary
A strong Independant Candidate can be a formidable foe in November.
May 8, 2013 at 7:39 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Mill Creek seeks levy, improvements in 10-year plan
FYI...have you read your most recent Proprty Tax breakdown? My property taxes surged since last year!
March 12, 2013 at 8:18 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Paterno son: Joe took no part in abuse cover-up
Eighty-Two+ years-old and barely healthy enough to stand; let-alone sit, on the sidelines with his players makes you start to question why he was even still there at that age. Love for the Game or to sit on a powder keg ready to explode onto the PSU Football Program and JoPa's Legacy? Was he calling in all his markers, letting everyone (PSU Administration, Board of Trustees, large PSU Donors, etc.) know that HE would retire when HE thought it would be right. And when would that have been; when he died on the football field or when he felt that this story would never raise its ugly head? Whatever came first; maybe.
July 12, 2012 at 8:33 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Hagan will be speaker at East Side center
How about talking about Martians, Big Foot, and ther Loch Ness Monster. Better yet, being the undercard for the upcoming Pavlik fight via satellite from the new Lemon Grove!
June 24, 2012 at 1:09 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Ex-Penn State coach Sandusky convicted of child sex abuse
Should of just took him straight from the Courtroom to the center of town and hung him there while all the media was still present. Hopefully, the Prosecutor can now go after his wife who sat upstairs and knew all along while the screams echoed from the basement.
June 23, 2012 at 12:01 p.m. permalink suggest removal
New bus plan to send Austintown kids on WRTA
All, lets just use common sense to figure out the "spin" here. Now, all of us can agree that the typical parent is not going to drop their six year-old kid off at a Walmart at 6:15AM for a bus ride to Downtown Youngstown, then that six year-old needs to board another bus down there at 7:30AM; unattended. This is simply a ploy by your School District to just let these parents fold over and transport them by themselves; period. The underlying issue here is that they want to eliminate bus driver's (low man on the totem pole) so that there remains enough dollars in the "kitty" for the top administration to retire-rehire; collect there full salary AND their pension. "Taxme", if you want to talk about a waste of taxpayers money, look no further than the WRTA, itself. Did you know that 95% of all of its funding comes from the federal and state governments, 95%! The remaining 5% comes from your local levies that you approve. That being said, I see at least ninety-percent of those (WRTA) busses always driving around town and the suburbs with an average of two to four riders; all the time. If I were the parents of these children, I would challenge (put their own spin on the situation) the laws that require them to pay local community taxes to their school district even though they may choose to send them to a private school system, just like their district is attempting to do to them; the taxpayers. If their district can find a way to circumvent the laws required of them to transport these children to and from their school of choice, then most certainly there is a lawyer with expertise in this area that would be willing to represent this contingent of parents and their children to circumvent the laws that also require of them to pay their fair share of property taxes to the school district in which the reside. In essence, pay your taxes, just place them all in an escrow account as a group until such time that the district can make some common sence decisions related to this issue. Do you really think this district was intelligent enough to make this decision on their own? Heck no, other districts have done it, so they are just following the pied piper of legal avenues to implement it, as well. Last time I looked at my property taxes in my school district the school's portion was almost 70% of the tax statement, or $1,400 per Half of my $2,000 statement, and all three of my kids have been out of my districts school system for at least ten years.
June 7, 2012 at 10:04 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Graying Matters: Baby boomers come of age, face struggles
"redvert" I won't lower myself to your level by ridiculing your suggestions, since you didn't have any to begin with, nor did you counter mine with some of yours. As I started out my comment "It may be far-fetched", yes, it may seem outrageous on the surface, but, what do we do in the meantime to employ the over 50 group, keep the youth from leaving Ohio, keep our neighberhoods and their residents from dwindling into foreclosures and tumbling home values, depend on Washington? Let me guess, a $7.5K credit on a battery car or a 3.10% on a fixed-rate mortgage for a house that will fall 9% yearly in value is going to get us out of this mess. It is truly time to take care of us Americans.
March 25, 2012 at 7:48 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Graying Matters: Baby boomers come of age, face struggles
This may sound far-fetched but, if you really want to fix the "Silver Tsumani" problem you could consider all of the following:
Lower the age to 60 years of age for the MAXIMUM amount payable to Social Security qualified retirees AND increase that MAXIMUM amount payable by 50%, too.
This would solve four problems:
#1-Would get all of these people (54.5% of the current Ohio workforce) that would still have to work to supplement their income completely off the employement picture. Look at the map of Ohio that shows the aging demographics by County in the Vindy and see how many you could take off the current payrolls and....
#2- Would open up ALL of their jobs and ones that may be created for young college graduates and HS graduates so we can retain, not lose, our youth.
#3- Would enable more spending dollars to be influxed back into the economy by retirees for restaurants, autos, etc. instead for being used for just the basic necessities.
#4-Would stabilize the existing housing market crisis by keeping this block of citizens in their homes maintaining their mortgages, paying their real estate taxes, etc., keeping a solid base of homeowners so that existing homes and possible new homes can have a stabilized value and/or even a start to begin increasing homes once again in value.
March 25, 2012 at 4:24 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Lowdown on downtown Youngstown
The major reason why people live Downtown in the bigger cities is that they don't have to commute to their Fortune 500 jobs; that afford them to live in the city with a six-figure salary. In Youngstown, anyone can commute from within a 20 mile radius in 20 minutes, and live in a three-bedroom home for about $80K. No Fortune 500 companies and affordable homes within 20 minutes of downtown will prevent downtown; aside from catering to the college bar scene and student housing from ever being anything other than a college weekend bar-hopping venue.
February 20, 2012 at 8:21 p.m. permalink suggest removal