Comment history for dd933

dd933  (anonymous) says...

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
John F. Kennedy

dd933  (anonymous) says...

Congratulations Jack!
MOPAR RULES!

dd933  (anonymous) says...

So, it was the Dems (Progressives) who made decisions to invade and occupy Iraq costing about $1 TRILLION...and all the while I was thinking George W. Bush was a Republican.

dd933  (anonymous) says...

Why would the Vindicator print anything that would go against the Chamber? The Vindicator columnists were against the unions before the SB-5 issue started. The only reason I buy this rag is because my job requires me to be informed on what's reported.

An example of where this paper stands is in the simple statement "Senate Bill 5, legislation that sought to limit some collective bargaining rights for public employees." If Ms. Dick had been paying attention she would know by now that Senate Bill 5 really sought to make the public sector unions completely ineffective and start the process to make Ohio a right-to-work state.

dd933  (anonymous) says...

I used to ride a Poland school bus to Mooney in the 60s - this is not a new policy.

dd933  (anonymous) says...

Sounds like you do care...

dd933  (anonymous) says...

I sense alot of hostility (what did I expect from the ultra-intelligent folks who post here?). And poor Mark Munroe, imagine how out of place he must feel, living in this valley of so many democratic minded people. Their own logo G.O.P. stands for Government of the People - well, the People have voted. Perhaps they should change their name to G.O.C. government of the corporations or G.O.R.P. government of the rich people......

People who don't sign their own paychecks were right in voting against issue 2. SB-5 would have broken the unions representing public employees - or made them useless - thus eliminating an important benchmark used by employers to set wages. Defeating the unions would have lowered wages and salaries across the board.

Those of us who are upset by the defeat of issue 2 should do what the rich always do when the price of labor gets too high - move to Kuala-Lumpur where the price of labor is cheap...

dd933  (anonymous) says...

It should sadden somebody who "livedthere" because they are a big reason that Youngstown has been and is deteriorating. When the middle class people move out of the central area of a city it creates pockets of concentrated poverty, in Youngstown's case a very large pocket. Various studies have proven over and over again that concentrated poverty creates poor schools, high crime rates, and further disinvestment. So yes, all those who moved out of the city should be saddened at news of another murder in Youngstown.

dd933  (anonymous) says...

give me a "brake"

Why is it that people who don't know the difference between there, their & they're; than & then; and now brake and break have the time to be commenting on the newspaper items?

The way I see it the city took a worthless property in a dying downtown and has made it a vital piece of a thriving downtown with many buildings that are now paying taxes - If they earn some money in the meanwhile to help pay the cost of housing most of the valley's poor people and crime then all the better.

dd933  (anonymous) says...

Some real good comments here...I remember living on ramen noodles and beer when I was an undergraduate...if parking is a problem, take the bus - if you are really committed to going to college public transit is much less costly than operating and parking a car.

The comments also reminded me of the realization of how lucky I was when I went to grad school at the University of Akron and actually taught the intro class that was taught by an assistant professor with a PHD at Y.S.U.

The other thing that comes to mind in this conversation is the fear that with the erosion and eventual demise of the power of labor unions being promulgated by corporations, and now the government, we will create an economy more like the feudalism I learned about in Dr. Domonkos' class than the one we are familiar with.

I don't think most people realize that these union contracts set standards that all employers follow - union or not. Some contracts are better than others and the professors do have a great one. But if you have a job where somebody else signs your paycheck you should be rooting for the union and voting against SB-5.