Salaried worker is sacrificial lamb
DEAR EDITOR: A few years after I began a career at Delphi Packard Electric I was laid off. I had just completed building a house and was finishing up my BS degree at YSU. I also had a young child and, I didn’t know it at the time, but another one on the way. The day I left my technician job at Delphi Packard a salaried engineer told me, don’t worry, there’s a lot of good people at Packard. Eventually they’ll do the right thing. In a few months I was called back to work, on a conveyor line. So much for a college degree. Eventually, like the salaried engineer had told me a few years before, I was able to land a job in engineering at Packard. Now I’m not so sure that was the right thing. Now I’ve lost a good portion of my 401(k) because I invested in the company I worked for, the company I believed in. I’ve lost all my health benefits and now I stand to lose more than 50 percent of my pension. Looking back, maybe I should have studied bankruptcy law in college.
» Full StoryTricks not the answer for budget
We hope Ohioans are not about to be victimized by the old ‘‘poison pill’’ tactic. With just a few days to go before the General Assembly must approve a new budget, the situation has a distinct odor to it.
» Full StoryElectric bill will look a little different
DEAR EDITOR:
People should check out their electric bills this month. As of June 1, all discounts are gone so customers will see a huge increase in their bill if they have an all-electric home or received any type of discount.
Health care proposal would be a disaster
DEAR EDITOR:
I continue to be extremely concerned and angered about the health care legislation that is being presented by President Obama.
This piece of legislation will dramatically change our rights as American citizens.
Strickland flop on gambling a bad call
Gov. Ted Strickland has let his fellow Ohioans down. He has broken a pledge made repeatedly since he became governor. He was wrong to do so.
Strickland recently revealed that he has changed his mind about expansion of legalized gamblin.
Player’s punishment was mixed message
Cleveland Browns football player Dante Stallworth faced punishment from three sources following his conviction for DUI manslaughter in Florida. Of those three, only the National Football League got it right.
» Full Story
Scrapper V. Cutters NYPL BBALL
Ohio Chautauqua/ Bethune
Thursday Junior Fair_TC Fair
Newton Falls 90-year reunion
Tractor parade
Blessed Sacrament School
Thanking officer Doug Hipple
JCC Summer Camp
