Budget Delay Causes Harm
The IntelligencerAt some point the 251 youths laid off temporarily from summer jobs in Jefferson County will be eligible to vote. When they do, we hope they remember the sorry fiasco that has cost them their paychecks for a few days.
Ohio state government is operating on interim budgets because Gov. Ted Strickland and legislators have not been able to agree on a permanent spending plan for the current two-year fiscal period. Lack of a two-year budget has caused problems all over the state - primarily for school districts and local government entities. They have not been able to make long-term spending plans of their own. In some cases, they are not able to meet current expenses.
That is why the Jefferson County Community Action Council laid off 251 youth workers, along with 10 adult mentors and three caseworkers this week.
Mike McGlumphy, who directs the youth worker program, explained that the layoffs were because "the state is now operating on a weekly budget that does not allow us to draw down enough money to meet the youth worker program."
Once a permanent two-year budget is adopted, the workers will be rehired, McGlumphy said earlier in the week.
By Wednesday, someone in Columbus had come to his senses. McGlumphy was notified that funds would be available for the program. Workers were expected to return to their jobs, perhaps this week.
Politics as usual in Columbus is hurting many Ohioans. Many of the 251 young people laid off temporarily in Jefferson County really need the money they earn from those summer jobs.
A balanced, prudent, honest budget needs to be passed before other Ohioans suffer. In the meantime, common sense needs to be used in handing out funds for programs such as the summer jobs project.
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RockEReputation
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07-12-09 4:55 AM
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Summating - - Anyone temporarily laid off or suffering any unusual employment circumstance in Ohio needs to harbor ill remembrance of Strickland and his "minions" at future voting times because: #1. He ain't Joe Manchin-ish. #2. While many states are experiencing budgetary problems, Strickland is a Democrat. #3. Although this web site's pages load 10 times slower than the NY Times' does, and with 1/100th the content, 251 youth suffering interim loss of income is of epic editorial proportions.
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NancySI
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07-11-09 5:09 PM
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This BS about beating up on bush is getting really really old and really psychotic. If I remember, 80% of left wing progressives supported bush after 9-11. Now imagine if the dreams of right wing extemists, Glenn Beck and party leader Rush Bimbo and Dick Cheney are realized in that America gets attacked again. Right wingers will not support the President, they will play the blame game from day one. For those of you who forgot, 9-11 happened on the bush watch.
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NancySI
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07-11-09 5:04 PM
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Bizarre comments of the day "The cabal is proudly greedy but not icompetent" and "they should go to the library and read.". Maybe you missed the corporate bail outs, bank closures, unemployment rate caused by 2001-2008 fiscal policies and by the way, due to the greedy incompetence of 2001-2008 library's are being unfunded.
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WVEXPAT
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07-11-09 11:44 AM
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I can certainly understand (and somewhat agree with) your view there!
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RockEReputation
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07-11-09 11:16 AM
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The small town I was raised in lost more boys per capita than any other town in the US the VietNam conflict. I do not denounce the dedication of military personnel who make the ultimate sacrifice for country, only the motives of a nation's leadership in propogating such acts. The farthest stretch within this thread is the initial premise: "Youth temporarily displaced from jobs need to retaliate against the Democrat establishment upon reaching voting age" A shallow theme laid out to continually keep rage stirred against anything/everything Democrat-based.
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WVEXPAT
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07-11-09 9:42 AM
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"The military folks I know believe they have given a country a chance at self-determination and freedom." THAT is the "reason" I refer to and stand behind in my post. I lived in Va Beach for many years and know many military who have been to Iraq & Afghanistan. One soldier (married to an OV girl) nearly died overseas and needed many months of recovery/rehab. He was the one who inspired my view on that "reason"! This is what he believes. He would return if physically able to do so. While I can't defend "When they do, we hope they remember the sorry fiasco that has cost them their paychecks for a few days." as jibberish, I believe it is a very weak stretch to connect a minor budget problem in Ohio to soldiers being killed/wounded in Iraq. Very weak indeed!
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RockEReputation
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07-11-09 7:38 AM
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sacrifices...needless...insulted...changing topic? Explain for me the reason for US military deaths in Iraq, and why calling that "needless" war anything but needless is faulty logic and why to cite those deaths is more irrational than to fling some off-the-wall jibberish such as "When they do, we hope they remember the sorry fiasco that has cost them their paychecks for a few days." But given the fact that Ohio, like several other states in this current recessionary fiasco, is struggling to make budgetary ends meet, must be reason enuff, in conservative eyes, to assign the budgetary woes as a 100% Democrat-only cancer in the government. Not even a nice try with this one, but a typical nitpicking one as usual.
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Reactionary
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07-11-09 7:14 AM
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What's the matter hoop?,Truth hurt?
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wvhoopie
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07-10-09 11:58 PM
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Reactionary, calm down.
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Reactionary
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07-10-09 9:02 PM
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I like the "Cabal" thing though. The only one I'v seen for the last 6 years is the "BLAME IT ON BUSH" cabal. Those good , decent, honest , hard working, "feel your pain", trust me, I'll watch your money for you, democrats would NEVER, LIE, CHEAT, OR STEAL, FROM ME..........What a JOKE!!!
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Reactionary
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07-10-09 8:56 PM
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Clowns in Columbus. If NancySI wants to blame Bush for Ohio's problems fine. But I think she has shown where HER problem really is. Bush wasn't in Columbus nor did he run the State of Ohio, NANCY. The CLOWNS in COLUMBUS did. All the democrats that you love and the republicans that you hate saw this coming AND DID NOTHING. All you lefties are the same--BEAT BUSH!!, even when it doesn't apply. But hey, if you sleep better at night by screming BEAT BUSH at every chance have at it. Who are you going to scream at when your dreams of a Nationalist/Socialist Utopia come crashing down?--- Iknow, it was Bush's fault!! Get a Grip on reality, then get a life---where you actually think for yourself.
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WVEXPAT
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07-10-09 5:53 PM
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I believe that most soldiers and family members of those who sacrificed life and limb would be insulted at their "sacrifices" being termed "needless"! The military folks I know believe they have given a country a chance at self-determination and freedom. But maybe those ideals are truly needless to liberals. Nice shot at changing the thread topic though!
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ConservativeKaty
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07-10-09 3:14 PM
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RockE makes the good point that our American soldiers are all of voting age when they enlist. A volunteer army is still a dangerous army -- both to our own soldiers exposed to the enemy and more importantly totally lethal against our enemies.
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RockEReputation
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07-10-09 1:42 PM
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"At some point the 251 youths laid off temporarily from summer jobs in Jefferson County will be eligible to vote" Unlike the American youth who have sacrificed life and limb needlessly in Iraq.
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jhcnmt
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07-10-09 11:12 AM
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I would like to see Gov.Strickland hand over the keys of the Great State of Ohio to The staff at The Intelligencer. Obviously, they have all the answers to Ohio's budgetary woes and these budget extensions would not be required. Obviously, it must be a slow day at the "Mecca of all things informational" if this is all they have to pizz and moan about!
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ConservativeKaty
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07-10-09 11:11 AM
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The cabal is proudly greedy but not icompetent. Also, we should never have given up the Panama Cabal that conservative and patriotic Teddy Roosevelt worked so hard for. The 251 youth that are now jobless and penniless are, alas, too young to vote, or to drink or to gamble. Guess what, they should go to the library and read. Gaining knowledge is fun and free, good preparation for when they are old enough to vote and do those other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. We need them as future leaders.
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NancySI
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07-10-09 7:06 AM
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Most people realize that this country's economic problems that we all are currently dealing with, were caused from 2001-2008. Funny how those who were part of that greedy and incompetent cabal, now complain the most.
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