McCain Comes To "Battered Youngstown Area"

[Towntalk]

I have absolutely no doubt that Akron folks are really decent people who are no different than the folks here so far as their concerns are, but as I watch the PBS news show from Akron "News Night Akron", each Friday I'm struck by the fact that the problems that they have are basically no different than ours.

Their industrial base is hanging on by a thread.

They have to depend on Cleveland and Youngstown for news and other television programs. Their once proud newspaper is a mere shadow of itself.

We hear little about the arts in Akron as compared to the vibrant arts family here in Youngstown led by the Butler Institute of American Art whose fame is world wide.

The one thing they have going for them is their university. Its work with Palomar research is to be commended.

Hopefully the new programs in research at YSU will benefit Youngstown as much as Palomar research has helped Akron.

[Elmo-Ytown]

The only cool thing about Akron is their racetrack of a freeway.

[ytowner]

We see eye to eye here. The more McCain comes, the more he'll win over the Hillary Democrats that are not going to Obama.

[irishbobcat]

We may be "battered".....but Akron's got bad water!

Help Protect Akron's Water System from Privatization!



June 27, 2008

Dear Supporter,



Read our report Faulty Pipes to learn more about water privatization failures in communities across the U.S.


This weekend you can help protect water from corporate control by lending a hand in the fight to keep Akron's water system public!

In May the citizens of Akron, Ohio launched a voter initiative campaign to prevent the sale of any Akron utility without prior voter approval. A coalition of labor, faith, and community groups, under the title Citizens' SOS (Save Our Sewer and Water), started their campaign after Akron Mayor Donald Plusquellic stated in his State of the City address that he hoped to privatize the city's wastewater system.

On June 28, Citizens' SOS and AFSCME Ohio are asking registered voters across the state to help circulate petition signatures in Akron and put this important initiative on the November ballot. Note: Petition circulators must be registered to vote in Ohio.


Contact Food & Water Watch or Citizens' SOS today to sign up for this Day of Action:

"Let the People Decide!"



Saturday, June 28, 10am - pm

AFSCME Council 8  *  AFL-CIO Akron Regional Office

1145 Massillon Road  *  Akron, OH 44306

(800) 361-6657 or (330) 784-6390




Don't forget to sign the pledge for a clean water trust fund, and thanks for your support in maintaining public control of our water resources. See you in Akron!

For more information, contact Jon Keesecker at jkeesecker(at)fwwatch.org or (202) 683-2463, or Citizens' SOS at ldavis(at)afsc.org or (330) 928-2301.

Sincerely,
Jon Keesecker
Take Back the Tap Campaign
Food & Water Watch



Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink.


Dennis Spisak
Indepedent Green PArty Candidate for State Rep-60th District

http://votespisak.tripod.com

[Towntalk]

http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=582224&c=y

From the Akron Beacon Journal (As if Akron itself isn't a "battered area".) [By the way the headline of the story was written by someone on the Copy Desk of the Beacon Journal.]