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Written by Reed Anfinson
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Friday, 04 May 2012 10:33 |
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By Reed Anfinson
President of the National Newspaper Association
And Publisher of the Swift County (MN) Monitor-News
Now that the U.S. Senate has passed a bill, S 1789, to reform the ailing Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House of Representatives. Business Week recently catalogued unhappy stakeholders, including postal unions, postal management and some Republicans who wrongly think the bill burdens taxpayers.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA, whose own bill awaits action in the House, blasted "special interests." But Business Week says, "Considering how many people are unhappy with the bill, it isn’t clear which special interests Issa is referring to."
Some see the Senate bill as the inevitable product of the sausage machine. But it is neither a budget buster nor processed meat. It is the expression of a better vision of the Postal Service.
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Written by George Sarantou, Councilman. Chair of HR, IT & Finance
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012 10:07 |
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In 1983 Toledo voters passed the first ¾% income tax. Back then the City of Toledo employed 2963 people. The unemployment rate was 10.6%. The population was 354,635 and the city was comprised of 84 square miles. The ¾% brought in $16,500,000 and the total 2 ¼% paid for police, fire, refuse and most other general fund departments.
Fast forward to 2012, the City of Toledo employs 167 fewer employees than they did in 1983. The unemployment rate is 8.7% for 2012. The population is 287,208 and the city is still comprised of 84 square miles. The ¾% brings in $51,500,000 and does not quite pay for the fire department which has a budget of $60.2 million. The police budget for 2012 is $73.4 million.
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Written by Rob Schwarzwalder
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Thursday, 09 February 2012 16:25 |
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ByIn 1920, a talented American rower named Jack Kelly applied to race in the British Henley Royal Regatta. The most prestigious rowing event in the world, the Henley seemed a natural fit for Kelly, who had already been the U.S. national rowing champion.
Yet he never got to row: Kelly, a bricklayer, was told that his background in manual work disqualified him. According to the then-rules of the Henley, no one "who is or ever has been ... by trade or employment for wages a mechanic, artisan or labourer" would be allowed to compete.
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Written by Robert Schwarzwalder
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 15:42 |
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Once as he was about to give an interview to some reporters, President Eisenhower was asked by his press secretary, Jim Haggerty, what he would say if a certain topic came up.
"Don't worry, Jim," said Ike. "If that question comes up, I'll just confuse them."
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Written by Jim Goodman
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:49 |
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By Farmers have been through this before — our lives and livelihoods falling under corporate control. It has been an ongoing process: consolidation of markets; consolidation of seed companies; an ever-widening gap between our costs of production and the prices we receive. Some of us are catching on, getting the picture of the real enemy.
The "99 percent" are awakening to the realization that their lives have fallen under corporate control as well. Add up the jobs lost, the health benefits whittled away, and the unions busted, and the bill for Wall Street's self-centered greed is taking a toll.
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