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07-30-2012, 03:34 PM
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Steel Valley Rising!!!!
I have been laughed at by people here as well as people in my own family, whose pessimism keeps them blind to what's going on in their own backyards.
http://aciers.free.fr/index.php/2012...teel-plant-us/ http://www.msconsultants.com/energy/...l-development/ I don't know what Kasich thinks any of this has to do with him. It all started before he showed up. But, he's a Republican, so the wingnuts will try to claim he put the shale in the ground or some such nonsense. Dave
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07-31-2012, 08:06 AM
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Excellent news! Sad to see the darn furrners though
 Didn't Kasich open Ohio to fracking?Pete
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07-31-2012, 08:35 AM
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I don't know, but I don't think so. The mill will be making tube specifically designed for fracking. The search for a site and negotiations began in 2008-2009---pre-Kasich. If any politician is to be credited for negotiating the location of the mill in Y'Town, it would be Rep Tim Ryan (D). (Although my Republican cousin bristles at the mention of this, it is true. Ryan rode to re-election on this point in 2010.) Also of note is the $20 million in federal funds from the ARRA (Recovery act, or "Obama Stimulus") spent on rail and highway access enhancements.
On a project this size $20 million isn't a lot, especially compared to the $650 million invested by V&M. But, make note of the fact that the French didn't mind taking it. The POTUS has visited the mill on more than one occasion. At any rate, this is the first large scale industrial development in the Mahoning Valley since the GM plant was built in 1969-1970. One article on the V&M site projected employment at the facility at ~1,000 jobs, not including feeder and ancillary businesses that will benefit from the mill. The population in Y'town currently stands at approx. 70,000. Won't solve all of their problems, true. But, it should make a nice dent in a town that has suffered for far too long. This song brings tears to my eyes; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVXYzcb3r-w Sing it, Bruce. Dave
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07-31-2012, 08:45 AM
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Ach, I don't have sound!
Perhaps industrial Ohio is making something of a comeback? Mittal Steel (darn Germans!  ) in Cleveland's old industrial flats looks busy too. Can't drive in there anymore to find out for sure  Why are the foreign companies able to do this, and we can't? At least the production is here though. Maybe there really is light at the end of the tunnel. Goodness knows Youngstown needs some good news, I didn't realise how bad it was there till I drove through last year. And props to Ryan for his hard work. Pete
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07-31-2012, 08:55 AM
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My Sooners are appreciative of two of Youngstown's exports - The Stoops brothers brought one national championship in, and, now that they are reunited, perhaps another one on the way.
 Bo Pelini has done OK for himself too, coaching those turncoat Cornhuskers.Regards, D-Ray
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07-31-2012, 06:25 PM
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Quote:
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07-31-2012, 07:56 PM
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The old OU basketball coach, Billy Tubbs, lived to rag on the Big East.
Regards, D-Ray
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