Merger Sparks Debate Over Growth and Boundaries
Pro and con voices discuss an at large election for a merger set to take effect January 1 2006. Supporters argue the merger addresses growth and services while opponents fear loss of Carlisle identity and being forced into a city. Stacey Williams and Shirley Snelling represent divergent views on local annexation and future development.
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Stacey Williams
Hunter
Williams
Franklin
Middletown
Towne Mall
Fenwick High School
Carlisle
Franklin voters weigh merging city and township
Franklin residents in the city and unincorporated Franklin Township will vote Tuesday on forming a single city to begin January 1, 2006. A seven member at large City Council would govern the merged entity and rural township areas would retain hunting and fences. Eight full time officers would replace sheriff deputies, with two full time firefighters and volunteers staffing a township station. The 1.5 percent income tax would extend to the township and the 2.62 mill fire levy would cover the township, replacing the current 0.719 mill levy.
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Franklin
Franklin Township
Warren County Sheriff's
Bush Defends Iraq Plan in Rainy Wisconsin Iowa Bus Stop
President Bush campaigns with a positive vision for victory in Iraq and the economy. He contrasts his stance with Kerry, accuses him of lacking security vision, and cites polling showing a slim national lead amid costs rising toward 225 billion dollars and troop level debates.
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Kerry
Wisconsin
Iowa
Bush
Iraq
Ronald Reagan
Dick Cheney
Florida
Baghdad
Ing
Karl Rove
Cheney
Afghanistan
Pentagon
U.S
Ak Steel faces labor cost push amid layoffs at Middletown Works
AK executives tout favorable steel market as analysts flag non competitiveness at Middletown Works. Armco Employees Independent Federation protests more than 100 layoffs since July while negotiating plans for AK to remain standalone. Wainscott cites easier cost cuts in good market. plant employs about 2,750 hourly workers. Shares rise 66 cents to close at 10.25.
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Armco Employees Independent Federation
Middletown Works
Roosevelt Boulevard
AEIF
Stead
Wainscott
Ed Shelley
Bradford
Lem
Middletown
Ferrara
Shelley
AKS
Signs stir debate on polling place signs in Ohio
Continued remarks from Al Thompson note equal representation and a polling place sign planned for November 2. James Lee of Ohio Secretary of State J Kenneth Blackwell’s office says Thompson’s issues may not affect other towns. Ohio lacks broad limits on political signs, relying on local ordinances.
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Thompson
James Lee
Ohio
J. Kenneth Blackwell
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