Ford tax break denied in Lorain amid heated council duel
Lorain City Council rejected an 8 to 4 vote on a tax abatement that would have forgiven Ford Motor Co 6.9 million in property taxes over a decade for the Baumart Road Assembly Plant. The measure faced strong opposition from Vermilion School District and United Auto Workers Local 425. Municipal Affairs Manager Jerry Brown lamented the decision may influence Ford expansion plans and noted no prior abatements were ever rejected.
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Lorain
Ford Motor Company
Baumart Road
Jerry Brown
Ford
Councilman Comments on Winning Artwork and Economic Impact
Councilman Kenneth Shawver criticized the result while noting questions about the effect on the city’s economic development. Mark Kidder added that few large industries are likely to relocate to the area, signaling limited immediate growth prospects.
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Mark Kidder
Renner warns Elyria credit rating jeopardized
City Auditor Bev Renner tells City Council that failure to renew the 0.5 percent additional income tax in May could cancel Elyria's credit rating. She notes higher borrowing costs and cites increased interest for late-1988 borrowing if the renewal fails in May 1989.
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Elyria
Bev Renner
Renner
Lorain County trial hears witnesses in Bowling red light crash
Two eyewitnesses testified on Monday that Rodney Bowling’s car skidded through a red light at 21st Street and Broadway in Lorain before crashing into a utility pole. The case involves aggravated vehicular homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Robert Brock of Amherst, who spent 12 years in a coma after an Oct. 18, 1975, crash.
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Elyria
Rodney Bowling
21St Street
Broadway
Lorain
Bowling
Lorain County
Brock
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Courts Damaging Drunk Driving Penalties Across Ohio
Ohio courts vary penalties for first drunk driving offenses with jail, fines, and license suspensions differing by county. Some judges impose maximums while others push education and new measures like license plates and ignition locks. Local judges oppose overloading jails and praise selective tools to deter DUI.
DUI Penalties Highlighted by North Tuscarawas Judge
In New Philadelphia the Municipal Court under Judge Edward E. O Farrell imposes a 15 day jail term a $750 fine and six month license suspension for a first DUI. A second DUI carries 90 days in jail a $1000 fine and three year license suspension. A third DUI within five years yields one year in jail a $1000 fine and a ten year license suspension.
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Tuscarawas County
New Philadephia
Tuscarawas
Edward E. O'Farrell
O’farrell
Ohio's drunk driving scarlet letter license plates
The text notes a 1967 Ohio law allowing judges to issue red A like license plates to families with a DUI member. In 1987 Ohio municipal courts logged 78,266 DUI cases, yet only 254 family plates were issued, rising to 299 in 1988 as the program slowly grows. Leo Skinner of the Ohio Department of Highway Safety comments on the trend.
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Edward O’farrell
Philadelphia
Ohio
Leo Skinner
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Guardian Interlock device cuts repeat DUI offenses in Ohio
A university study reports the Guardian Interlock device reduces repeat offenses by drunk drivers. Used by Lorain County judges and several in Cuyahoga County, it is endorsed by most Hamilton County municipal judges. The system requires alcohol free breaths to start a car and has about 3,000 units installed since April 1986, with 2,000 still in operation.
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Cuyahoga County
Hamilton County
Deidra Hair
Guardian
Cincinnati Microwave Inc
California
Maryland
Indiana
Ohio
Richard Freund
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