Editorial Roses and raspberries from Lorain readers
Roses to Robert E Moe Roberts named 2000 Veteran of the Year by the Lorain Veterans Council for service with the Navy in World War I including Pearl Harbor Iwo Jima and Okinawa with a Navy Good Conduct Medal and Asiatic Pacific Ribbon. Raspberries to Lorain County commissioners and Administrator Virgil Muntean for losing track of the county drug testing policy approved Oct 8 1998 and effectively suspended in 1999. the policy waited 14 months for revision amid confusion. Also praise for United Way of Greater Lorain County campaign reaching 3.68 million with 85 percent supporting 92 programs. Raspberry to Elyria for not updating its master land use plan. Also roses for Browns Alumni Squad helping a 9-year-old needing a heart transplant with a county sheriff's benefit game April 1 at Midview High School raising funds for Corey Fritz and Operation Open Heart.
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Robert E. “Moe” Roberts
Lorain
Lorain County
Virgil Muntean
Muntean
Gerald Innes
Betty Blair
Mary Jo Vasi
Jeff Foyt
United Way
Greater Lorain County
Eddie Johnson
Cleveland Browns
Johnson
Browns
County Sheriff's Department
Midview High School
Corey Fritz
Brook Park
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Health plan for fed employees isn’t broken say critics
Anne Monske voices opposition to expanding medical savings accounts within the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. She notes CBO estimates of nearly a billion dollars in new taxpayer costs and higher enrollee premiums, arguing the program is a successful, flexible system with ample provider choice.
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Fed
Federal Employees Health Benefits
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Congress
Congressional Budget Office
Senate
House-Senate
America
National Association of
Pharmaceutical firms aid low income seniors with meds
An affordable medications coordinator highlights programs by Parke-Davis Bristol-Myers Squibb Merck Dupont and Wyeth-Ayerst that provide free or reduced price prescriptions to Erie County seniors. She notes monthly incomes around 600 dollars with 200 for drugs and 250 for supplemental insurance, saving many from unaffordable costs.
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Medicare
Parke- Davis
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Merck
Dupont
Wyeth-Ayerst
Erie County
Pro-life views missing in Stanton and Anthony profile
Nat Hentoff argues Ken Burns documentary Not for Ourselves Alone omits Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony's abortion beliefs. He cites pro life quotes from Anthony and Stanton and notes Feminists for Life of America provided research showing their stance. He asks if tributes during Women’s History Month will include these convictions.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Susan B. Anthony
National Woman Suffrage Association
Public Broadcasting System
Marlin Luther King
Gandhi
A.J. Muste
Dr. King
Ken Burns
Elizabeth Carly Stanton
Frederick Douglass
Burns
Anthony
Stanton
Feminists For Life of America
Washington, D.C
Congress
Stanton and Anthony
SUV Drivers Face Backlash From Gas Price Rage
Joan Ryan of the San Francisco Chronicle notes rising gas prices spark a cultural backlash against SUV drivers. She argues the anger traces class and image tensions, while data show SUV owners often earn more and feel less pinch from price rises.
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Laura
Howard Stern
Rush Limbaugh
America
People
Rush
Teo Buscaglia
San Jose
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