Medina County Gains AA Bond Rating Boosts Financing Prospects
Medina County received an AA bond rating from Standard and Poor's, the highest ever for the county and highest in the state. Officials say the rating implies strong finances, potential lower borrowing costs, and reflects balanced growth and sound management. County may seek Moody’s review to upgrade its A rating. meanwhile Northwest Water Project progress and other actions were discussed.
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Jim Woods
Medina
Medina County
Standard and Poor’s Inc
John Stricker
John Oberholtzer
Standard and Poor Inc
Standard and Poor
Oberholtzer
Stricker
Moody Investment Firm
Moody Invest
Obertholzer
Kenneth Hotz
Northwest
York
Liverpool
Brunswick Hills
Hotz
Horvitz Construction Co
Valley View
Wadsworth approves group home for eight residents
Medina County zoning board approved a 4 to 1 variance allowing Paradise Village for the handicapped to operate a group home at 130 Highland Ave in a commercially zoned area. Opponents warned of falling property values while supporters cite studies showing stable values with deinstitutionalization.
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Jenni Laidman
Wadsworth
Board of Zoning Appeals
Highland Avenue
Paradise Village
Highland Ave
Don Houston
Ing
Orrville Reed
Buckingham
Doolittle
Burrough
Akron
John Pekar
Brunk
Pekar
Six Cleveland councilmen join Kucinich recall drive
Six City Council members, all wards carried by Mayor Dennis Kucinich, joined a recall push at a joint news conference. The move brought recall support to 23 council members with 8 opposing and 2 neutral, as Cleveland eyes its first recall election Sunday.
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Cleveland
UPI
Dennis Kucinich
Kucinich
City Hall
John Lynch
Allen Roson
John Milakovich
Joseph M. Kowalski
Mary Zone
Mary Ann Lecate
Lynch
Basil Russo
Wildcat strike bogs down Cleveland City Council session
Mayor Dennis J. Kucinich called an emergency meeting at 10 a.m. to resolve a wildcat strike by over 50 Local 1363 machinists who walked out after pay raise bills failed to pass. The union cites a promised 40 cent raise retroactive to Jan 1 and accuses the council of inaction.
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Cleveland
UPI
Dennis J. Kucinich
International Association of Machinists
Council
Kucinich
Basil Russo
George L. Forbes
Government hears testimony on Firestone 500 dangers
A UPI report from Washington notes witnesses including 17 year old Selana Clement and state officials telling the hearing on Firestone 500 steel belted radials are dangerous and should be recalled. Testimony cites multiple blowouts and a June South Carolina crash maiming Selana and killing three others.
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Charles S. Aldinger
Washington
UPI
Selana Lee Clement
South Carolina
Joan Claybrook
New Jersey
Ms. Claybrook
NHTSA
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