Memo to Youngstown BOE on why school levy failed

Memo to Youngstown BOE
on why school levy failed

EDITOR:

Did you get the message?

The vote defeating the 9.5-mill levy — for the second time in as many years — sends a very clear message to the Youngstown Board of Education:

1. By drowning our schools in debt from irresponsible actions, you destroyed the voters’ confidence in you.

2. With inept leadership, you did cause and still are causing an exodus of students to other schools.

3. The discipline that any good school must have, you haven’t provided.

4. Why have you waited to make necessary cost cuts when it should have been done before the election?

5. A curriculum to ready a high school graduate for a job in the business world: Is it in the works?

6. People who pay taxes like to get value for their money. You haven’t given it.

7. The person you chose to be our superintendent does not have the background, education and experience to direct a school system of Youngstown’s size.

8. No matter how many times you put the levy on the ballot, until you have gained the trust of taxpayers, it will not pass.

WILLIAM D. GRAEBING

Youngstown

Report spills immediately
at concerts, public events

EDITOR:

We attended the Peter Frampton/Doobie Brothers concert at the Chevrolet Centre on June 17, and what a wonderful concert it was. But what happened during the concert will be with me forever.

I left my seat for a moment and upon returning in the dark (the only lights were on the stage), no one in my party had seen some liquid on the floor. I therefore fell and shattered my left wrist. The medical staff, however, was at my side within moments. They were phenomenal, and Mr. Steve Dunn should be very proud of the medical staff there.

I contacted the insurance company of the Chevy Centre and gave them the full report of what had happened, and guess what? To no avail, my claim was denied because “they have not found any liability in my fall.”

I consulted with three different lawyers, and all told me “I have no claim because of the new Ohio law.” That boils down to ‘Report any spills and make sure they are cleaned up.” But what’s really sad is how can you report spills you can’t see in the dark?

So my advice to all who attend any event at the Chevy Centre or anywhere else, please report any spills you may see or end up like me, with plates, six screws, pins and a 4-inch scar and endless hours of therapy. There’s also the pain I have to live with the rest of my life and $40,000.00 of debt.

While the Chevy Centre owes money to the city of Youngstown, center officials should take the money they pay on their Insurance premium and give it to the city, because all the claims to their insurance company will probably be denied anyway.

DEBI SOISSON

Struthers