Monday, March 21, 2011
Lily McElroy, owner of Our Family Restaurant, next to the Youngstown State University campus, said she’s concerned that the governor’s budget cuts will adversely impact her customers and her business.
About 75 percent of the customers at her Hispanic/soul food restaurant on West Wood Street are either public employees or students.
The budget “puts their jobs at risk and that will hurt my business and other small businesses,” McElroy said today.
Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposal cuts Local Government Fund money to counties, cities, villages and townships by 50 percent over a two-year period, beginning July 1.
The governor has said other changes he’s proposing, including giving local entities much more control over contract negotiations with public workers, will help off-set those costs.
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