Ashtabula County: A comfortable place to be poor?
Have social service agencies and Uncle Sam done their job so well in Ashtabula County that they�ve created a haven for the disabled, indolent, drug-addicted and/or unmotivated?
June 25, 2008
Let’s set the record straight on this Appalachian-values thing
One of the many frustrations of being a writer is that what is written is often misconstrued by the reader. Another is that the reader will assume that because the writer quotes someone, the writer personally accepts that observation as gospel and agrees with its premise.
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AMHA, Section 8 get bad rap
The availability of subsidized housing is often implicated as one of the most powerful inducements for people to come to Ashtabula County and live off the dole. It’s a line Jim Noyes, executive director of the Ashtabula Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) often hears, just as the authority gets blamed for the state of all the county’s housing.
June 25, 2008
Reality Check
A policy paper by Catholic Charities USA, “Poverty in America: A Threat to the Common Good,” observes that since 1980, increased worker productivity has not resulted in real increased wage gains. Workers have been working harder and being more productive for their employers, but, generally, they have not shared in the bountiful harvest.
June 25, 2008
Foreclosed!
Paul Bryant is fascinated by statistics, especially those dealing with the housing market in Ashtabula, Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga counties.
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Taxpayers bearing the brunt
When payday came for Ashtabula County�s 102,703 residents in 2005, taxpayers wrote 25.5 percent of the total.
Our lost retail dollars
Google these words: “Ashtabula County retail per capita.”
Let’s set the record straight on this Appalachian-values thing
One of the many frustrations of being a writer is that what is written is often misconstrued by the reader. Another is that the reader will assume that because the writer quotes someone, the writer personally accepts that observation as gospel and agrees with its premise.
Foreclosed!
Paul Bryant is fascinated by statistics, especially those dealing with the housing market in Ashtabula, Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga counties.
Every day a reality check at city’s ‘poorest’ school
Janie Carey works at the intersection of poverty and education.
