Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy Kwanzaa! Emergency ordinance passes with unanimous vote by Youngstown City Council Dec. 20 2023, placing moratorium on pyrolysis @BuckeyeEnviNtwk @cinubluegreen @andrewstuhl @ClimateReality

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@ADayInTheSlife @DTheKingpin @AmtrakConnects @AllianceRail @CLEcityplanning @BedrockCLE @Amtrak @CVSRR @TowerCityCLE I'm aware. It was designed for six tracks through the trench. Only four were ever built. Or move the greenway to alongside Columbus Road as a cycletrack. This 1,500-foot section cannot be allowed to be the barrier to passenger rail expansion in Cleveland.

GCRTA orders trains for Shaker-Waterfront lines New rail car order follows trains for Red Line https://t.co/0QiTp822nc @GCRTA @SiemensMobility @CityofCleveland @ShakerOnline @BurtenBellCarr @shakersquarecle @inthecircle @ohiocityinc @circleeastdist @WestParkKamms @goingplacesCLE

@wiser2you @USDOTFRA @Amtrak @AmtrakConnects @SenSherrodBrown @RepMarcyKaptur @CityofCleveland @DowntownCLE @NOACA_MPO @CuyahogaCounty @MayorBibb @chrisronayne @AllianceRail @AllAboardOhio @GreaterCLE @ODOT_Statewide @GCRTA Few could afford to drive/fly w/out subsidies: Taxpayer-supported infrastructure construction/maintenance, traffic control, security, financing etc. Oil industry subsidies. Defense of oil shipping. Free parking. Stormwater mgmt. Driving/flying couldn't exist w/out govt. Rail did.

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Jon Husted is at the center Ohio’s largest bribery scandal ever. Now he's being called to testify at the trial. His backroom deals have cost Ohioans over $500 million, and they’re going to hold him accountable.

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Staughton Lynd, a legend of civil rights, anti war, labor, and prison reform action, passed away today. Youngstown was his chosen home, and he’s pictured here as part of May Day 2022. Please read on his life and lift up his name at yr next action, union meeting, or protest. ✊🌹

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Staughton Lynd died. He was a gracious host to me five years ago when I talked to him for this @belt_magazine piece on #Youngstown. https://t.co/hKGiURSfJg His quote I used for the kicker is really the Rosetta stone to understand the Mahoning Valley since.

@MarcusRediker @JeffreyStClair3 At the beginning of the modern-day civil rights movement, Staughton Lynd and Howard Zinn were the only two teachers on the Spellman College faculty (in Atlanta, Georgia) who spoke truth to power. They stood alone; then others followed in their footsteps.

RIP Staughton Lynd. Thank you for your tireless commitment to the working class, from the civil-rights struggle and antiwar protests to the labor movement and prison rebellions.

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