Elected Leaders, Unions, Democrats, Republicans and Business Leaders Agree: CELDF’s Ballot Measures “Ridiculous” and “Irresponsible”
Wednesday September 14, 2016
The Coalition for Job Growth and Investment recently hosted a press conference announcing its plans to fight back against the 6th so-called Community Bill of Rights ballot attempt by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Frack Free Mahoning.
Elected officials, unions, Republicans, Democrats, business and religious leaders from all cross sections of the community joined together to voice their strong opposition to CELDF’s 6th costly ballot measure in the City of Youngstown, calling it an “attack on jobs. It’s ridiculous, irresponsible, and was not written by people here but outsiders.” The recent show of force by the community underscores just how fed up the people of Youngstown are with the abuse they have received from CELDF.
As a reminder, Youngstown voters have rejected CELDF’s so-called Community Bill of Rights five consecutive times and spent tens of thousands along the way just putting the failed measures on the ballot.
Coalition for Job Growth and Investment Highlights Bipartisan Fight Against CELDF (Photo from wfmj.com)
Particularly in a presidential year, you rarely see a group such as this join forces in a unified voice. To underscore just how diverse and large this coalition has grown to be over the years, the Youngstown Business Journal reported that practically every major group has come out to oppose this colossally bad idea, including famed football coach and current President of Youngstown State University, Jim Tressel. Here’s the full list of participants:
“Inside the union hall, McNally, acting as emcee, led off the rebuttal followed by Tom Humphries, president and CEO of the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber; Rocky DiGennaro, president of the Western Res...