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Clinton holds summit
By Laura A. Bischoff Staff Writer
ZANESVILLE — While Sen. Hillary Clinton advertised her roundtable on Wednesday as an “Economic Solutions Summit” it seemed short on solutions and heavy on sad stories: home foreclosures, the loss of manufacturing jobs, a broken health care system and staggering college tuition costs.
But most of the 15 panel members - business leaders, governors, union members and others — agreed Clinton is the best candidate to address these troubles.
“I’ve known you for 15 years but I wouldn’t support you if I didn’t think you’re the best candidate for Ohio,” Gov. Ted Strickland said, telling Clinton that the state needs jobs, help from the federal government, and universal health care.
Clinton promised to close tax loopholes that benefit companies moving jobs overseas, reinvest in the manufacturing sector, put a moratorium on home foreclosures, and create 5 million “green collar” jobs in the clean energy industry.
“I think we’ve got some great opportunities here. We hear a lot about the problems and they are serious but I believe for every problem there is at least one solution,” Clinton said. “We just have to start acting like Americans again, and roll up our sleeves and actually solve our problems. No more whining, no more finger pointing. Let’s get to work.”
Clinton assembled plenty of horse power for the Zanesville summit: two governors, two lieutenant governors, former Sen. John Glenn, labor leaders and business executives, as well as Robert Landry and Beth Dlabay of Dayton who told their story of losing their East Dayton home to foreclosure on Christmas Eve.
Clinton said she invited the Daytonians to put a face on the staggering numbers: 150,000 home foreclosures in Ohio last year and 13,000 notices sent out in January. “We just needed someone to be there for us. We felt lost,” said Landry, 43, a postal worker. He added that he found help from the Miami Valley Fair Housing Center.
Zanesville was the first stop on a two-day tour of Appalachia Ohio for Clinton. At times, the hour and 40 minute forum felt like a Clinton informercial. At one point, it even got to be too much for Clinton.
“We’re going to put a moratorium on compliments,” she said.
Meanwhile, Sen. Barack Obama appeared at a campaign rally at Ohio State University’s St. John’s Arena with nearly 8,000 people.
Comments
By sjl
February 28, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this
Considering Hillary received a vote of confidence in her reelection to the U.S. Senate by both Democrats and Republicans I would suggest melanie you do your homework. She has been the only one to keep her promises and do everything she can to make a difference in the lives of American’s. I would trust Hillary’s committment to this country over obama’s anyday. Are you going to deny a news report also? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqhISssMxnYBy melanie simpson
February 27, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this
It is wonderful that she gets these compliments - but she doesn’t keep promises. Hillary Clinton, in her Senate campaign in 2000, promised to make improving the economy of Upstate NY her “first” priority. Six years later, in March 2006, Eliot Spitzer, Democrat Gov.of NY, compared upstate New York’s economy to Appalachia!! Hillary doesn’t keep her promises and her so-called experience very drummed up. If confronted on this issue, she will make excuses, side step, using a partisan argument blaming the Bush administration but the fact is, she didn’t deliver on her promise.By melanie simpson
February 27, 2008 10:46 PM | Link to this
It is wonderful that she gets these compliments - but she doesn’t keep promises. Hillary Clinton, in her Senate campaign in 2000, promised to make improving the economy of Upstate NY her “first” priority. Six years later, in March 2006, Eliot Spitzer, Democrat Gov.of NY, compared upstate New York’s economy to Appalachia!! Hillary doesn’t keep her promises and her so-called experience very drummed up. If confronted on this issue, she will make excuses, side step, using a partisan argument blaming the Bush administration but the fact is, she didn’t deliver on her promise.