Goodbye AJ

Journal story.....

ELECTION 2013

Middletown councilman won’t seek re-election

MIDDLETOWN —
The race for two open City Council seats this November will be a three-way tango between two sitting council members and the president of the local NAACP chapter.

On the heels of Vice Mayor Dan Picard and Councilwoman Ann Mort announcing at Tuesday night’s council meeting they have filed their petitions seeking re-election (GOD HELP US ALL), Dora Bronston, president of the Middletown Area of the NAACP, announced late Tuesday she will seek one of those open seats

“I’m running for City Council because I want to fight to rebuild our community and bring back good-paying jobs by seizing on our strategic location in the Cincinnati-Dayton corridor,” said Bronston. “In a post-industrial community like Middletown that has seen a steady decline in blue-collar jobs over the last two decades, it is critical that we continue to find innovative ideas to attract new industry to put our local men and women back to work.”

BINGO MS. BRONSTON!!! THAT IS A VITAL NEED FOR THIS COMMUNITY. DON'T SEE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL INSISTING ON JOBS AS A TOP PRIORITY.THEY DON'T GET IT. THIS IS A NICE START. YOU HAVE INDICATED THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS TOWN REALLY NEEDS TO GET MONEY FLOWING, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE AS WELL AS PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH BUYING POWER.

After Mort and Picard announced their intentions to continue to serve the city of Middletown, Councilman A.J. Smith announced he will not seek re-election, saying he is “going to go on to a different phase” of his life. Although he did not say during and would not say after the meeting what that phase encompasses

GOODBYE AJ. THANK YOU FOR CARING ENOUGH TO SERVE. IT AIN'T AN EASY JOB. THE UNIONS HAVE LOST SOME COUNCIL SUPPORT BY YOU LEAVING. DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOUR POINT OF VIEW, HOWEVER, I DON'T NECESSARILY HOLD YOU IN THE SAME CONTEMPT AS I DO THE REST, LESS LAUBACH OF COURSE.

AND NOW, A LITTLE HUMOR FOR THE START OF THE DAY.......

Picard, who will wrap up his first term on City Council this December, said he wants to continue to help the city continue on its road to prosperity.

"ROAD TO PROSPERITY".....

He said in his time on council, the city is emerging from a severe recession

NOPE DANNY, NOT YET.

has been a part of a rebirth of downtown,

NOPE DANNY, NOT YET.

has seen several businesses open — including Cincinnati State Middletown

CINCY STATE SUCCESS SHORT AND LONG TERM? TBD

and a new gateway project on Interstate 75.

(EXCEPT FOR THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE.....THAT'S STILL A TAD BIT SHABBY DANNY)

“But most importantly what’s happened in this city is the reinforcement of our manufacturers,” Last year alone, over $150 million was invested by local companies in Middletown, solidifying their position in Middletown in trying to make sure strong manufacturing jobs will continue.”

NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING ENOUGH TO REPLACE WHAT HAS LEFT IN THE LAST FOUR DECADES.

Mort said she believes the city “has turned the corner and there are a lot of good things happening and I look forward to helping them move a little bit further ahead.”

ALOT OF "GOOD NEWS/GOOD THINGS" FROM MORT ISN'T THERE. SHE LIKES TO USE THAT PHRASE QUITE OFTEN, DOESN'T SHE? ALOT OF ROSY TALK FROM HER. EVEN THOUGH THE SITUATION REALLY ISN'T AS UPBEAT AS SHE THINKS. IT IS ONE THING TO BE POSITIVE. IT IS ANOTHER TO BE IN DENIAL ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION. JUST TELL IT LIKE IT IS AND MOVE TO IMPROVE IT MORT. YOU CAN CUT ALL THE PR CRAP.

I will definitely be voting for Ms.Bronston.

We need one more good candidate beside Ms Bronston. Picard and Mort are both losers.

Yep

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