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Fred ONeill

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10. I feel your pain!

Tue May 27, 2014, 03:43 PM

May 2014

Handpuppet - I once taught history at Grant Junior High School, have many fond memories of Portsmouth, and know a few people who still live there. I remember when Detroit steel closed. Fortunately, our situation in Marietta is not quite as bad, but the job-outlook could be better than it is ... The article was obviously a hatchet-job, but who instigated it? Hard times have affected many towns up and down the Ohio, but only a craven FOX-fixated idiot - or a fanatic strung-out on "Atlas Shrugged" - would use a worthwhile charitable group like the Ely Chapman Foundation to promote a "blame-the-victim" agenda ...

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Okay, I need some feedback from this group regarding an article [View all] theHandpuppet May 2014 OP

Yes get the red out May 2014 #1

I am SO sorry I forgot to include the url for the piece theHandpuppet May 2014 #2

I think your reading of this is absolutely correct. I found it rather insulting and I am LoisB May 2014 #3

I'm relieved to know it's not just me. theHandpuppet May 2014 #6

In my view, the biggest problem in Marietta, Staph May 2014 #4

A great analogy theHandpuppet May 2014 #5

You make some good points Fred ONeill May 2014 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Tsiyu May 2014 #7

Feedback on "Connecticut Yankee" article Fred ONeill May 2014 #8

Thank you so much for shedding some light on this article theHandpuppet May 2014 #9

I feel your pain! Fred ONeill May 2014 #10

Well that's the very good question, isn't it? theHandpuppet May 2014 #12

By the way, here's an article about Portsmouth from Life Magazine, 1989 theHandpuppet May 2014 #13

My response to The City Journal piece ... Fred ONeill May 2014 #14

I'd love to read your LTE but the Marietta Times requires a subscription... theHandpuppet May 2014 #15

The Times finally responds to the City Journal hatchet-job on Mariettta, Ohio Fred ONeill Jun 2014 #16