Senator Sherrod Brown in a Quandary

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Environmentalists in Ohio are putting heat on Sherrod Brown:

What's interesting about this is that the Ohio economy has taken two body blows in just the last week due primarily to high fuel prices.

First DHL decided to give up and outsource their overnight delivery to UPS, which kills about 6,000 jobs in Wilmington, a small community in a rural part of southwest Ohio. And just a few days ago, GM decided to close a truck plant in Dayton. The latter was partially offset by more small cars in Lordstown, but the problem for Sherrod remains.

And that's not even getting into the politics around coal, a major player in Ohio energy production, and discussed in this article.

In 2006, Sherrod barnstormed the state decryinig the state of Ohio's manufacturing industry and blaming all the ills on free trade and evil corporations. Well we have here two concrete examples of a problem for Ohio industry; high fuel prices, and Sherrod hasn't said boo about DHL or GM, and now he is on the verge of signing legislation that will increase energy costs for everyone? That's not what Ohio workers thought they were getting with Senator Brown.

Filed Under: Environment, 2008 Senate

Tagged: energy, environment, GM, Ohio, politics, Senate, Sherrod Brown, SherrodBrown

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