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Monroe is one of three Ohio cities in the running to land a new business, according to City Manager William Brock.

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Debi, I will tell you why Middletown officials don't go after new businesses, they are not officials. You have to be a professional to be an official. They cannot even keep the streets paved. The schools full of crime and they don't enforce keeping your home and yard at least cleaned up. They are awaiting their chance to leave town just like that poor excuse of a superintendant did.They let Middletown Reg Hosp go. Watch the mall die a slow death. Kmart closing and that strip mall will be empty

Average joe
3:11 PM, 7/1/2009

I'm no scholar, but it seems to me, that if I was a chief administrator in a dwindling city, such as Hamilton, and I heard a large corp. was looking for a place to build a manufacturing plant. I would beg them to look at this city, I would offer tax incentives, not only to the corporation, but for employee's who may be willing to move into the city. Where would we let them build? How about an old golf course, or what about the abandoned Louis Farm on Tylersville.H Town needs working people

Ed
12:04 PM, 7/1/2009

I would welcome any new business to the area. We need jobs. Still don't understand why Middletown does not try to get new business. Everything is going to Monroe. What is wrong with our city officials?

Debi
8:03 AM, 7/1/2009

Brock you don't want to tell the name of the company when many already know the name? You are brainless like Dr. Lolli is with the schools.
I'll pass the name of the secret company around and your secret will no longer be.

DA!

Writer
5:45 PM, 6/30/2009

I don't think we need anymore dirty manufacturing jobs near the city of Monroe. I think AK steel is near Monroe and it is dirty enough. My daughter knows more about pollution than most 30 year olds. We need more "white" collar jobs. Education is the only way out the mess we are in and I got's me a degree.

Isis
3:59 PM, 6/30/2009

People, Dayton is not the only area serviced by Cox publishing. Hamilton Journal services Hamilton/Fairfield area. If you feel it doesn't apply to you, then don't read it. People on here are idiots.

Lori
3:43 PM, 6/30/2009

Who cares if this does nothing for Dayton. Monroe is a thriving city surrounded by cities that are on the verge of collapse. I find myself cheering for Monroe to succeed and I don't even live there! Bring on the jobs!

David
3:30 PM, 6/30/2009

Kind of have to agree with flipper and Joe. I wouldn't consider Monroe in the 'Dayton area.' Heck, Monroe doesn't even have the same area code, it's 513 not 937. The Dayton area might get some local income tax if anyone from the city of Dayton, Centerville or Springboro lands a job there provided, if Monroe has local income tax, it's not higher than those three cities (it's based on the higher of the two- where you live or where you work).

UrbanDweller
3:24 PM, 6/30/2009

flipper and joe - i believe the article says bring jobs to the area, not dayton. can you not drive 20 minutes down the road for a job? LAZY!

a job is a job
3:03 PM, 6/30/2009

Bring on the Whining EX GM workers with the attitude of "You want me to do what for how much an hour" mentality, it's jobs and whether it be Dayton or Monroe, OHIO needs them.

Really?
2:19 PM, 6/30/2009

i can't believe people are worried about the pay range. who cares if its $300-$500 a week? ITS A JOB!!! the unemployment rate there is over 10% and your going to worry about how much money people will be able to make. THEY WILL BE MAKING SOMETHING! And if that something is not up to your standards...it WILL be up to an ILLEGAL ALLIENS standards. they will take the job. THIS IS THE PROBLEM IN AMERICA...beggars can't always be choosers!!!!**** it up and work!

astonished
2:09 PM, 6/30/2009

THIS IS NOT DAYTON!

joe
1:59 PM, 6/30/2009

Officals know EXACTY the "range" of pay is going to be. They have to include it in thier proposals, as far as what the "average low-top- pay is. The city of Brookville STILL won't tell you what the starting range is for that new shoe D.C. Caused thier ashamed they gave away the farm for such low level poverty range wages

me too
1:49 PM, 6/30/2009

A big and sincere GOOD LUCK to the area. We for sure need something around here. I just hope it isn't yet ANOTHER company thats going to pay poverty-type wages. But again, beggars can't be choosy. It could turn into a work 40 hrs.,bring home under 300 bux a wk and CONTINUE to drain the govt. programs. Sincerly from my heart though, good luck with this going further.

good luck
1:44 PM, 6/30/2009

That good for Monroe but it does nothing for Dayton.

flipper
1:40 PM, 6/30/2009

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