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Saturday, April 18, 2009
Brown, Wilmington mayor to meet with vice-president on DHL
Sen. Sherrod Brown, Wilmington Mayor David Raizk and other regional officials will meet with Vice-President Joe Biden next week to determine how to help Wilmington recover from DHL’s decision to return to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
The decision, announced Friday, April 17, will result in the loss of about 180 full-time and 650 part-time jobs.
Brown, D-Ohio, said the meeting will aim to coordinate different federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Transportation and possibly the Defense Department to coordinate federal aid available to the community.
Brown compared the effort to the base closure process, and just as base closures are coordinated between multiple federal agencies, so too should such a massive job loss, he said.
“The government knows how to respond to (base closures) pretty well,” he said. ‘We’re looking for the same kind of response.”
The details of the meeting, such as the time and day, weren’t available Saturday, but a spokeswoman for Brown said Brown’s office and the Vice-President’s office were working to coordinate something. She said it was expected to be early next week.
Raizk said he plans to attend, and one of his prime focuses will be how best to transfer the DHL facility to the city of Wilmington. “DHL needs to do the right thing and return the air park to the community,” he said.
