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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.
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By tink
April 20, 2009 12:37 PM | Link to this
YOU PEOPLE THINK DHL OWES YOU EVERYTHING.THEY OWE YOU NOTHING.THE REASON IT DID NOT WORK WAS THAT YOU PEOPLE THOUGHT YOU WERE TO GOOD TO CHANGEBy Get Real
April 19, 2009 4:13 PM | Link to this
Quit complaining Ohio, you voted for this. I wonder now how many people are happy the casino did not go through.By rj
April 19, 2009 12:52 AM | Link to this
Biden? Yep, I re-read the article and by golly, it says Biden. The man’s a liar. Way to go, Brown. Must be interested in a Cabinet post.