Middletown Forum : Middletown News, Info and Happenings http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : Middletown News, Info and Happenings : Last 10 Posts Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:01:06 +0000 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:15:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 30 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=27 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ Middletown News, Info and Happenings : Young kids......Mercy! http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7001&PID=51392&title=young-kidsmercy#51392 Author: buddhalite
Subject: Young kids......Mercy!
Posted: Jul 12 2021 at 11:15pm

Was tempted to respond to your post - but after reading that last sentence...it must have been a rhetorical post. :-)

It's sad - these kids are FED THIS BY THEIR TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND GOVERNMENT.

That's where it starts - that's where it festers - that's where it escapes the bubble of incubation and leaps out into the wilderness at age 18....

...the difference between now and then (well, the 30 years since I left the cult of education) is that WE WERE EXPECTED TO GROW UP and as a result of that growing up WE LEARNED AND REALIZED HARD WORK IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS!

Those who don't work hard eat boxed macaroni and cheese. Those who do work hard eat caviar and dine with Robin Leach.

Those who don't work hard subsist off other's people's work.  Those who do work hard bask in the fruits of their labor.

Those who don't work hard and expect people to pay them the same wage as those who do are thinly veiled communists.  Those who do work hard expect nothing for free, freely participate in the economy by starting companies, creating jobs and putting other hard working people to work!

Our education system is succeeding...at something.

So much for not responding! :-)
]]> Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:15:47 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7001&PID=51392&title=young-kidsmercy#51392 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : Young kids......Mercy! http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7001&PID=51391&title=young-kidsmercy#51391 Author: Bill
Subject: Young kids......Mercy!
Posted: Jul 12 2021 at 11:14am

Aside from the fragmentation of media and this kid probably getting all his news from like-minded kids on FB or instagram, I question whether the school systems even teach the concepts of capitalism or entrepreneurship anymore.  And I doubt the topics of socialism or communism are taught with a critical lens showing the major errors in those systems.]]> Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:14:05 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7001&PID=51391&title=young-kidsmercy#51391 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : Young kids......Mercy! http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7001&PID=51390&title=young-kidsmercy#51390 Author: VietVet
Subject: Young kids......Mercy!
Posted: Jul 12 2021 at 10:26am

Had a nice young man stop by in the neighborhood soliciting registered voters to sign a petition. It appears Shaddocks Pizza is going for their Sunday liquor license. Doesn't bother me that they want to expand their business capabilities so I signed. We struck up a conversation because I was interested in where young people are as it relates to the current state of affairs in the country and, specifically, the unemployment handout from Biden that seems to be preventing workers from pursuing the multitude of jobs open now. He told me that many in his age group are not pursuing jobs now because the pay is too low to start. I asked him how much he thought he should be making just walking in the door with no experience. He told me more than what is being offered in the $10 to $13/hr range. He thought it should be more like $15 to $20/hr. I suggested that was a tad bit too high for flipping burgers behind a grill or taking an order at the register. He told me the employers should pay a decent wage that would supply enough money for a nice lifestyle making the house/car payments with some leftover deposable cash to prevent living from paycheck to paycheck. I told him what I encountered in my 48 yrs of working and I told him good luck finding that situation as the employers need to make a profit to invest back in the business, satisfy the major stockholders and to create new jobs with pay and benefit packages. He just didn't get the concept so the conversation ended quickly. Tell me something...Why do these young people feel so entitled to freebie handouts and not think they have to work from the bottom up to attain more money? They all want to be the boss just walking in the door for the first time. Incredible crap they have been fed. In short, what the hell is wrong with these kids nowadays? ]]> Mon, 12 Jul 2021 10:26:32 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7001&PID=51390&title=young-kidsmercy#51390 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : 2nd fire at Middletown Paperboard http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6985&PID=51344&title=2nd-fire-at-middletown-paperboard#51344 Author: buddhalite
Subject: 2nd fire at Middletown Paperboard
Posted: Apr 21 2020 at 9:06pm

Maybe we should allow Butler Tech to bring in some of their students to demolish the remains and learn how to use some big equipment?

The city's incompetent leadership has placed a huge burden upon the taxpayers.  The sad part - this is far from the end of this nonsense.
]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:06:42 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6985&PID=51344&title=2nd-fire-at-middletown-paperboard#51344 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : 2nd fire at Middletown Paperboard http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6985&PID=51343&title=2nd-fire-at-middletown-paperboard#51343 Author: middletownscouter
Subject: 2nd fire at Middletown Paperboard
Posted: Apr 21 2020 at 9:56am

Looking at the Butler County Auditor's website, it appears that as of January of this year the State took ownership of the property, then transferred it a few days later to the Butler County Land Bank, who immediately transferred it to the City of Middletown.
]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:56:10 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6985&PID=51343&title=2nd-fire-at-middletown-paperboard#51343 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : 2nd fire at Middletown Paperboard http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6985&PID=51342&title=2nd-fire-at-middletown-paperboard#51342 Author: buddhalite
Subject: 2nd fire at Middletown Paperboard
Posted: Apr 18 2020 at 4:53pm

It's sad.  We the taxpayers stuck with the bill again.

Why?

Oh yes, years and decades of mismanagement and all eggs in one basket leadership have brought us to this point.

Thanks to all who made it possible.  I can see my sewer and water rates getting hiked again already.

Agreed it is an eyesore.  Who owns the land?
]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:53:39 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6985&PID=51342&title=2nd-fire-at-middletown-paperboard#51342 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : 2nd fire at Middletown Paperboard http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6985&PID=51340&title=2nd-fire-at-middletown-paperboard#51340 Author: VietVet
Subject: 2nd fire at Middletown Paperboard
Posted: Apr 17 2020 at 9:12pm

Journal story about the second fire at the old Middletown Paperboard plant. The second fire seems to be started in a garage by yet another homeless person. Time to bulldoze the site isn't it Middletown before someone dies there. Knock it down, haul it away and clear the lot for yet another green space in the city. No other options is there? It looks bad as you enter the city from the south on Rt 4. I know you are obsessed with the appearance around your downtown area and this should help your cause. ]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:12:05 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6985&PID=51340&title=2nd-fire-at-middletown-paperboard#51340 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : Downtown Business Reboot http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6984&PID=51336&title=downtown-business-reboot#51336 Author: spiderjohn
Subject: Downtown Business Reboot
Posted: Apr 13 2020 at 7:20pm

Still hoping that the new mayor and next city manager will shift the emphasis....

You make excellent points about the traffic around Kroger, Meijer, Lowe’s, the restaurants out there + Atrium and Kettering compared to the business trAffic in the former downtown, even on their good days.....]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:20:41 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6984&PID=51336&title=downtown-business-reboot#51336 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : Downtown Business Reboot http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6984&PID=51335&title=downtown-business-reboot#51335 Author: VietVet
Subject: Downtown Business Reboot
Posted: Apr 13 2020 at 4:26pm

I know spider, I know. Just get so frustrated at seeing stories supporting the dam downtown area acting like the other parts of town don't matter. Concentrating on just the downtown and ignoring the issues in all other parts of town is a road to disaster for this city.......and they don't see that????

Just wondering what they are looking at sometimes. Sit in the Kroger parking lot at the Towne Mall location, look south toward Lowes and north towards Meijer and notice the traffic flow on a given normal day (pre-non-corona virus day that is). Then go downtown and watch the difference in traffic flow sitting at Don's Pizza (or anywhere) on any day and notice the difference in traffic business attraction. There is no comparison. Yet, because the city leaders are so enamored (maybe so beholding???) with the downtown business owners, (and because we seem to be loading up on council members with downtown business owners), they place all their eggs in one basket.

History repeats itself......

The city leaders in the 70's made the same tunnel vision mistake when they relied on Armco/AK at the time for the city revenue and didn't replace the paper mills that were closing by finding more industry to replace them. Now, not only have we lost the paper mills, but are now dealing with the decline in revenue from a drastically downsized AK Steel, that has since gone under new ownership. The city literally lost it's revenue base right before our eyes and the city leaders just sat and watched it all happen back then. The same is happening right now in a different context. What is the matter with city leaders who can't see what this city needs to prosper......or don't they care enough to do something about it? What the hell happened to competent city leadership since the 60's. Like society as a whole, city leadership has gone downhill the last four decades with non quality individuals who just want to warm a council seat and with no future visions.

You're right......it still doesn't matter. Sad to know. ]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:26:23 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6984&PID=51335&title=downtown-business-reboot#51335 Middletown News, Info and Happenings : Downtown Business Reboot http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6984&PID=51334&title=downtown-business-reboot#51334 Author: spiderjohn
Subject: Downtown Business Reboot
Posted: Apr 13 2020 at 1:26pm

Most everyone in town agrees...
City is in too deep to quit now + these downtown businesses will be needing $$ probably at the expense of all other city businesses

But how many times can we say your message?
It still doesn’t matter....]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:26:54 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6984&PID=51334&title=downtown-business-reboot#51334