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by Stephen Koff -- Plain Dealer
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Retired iron workers in Northeast Ohio will get a short reprieve before their pensions could be cut.
It's not as if their union pension plan has turned around financially, however. If anything, new projections show the Iron Workers Local 17 fund -- the retirement fund for the men and women who erected the skyscrapers, bridges and airport towers Clevelanders pass by every day -- will be insolvent by 2024, a year earlier than thought.
Steve LaTourette was a very adept political figure who was highly intelligent and a lawyer's lawyer. He was one of those members that had the capacity to reach across the aisle. He always had a smile and always had a good word. If I can pick one area where we accomplished something, it was trying to get resources allocated to the Great Lakes at the federal level. I would say he was a very rare talent. My deepest sympathies go to his family.
Toledo, OH — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department has secured $80,530 in a competitive grant award for the acquisition of specialized fire equipment to assist and improve the Department’s response to fires and other emergencies in Toledo’s high-rise buildings and any fire incident that would require a long stretch of fire hose, including commercial ships, vehicle fires in parking garages, wild fires, and train derailments.
by Sabrina Eaton, Cleveland Plain Dealer
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo area:
"He was a very adept political figure who was highly intelligent and a lawyer's lawyer. He was one of those members that had the capacity to reach across the aisle. He always had a smile and always had a good word. If I can pick one area where we accomplished something, it was trying to get resources allocated to the Great Lakes at the federal level. I would say he was a very rare talent. My deepest sympathies go to his family."