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Struggle Against Racism Continues Candidates Address Opioid Crisis Recipient of the Ohio An News Media Association INDEPENDENT BEST NEWSPAPER JOURNAL of NEWS in its size class, and OPINION 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. SINCE 1880 YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018 VOL. 139, NO. 18, 16 PAGES P RICE: $1.50 jail and children services, Anderson said. At the jail, about 80 percent of county felony Candidates address opioid crisis and growth cases involve opioids, he said. To address the crisis, the commissioners By Megan Bachman have purchased a body scanner to prevent drugs from being brought into the jail and The county jail is overflowing. Mental are working with drug treatment profes- health cases are growing in the double sionals to incorporate rehabilitation into the digits annually. The foster care system and design of a new jail. other social services are overloaded. “We know that sitting in jail doesn’t really The opioid epidemic has hit Greene help with an opioid addiction,” Anderson said. County hard, and the elected county com- “We want to help people on the rehab route.” missioners aren’t doing enough to support Dick Gould, who is currently serving those affected by addiction, according to as Greene County Treasurer and is chal- two candidates seeking the Democratic lenging Anderson for the Republican Party nomination for county commissioner nomination, also believes the opioid crisis in the May 8 primary. is affecting many countywide. He would “We know there is a need and [the com- like to streamline the delivery of services missioners] need to do more,” candidate and better manage the county’s resources Susan Lopez of Beavercreek said of the to deal with the crisis. Some organizations opioid crisis this week. overlap and those affected by addiction are As the commissioners begin planning for unaware of what the county may offer. ALL PHOTOS SUBMITTED; FAR RIGHT PHOTO BY FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS a new jail, Lopez, a program manager at a “The county could become a clearing- family resource center in Bellbrook, has At left, Incumbent Greene County Commissioner Alan G. Anderson and the three candidates vying for that position: serving house for information — so many people been attending commission meetings and Greene County Treasurer Dick Gould, who is challenging Anderson in the Republican primary; physician Steven Bujenovic and Susan don’t know where to turn,” Gould said. encouraging a focus on rehabilitation. Lopez, program manager at a family resource center in Bellbrook, who are opposing each other in the Democratic primary. “It costs three to five times less to do a New approaches to county issues year of treatment than a year of jail,” Lopez hospitals “don’t want to do it — there is no missioner elected to the office more than job and family services, children services, The three candidates opposing or wish- said. “If you’re just going to incarcerate money in it,” he said. 30 years. Although the county is majority regional planning, engineering, soil and ing to challenge Anderson each said they someone and they don’t get the treatment, “For treatment we have to refer them to Republican, both candidates feel at least water conservation and more. would bring something new the commis- they will funnel back.” TCN [behavioral health services], but it one of the commission’s three seats should But incumbent Alan Anderson, a Repub- sion. They also discussed the challenges Lopez’s Democratic opponent, Steve takes two or three days to get in,” Bujenovic represent the minority party. And both lican seeking the nomination to run for his they see facing the county and how they Bujenovic of Yellow Springs, would also said. “During that time they go back to drugs, believe they would add balance to the fourth term, said the commission has taken would solve them. Anderson defended his devote additional resources to treating because they can’t tolerate that period.” board, currently comprised of two busi- the opioid crisis seriously and is already record and accomplishments. those addicted to opioids. So Bujenovic envisions developing a nessmen and one lawyer. working to combat it. The current makeup of the commission, A physician at a Dayton free clinic, Buje- mobile treatment lab and new transporta- Greene County Commissioners serve four- “Greene County is as much the center of which also includes Tom Koogler and novic sees many patients struggling with tion options to get those addicted to the year terms, command a $75,000 annual salary the opioid crisis as anywhere,” said Ander- Bob Glaser, lacks a financial professional, drug addiction. But though they can iden- services they need. and manage a budget of around $50 million. son, a Xenia attorney who represented the according to Gould, a CPA with a back- tify those who are addicted, neither he nor In filling the one open seat in the Novem- They oversee the budgets of all county agen- Village of Yellow Springs from the early ground in real estate and accounting. his colleagues in the emergency rooms of ber general election, Lopez and Bujenovic cies including the courts, sheriff’s office, 1980s until the mid-90s. The impact is being local hospitals can begin treatment because hope to become the first Democratic com- parks and recreation, animal control, coroner, felt primarily in two county agencies — the CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 How will you vote on levy? By Diane Chiddister and to school leaders, the hybrid project was its Carol Simmons response to the community’s preference to make facility changes in stages. How are you voting May 8 on the school For this story, the News attempted to facilities levy? gather a balance of opinions on the upcom- Last week the News spoke to about two ing vote across a range of demographic dozen villagers representing a cross-sec- groups. While opinions differed, villagers tion of the community about how they plan expressed common threads regarding the to vote on the upcoming school facilities levy experience. Some expressed discom- levy. The levy seeks to raise nearly $18.5 fort at feeling conflicted about how to vote million for a facility rebuild/renovation on a school levy, since they consider them- project for Yellow Springs High School/ selves longtime school supporters. McKinney School. “I’m on the fence and it’s uncomfort- The May 8 vote follows a year-long able,” Amy Harper of Community Solutions process that began early in 2017. In March said last week. of that year, school leaders presented to Along with indecision, many villagers the community several options for school spoke regretfully about the level of rancor building upgrades. After two public meet- they perceive surrounding this levy cam- ings that spring, the architect contracted paign. to make initial designs of the options, Mike “It’s been very polarizing,” said longtime Ruetschle of Ruetschle Architects, stated to villager Kate Anderson. “In my time here, school board members that a community I’ve never seen anything like it before.” preference appeared to have emerged, One villager, who moved to town five and that the preference was for a new K-12 years ago, asked to remain anonymous due building, at a cost of $32 million. to the controversy surrounding the cam- At that point, some villagers expressed paign. An IT specialist, he blames the role concern that the process was moving too of social media for some of the acrimony. fast. Over the summer, the district added “Social media amplifies the conflict,” he three more “community pulse” meetings to said. “We express things online more easily look at facility options, during which many than we would face to face.” PHOTO BY MEGAN BACHMAN expressed concern over the $32 million But he feels strongly that however vil- Tamika Mallory, co-president of the Women’s March, stands in front of a projected photograph of Coretta Scott King, Antioch price tag for the project. In the fall, a survey lagers stand on the levy issue, they should alumna. Mallory gave a talk at Antioch College on April 26, the day after she received the second annual Coretta Scott King Legacy of 300 potential village voters made clear treat each other with respect. Award. She told the audience that the struggle for civil rights continues and that fighting systemic racism is everyone’s responsibility. that the $32 million project was unpopular; “Whether people say yea or nay, they more than 80 percent said they would vote should be respected for their position,” he against it. said. Women’s March co-founder Tamika Mallory— In December the board approved an alternative project, a hybrid building/reno- Elders for and against vating of YSHS/McKinney School, with a Yellow Springs has a large percentage of Mills Lawn upgrade tabled to a later date. elders, and many live on the fixed income Struggle against racism continues To fund the project, the board approved of Social Security. For those people whose placing on the May ballot a 4.7-mill prop- incomes remain static, the increasing costs By Megan Bachman inaugural prize went to Eleanor Holmes “If you wanted to know, you could erty tax levy and 0.25 percent income tax Norton, a 1960 graduate of Antioch who was know,” Mallory said. increase, to raise $18.5 million. According CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 “Struggle is a never ending process. Free- a longtime civil rights activist and politician. Mallory also advised white people and dom is never really won, you earn it and win Mila Cooper, director of the Coretta Scott others with privilege not to expect other it in every generation.”— Coretta Scott King King Center at Antioch, said Mallory was people to solve racism and injustice in Evoking the words of the late Coretta chosen because the 37-year-old New York general.
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