Looking to Curb OVI Budget, but Vetoes Freeze on Medicaid
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MAKES PLAYOFF PUSH FEELS RIGHT AT HOME KEEPING YOUR KIDS ENGAGED Rain hinders Class B team’s drive New Boardman chief set for transition Summer camps abound SPORTS | B1 LOCAL | A3 ERNIE BROWN JR. | A2 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 U 75¢ PUCO urges fi nancial oversight for Youngstown Thermal Thermal’s finances can be set throughout the process.” UTILITIES COMMISSION ASKS AG’S OFFICE TO SEEK A RECEIVER U PUCO fi ndings and order ;fnecfX[ straight and the service to about Haque noted during the Friday By KALEA HALL ceiver will be able to get the utility’s 40 Youngstown customers will not hearing that PUCO is a regulator [email protected] finances in order so that service be interrupted. and does not run utility compa- YOUNGSTOWN remains viable for Youngstown “The next step is to go before the nies. Youngstown Thermal’s dire fi- Thermal’s customers,” said Asim could face, the commission had to courts to seek the appointment of Carl Avers, chief executive of- nancial situation has led the Pub- Z. Haque, chairman of the com- act swiftly. the receiver,” said Kate Hanson, fi cer of Youngstown Thermal, ex- lic Utilities Commission of Ohio mission, during a Friday hearing. The PUCO board voted unan- public information offi cer for the plained that he initiated the pro- to formally ask Attorney General The commission doesn’t usu- imously to accept its staff’s rec- attorney general’s offi ce. “We are cess with PUCO because he had Mike DeWine to seek a receiver for ally meet on Fridays, but because ommendation to ask the attorney the attorney for the PUCO, so we the fi duciary responsibility to do the utility. of the imminent energy crisis general to seek a receiver of the work [directly] with PUCO and “We are very hopeful that this re- Youngstown Thermal customers company so that Youngstown we will be working with them See THERMAL, A5 OHIO State patrol steps up impaired-driving enforcement in the city Kasich signs Looking to curb OVI budget, but vetoes freeze on Medicaid By DAVID SKOLNICK [email protected] YOUNGSTOWN Gov. John Kasich has once again stood against fellow Republicans in the Ohio Legis- lature to support a Medicaid expansion that now provides health insurance to 700,000 low-income Ohioans. The 2016 presidential con- tender vetoed a proposed freeze from Ohio’s state bud- get before signing it late Fri- day in Columbus. With Kasich’s veto, the GOP-controlled House and Senate must decide whether Kasich to override his decision. Democratic state legislators in the Mahon- ing Valley aren’t in agreement on whether there are enough GOP votes for an override. The Ohio House scheduled a July 6 session for a tentative override. The Senate hasn’t set a date to return but is expected to meet dur- ing the week of July 10. A three-fi fths vote in the House and Senate are needed to overturn the veto of Kasich, See OHIO, A5 NIKOS FRAZIER | THE VINDICATOR Dan Deluca of the Ohio State Highway Patrol talks with Milton Pena of Texas recently at an OVI checkpoint on the East Side of Youngstown. The state patrol has been concentrating on OVI violations in the city. WASHINGTON By JOE GORMAN FROM MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THROUGH JUNE 28, TROOPERS CHARGED 38 PEOPLE WITH [email protected] OVI IN YOUNGSTOWN, MOSTLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE IN THE SOUTH AVENUE CORRIDOR. YOUNGSTOWN Trump suggests ROOPERS FROM THE Canfi eld Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol have more repeal of health law than doubled the amount of arrests on charges of operat- Ting under the infl uence in a one-month period over the same period in 2016. now, replace it later And they have been doing it without any ex- Associated Press tra help, said post com- WASHINGTON mander Lt. Jerad Sutton. President Donald Trump barged into Sen- The enforcement pri- ate Republicans’ delicate health care nego- marily has been on mid- tiations Friday, declaring that if lawmakers night turn and has come can’t reach a deal they should simply repeal because Sutton said he Obamacare right away and then replace it Sutton wants to increase the later on. Trump’s tweet revives an number of OVI citations U approach that GOP leaders INSIDE: due to an increase in alcohol-related and the president himself Trump’s crashes not just in the city, but in Ma- considered but dismissed travel ban honing County as well. months ago as impractical won’t keep From Memorial Day weekend through and politically unwise. And engaged June 28, troopers charged 38 people with it’s likely to further compli- couples OVI in Youngstown, mostly on the South cate Majority Leader Mitch apart after Side in the South Avenue corridor. McConnell’s task as he strug- all. A8 One person, Jermaine Stroughter, 37, gles to bridge the divide be- of Youngstown, was charged two weeks Lt. Jerad Sutton of the state patrol, far right, briefs troopers and Youngstown police offi cers before a tween GOP moderates and conservatives as recent OVI checkpoint on Youngstown’s East Side. The state patrol has been concentrating on OVI senators leave Washington for the Fourth of See OVI, A5 violations in Youngstown in recent weeks. See HEALTH, A5 inside INDEX Ex-mayor, Liberty offi cial not ready to retire just yet Business . A10 today Pat Ungaro, a Classifi eds . B5-6 Ungaro to work part time for township former Youngs- Comics . C4 CANFIELD HIGH EXCELS By SARAH LEHR terback at East High School, town mayor, is Crossword . C3 Canfi eld High School had its best [email protected] The Rayen School and not yet ready Daily Briefi ng . A2 to say good- performance nationally in both LIBERTY Youngstown State, now uses Editorial . A9 bye to govern- speech and debate last week. Pat Ungaro, former a cane after several back op- Legal ads. A6 ment life. He LOCAL, A3 Youngstown mayor, insists Lotteries . A2 erations but keeps active by retired from his Society. C1 WELL TO BE PLUGGED one day he will retire for walking on the treadmill. full-time posi- North Star Disposal Services LLC good. Just not right now. He resigned his full-time tion as Liberty Sports. .B1-5 Township Tributes. A7 has received permission to plug and The life of leisure does not position as the Liberty agree with Ungaro, 76. Township administrator in administrator TV Week . D1-12 abandon the well that was blamed for in June, but he Valley Life. C2 the 4.0 earthquake Dec. 31, 2011. “I tried it for a short time June. Trustees have agreed to and it was awful,” Ungaro will be rehired Weather. A2 LOCAL, A3 rehire him as a part-time ad- by the town- said. “I know that’s not how ministrator earning $1,200 PLEASE RECYCLE ship Aug. 1 on MAZDA RECALLS 307K most people would feel, but monthly beginning Aug. 1. a part-time Mazda is recalling more than 307,000 I’ve still got all this energy. In the meantime, Ungaro is basis. cars because of a parking-brake issue. I want to be going all the advising the township infor- BUSINESS, A10 time.” ROBERT K. YOSAY Ungaro, a former quar- See UNGARO, A5 THE VINDICATOR A1 - 07/01/17 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK TODAY ON VINDY.COM Find a job or vehicle on: 107 Vindicator Square, DAILY BRIEFING Youngstown, OH 44503 U vindyJOBS.com: 160 openings U Published daily. 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