These are the people who could win Donald Trump the election

The New York Post ^ | September 24, 2016 | Salena Zito

[2ndDivisionVet]

EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio — Rich Andrason isn’t blind to the evidence of decay that a collapsed local economy and two generations of heroin addiction have brought to Columbiana County. Still, he wouldn’t change anything about his life here.

“I have a good life here, I still do,” he said, settling behind a desk slightly elevated from the counter of the antiques shop he and his wife Janice own on Washington Street.

Things used to be grander in the once-bustling downtown of this city of about 13,000 along the Ohio River. Parents brought kids here to shop for back-to-school clothes or to visit with Santa Claus as Christmas approached. This was a place where people made things, sold things, to carve out a decent middle-class American life....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Interesting piece.

[headstamp 2]

“Andrason, 72, suspects government officials in Washington couldn’t find his hometown on a map,”

Be thankful for that lest about 500 Syrian refugees come your way.

[NonValueAdded]

They still own rental property, something that may cause them to be slapped with fines — $400 the first year and $1,200 the second — if they cannot find tenants.

What is that all about?

[DoodleDawg]

What is that all about?

Good question. Some local law?

[Robert DeLong]

Beaver County was where Joe Namath hailed from. He was from Beaver Falls, Pa.

[apillar]

They still own rental property, something that may cause them to be slapped with fines — $400 the first year and $1,200 the second — if they cannot find tenants.

What is that all about?

I'm guessing that it has something to do with the property being zoned for rental to receive a lower property tax rate or something. With penalties if the property isn't rented out to prevent abuse. But that is just a guess...

[CurlyDave]

What is that all about?

I can imagine a misguided local law intended to force rents down and prevent population loss.

It won't work, but it will make libs feel good by punishing those who have worked hard enough to accumulate some rental property.

[sheikdetailfeather]

I used to live in East Liverpool and remember it well. This is YUGE that so many there are voting for Trump since they are all mostly Democrats there.

[buckalfa]

I also lived in the “pool” back in the mid 70’s. Unions, democrats, and the mob dominated the town. Dust from the potteries was every where. I guess the town is now classic rust belt, fertile ground for Trump to pick up votes.