Before they put this money in Paulson's pocket, they ought to take care of the retirees.

This plant makes money. They told us that they were making more tires than they ever did before and productivity's been the highest it's been at that plant for as long as they can remember . . . and today they dumped the bomb on those workers and their families.

They patted me down. They took my wallet. They took my money I had in my pocket and they took the pizza. They didn't hurt me or anything but they jumped in the car and took off.

It is outrageous that the company has never discussed alternatives with the union and simply dropped a bomb on the whole city. It is a mean-spirited terrible way to treat workers, their families and the whole community.

You can't run a steel company like a cash machine.

It's not that we're trying to fill the town with seniors. It's helping to balance our residential housing. Over the last five years, we've had a loss of seniors. As people retired and taxes increased for schools, they moved away. We've started to see an increase, but it's not keeping pace with a lot of family subdivisions going up.