I enjoyed reading the Record Journal letter "Unemployed" on Wednesday,
11/25/09, by Christopher Harran of Meriden, CT. Mr. Harran made a very
good point in his letter. I too would like to know why the closing of a
Cadillac auto dealership was more important than a major employer in the
City of Meriden, CT. who closed one of its facilities, and layed off
hunderds of workers at another. Doing this does have a very negative
impact on the city. It means less business for area stores and
restaurants. These workers were given a paycheck each week and Im sure
they spent a lot of their money in Meriden. Does anyone on the city
council care? Once these jobs are gone they may never come back again.
As I see it, Mayor Mike and the city council told us what they think of
this issue by their silence. Saying nothing on the matter shows how much
you care. With the way our economy is going we should do all we can to
keep jobs here and people working in our city. We soon will see just how
many more stores go out of business in our city because sales were down
for the Christmas shopping seaon. I hope the economy improves for the
new year of 2010 because 2009 was not a very good year at all for both
business and the American worker. From, TOM COSS