Mayor Doug Franklin Reflects on a Changing Warren
WARREN, Ohio – When Mayor Doug Franklin was working on the General Motors Lordstown assembly line, he never dreamed the plant would be closed 40 years later.
Franklin was a new father and a precinct committeeman then.
“I think we all had a feeling that the plant would be there way longer than it actually existed,” he says. “We had a feeling it was a secure place of employment for the Valley. It had all of the attributes for longevity, including the Ohio Turnpike and interstate, and its location was excellent.”
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