LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Voter wants politicians who get things done, don’t play partisan blame games
Like Patty Cohan’s Sunday letter “We need middleground candidate to replace Portman,” I too vote for the person not the party.
I am an independent voter who is sick of both political parties blaming the other for not accomplishing their work. We sent representatives to Congress to do the nation’s work. The American people do not want excuses – reach across the aisle to compromise on important issues and pass needed legislation.
I had to register as a Republican for the 2016 primary as I wanted to vote for John Kasich. I had to register as Democrat for the 2020 primary as I wanted to vote for Joe Biden. Both men are open to working with their political opponents. I had a T-shirt made that reads “Biden 2020 Kasich 2024.”
Halfway there.
Susanrobin Schneider, Columbus
A Pennsylvania bank is relocating its headquarters to Columbus, a move that will create 50 jobs here the next several years.
Northwest Bank's current corporate offices are in Warren in northwest Pennsylvania.
The company will relocate its headquarters to 3 Easton Oval in Columbus, near its existing mortgage fulfillment center at 1 Easton Oval. It will occupy 19,000 square feet of the fifth floor, with rights to more space as needed.
Hiring will begin this fall. Founded in 1896, Northwest Bank has assets of $13.8 billion and operates 162 full-service community banking offices and eight free-standing drive-thru facilities in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Indiana.
Northwest's investment in Ohio began in 2015 with its acquisition of Lorain National Bank, and the company has since expanded its presence in the Midwest with its acquisition of Mutualfirst Financial in Indiana.
Northwest currently has 52 workers in central Ohio.
The bank's president and CEO is Ron Seiffert, who was CEO, president and chairman of the Delaware County Bank that was sold in 2017.
Seiffert has deep ties to the banking industry in Columbus and also was an interim president of Ohio Dominican University.