The Mahoning County court just offloaded a whole bunch of old documents, according to Vindicator. About 800 pounds of space-wasting dead tree material was shredded by a mom-and-pop Cortland outfit that specializes in erasing the antiquated public record for $160 a ton.
The material isn’t gone for good. The country transferred the paperwork to microfilm, so historians and journalists in the future can confirm that yes, Youngstown was actually a real place, not just admonitory bedtime story older cities once warned younger cities they might become if you don’t diversify their economies in a globalized environment and plan green spaces in an urban landscape.
Also, don’t fret, eco-heads. This particular shredding company will turn around and sell the ripped up historical documents to a Wisconsin paper mill. Soon enough, it’ll be toilet paper and paper towels. So everybody’s a winner here — the world, the county, the people in need of cheaper toilet paper.
The whole story made us realize Cuyahoga County’s own document disposal policy is a little out-of-date. We’ve included some of the guidelines leftover from the previous administration
This article appears in Jul 4-10, 2012.
Don’t think for a minute that there is no back-and-forths from the mighty Younstown Families to Big Rat Jimmy Dimora and old brown eyes..Franky R. After the paper is shredded, take a look in the particle board making equipment over there.
Fatty Fat Jimmy D loved to have these document-shredding trucks pull up in front of his house and office. They would arrive full of jelly doughnuts (for him to roll around in and rub all over his face) and leave full of shredded documents!