Payday Pundit

So many employees of the payday lending industry in Ohio fought hard for their jobs and for their customers.  Everyone of you has more sense and smarts than the legislators who voted to kill the industry in the state.    This letter in the Youngstown Vindicator is typical of the many letters to the editors, emails to legislators […]

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Today’s article  in the Columbus Dispatch speaks for itself.  The article quotes payday lending company executives as saying, “I’ve never seen anything like this.”
It’s a sad day when politicians play politics instead of listening the the people they represent.  They have ignored tens of thousands of emails, phone calls, letters and personal visits from the employees they will vote to […]

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Kristie Temple of Wilmington asks:
So, our question to our senators is this, have you ever worried about how you are going to put food on your table for your family, or the price of gas so you can make it work the next day.
Ms. Temple’s full letter is here.  

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This letter in the Zanesville Time Recorder sums up the situation in Ohio nicely. (Note how the paper put a snarky headline on this letter.  They just can’t help showing their bias, we guess) From the letter:
People trust us to help them. What will they do when they have no one to turn to? Just bounce check after check?
Ohio payday […]

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A powerful letter to the editor in Ohio’s Newark Advocate from a manager at a Cashland store.

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The story by Brian Duffy of 19 Action News, includes an interview with a Check n Go employee and an  appreciative customer. The visuals include close ups of the large poster-size displays of fees that are found in all CFSA member-company stores as well as images of the 3,000 employees that rallied for their jobs […]

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The Payday Pundit just received this regarding our recent post about employees making their voices heard:
Not only are they not answering phones– they are rude when they do!! I emailed the following to Senator yesterday…
Wednesday May 7, 2008
Dear Senator Sawyer-
I called in to your office to ask for your support of HB 545 today. Unfortunately I was […]

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It’s great to see payday lending workers fighting for their jobs and discussing the people they help.  This article captures this great quote.
There are people we help if they use it responsibly,” said Mary Myers, of Heartland Cash Advance. “I’ve had people come in needing $100 for medicine and walk out the door praising us […]

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From an employee who was at the rally yesterday:
Please vote NO! Companies that have been built from the ground up will be eliminated. Pregnant mothers will be without health care. I was at the rally and saw a woman with a sign that read “My husband has terminal cancer…what will we do about our health […]

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Please note that this segment from WBNS was taken before the rally started and didn’t capture the 2000+ employees that were there.

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