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Vote for Shelley Pratt for county probate judge

DEAR EDITOR: On May 5, Republican primary voters will have to decide on who will be the new Trumbull County Probate Court judge. Shelley Pratt, an experienced Prosecutor and current Common Pleas magistrate is the candidate voters should trust. Magistrate Pratt was a prosecutor for 20+ years in both Ashtabula and Columbiana counties. During that time, she was involved in over 100 cases before the Ohio Supreme Court. In comparison, her opponent has 4. Shelley Pratt has argued before the 11th and 7th districts’ Court of Appeals. Shelley Pratt is a full-time magistrate who has involvement ...

Don’t forget Campbell’s ruling in fatal crash

DEAR EDITOR: Living in Cortland, I see a lot of political signs for Thomas Campbell for judge. Truthfully, I didn’t know a lot about Judge Campbell until I read about a ruling he made in a court case in August of last year. The case involved a 19-year-old driver who was on his phone, driving a new Audi, and rear-ended a line of stopped traffic. He caused a four-car accident, killing the driver of the vehicle he struck. Somehow, Judge Campbell thought the appropriate punishment for this vehicular homicide was two weeks in jail and a one-year license suspension. I wonder if the widow ...

Our memories together compared to today’s zealotry

DEAR EDITOR: My memories are my recollection of the past. Disquieting. I am searching today, delving into the comparison of an off-color world (the present) compared to how I once knew it. It was 1945. I was born into a nation celebrating the victory over a Nazi regime, along with an imperial regime that committed acts of profound cruelty. The pull of a city trying to change and the American people that once celebrated they had won a war — showing that win with the love of each other, with hugs and kisses. At that time, we had a president named Harry S. Truman. He was basically ...

Turn old TMH building into middle-class apartments

DEAR EDITOR: First of all, I had worked at Trumbull Memorial Hospital for 29 1/2 years. I have been out of there for the past 19 years. They made bad business decisions over the years. Putting that aside, the building should be made into Trumbull middle-class apartments — not low-income, not high-income (with the building not used at all). All this leads to fire taking place and vandalism, let alone stealing. They should use the money received from the state of Ohio from legal marijuana; it was $375,000. (According to a 27 News Youngstown report, which aired the last week of ...

Where did all the primary politicians go?

DEAR EDITOR: PRIMARY POLITICIANS ARE MISSING! Where have they gone? Rumor has it that some of our elected leaders are mysteriously disappearing, those character-lite leaders who denigrate America’s time-honored democratic values of representative democracy, rule of law, and election integrity. Where have all these size “irregular” leaders gone? Rumors on Google-gossip state that Haitian immigrants are stealing and eating Northeastern Ohio’s integrity-impaired political leaders. Rumor proselytizes that Haitians from Springfield, Ohio, have re-migrated to the ...

Focus on responsibility for Alcohol Awareness Month

DEAR EDITOR: April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a time to reflect on your alcohol consumption. For adults who choose to drink, the new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasizes moderation, advises that drinking less is better for overall health than drinking more, and notes that some people should not drink at all. The scientific report that informed these recommendations defines moderate drinking as up to one drink per day for women and up to two per day for men. Examples of one drink include 12 oz. beer, 5 oz. wine, or 1.5 oz. distilled spirits. Each contains the same ...