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What are the facts on city officials’ raises? DEAR EDITOR: As a Warren taxpayer, I am outraged that City Auditor Vince Flask refuses to provide a simple, total dollar amount for what the recent pay raises for elected and appointed officials are costing us. On May 8, I requested a spreadsheet — formatted exactly like the one his office already gave council — showing each official’s raises from 2023 through 2025. Instead of answering a straightforward question, Auditor Flask hid behind technicalities, claiming that the spreadsheet was merely “illustrative” and that my ...

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Columnist John Stossel wrote electric bills won’t go up, but nothing about how data centers will use up your water. Where are we going to get more when the centers take it all and we have a drought? Guess we hope it rains every day to fill the lakes. — Warren What is a California Democrat congressman touring Ohio for? California, if any state, needs the most help in almost EVERY way. Maybe he wants to boost has-been Sen. Sherrod Brown’s slim chances in November. Sorry Ro, but we already got Brown and Ryan defeated for good! We were tired of them riding the coattails of unions, ...

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Infrastructure Week recognizes workers DEAR EDITOR: Infrastructure Week from May 18 to 22 is a timely reminder that roads and bridges aren’t just concrete and asphalt. They are economic lifelines. All over Ohio, a well-maintained county road connects a farmer to market, a family to a hospital, and a student to school. When infrastructure fails, communities bear the cost in damaged vehicles, delayed emergency response, and lost economic opportunity. Ohio’s county engineers, elected by their neighbors and accountable to their community, plan, build and maintain many thousands of ...

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It has gotten so bad that we have normalized Trump’s “revenge tour”. We have normalized his world of lies and more lies. And, we seem to be accepting all of this horrible behavior. We accept his “wrath” and retaliatory verbal attacks. Intelligent adults who should know better keep silent when they should be speaking up, but hide in fear of this personality that has run rampant over our country and the world. — Liberty Reference to “Judgement at Nuremberg” film is true. Obama’s IRS targeted conservative groups; threatened networks and journalists (Foxnews and James ...

Shelley Pratt is best pick for probate judge

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing to express my support for Shelley Pratt for judge in the upcoming Trumbull County Probate Court election. In a time when accountability and public safety should be top priorities in our justice system, I believe Ms. Pratt represents the level of responsibility and fairness our community deserves. One of the key reasons for my support is concern over a recent case handled by her opponent, in which an individual who caused a fatal accident while texting and driving received what many in our community feel was a far too lenient sentence. As an avid motorcycle ...

Vote Summers for state central committee

DEAR EDITOR: I am proud to be writing today in support of Thomas Summers for Democratic State Central Committee for Senate District 32. Summers is the young endorsed Democratic candidate for the post. As we approach the May 5 primary, I ask that you join me in voting to retain him. Summers got involved in politics while still in high school because in 2016, he recognized that our democracy and our Constitution were under threat, and he mobilized and stayed involved. He was an intern at the local Democratic headquarters while he studied political science at Youngstown State ...