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The Republicans have made groceries unaffordable
DEAR EDITOR:
There is an anti-Amy Acton ad indicating that if Amy is elected, we won't be able to afford groceries. Reality check to the millionaires and GOP groups paying for the ad, this is our reality now under the Republican majority.
HARRY STITT
Hubbard
Be sure you get all factson Michael Hovis' record
DEAR EDITOR:
If Michael Hovis is going to be judged on his record, then that record should be presented accurately and with the complete facts.
Regarding the 2024 cybercrime, Michael Hovis is a Bazetta Township trustee -- he is not the fiscal officer and (did not control the Fiscal Officer's email account). It was the fiscal officer's account that was compromised and used by criminals to request a change in Bazetta's banking information. The Trumbull County Auditor's Office then sent township funds to the fraudulent account. Bazetta pursued recovery of the missing $80,857.18 in court and obtained a judgment requiring the auditor to pay those funds, plus interest.
The Greathouse matter also deserves the complete timeline. The arbitration involved a promotion dispute from Michael Hovis' time as police chief. However, under the arbitrator's ruling, Greathouse's promotional pay did not begin until six months after Hovis retired, after the (Township Trustees) made the position permanent.
Hovis, therefore, was no longer police chief when that permanent position and resulting pay took effect. Years later, Greathouse was promoted to sergeant on July 26, 2022, under Police Chief Christopher Herlinger. Contemporary reporting documents that later promotion.
There is nothing wrong with examining a candidate's record. In fact, voters should. But that examination should include all of the facts, the correct responsibilities and the complete timeline.
Michael Hovis has spent his career in public service, law enforcement and local government. His record is public and open to scrutiny.
If we are going to judge the record, let's judge the entire record -- not selected pieces of it. SMH. Once again, they are just trying to sway voters with false accusations.
STEPHANIE HOVIS
Cortland
A few thoughts on America as the election approaches
DEAR EDITOR:
There are a lot of comments concerning the Middle East, in particular Iran. Unless you've been in the Middle East, then some of the comments being made are being made without having the facts. I spent 21 of my 26 years in the Air Force flying into the Middle East, mostly into Iran under the Shah. Then we had the Ayatollah taking over, which we should have never allowed to happen. Since the Ayatollah has taken over, his regime has killed thousands of people, which includes Americans.
Three times Iran agreed to allow agents to go into Iran, and three times they stopped them. For 47 years, the Ayatollah regime has caused issues in the Middle East, along with the death threats to the United States, and every president until Trump did nothing, with the exception of Obama and Biden, who released frozen funds so that Iran could continue to build nuclear weapons.
Trump is squeezing Iran's Revolutionary Guard from the hold they have on Iran, and it appears to be working. I was in Desert Storm, and we had the same issues then as we do now. The Iranians do not want the Ayatollah regime, and if they are allowed, they will change how they are ruled.
The Strait of Hormuz is open waters, and Iran should have never been allowed to take control of it in the first place. The Democrats had 12 of the last 16 years to do something, and the only thing they did was everything they could to try to go after Trump, and they lost at every turn. Trump is our president now, so let him do his job.
You may think that I am a Republican, but I'm not. I am a disappointed Democrat who watched our Democrat representatives stay seated when the Medal of Honor was awarded and the little girl who was recognized during the State of the Union. The Democrats turned their backs on America and the American people. As far as I'm concerned, I will not be voting for a Democrat for governor or for senator. We need people in office who work for America and the American people, not for the party they are registered in. To vote a straight party ticket shows poor judgment, in my opinion.
PAUL YANNUCCI
Warren
Democrats are confused and lack leadership
DEAR EDITOR:
Democrats: unpopular values, big government, socialists, forever taxing, spending and bureaucracy; a long history of performance failure. They want males in girls' locker rooms, sports and bathrooms, for they do not see the difference between male and female. How can they be confused?
The Congress, House and Senate leadership in the Capitol have bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex, so why are they pushing for boys in girls' sports or bathrooms? The last Democrat who knew what a real woman is -- Bill Clinton.
Democrats are for mutilation of bodies with gender change below the age of 18. They want control over your children without your (the parents) involvement. Transgender is their major value. Democrats are ideologically and psychologically in favor of illegal immigrants. Seventy percent of Democrats are ashamed of America. If they hate America, why don't they leave and go live in a socialist country? Don't bring socialism and communism here. They never help Americans get out of poverty, they just keep throwing money at the problem. The same with homeless people, they never solve the problem. They have no patriotism (except for John Fetterman, who at least has some common sense).
They are weak in personality. They are always angry and throughout their party there is fraud and corruption. Chuck Schumer is old and out of touch -- not a leader, but a follower. They make Americans' lives more difficult. All they do is hate President Trump! For 94 years, the Democrats got their money from the government and used it for corruption and fraud, with your money! Minnesota, $9 to $16 billion, and that is one state.
When you vote, think it over, and bring your ID.
RUTH LILLEY
Niles
Dems are still California dreamin' after all these years
DEAR EDITOR:
I read 2Day in History in the Oct. 1 issue of the Tribune Chronicle. On that date in 1964, the free speech movement was born at the University of California Berkeley. When students surrounded a police car containing an arrested campus activist for more than 30 hours. Trump would have dispersed that lawless mob, tout de suite.
Not much has changed at UC Berkeley in the last 62 years. The West Coast liberals have spawned and nurtured the ultra lefty, vile, pestilent huckster, Robert Reich.
JAMES COLLINS
Newton Falls
Why couldn't Tennessee execute the murderer of Colleen Slemmer?
DEAR EDITOR:
Remember this young lady's name, Colleen Slemmer, who was killed in January 1995. Her killer's name is "not" important.
A few facts: Canadian doctors have euthanized over 100,000 Canadian citizens in the past 10 years. Let that sink in. Canada is able to successfully put to death over 100,000 Canadian citizens. Nine other countries (Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spai and Uruguay) also legally euthanize citizens. The science is known, the technology is known, and the resources are available.
As citizens of the United States, we have to ask ourselves, why was Tennessee unable to euthanize Colleen Slemmer's killer? And, after two failed attempts to accomplish putting to death Colleen's killer, Tennessee officials put Colleen's killer on life support!
What? Tennessee officials, while attempting to execute Colleen's killer, changed their minds and put Colleen's killer on life support? Why? Was the objective not an execution of the killer of Colleen Slemmer? How did Tennessee officials lose focus on that? Colleen Slemmer was the only victim. Let's not allow anyone to even suggest her killer is now, also, a victim!
WILLIAM LICHT
Cortland
October is Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Month
DEAR EDITOR:
October is National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Month, a time to honor individuals living in long-term care facilities and to call attention to their rights.
Residents' Rights Month is an opportunity to highlight the rights and well-being of residents living in all long-term care facilities. It is an opportunity to focus on dignity, respect and quality of life experienced by each resident. The federal Nursing Home Reform Law guarantees these rights and places a strong emphasis on individual dignity, choice, and self-determination. The law also requires nursing homes to "promote and protect the rights of each resident." Residents' Rights Month is a time to raise awareness of these rights and celebrate residents.
Residents have the right to self-determination and to use their voice to make their own choices. This year's Residents' Rights Month theme, Join Us at the Table, highlights the central role that food, mealtime, and community play in residents' daily lives. Food is essential to residents' health, providing the nutrition and dietary requirements they rely on.
But its significance extends beyond that. Food is comfort, culture, identity, and connection -- a daily experience that shapes dignity and quality of life.
Celebrate and acknowledge these rights by participating in Residents' Rights Month events and calling on your elected officials, community members, and local facilities to show their support by attending or organizing activities.
During Residents' Rights Month, we recognize our local long-term care Ombudsman program staff and volunteers, who work daily to promote residents' rights, assist residents with complaints and provide information to those who need to find a long-term care facility. In this area, the Ombudsman program serves Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties. The Ombudsman can be reached at 1-800-589-5826.
As Direction Home of Eastern Ohio celebrates Residents' Rights Month, I encourage community members to connect with those they know who live in long-term care facilities, participate in Residents' Rights Month events, or inquire about becoming a volunteer long-term care ombudsman. Your assistance and attention help to ensure that the voices of long-term care residents do not go unheard and demonstrates to residents that they have not been forgotten.
THERESA KNAPICK
Director, Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Direction Home of Eastern Ohio
Youngstown
Why is so much money wasted on political ads?
DEAR EDITOR:
The insane amount of money being wasted on the negative campaign ads we've been forced to watch for weeks makes no sense whatsoever. Does anyone in their right mind honestly believe that an attack ad against Husted or Ramaswamy would convince a Republican to vote for a Democrat, or an attack ad against Acton or Brown would move a Democrat to vote for a Republican? We all know that's not going to happen; the divide between the parties is deep and impenetrable; Democrats will vote for Democrats and Republicans will vote for Republicans.
So perhaps those ads are supposed to influence independent swing voters. I doubt they do. The very idea that voters consider themselves "independent" means that they are fed up with crap like these ads from either party and are trying desperately to vote for a candidate with character and integrity; candidates who want to focus on socially relevant issues and policies rather than partisan politics and political ideologies. If even half of the slander and smears in these ads is true, these people shouldn't be running for office; they should be running for the
border. Enough already!
THOMAS BRENT
Struthers