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We fired Frenchko and Cantalamessa in the last election; now it’s time for a clean sweep. Reckless and irresponsible Denny Malloy must go. He wastefully spent $38 million in a feeble attempt to buy votes, while neglecting our own county infrastructure. He raised our water rates in Howland by 80%, while making no effort to trim costs. He tried to bully our MetroParks board by threatening funding cuts. The state of Ohio FIRED Denny, now it’s time for Trumbull County to do the same. — Warren I’m 74 years old and when I stop at my local convenience store to buy a pack of beer, ...

Orchids & onions

Editorials

ORCHID: To Warren native Bill White for earning the distinctive and prestigious John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Board of Directors. The HOF announced White’s award last week, and he will receive it at the annual HOF Weekend in Cooperstown, New York, in July. White, a 1952 Warren G. Harding High graduate, grew up in a segregated housing project in the city but overcame challenges to become a star player for such MLB teams as the San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. He is an ...

Spring into season of road work zones with extreme caution

Editorials

Fasten your seat belts — literally and figuratively — as the start of spring this weekend and the coming of Easter usher in exciting periods of renewal and improvement on personal, spiritual and even practical fronts. Nowhere will that renewal be more visible than on the streets and highways of the Mahoning Valley as the spring and summer work-zone construction season rolls into full swing. But with so much-anticipated renewal to many of our congested and potholed thoroughfares also comes the increased potential for life-threatening danger. Even without the added hazards of large ...

Valley air base is asset for region, nation

Guest Columnists

Ohioans know that our state has a long history of stepping up to help those in need. The Youngstown Air Reserve Station and the 910th Airlift Wing stationed there carry that legacy with pride, helping deliver aid and assistance to communities across the country. Whether it was Hurricane Katrina or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, YARS stepped up to support relief efforts for those who needed them most. While people outside the Mahoning Valley may know YARS for its relief efforts, the people in the area know how important it is to the surrounding communities. This station provides ...

Ramaswamy proposes Ohio university consolidation

David Skolnick

Asked about his goal to eliminate the state’s income tax, Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican front-runner for governor, proposed consolidating Ohio’s universities. It was a curious response. Ramaswamy said: “The reason (eliminating the income tax is) possible is that you look at certain areas of excess spending where we can not just cut costs, but improve effectiveness. Look at the number of universities in our state. I love the universities in Ohio. I want us to have the best universities. But we have too many of them. They need to be consolidated. And when you consolidate them, ...

Vivek might need a bit of education on Ohio colleges

Editorials

Social media platforms can tempt politicians into hyperbole that doesn’t always match reality. It can tempt anyone to do that. So, Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy can perhaps be forgiven for wondering on Threads whether it is possible to eliminate the state income tax (the real question is, if we do, how do we pay for everything?), and suggesting the Buckeye State’s colleges and universities should be consolidated. “Look at the number of universities in our state. I love universities in Ohio. I want us to have the best universities,” Ramaswamy said, ...