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Our treatment of immigrants isn’t right

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing about the deportation of more than 200 Venezuelans to a harsh prison in El Salvador. They have been “disappeared.” Their names are not published. We are paying $6 million a year to house them there. The Trump administration alleges that they are members of a Venezuelan gang, but they had no opportunity to defend themselves against this charge. A U.S. district judge, James Boasberg, ordered the flight carrying them to El Salvador to turn around, but the administration claims that it was a verbal order, and therefore, did not have to be followed. And ...

Autism has become America’s real tragedy

DEAR EDITOR: I’ve been writing to the editor of the Vindicator for over 20 years about autism and subsequently vaccines. They are connected. There is no conspiracy to that fact. An Autism Mom by the name of Ginger Taylor has been collecting and posting studies to the website Howdovaccinescauseautism.org for years. Take a look and see the evidence for yourself. A March 25 editorial here in the Vindicator prompted me to write early this year before the actual start of Autism Awareness month, which begins in April. The editorial was about getting vaccinated for measles because one ...

Rick Hernandez needs to go

DEAR EDITOR: The Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force has been busy raiding and shutting down illegal “explicit” service spas and foot spas. Some of which have been raided on more than one occasion. Trumbull County Commissioner and former Township Trustee Rick Hernandez was a “landlord” to one of these “explicit foot spas” that was raided TWICE. Newly released official police reports and body-cam footage from the FIRST raid, posted all over social media, proves he has not only lied to news outlets but also to the residents of his hometown and Trumbull County. ...

No tax money for private schools

DEAR EDITOR: I almost spit out my drink with laughter upon reading the last line of a recent letter to the editor, “… when it comes to making school choice a reality for tens of thousands of families rather than only the privileged few.” I encourage the writer to read the Editorial from March 24, 2025 of this newspaper that shared statistically, 88.9% of EdChoice students do not qualify as low-income … hardly representing the “tens of thousands of families” that aren’t privileged getting access to private schools. Every analysis of this past academic year’s enrollment ...

Donald Trump offers common sense

DEAR EDITOR: Finally, common sense prevails. Thank you Pres. Trump! Two of my pet peeves are being addressed. One is getting rid of those absurd low-water savings toilets. When we bought our house, 50 years ago, we had a normal, great, functioning toilet. Probably, 30 years later, we bought a new one. We were disappointed and upset that less water was used and often became a problem. Last year I had to get a new one and it’s worse! There’s even less water and I now have to flush it 2 or 3 times for it to do its job. So where’s the savings? I’m waiting for the liberal ...

A letter to the Mahoning Valley

DEAR EDITOR: As a Youngstown native, I wanted to care for the community that raised me. When the opportunity to serve the Mahoning Valley as an internal medicine physician presented itself in 2005, I answered the call. For the last 20 years, I have lived in the Mahoning Valley as a physician, an active member of our community, and a parent of children at St. Christine School and Ursuline High School. This is why I’m concerned about the challenge Mercy Health is having with its ongoing negotiations with Cigna. Our team has been negotiating in good faith for several months to secure ...