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Letters to the Editor

We can all help prevent suicide

DEAR EDITOR: This month marks two years since our nation launched 988, the easy-to-remember, nationwide mental health crisis helpline. Since its launch, 988 has received more than 8 million calls from people in distress seeking support when they need it most. 988 is confidential, effective and ...

Neither candidate is fit for president

DEAR EDITOR: I watched the train wreck of a presidential debate and can only conclude that neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump is fit for the highest office of the land. Biden struggled with words and answered Trump in a very non-sequitur manner. If he cannot debate effectively against his ...

YSU students pay for president’s office

DEAR EDITOR: When all is said and done, factoring in all listed budgetary expenses and inflation, the 3% tuition increase at Youngstown State University also reflects the unspoken and seldom, if ever, mentioned office of the president and his support staff salaries. But students and families ...

Civics, chair games in rep replacement

DEAR EDITOR: On June 23, Mahoning County Republican Chairman Tom McCabe called a meeting. A reach out to Columbiana County to participate seems to have initially been met with haughty decline. The meeting was regarding the state representative seat of Ohio’s 58th District. Recently, Al ...

Sound off! Readers share their thoughts

Onions to The Vindicator’s editorial staff who selects Letters to the Editor submissions. A cabal of five to six disrespectful complainers, almost 100% Democrat leaning. Week after week you can set the clock to read attack style letters. According to the Letters’ policy “letters may ...

City’s ARP funds spent in ‘dribbles and drabs’

DEAR EDITOR: Three years ago, Mayor Jamael Tito Brown and then Councilwoman Lauren McNally held a listening session at Kirkmere playground to ask how to spend nearly $83 million in American Rescue Plan funding. At the meeting, I recommended Youngstown dedicate the entire amount to the sewer ...