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MV Freedom Fighters show hope is still alive

DEAR EDITOR: In a time when politics feels like blood sport rather than public service, two recent events in the Youngstown area offered something rare: Hope. On Sunday, Feb. 22, the Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters (MVFF), hosted a Congressional Candidate Forum for the OH-6 race at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown. Four Democratic candidates showed up. They answered hard questions, listened respectfully, and treated those in attendance like adults capable of nuance and serious thought. Then, on Sunday, March 1, in that same space, MVFF hosted a workshop on ...

Ignore your standing, seek accountability

DEAR EDITOR: It’s time! The current administration’s chief executive has a history of making promises and false accusations, often titled minor false statements or a mere misquote. But there have been far too many of those, which, due to the falsehoods, have and can create a dire situation for our economy and our nation. The following echoed in the recent State of the Union speech: Inflation: The chief executive pointed out that the past administration gave us the “Highest Inflation Rate” in the history of the United States. Under his administration, inflation has ...

Commissioners, it’s time to act on taxes

DEAR EDITOR: To all three Trumbull County Commissioners: It’s time you stop talking and enact the Homestead Exemption for all Trumbull County seniors. Grow a set, and get it done. You raked in millions from the property tax assessments from the re-evaluations from the past year. Quit talking and thinking and start doing! Mr. Malloy. I sent you a letter in 2024 questioning why you were going to add a senior levy to our property taxes. Your comment was “I WANT TO HELP SENIORS STAY IN THEIR HOMES”..... What I wanted to know is how CHARGING me more to live in my home is ...

A message from the Twitterer in Chief

DEAR EDITOR: In the dead of night last Friday, the Twitterer in Chief via his own pathetically misnamed internet platform (Truth Social), announced he was attacking Iran. Timing of the announcement provided him leeway to avoid questions why, other than providing distraction from his domestic failures, he acted without congressional advice and consent required by our Constitution. No one doubts Iran’s fanatical theocrats have repressed their own people while fomenting state sponsored terrorism around the world. Trump may have cut the heads off this Hydra, but he has no idea what ...

America engaging in wars of choice

DEAR EDITOR: As the “king of peace” contemplates war on Iran, Cuba, Colombia and who knows where else, he may want to consider hard-learned lessons from past wars; despite an unpopular government, a nation’s citizens will unite furiously against foreign troops on their soil. The bravery of the Ukrainians is a perfect example, and it shames us for having abandoned them. The United States failed to appreciate the history and will of the Vietnamese people when it sought to save them from communism. All of our high-tech weapons could not overcome their desire for independence. ...

It’s time for Americans to come together

DEAR EDITOR: To all the Trump haters and supporters, it is clear we must come together and work out a plan for survival. Just one positive and completed benefit for everyday Americans would be a start. We must stop all this hate, chaos and destruction and come together to prove that we have a reason to celebrate 250 years of [our country’s] survival. DONNA NASSER Sharon, Pa.