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When those who govern don’t follow the law

DEAR EDITOR: Nobody likes to be told “what to do” or “what you can’t do,” but to have an open societal function, one that provides safety, health, protection from harm for all, such rules, regulations, aka “Laws,” must be in place and, more importantly, followed. So many of those who subscribe to the “Don’t Tread On Me” doctrine simply don’t understand why or how, without a thought, they go to the local grocery store, drive down the highway, enjoy a walk in the park, and feel safe and healthy while performing that undertaking. Why? It’s due to the many rules, ...

Let’s make the members of Congress do their jobs

DEAR EDITOR: Now comes the new year dragging behind it all the problems of past years to bedevil the hopes of millions of citizens. The millstones round our necks might be removed by Americans raising Cain with Congress to grow spine enough to recover its Constitutionally authorized powers. Things they should work on could include: Repealing Citizens United, a 15-year-old law, passed thanks to a GOP Senate filibuster, that allows corporations, groups and wealthy individuals to finance campaigns through PACs without amount limits or public scrutiny of the political influence their ...

Why are Mahoning Valley leaders letting MCP die?

DEAR EDITOR: My heart hurts, and I feel so depressed about the world and all that is happening. We have our beautiful deer being made a mockery of by the underground that runs the Mahoning Valley. We can’t do a thing; we are only the owners and taxpayers. Some politicians join our group with pretentious interest and fake caring until they win their position and move on. Then there are the judges, even ones brought in, and attorneys who didn’t know their witnesses at a hearing. They were supposed to be sworn in when giving their accounts and truths. Yet upon completion, their ...

Sound off!

Your 1/5/25 publishing of “Ohio congressional reaction”—all Republicans—to the Maduro kidnapping is interesting. It illuminates the gerrymandered, voter-suppressed electorate of Ohio. The four quoted, Husted, Moreno, Joyce and Rulli, are all in lock-step with the Fuehrer. At least our government’s historic penchant, since WWII, of clandestine regime changes, by force, in countries all around the world, is no longer happening behind closed doors. And it also confirms that the inmates are now running the insane asylum. — Boardman Trump is hoping for a win-win with his ...

Mill Creek Park is in dire need of new management

DEAR EDITOR: We read that numerous roads and trails in Mill Creek Park are to be closed for years, (yes, years!) in an extensive program aimed at stopping the alleged pollution of the creek and its three lakes. As a frequent park walker, I am not aware of a situation that would mandate a program of this massive scope. Mill Creek already carries the effluent from the Boardman Sewage Treatment Plant as well as the far from pristine discharges of streams flowing into it from the east, west and south. And it flows into a river of questionable quality. This would seem to be a huge ...

Many priests are becoming overwhelmed, overworked

DEAR EDITOR: Recently the pastor of our Roman Catholic parish in Boardman, St. Catherine of Siena, resigned. The word was that the parish responsibilities overwhelmed him. It is easy to understand how that might be. It wasn’t long ago that three priests were assigned to handle the parish duties for St. Charles as well as the neighboring parish St. Luke, which was also his assignment. I don’t think his case is an exception. I believe many priests today who are well-meaning and dedicated are faced with much stress, the feeling of being overwhelmed and burned out by the ...