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Gov. Mike DeWine should veto Senate Bill 293

DEAR EDITOR: Senate Bill 293, an anti-voting bill currently heading to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk, is blatantly just another problem in search of a solution. If enacted, SB 293 would harm voter turnout by needlessly closing the four-day window Boards of Elections have to receive ballots after Election Day. It must be underscored that these ballots are still required to be postmarked the day before Election Day, meaning that this bill would force our elections officials to discard otherwise valid votes. Our lawmakers often tout the security and safety of Ohio’s elections, so it ...

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47 says he’s shutting down immigration from over a dozen minority countries because a National Guard member was shot and killed. Her death is horrible. But would he stop immigration from Italy if the shooter was Italian, or England if he was British, or German or Russian, or Hungary if he was Hungarian, or from Canfield? Of course not. One individual doesn’t represent an entire group of people. This is his bigotry showing and an excuse to disparage people of color. — Campbell In the last several years, all the delays you’ve experienced for bridge and road work are our tax ...

Anti-Trump vitriol getting old, boring

DEAR EDITOR: I thought The Vindicator had a limit on how many Letters to the Editor a person can get published each year. Apparently not, because I keep seeing the same authors’ names over and over again. Especially a gentleman (I use the term loosely) from Canfield. He seems to be suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, since his submissions nearly always find a way to attack our great president, Donald J. Trump I shake my head when I read submissions about how bad free market capitalism is, especially since the writers have made a good life in America, but now want democratic ...

Please help save the Poland Library

DEAR EDITOR: I’m writing to support the existing Poland Library. I’d like to take all who are reading this on a walk there because it’s the best way to experience the bond between the library and the community. I lived on Cortland Street, and I’ve made this walk hundreds of times. Come with me. As you walk down Cortland toward Main Street, you pass several historic houses, and, when you near the corner, the Poland Town Hall sits on your right, directly across Main from the library. One building speaks of the historic past and the other gracefully blends past and present. ...

Radical idea: Trump just needs to go

DEAR EDITOR: Call me radical, but when the president of the United States, the leader of our nation and a symbol of democracy, calls for Democratic lawmakers to be killed, it is imperative that he be REMOVED from office. Such incendiary rhetoric not only undermines the fundamental principles of our democracy but also poses a severe threat to the safety and well-being of elected officials who serve to represent the people. History has shown us the devastating consequences of political violence, as seen in events like the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the tragic ...

RFK Jr. one of Trump’s biggest mistakes

DEAR EDITOR: 47 is not a scholar. He has no knowledge of science, medicine, or infectious disease. This was apparent by his words and misconduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. He countered the advice of scientists and infection disease experts as thousands died of COVID during the early months while repeatedly denying it’s lethality and claiming that it would disappear as weather warmed. Decisions have consequences! Yet in his second term, 47 nominated RFK Jr. to lead the HHS agency, knowing this man had an extensive history of promoting anti-vaccine conspiracies, including the MMR ...