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On Nov. 7, 2025 I filed a civil complaint in Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas against the Boardman Township Trustees et. al. Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, a Boardman resident, will be presiding at trial should sides fail to agree on a settlement and / or Judge Krichbaum dismisses the suit. As Judge Krichbaum will be hanging up his robe at the end of the year I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his distinguished career on the bench and wish him the very best in retirement. — Boardman WOW...2,000 dollars was going to every American and now only going to ...

47’s mental health … or the lack thereof

DEAR EDITOR: It amazes me that major media outlets: CNN, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, etc., haven’t given serious coverage of Trump’s mental health, specifically his erratic, often consistent and deviant departure from the norm. In other words, behaviors usually considered acceptable cultural and societal functioning. While I am usually a believer in Frank Zappa’s comment that “Without departure from the norm, progress is not possible,” 47’s erratic and often bizarre abandonment from the norm captures everyone’s attention with the often-repeated comment, “Is that guy crazy?” ...

Fetterman and the human rights test

DEAR EDITOR: The World Jewish Congress has given its highest recognition, the Theodor Herzl Award, to Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), primarily for his support for Israel. Fetterman, honored at the most recent award ceremony, declared: “The proudest thing that I’ve done in my entire Senate career is to stand for Israel and with the Jewish community worldwide through this horrible Gaza war after the trauma of Oct. 7.” Fetterman has further stated that his “devotion” to Israel is “becoming increasingly incompatible with being a proud Democrat.” But shouldn’t being a ...

Who benefits from bishop’s decision?

DEAR EDITOR: The Diocese of Youngstown’s (Bishop Bonnar’s) new ban on funeral visitations inside church buildings, effective Dec. 1, 2025, is being sold as a matter of “decorum” and respect for sacred space. I was raised Catholic, and went to Catholic school from kindergarten through college. In all that time, I never saw a policy that so neatly drains the humanity out of one of life’s most vulnerable and sacred moments. For years, local Catholics have gathered in their own parishes to grieve, pray and say goodbye. Now Bishop Bonnar has decided that this long-standing ...

Lesson on foreclosure and tax collection

DEAR EDITOR: This is a response to Mr. Lee Arent’s letter published on Nov. 15, 2025. Mr. Arent lacks a basic understanding of the tax collection and foreclosure process. I have never stated I am waiting for a two-year period before taking action on the matter of the Southern Park Mall because there is no action I can legally take. There is nothing “usual or customary” about it. Ohio Revised Code directs me to publish twice a year a list of all property tax payers delinquent in the most recent collection period. This I have done. These lists include only those delinquent in the ...

Don’t fall for Trump’s bait and switch tactics

DEAR EDITOR: Trump (or his MAGA handlers) is brilliant. He now wants the House and Senate Republicans to vote for releasing the Epstein documents to give them cover in the hopes of keeping the House and Senate in 2026. Trump says he will even sign it. Then, after the vote, Trump’s DOJ will announce that, as much as it would like to, it just cannot release the files because of an ongoing investigation into involvement of certain Democrats with Epstein. No Republicans — just Democrats. Absolutely brilliant. Trump is an absolutely amoral, self-dealing, lying, cheating, hypocrite for ...