Many reasons why Campbell can't get public's support

Many reasons why Campbellcan't get public's support
EDITOR:
Now, when school systems everywhere are asking students to make a prom promise not to drink and drive, in Campbell the president of the school board is arrested on a DUI. Voters in Campbell passed a levy to secure jobs for the police and firemen, yet the city is now in financial hardship and forced to lay off anyway. The superintendent of the schools is making more than $80,000 for two school buildings, and yet some are screaming that he get five more years! Yet this same superintendent never even informed his board of education that the clerk and administrators had pending contracts that should have been acted upon. He keeps claiming that Campbell is the envy of the Valley, and yet the proficiency scores continue to remain low.
Is it any wonder people are moving out? I, too, put up the white flag -- you can't change what people don't want to change. Look around you. When was the last new business to open in the city? There isn't even a grocery store anymore. The roads look like minefields, and it's been rumored that Mayor Dill will not seek re-election. Who can blame him? Wake up, Campbell. Take off the blinders. Ask yourselves, "Why aren't any new companies coming to Campbell?" Could it be that the city has a reputation of graft and kickbacks?
PATRICIA NEELY
Poland
Elections chairman saysnew system is fine; this reader isn't so positive
EDITOR:
In a letter written by Mark Munroe, chairman of Mahoning County Board of Elections, that appeared in The Vindicator March 19, Munroe was responding to a column written by Ari Rubin. Munroe called Rubin's concerns a "Chicken Little cry" in which the "distortions were almost laughable." He further states "the machines referred to in the column were provided by Diebold and subjected to lengthy security audits," and "voter verified receipts might add only marginal value while creating a whole new set of problems."
I am appalled, disgusted and frightened by the chairman's remarks. He obviously didn't read the "How We See It" Vindicator column titled "'Protecting the impartiality of the ballot box in Ohio" on Sept. 3, 2003. The column states that Walden O'Dell, CEO of Diebold, Inc., sent a fund-raising letter to Republican friends inviting them to his mansion for a $1,000 a plate dinner and suggested that his guests donate $10,000 each and declared he was COMMITTED to delivering Ohio's electoral votes to the president. He sent these letters the day before Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell was to name the successful bidders for the voting machines. Blackwell had no problem with this, and we now know the outcome.
Does Munroe realize that Ohio is being called the Florida of 2004?
Furthermore (and most important), has Munroe learned yet that California is suing Diebold, Inc., for discrepancies in its machines?
I am disgusted that the "new set of problems" were more important to Munroe than the value of the verified vote (so called marginal). I was appalled by his "Chicken Little" remark. It's not just our right, it's our duty to question these things. I don't think Californians are laughing.
Are we going to be embarrassed and ashamed in November or proud, or then again, will it be left that we'll never know the truth, without the verified vote?
SANDRA ARKWRIGHT MANKE
Youngstown