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This and that from the world of Valley politics.
POLITICAL FORUM: The Mahoning Valley Real Estate Investors Association will hold a forum for Youngstown City Council candidates at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Theodore's Banquet Center on South Canfield-Niles Road in Mineral Ridge. The event is open to the public.
Why Mineral Ridge when these are Youngstown council candidates? That's because the organization's members are from Mahoning and Trumbull counties and Theodore's is where the association holds its regular meetings, said Sam Naples, its coordinator.
Top dog: Who let the dog out? The fiscally-conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, that's who. The 43-member Dogs named U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson of St. Clairsville, D-6th, as its "Blue Dog of the Week." Wilson, a Blue Dog member, received the honor for his involvement in passing the "Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007" in the U.S. House.
skolnick@vindy.com