Town hall meeting in Youngstown gets mixed reviews

YOUNGSTOWN

Some city residents left what city council called as a “town-hall meeting” tonight satisfied while others were frustrated.

Council organized the event at the John J. McDonough Museum of Art on the Youngstown State University campus to have themselves as well as Mayor John A. McNally, various city department heads and officials with organizations that work with the city discuss what they do and how they can provide help to residents.

The speakers addressed the audience of about 100 people for 75 minutes, and then answered written questions for about 30 minutes.

“I thought it was extremely informative,” said Antoinette Carter of the South Side after the meeting. “It sounds like they’re working together to make the city a better place to live.”

But Lawrence Underwood of the South Side said, “It was redundant. It was nothing new. It’s still the same old stuff I’ve heard for 50 years.”

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