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Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Lawsuit alleging bias at JFS warrants a review of agency

Editorial: As a reverse-discrimination law- suit filed by three current and one former employee of the Mahoning


Supreme Court pretends that money can’t corrupt politicians

Editorial: The “conservative” majority on the Supreme Court of the United States had a chance to reconsider a


Why the flap over combining building inspection services?

Editorial: The merger of Youngstown and Mahoning County building inspection departments seemed like such a no-


Playing ‘chicken’ with transportation bill is bad policy

Editorial: Can anyone who has driven more than a mile from home be against passing a transportation bill that


Ex-Mayor could help Valley secure fed funds for airport

Editorial: As the Western Reserve Port Au- thority steps up its lobbying effort for a $780,000 federal grant


It’s a choice: Work or toke

Editorial: It’s a choice: Work or toke Water and oil don’t mix. It should be equally obvious that


Egypt’s democracy experiment is on the verge of total collapse

Editorial: Despite a presidential election in which Egyptians participated in record numbers, there are clear


Poland board members have their work cut out for them

Editorial: News earlier this month that the Poland Board of Education will place a five-year, 5.9-mill


YSU should start planning for fall enrollment decline

Editorial: Perhaps it’s too harsh to say that Youngstown State University trustees threw caution to the wind


Rodney King, like Rosa Parks, was icon of ongoing struggle for racial justice in America

Editorial: Few would consider nominating Rodney Glen King for civil-rights sainthood. He was, of course, no


Controversy over busing in Austintown was avoidable

Editorial: There is no denying that public education in Ohio is confronting major financial challenges.


Warren’s war on prostitution emerges as model for Ohio, US

Editorial: The newest chapter in the city of Warren’s and the state of Ohio’s ongoing offensive against


Consider Ohio’s new energy law only the beginning for oversight

Editorial: Legislation signed into law last week by Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich provides tough but fair regulation


Girard sheds fiscal emergency and is in strong fiscal position

Editorial: In the aftermath of the May 2003 Democratic primary for mayor of Girard, we opined that the reason


Mayor pursuing aggressive demolition plan; goal is 500

Editorial: Youngstown Mayor Charles P. Sammarone has 18 months before his tenure ends, and he’s determined to