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


Youngstown must deal with Covelli Centre fiscal reality

Editorial: The city of Youngstown can no longer put off paying the principal on the $11.9 million loan it


Breaking with our historic perspective of school levies

Editorial: For as long as anyone writing for The Vindicator today can remember, this newspaper has always


Kandahar jail break shows Afghans not ready to govern

Editorial: The growing prospect of prison officials or guards acting as accomplices for Taliban militants who


Tornadoes bring destruction and pain that few can fathom

Editorial: Even those of us in the Mahon- ing and Shenango valleys who saw first hand the full fury of a


Teachers have a key role in recovery of city schools

Editorial: When Youngstown city schools Superintendent Connie Hathorn unveiled his ambitious plan to revitalize


Gas prices can bring economies and political careers to a stop

Editorial: With gasoline prices flirting with $4 per gallon in Northeast Ohio and nearly $5 in California,


Youngstown city government must face population decline

Editorial: The 18 percent loss in population in the city of Youngstown in the last 10 years has come as


Hume stands out among five candidates for Girard judge

Editorial: Picking one candidate out of five can be daunting in some election races, but not necessarily in


In Warren mayor’s race, Franklin has slight edge

Editorial: Listen long enough to the two candidates for mayor of Warren and you will conclude that either one


The First Easter

Editorial: And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Solome, had


Trustees will be to blame if Austintown loses project

Editorial: It’s unfathomable that Austin- town could lose a $20 million project because township government


Making public information public is easier said than done

Editorial: Information is power. And this election season, Vindicator readers have the power to find a new


Ray, Drennen on right track as Youngstown councilmen

Editorial: It is not A STRETCH to describe the city of Youngstown’s future as shaky. The 18 percent decline in


Two veteran lawmakers face off in Warren council race

Editorial: Two veterans of Warren City Council are facing off in the race for president of that body.


Disciplinary problems hurt Youngstown schools revival

Editorial: Some parents in the Youngstown City School District are upset that Superintendent Connie Hathorn did