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


As it turns out, no one was doing a heckuva job

Editorial: Michael Brown must feel like he's on a roller coaster. "Brownie," head of the Federal Emergency


Housing entity's finances warrant a criminal probe

Editorial: When a deceased board member of a non-profit housing entity that has received public dollars is


Red Cross has some work to do at home after Katrina

Editorial: There is no denying the good work that has been done by the American Red Cross for 125 years, but


Tsagaris has responsibility to detail airport suspicion

Editorial: When an elected official uses the word "fishy" in talking about the expenditure of public dollars,


South Dakota's attack on Roe gives focus to what's at stake

Editorial: South Dakota is about to prove exactly why Roe v. Wade was good law when the Supreme Court of the


What we have at the arena is failure to communicate

Editorial: Two prominent Mahoning Valley businessmen are unable to come to terms on the use of the Chevrolet


Who is laughing now?

Editorial: Seventy-five years ago, humorist Will Rogers got laughs by saying, "I'm not a member of any


Iraq faces possible civil war, and U.S. is in the middle

Editorial: Iraqi authorities have essentially shut down Baghdad and three roiled provinces in an effort to


Trumbull County officials should save for rainy day

Editorial: While officeholders in Trumbull County may have been high-fiving each other after the county budget


Growing national debt should get more attention

Editorial: Here we go again. Sometime next month, Congress will be asked once again to increase the nation's


Lawrence County raises show government is out of touch

Editorial: In any company in the Shenango or Mahoning Valleys, a 4.1 percent pay raise would be considered


Chertoff should be worrying about security, not trade

Editorial: It is less than assuring to know that Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security secretary, is spending


Does Mahoning County need another government study?

Editorial: At first glance, a job/wage schedule for Mahoning County government makes perfect sense, seeing as


Getting airborne isn't easy

Editorial: Too often in the past, the Mahoning Valley has looked for the big, magic bullet to solve its


Public has right to know all that government does

Editorial: Two recent closed-door meetings involving elected officials prompts this reminder about government: