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


City Fest deserved better than it got from press

Opinion: City Fest deserved better than it got from press EDITOR: My daughter, grandchildren and I


Proposed income tax hike is cause for concern

Opinion: Proposed income tax hike is cause for concern EDITOR: I become concerned whenever I see the


Park campaign's message was clear and consistent

Opinion: Park campaign's message was clear and consistent EDITOR: In response to the Aug. 11 letter to


Questions about closings

Opinion: Questions about closings EDITOR: Questions have to be asked about the recent closings of the two


YSU has success stories, but it needs support of the entire community

Opinion: YSU has success stories, but it needs support of the entire community EDITOR: The recent signing


State should crack down on uninsured motorists

Opinion: State should crack down on uninsured motorists EDITOR: When buying new vehicle license plates


Doctors aren't what's wrong with health care

Opinion: Doctors aren't what's wrong with health care EDITOR: This letter is in response to a recent


A superintendent's tips for getting to and from school safely

Opinion: EDITOR: The first day of school is fast approaching and soon, early morning school bus rides will


License plates in parking lot belie prison's claim of sensitivity to families

Opinion: License plates in parking lot belie prison's claim of sensitivity to families EDITOR: While in


Police and fire protection outrank luxury items

Opinion: Police and fire protection outrank luxury items EDITOR: When a community lacks a strong safety


When did the nation start planning whether to go to war or not?

Opinion: When did the nation start planning whether to go to war or not? EDITOR: Here we go again. Every


Bush economic summit at Baylor was all for show

Opinion: Bush economic summit at Baylor was all for show EDITOR: I have observed our illustrious


Gains is with majority on foreclosure issue

Opinion: Gains is with majority on foreclosure issue EDITOR: The recent editorial criticizing Mahoning


U.S. should never have banned pesticide DDT

Opinion: U.S. should never have banned pesticide DDT EDITOR: Assume for a moment you're a mosquito. Now


Woman's right to choose does have limitations

Opinion: Woman's right to choose does have limitations EDITOR: A woman has a right to do what she wants


Send kids back to school with a healthy lifestyle

Opinion: Send kids back to school with a healthy lifestyle EDITOR: As our children finish their summer


Bush needs to make far stronger case for invasion

Opinion: Bush needs to make far stronger case for invasion EDITOR: So the United States is going to send


Doctors most to blame for U.S. health care crisis

Opinion: Doctors most to blame for U.S. health care crisis EDITOR: I am writing in response to the Aug.


City sewer rate increases are needed to pay for mandated repairs

Opinion: City sewer rate increases are needed to pay for mandated repairs EDITOR: I must respond to


Taxpayers not represented on Mill Creek Park board

Opinion: Taxpayers not represented on Mill Creek Park board EDITOR: How quaint that so many Vindicator


Valley voters must choose new plan of action

Opinion: EDITOR: Where do we go from here? We have no place to go but up. The "Big Kahuna" crook is where


Villa Maria experience wonderful for many

Opinion: Villa Maria experience wonderful for many EDITOR: I would like to respond to Patricia Meade's


Pope fulfills his mission by continuing to serve

Opinion: Pope fulfills his mission by continuing to serve EDITOR: I write this letter in response to


U.S. Senate should have passed seniors' drug bill

Opinion: U.S. Senate should have passed seniors' drug bill EDITOR: Sens. Voinovich and DeWine have just


Editor:

Opinion: Editor: Once again Canada has passed us by in the medical field. First, we are able to travel to


Neither faculty nor staff to blame for YSU troubles

Opinion: Neither faculty nor staff to blame for YSU troubles EDITOR: The Vindicator has recently


There's no single answer for controlling pain

Opinion: There's no single answer for controlling pain EDITOR: It was disturbing to read a July 28


Old rail beds have value as bike and hike trails

Opinion: Old rail beds have value as bike and hike trails EDITOR: Warren residents and politicians who


If there's a strike at YSU, students won't just wait

Opinion: EDITOR, This is concerning YSU overall, including the strike that looms. I am going into my fourth


State cuts, small raises plague faculty at YSU

Opinion: EDITOR: I picked up last Sunday's paper and was so pleased to see that The Vindicator had entered


Do unto servers as you'd have them do unto you

Opinion: Do unto servers as you'd have them do unto you EDITOR: This letter is my response to your July


A man of some of the people, some of the time

Opinion: A man of some of the people, some of the time EDITOR: In the July 31 Vindicator, a letter writer


Youngstowners aren't Belmont Ave.'s problem

Opinion: Youngstowners aren't Belmont Ave.'s problem EDITOR: Former Mayor Pat Ungaro's remarks about


Missing 'welcome' signs

Opinion: Missing 'welcome' signs EDITOR: What has happened to the hospitality of our merchants on


Some tips on how not to respond to a house fire

Opinion: Some tips on how not to respond to a house fire EDITOR: Let me start out by saying that I am