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What does Anthony Gutierrez know?
Anthony Gutierrez and his wife, Lisa, and Marc Dann and his wife, Alyssa Lenhoff, were friends and neighbors in Liberty Township before the "Dann scandal" erupted and Gutierrez believed that he was thrown under the bus by the disgraced former Ohio attorney general.Now, Gutierrez, who was director of General Services …
Why Lisa Antonini should resign
Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairwoman Lisa Antonini has proved to be one of the most inept party leaders in the state of Ohio, and has become a major political embarrassment for the Mahoning Valley. She should resign — before she makes another blunder like the one this week.Antonini wrote a …
No homecoming for Traficant?
Sybile Oelschlager of Schuyler, N.Y., an unabashed supporter of James A. Traficant Jr.'s, claimed Saturday that the former congressman-turned-federal prisoner will not be coming home in March, as was widely reported this week. Oelschlager, who shares Traficant's passion as an artist, made the claim on "The Valley's Talkin,'" an hour-long …
Dan Yemma denies e-mail allegations
Daniel Yemma, one of the three Mahoning County Democrats recommended by the party for appointment to the soon-to-be-vacant 33rd District state Senate seat, strongly denied allegations that he used his government computer to send "inappropriate emails." And, Yemma, chief deputy treasurer of Mahoning County and a councilman-at-large in Struthers, said …
Robyn Gallitto's political tin ear
Here's one explanation for Boardman Township Trustee Robyn Gallitto's failure to win the approval of the Mahoning County Democratic Party's executive board for the vacant 33rd District state Senate seat: Her political instincts failed her.Going into last Saturday's meeting of the Democratic Party elders, Gallitto certainly seemed to have one …