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Bertram de Souza

Weekly sunday columns from Vindicator writer Bertram de Souza.

Now, there’s an honest professor

By Bertram de Souza | November 22nd, 2009

A staunch defender of Youngstown State University, reacting to this writer’s criticism of the 

Obama should weigh in on V&M

By Bertram de Souza | November 15th, 2009

“Now, we’ve still got a long way to go. But there is little debate that the decisions we’ve made and 

Who’s to blame for sales tax defeat?

By Bertram de Souza | November 8th, 2009

Make no mistake about it. Had the renewal of the half-percent sales tax in Mahoning County won voter 

Casino foes overplay their hand

By Bertram de Souza | November 4th, 2009

In politics, overreaching carries great risk — largely because voters see it as a sign of 

Is our Mafia history a factor?

By Bertram de Souza | November 1st, 2009

To hear the mastermind of State Issue 3 tell it, Youngstown was under consideration for one of the 

Heads must roll at board of elections

By Bertram de Souza | October 25th, 2009

Having a clerk take the fall for what is by any measure a major foul-up at the Mahoning County Board 

Vote ‘yes’ on Issue 3 to end the hypocrisy

By Bertram de Souza | October 18th, 2009

From the anti-gambling puritans, to the group leading the charge against State Issue 3, to some 

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