DEAR EDITOR:

So Tito Brown hired his daughter-in-law for a city position. Is anyone surprised?

I took a written civil service test in 2018 for the Youngstown Water Department collections supervisor position. I finished first on the test, I have been a lifelong resident of Youngstown and I hold a degree from YSU. To this day, I still have those test results.

I interviewed with water commissioner Harry Johnson and the office manager. Both said I was the most qualified for the job, but the final decision was up to Brown.

After more than a week’s wait, I called and was told the job had been filled and Tiffany Denise Patterson was hired for the position.

Now it gets interesting.

The civil service test was given Jan. 27, 2018, the morning of Tito’s first inaugural ball. If you had looked at Patterson’s Facebook page after that event, you would have found pictures of her and Tito together, dressed to the nines at that ball.

Is she related to Tito in some way or close friends? To me, this reeks of nepotism, but people can make their own assumptions.

And by the way, I saved the pics from Tito’s shindig … and I like to share.

RICH YASLIK