DEAR EDITOR: The Youngstown city administration’s unwavering desire to build the new police and fire complex on the North Side only makes sense from a financial standpoint because the city already owns the former Wick Six property. The site of the old GE plant at the top of the Market ...

DEAR EDITOR: Nary a week goes by without a few letters stating Trump is the devil and an existential threat to our republic. That’s OK; this a country where speech is protected. What I fail to understand is why these same individuals never complain of being lied to since 2020. The national ...

DEAR EDITOR: An opinion writer in the 1/11 Vindy decried what he perceived as a lack of “facts” in letters that point out the many shortcomings of soon-to-be 47, the first convicted felon to be inaugurated president. The felony verdict was applied by Judge Juan Merchan in answer to a ...

DEAR EDITOR: As a teenage immigrant of 76 years, I have watched presidential memorial ceremonies for nine presidents, starting with President Harry Truman. None has inspired me, uplifted my spirits and given me hope, as the memorial services for President Jimmy Carter, starting at the Carter ...

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing in response to the Sound Off from Hubbard in the Jan. 11-12, 2025, Vindicator. As a retired educator I am extremely happy that the WEP has been repealed. I have been denied part of the Social Security that I was due for 11 years because I have a teacher’s pension. ...

Trump’s tendency to “demand” that which is not his, is bombastic buffoonery. Regarding the Panama Canal, it is akin to a construction company demanding you hand over the keys to your paid for home because they built it. Because of the strategic importance of the canal, 47 would show a ...