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Research everything with an open mind this election

Dear Editor I don’t think I've ever been so disgusted when hearing all these ads about politicians as I am now. No matter who you support these ads are plain out disgusting. They need to get on with what they are going to do for the people, although that would probably be a lie anyway. I already know what the Democratic Socialist Party will do for us and it's not something I want. I know times are tough right now, but it's proven that our lives would be worse with them in charge. I remember Sherrod Brown being in office and all he did was talk a good game. Husted probably ...

Job-killing repeal of emissions technology a losing issue for Sen. Husted

Dear Editor, Ohio politicians should follow a simple rule when casting votes in Washington: If it’s going to cost working class Americans their jobs, the measure is not worth supporting. Sen. Jon Husted could face a vote soon that falls along these lines regarding the use of a clean emissions technology in use at maritime ports. This technology is deployed to reduce the amount of toxic smoke discharged from massive shipping vessels, many of which are owned by China, and keep the air free of cancerous chemicals for dock workers and the surrounding communities. There is an entire ...

Please no single trash hauler in Lisbon

Please, Lisbon Council, drop any further consideration of passing legislation for a single trash hauler in the village. I suspect a majority of residents are opposed to the idea, preferring to choose their own hauler and respecting the tradition of free enterprise among competing companies. I greatly respect and admire our hard-working mayor and have no “beef” with any council member, despite whether I voted for him or her. They make decisions based on what they feel is best. Proponents say having a single hauler will mean all trash bins will be put out and removed ...

Data centers generate much needed property tax revenue

Columbiana County has never been handed anything. The people who built this region did it with their hands, their backs, and a willingness to show up every day for industries that weren't always glamorous but were always real. The steel mills, the pottery works, the oil and gas fields gave families here a foothold. When those industries declined, the communities that depended on them felt it in ways that Columbus and Cleveland never quite understood. Appalachian Ohio knows what it looks like when an industry leaves, because we’ve lived it. But we also know what it looks like when the ...

Knowledgeable opinion on childhood vaccines can only come from experience of adverse effects

Dear Editor, An extensive amount of controversy has been stated about the decision to give or not to give vaccines to children. Until you experience first-hand the absolute frightening experience of your child having a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine can you knowledgeably express a comment. My child was 15 months old when according to the guidelines of vaccine distribution that a MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) protective vaccine was to be administered. Just days later as my child was rambunctiously playing as 15-month-olds do, he suddenly fell to the floor lifeless! The absolute ...

A starving horse does not suffer less because Ohio calls it livestock

Dear Editor: I am part of Northeast Ohio’s horse community, and I want people to keep paying attention to the Heather Birkmire animal-cruelty case. Five horses are dead. Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino has said necropsies found evidence of starvation and dehydration. Yet the cruelty charges are misdemeanors. Birkmire, the former operator of Pure Gold Stables and Equestrian Center in Salem Township, has pleaded not guilty to five second-degree misdemeanor cruelty counts and four fourth-degree misdemeanor counts involving the disposal of dead animals. Four dead horses were found at the ...