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Prayers for us all

Editor: With whom does one associate when contemplating communal prayers? Among others, it’s the needy, the destitute, world leaders, and not least of all, the politician. Go to church or the synagogue and you’ll most assuredly hear the minister, priest or rabbi praying on their behalf, week in and week out. Seldom do men of the cloth and their parishioners alike fail to make these standard supplications to God. An exception should be made in the case of the politician. Prayers for him are totally unnecessary. He has no financial worries whatsoever from where he presides ...

I’m no victim

Editor: I am am writing in an effort to correct inaccuracies stated in the submission from Karen Seidner of Lisbon titled “Law Should Bite Back at Someone” regarding an incident that happened in August at the Columbiana County Dog Pound. I am the volunteer who was bitten. I applaud and am thankful for Amy Lynn Dowd, Heidi Jo Pecorelli, Jessica Lynn Gordon, the deputies and inmate who came to my aid and Mike Halleck for their immediate actions. This unfortunate occurrence was handled responsibly and effectively by those at the pound and I am thankful for every one of them. I ...

Safety first

Editor: I have been watching the Morning Journal articles concerning the proposed half percent tax increase. I have a few thoughts I would like to share. I have been watching how many calls our emergency technicians are not able to cover through no fault of the personnel. Our fire and emergency technicians also have jobs and families to support along with doing duties in the fire department and most work during the day. This leaves a certain amount of hours when we do not have the coverage needed to respond to ambulance calls. We have a large number of seniors in our town who ...

Law should bite back at someone

Editor: In August 2018 a volunteer dog walker at the Columbiana County Dog Pound was severely bitten. Personnel from the nearby county jail provided first aid and filed a sheriff’s report. The victim was transported to an out-of-county hospital and required emergency surgery for repair of wounds. The dog was euthanized. Ohio Revised Code 955.261 requires that “no person shall kill a dog that has bitten any person until a (10 day) quarantine period has been completed. No person who has killed a dog that has bitten any person to prevent further injury...shall fail to do the ...

Grand-slamming

Editor: Reading newspaper coverage of Lisbon council meetings, it is evident that Councilman Peter Wilson gets slammed nearly every time he brings up a suggestion for saving the village money or for improving the town. Most recently, according to news accounts, Mayor Roger Gallo accused Wilson of “grandstanding” when Wilson suggested council consider the feasibility of having an outside agency handle village income tax collections. This is a potential money-saving practice already adopted by other cities in Columbiana County. When another councilman suggested this was a dead ...

Enough is enough, it is time to end government shutdown

The government shutdown, which began Dec. 22 and has now become the longest one in U.S. history, is having a devastating effect on the federal workers who are not being paid. We’ve heard stories of federal workers who have been forced to rely on food banks and food stamps to feed their families and are in danger of losing their homes. And while many blame the president and others fault Congress for the lack of action to fund the government, their plight has not been completely ignored by some members of the legislative body. At least 80 members of Congress have said they will ...