Dear Editor: Council should vote “no” for water increase. Live within your means. Translation: spend only the money you make, not the money you wish you made. You should know from the federal government that this does not work. People on a set income cannot afford this. If you’re trying to make people move out of the city, you’re headed in the right direction. John Arnett East Liverpool
Dear Editor: The exodus of East Liverpool residents has continued over the years for many reasons, but those who have been elected to our local government over the decades have refused to look in the mirror to see the reasons for this decline. These politicians and appointees have gone out of their way to create an unfriendly environment for business and residents. They continue to come up with creative ways to extract more and more money from business and the local community to continue their spending habits. We have unsustainable pension and benefit packages for city workers. We ...
Dear Editor: The “Deep State Bureaucracy” is panicking in fear of eviction. Establishment politicians are gasping for air, frantically flailing to keep their strongholds of power. They campaign pleading “send me to Washington to fix the problem.” Yet, once there, they don’t fix it only to return to their districts campaigning once again send me to Washington to “fix the problem.” Enough is enough! President Trump is under assault by Socialist Progressive Democrats. They are unhinged in hysteria, relentlessly engaging in political sabotage, intellectual dishonesty, hate, ...
Dear Editor: I have followed your coverage of the recent traffic camera consideration and approval by East Liverpool’s City Council with great interest. I found two aspects of this process to be very instructive: first that the city is going to go forward with the cameras without any input from the voters because city council member Fred Rayl has decided that speeding is a problem. Secondly, that no one is looking out for the interests of the city’s residents, taxpayers and businesses. Despite the assurances provided by law director Charles Payne, there is good reason to believe ...
Dear Editor: I go to the Broadway Wharf every day and feed the animals there. I also pick up all the food container trash left by others who are unable to respect community properties. Today, I extended my cleanup efforts to the roadside on the ramp side of the road. It only took about 40 minutes to pick up the beer and drink bottles as well as miscellaneous things tossed out of a car by the lesser residents of the area. I was given a number of 100-plus trucks using the River Road on certain days by one of the granaries. These drivers see nothing else of the city but River Road and ...
Dear Editor: Pleasant Heights, East Liverpool. A quiet neighborhood. A friendly neighborhood. A safe neighborhood. A neighborhood that our children and grandchildren can still explore the outdoors, without families dwelling on “what ifs.” An area where it’s peaceful and quiet with all the sounds that any neighborhood should have — children playing, dogs barking in the distance and people laughing. A neighborhood where neighbors still look out for one another. This is our Pleasant Heights. Recently, I received a letter, as did many in the neighborhood, from the East Liverpool ...