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Restore local government funding

Dear Editor:Drug addiction is costly. It costs a person everything to maintain: money, health, relationships - and sometimes your life.Drug addiction costs our communities as well. All types of criminal activity are a result of drug trafficking and addiction.Our law enforcement can't keep up with it. The resources needed to adequately protect our communities have been lacking for years. It needs to stop.I implore our elected officials to act. The answer is not another levy. Our police and fire should not be asking the public for money they need to function. It should already be there. ...

‘Drive-By Media’

Dear Editor:Accusations are easy to make but hard to prove, so when proof is no longer a requirement, the allegation becomes part of the narrative - a talking point. This means it is the "seriousness of the indictment" taking on a life of its own with truth and facts as meaningless cumbersome distractions.Who or what is the worst perpetrator of the narrative, it is the "Drive-By Media" and it was suppose to be the sacred duty of the press to bring "truth to power."Too add salt to the wound, (the media) are the first to call for civility or lament the loss of civility every election ...

Ties that bind

Dear Editor:Huma Abedin started as an intern for Hillary Clinton in the White House. While interning she also worked as associate editor for her family's radical journal in Saudi Arabia, the "Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs."Huma was associate editor from 1996-2008 with her name on the masthead of that journal until she began her work for Hillary at the State Department.Huma's late father, Dr. Zyed Abedin, along with top Al-Qaeda financier Abdullah Omar Naseef, founded this journal in the 1970s.During 7 of her 12 years at her family's journal, Huma worked alongside terrorist financier ...

Municipal fee worth paying

Dear Editor:Have you ever wondered why someone would throw gasoline on a fire instead of water? I have and I wondered what was the ultimate goal, what's the motive? What does one gain from this?I am referring to the proposed municipal fee in Chester. I wonder why anyone would go the lengths to pass out petitions stating they are against it. Strange that even people that don't have a nickle in this dime, in other words they don't even live in the city of Chester, would pass them around.When we look at the big picture, we see that for 30 years there has not been an increase in the fee. Are ...

Voices heard with Dyce in office

Dear Editor:There is only one candidate for state representative who is interested in the welfare of working men and women in Columbiana County and he has a record to prove it. That man is John Dyce.John's involvement on behalf of workers was seen in his tireless efforts to win repeal of Senate Bill 5 in 2011, through referendum. John also supports attempts to increase the state minimum wage. He recognizes that there are many wage earners in Ohio and, particularly, in Columbiana County, who are facing the prospect of trying to raise a family on a mere $8.10 per hour.John, a veteran of ...

Media and the drug problem

Dear Editor:How much are you really in control of your thoughts and habits? Much has been made of the recent drug crisis in eastern Ohio over the last few years and there is now very little room to deny that there is a major trend. Many people look at the financial implications and the massive availability of these drugs as the driving force behind this fast expanding trend. However, I would like to propose another explanation for this boom in drug consumption, this being our entertainment outlets.It may seem like a naive thought to believe that what people watch and expose themselves to ...