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Snow removal concerns

To the editor: I saw reports about Tuesday’s Steubenville City Council meeting regarding citizens complaining of snow removal, or lack thereof, from sidewalks in the downtown and the city manager’s comments that snow removal from sidewalks is the responsibility of the property owner. That is true, but the businesses still open downtown did shovel the snow. The problem is the number of vacant buildings where there is no one to shovel. Secondly, where do you put the snow that is shoveled? There is only so much that can be stacked against a building and shoveling it back into the ...

Animal cruelty on display

To the editor: Weirton has several colonies of community cats — cats that live outdoors, have been neutered or spayed and are cared for by volunteers or store employees. Some of these colonies have been in the same places for a decade or more. Recently, during the cold snaps, someone who apparently likes to cause suffering to animals collected all of the bins and boxes that the cats live in by Gabe’s and the downtown car wash and threw them away, even though those bins and boxes were not their property. Worse yet, this person left the cats to die in freezing weather. One cat ...

Time to stop the insanity

To the editor: Senate Democrats are threatening another government shutdown in order to protect illegal alien criminals from ICE and lawful arrests and allow criminals to roam free in our communities. Why are Democrats so upset about the federal government exposing fraud, waste, theft and illegal alien criminals? Why do they not want voter ID? Maybe because it’ll be harder for them to cheat. Liberals talk about peace, tolerance and having conversations as they riot, loot, burn, invade church services and attack federal agents performing lawful operations. I can’t imagine ...

What it’s like to be the bad man

To the editor: I believe it was the famous philosopher, Peter Townshend, who wrote the apt phrase, “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.” On Monday, Greg Bovino, who many have compared to Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, was unceremoniously fired as U.S. Border Patrol commander-at-large. The comparison to Himmler, however, is inartful. Bovino is better likened to the other Heinrich, Gestapo Chief Heinrich Muller. Himmler oversaw the SS and Schutzsaffel — a broader portfolio, closer to a modern border czar. If anyone fits the Himmler role, it would be Tom Homan, the man ...

Ohio’s energy driving investment

To the editor: Ohio’s natural gas and oil industries have continued to drive economic development in the Buckeye State. This means a flourishing job market and economy, funding for community infrastructure and energy reliability. Cleveland State University found that total upstream investments were up $615 million in the second half of 2024 when compared to the first half. These numbers reflect the continued growth of drilling activity, especially for oil-producing wells. Ohio’s shale-energy ‘drew’ in approximately $3.5 billion in fresh capital between July and ...

The Trump autocracy

To the editor: It has been oftentimes stated by experts that if our democratic form of government, which has long been the envy of nations throughout the free world, would fall that such would not be achieved as a result of foreign intervention, but would transpire as a result of inappropriate actions taken by those in power from within the United States. It appears, sadly, that current president Donald J. Trump, who continues to disrespect and reject the rule of law, as well as the functions of our co-equal branches of government, as Trump continues to, alarmingly, disrespect our ...