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Our opinion: Mayoral rematch offers choice

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The race for Warren mayor, again, will be between David Wortman, this time the incumbent, and Councilman Phil Gilbert, running as an independent. Gilbert’s decision to run as an independent gives city residents a choice rather than the uncontested races seen far too often throughout the county. And both men boast impressive resumes as involved and active citizens who freely give of their time to make Warren a better place. Wortman touts the city’s lack of tax increases over the past three years, efforts to implement EMS agreements with neighboring municipalities that allow the ...

Our opinion: New member walks a tightrope

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We can’t say we disagree with the City Council’s decision to appoint Savannah Casey to the council to fill the time left on former councilman John Barbera’s term. Over the past several years Casey has shown herself to be a booster for the city of Warren and Warren County through her work at WCCBI. She’s been involved in downtown events and initiatives and serves on a veritable bevy of non-profit boards that seek to improve the lives of hundreds of Warren County residents. She is the definition of a community servant. But we also know Casey will have to walk a tightrope ...

Our opinion: Two earn another school board term

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There is one contested race for the Warren County School District Board of Education between Mary Passinger, the board’s current vice president and a former teacher, and Misty Moore, a challenger with a background in private business. The pair recently took part in a debate in Sugar Grove hosted by the Warren County League of Women Voters that touched on a wide array of topics. Moore acquitted herself well during the forum, but in our opinion Passinger deserves another four-year term on the school board for making the decision to close the Sheffield and Youngsville high schools. ...

General welfare having big impact on national debt

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Over the past 10 months we have been treated to entertaining commentary from the Woke Mob. They are apoplectic because the source of all their virtue signaling — the bottomless pit of their government programs — has been threatened by the “fascist terror” in the White House. Unable to present a coherent argument against the Administration’s anti-waste policies, the Woke Mob resorts to the same old saw – that “Trump has no compassion.” This begs the question: Compassion for whom? Apparently the Woke Mob measures compassion by how hard they squeeze taxpayers and ...

Our opinion: Pa. stepping up animal protections

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Over the years, television has provided an accurate perspective of the problem — “affliction” sometimes might be the better descriptive word — of hoarding. We’re referring to people who have, in essence, ruined their lives, homes and also, perhaps, relationships because of having collected and having remained hellbent on continuing to collect virtual “mountains” of household and other items “too good” to throw away, sell or give away. In many of the sad and otherwise troubling situations upon which television has focused, homes had become such a repository for the ...

Our opinion: E-bike proposal is a worthy compromise

Our Opinion

There have been several proposals in the state Legislature over the past few years that would increase oversight of electric bicycles. But the best, in our opinion, is a relatively simple proposal from House Rep. Jill Cooper, R-Export, who is drafting legislation that would give local governments clear authority to establish their own ordinances for e-bikes. There likely won’t be clear agreement at the state level what e-bike regulation should look like, with issues like licensing, registering and insuring the bicycles likely to lead to the same sort of disagreement we’ve seen ...