
David Skolnick
Politics and Government Reporter at Tribune Chronicle
Vindicator/Tribune Chronicle politics & government reporter. "Watch out now, take care, beware of greedy leaders" [email protected]
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1 month ago |
vindy.com | David Skolnick
Mar 14, 2025 By DAVID SKOLNICKStaff writerYOUNGSTOWN — The board of control agreed to pay $60,000 to an “expert witness” in Youngstown’s ongoing effort to stop SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s proposal to convert rubber tire chips into synthetic gas at its facility near downtown.
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Sep 16, 2024 |
vindy.com | David Skolnick
Michael SakacsAGE: 76RESIDENCE: AustintownSERVICE BRANCH: Air ForceMILITARY HONORS: Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. OCCUPATION: Retired from Polaris Windows & Doors Inc. and Schwebel’s. FAMILY: Wife, Jeanne; daughter, Leah; two sons, Michael and Kyle; stepdaughter, Jean Marie; two grandsons.
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Sep 13, 2024 |
vindy.com | David Skolnick
Before Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the presidential nominee, Mahoning Valley Democrats were rightfully concerned that the incumbent at the top of the ticket would drag down the rest of the party’s candidates on the Nov. 5 ballot. Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate performance left Democrats, who were unenthusiastic about him before that, in a position where they knew if he remained the presidential candidate that he would definitely hurt other candidates by his mere presence.
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Sep 6, 2024 |
vindy.com | David Skolnick
After a federal judge ruled a state law violated the voting rights of those with disabilities, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose again went after ballot drop boxes outside county boards of elections.
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Sep 5, 2024 |
vindy.com | David Skolnick
YOUNGSTOWN — The contractor in charge of demolishing the Realty Tower, badly damaged in a May 28 gas explosion, expects to have all of the debris from the downtown Youngstown site removed no later than the middle of next week. Besides the debris, all that is left from the former 13-story apartment building on the city’s Central Square is the remains of four floors of the staircase.
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Youngstown Council on Wednesday will consider authorizing a final settlement to a high-priced wastewater improvement legal battle with the federal government https://t.co/zCrtLCYy4H

Sarah Brown-Clark, Youngstown’s former longtime clerk of courts, filed an appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss her lawsuit against the city in which she claimed she was entitled to $28,298 in unpaid salary increases for the last six years of her term https://t.co/LRg5iBhS0f

Mark Zetzer, who withdrew from the 2024 Republican primary for the 14th Congressional District seat and is living “alone in a shack down by the river,” said he is giving strong consideration to challenging Rep. Dave Joyce, a fellow Republican, next year https://t.co/LQOB3EchvP