DEAR EDITOR:
I read the April 8 Tribune Chronicle article about former Trumbull County maintenance supervisor Roy Elza’s comments from the April 7 Trumbull County commissioners’ meeting regarding his retirement.
I also listened to the audio of the meeting. In listening to the meeting, it was clear to me that Mr. Elza’s actions toward Commissioner Niki Frenchko were innocent and either intentionally or unintentionally misinterpreted by her. During the meeting, Mr. Elza stated that Ms. Frenchko had posted on social media without mentioning him by name that he “hit on her.” It should have been clear to her that she was mistaken and that an apology for her actions was in order. Instead, when Commissioner Mauro Cantalamessa attempted to thank Mr. Elza for his service and said he was sorry, Ms. Frenchko jumped into the conversation and objected by saying that he was suggesting “that something happened that shouldn’t have happened to Mr. Elza.” (This quote can be found at
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DEAR EDITOR:
I am tiring of Trumbull County Commissioner Niki Frenchko referring to our Italian-American elected officials as the “Good Old Boys.”
Which elected officials does she mean?
Is she referring to Commissioner Mauro Cantalamessa or Auditor Adrian Biviano? Or maybe our Treasurer Sam Lamancusa or Board of Elections member Mark Alberini or Probate
Court Judge James A. Fredericka?
I’m sure she doesn’t mean Diane Marchese or Karen Infante Allen.
All these elected officials have done a great job running Trumbull County.
I think she has a problem with those who have more common sense than she has. Voting against having a tented building constructed for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine showed how much sense she has. This pandemic isn’t over.
Mar 14, 2021
Campbell Mayor Nick Phillips points to ceilings damaged by flooding and heavy rain. The city hall building on Tenney Avenue is undergoing some work to correct damage, but additional federal funding in response to COVID-19 last week could help the city update its building for employees and the community, Phillips said.
Mahoning Valley cities, villages and townships over the coming years have, in the words of U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, “a once-in-a-generation opportunity.”
But how will their allotments of the latest $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 relief bill with about $260 million of it coming here be put to use?
Local leaders largely are still figuring that out, and some of the funding figures are not yet firm.
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