Welcome to Bertram de Souza's hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, possibly the most corrupt city in the United States. Mr. de Souza has been the lead opinion writer for "The Vindicator" for decades now and has written some great opinions over the years in his weekly Sunday column. He writes on issues nobody else will tackle and is a sentinel in a town filled with yellow journalism. This Sunday, he writes about three Youngstown officials, including the ...

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Welcome to Bertram de Souza's hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, possibly the most corrupt city in the United States. Mr. de Souza has been the lead opinion writer for "The Vindicator" for decades now and has written some great opinions over the years in his weekly Sunday column. He writes on issues nobody else will tackle and is a sentinel in a town filled with yellow journalism. This Sunday, he writes about three Youngstown officials, including the city's mayor, who received probation rather than prison time by a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge last week for serious crimes involving public trust. "What other area of the country can boast of having a congressman, county prosecutor, county sheriff, judges, other elected officials and organized crime bosses being hauled off to prison in chains? Not even Chicago or New York," de Souza  writes. .

Authors Bio:

Samuel Vargo worked as a full-time reporter and editor for more than 20 years at a number of daily newspapers and business journals. He was also an adjunct English professor at colleges and universities in Ohio, West Virginia, Mississippi and Florida for about a decade. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in English (both degrees were awarded by Youngstown State University).