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1. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · By Mark Matasic

   Mayor McDowell, where are the deliverables? (opens the original)

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   Youngstown Mayor Derrick McDowell likes the language of business. Strategy. Transparency. Action. Results. And, perhaps most importantly, deliverables. It is a good word. In fact, it may be the perfect word for evaluating the McDowell administration. Because a deliverable isn't a vision. It isn't a listening session. It isn't a slogan, a social-media post, a committee, a meeting or another promise that something better is coming. A deliverable is something that was promised -- and then delivered

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2. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · By Mark Matasic

   McDowell ‘town hall’ shields mayor from accountability (opens the original)

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   When public officials promise a "town hall," they invoke a sacred American tradition of open dialogue, direct accountability and unvarnished truth. They promise to face their constituents, look them in the eye and answer the hard questions. But Youngstown Mayor Derrick McDowell's recent virtual town hall was not a town hall. It was a tightly managed infomercial. It was a masterclass in modern political theater, carefully staged to project the illusion of transparency while aggressively shutting

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