In November, voters in Boardman will decide which two of four candidates will take the open township Trustee seats. Tom Costello and Steve Yacavone are the incumbents while newcomers Cody McCormick and Matt Gambrel hope to push them out.

As the future of the Southern Park Mall hangs in the balance, how would these challengers handle Kohan Retail Investment group?

"We need to pressure this guy to get out of our community and right now others aren't doing that," McCormick said. "I mean, if I was a trustee, I would be in front of you every day trying to get this guy the heck out of our community so that we can get somebody that actually gives a damn to take over the mall," he said.

"I think it's very unfair that citizens get hammered if they don't pay their taxes and if this corporation do

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