DEAR EDITOR:

This is a response to Mr. Lee Arent’s letter published on Nov. 15, 2025. Mr. Arent lacks a basic understanding of the tax collection and foreclosure process. I have never stated I am waiting for a two-year period before taking action on the matter of the Southern Park Mall because there is no action I can legally take. There is nothing “usual or customary” about it. Ohio Revised Code directs me to publish twice a year a list of all property tax payers delinquent in the most recent collection period. This I have done. These lists include only those delinquent in the most recent period. The total number of delinquent parcels in Mahoning County is 29,730 for a total of $72,731,459 in delinquent taxes. The most recently published list of those recently delinquent contained 4,463

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