Letters to the Editor
Forgetting veterans by Tuesday
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.Veterans are honored with monuments — symbols to remind us that freedom is not free but paid for in blood. Those who served offered up their lives in the name of freedom. We remember their sacrifice always — but especially …
Alumni, parents & CMU
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.When the young woman attending Carnegie Mellon University paraded around as the pope, naked from the waist down, I thought her parents and the school would be aghast. Obviously, I was mistaken, because Christian-bashing seems to be very popular these …
IRS vs. America V
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.Enough is enough! Abolish the IRS. It’s time for a flat tax. Carol Brooks Hempfield …
IRS vs. America I
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.IRS snooping on conservative political organizations and Justice Department intrusion into the communications of The Associated Press make one wonder if similar tactics are used on individuals who speak at public forums, send critical emails or otherwise express their freedom …
IRS vs. America IV
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.Two years ago, I attended a tea-party gathering in Washington, D.C., to protest ObamaCare. To my friends, I made this comment: “Under ObamaCare, the first question to anyone who is seeking medical care will be, ‘Are you a Democrat or …
Arnold sewage bills
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.Arnold sewage bills I have attended Arnold Council meetings for years. I campaigned for our current mayor, Larry Milito. I thought these officials were going to do the right thing for our community. Now I’m having my doubts. There have …
Heresy
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.Heresy I disagree with JoAnne Bosnich, who wrote the letter “Catholicism is the way” (May 15). I left the Catholic Church for a variety of reasons, from obligation to worship to requiring confession of sins to a priest. Most disturbing …
IRS vs. America III
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.During the Bush administration, there were those who complained about “enhanced interrogation,” aka torture of prisoners of the Iraq and Afghan wars. Now we learn that the current administration has used the IRS to intimidate conservative groups that have voiced …
Societal diagnosis?
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.It was with great interest that I read the news story “Winter bee deaths devastate keepers” (May 19 and TribLIVE.com). It attributed the loss of bees to a disease known as Colony Collapse Disorder, which occurs when worker bees from …
IRS vs. America II
By Tribune-Review 9:00 p.m.There is no place in a free democracy for such an intrusive, dictatorial and powerful sub-governmental agency as the IRS. The IRS is not an element of a government of the people, for the people and by the people. Why …
Blame districts, state
By Tribune-ReviewThe news story “Latrobe officials stress retirement needs” (May 15 and TribLIVE.com) fails to mention several points. The reason Greater Latrobe School District, like many throughout the state, has such a significant increase in its Public School Employees’ Retirement System …
Close corporate loopholes
By Tribune-ReviewClose corporate loopholes In the news story “Delaware governor fears impact of closing ‘loophole’” (May 11 and TribLIVE.com), Delaware Gov. Jack Markell says Delaware will lose tax revenue if Pennsylvania closes corporate tax loopholes. The truth is that closing tax …
Leechburg to Heritage: Bad move
By Tribune-ReviewIn reply to the May 22 letter “Leechburg to Heritage: Good move”: Leaving the WPIAL for the Heritage Conference is not supported by the majority of parents, student-athletes and concerned citizens of the Leechburg Area School District. This is the …
Go to the Heritage
By Tribune-ReviewGo to the Heritage Re. the story “Leechburg Area stands strong in move to Heritage” (May 16): I thank the school board for sticking to its conviction to move the athletic teams to the Heritage Conference. I didn’t understand the …
Free speech
By Tribune-ReviewFree speech As I tune into the TV’s array of distasteful situation comedies, graphic violence and sexuality and hear the foul language, all protected by the freedom of speech, I surf the channels looking for something more to my liking. …
Connellsville’s finances
By Tribune-ReviewIn his May 18 letter to the editor (“More ‘research’ needed”), Connellsville Councilman Brad Geyer, director of accounts/finance predicts that the city should collect $610,000 in Earned Income Tax by the end of the year, surpassing the $550,000 anticipated in …
Oppose Common Core
By Tribune-ReviewCommon Core Standards (CCS) is a vampire planning to suck the freedom out of the American people and the brains out of our children. On March 14, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education (with Gov. Corbett’s dark approval) voted to …
IRS ‘useful idiots’
By Tribune-ReviewIRS ‘useful idiots’ While watching the theatrical “meltdown” of Jon “porta-potty” Stewart regarding the trifecta of criminal and unjustifiable scandals embroiling President Obama, his minions and lickspittle press, it occurred to me that I have no idea what it would …
Conservatives have no solutions
By Tribune-ReviewConservatives love to claim they are all for freedom and vehemently oppose government interference into people’s lives. And they do, except for those people they don’t believe should live without government interference. Many conservatives support racially profiling American citizens. In …
Say yes to FLAG
By Tribune-ReviewSay yes to FLAG As a member of the Freeport Leechburg Apollo Group, letters like “Say no to FLAG” (April 24) — based solely on a person’s political beliefs, not factual information — sadden me. Here are the facts: e_SBlt …
