Letters to the Editor category, Page 101
Letter to the editor: Counseling needed at Allegheny County Jail
The National Commission on Correctional Health Care mandates that individual counseling be provided to residents at a county jail. This last year, there were eight therapists in our jail’s budget to provide individual counseling, but only one was hired, and recently. Many residents in our jail are in a state...
Letter to the editor: How will GOP replace Dunbar?
Seven-term state Rep. George Dunbar, R-Penn Township, has announced he won’t seek an eighth term; there is a God, thank-you. County Republican Party Chair Bill Bretz and all the local RINOs praised his service and said he will be missed. I say, missed by the Dems. I’m sure Bretz will...
Letter to the editor: Tomlin’s accomplishment
Coach Mike Tomlin is noted by the media for never having had a losing season. A new accomplishment can now be added to his resume. Coach T. is now the only coach in NFL history to lose a pair of back-to-back games to two teams with 2-10 records while playing...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s your guy
Say you could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it. Grab women by the private parts. Have more than 22,000 confirmed lies. Make fun of handicapped people. Say fallen soldiers are “suckers and losers.” Say the election is rigged ahead of time, in case you lose. Never...
Letter to the editor: We need legal immigration
Happy New Year, America. It is estimated that between 1892 and 1954 some 12 million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal of Ellis Island. All were vetted upon entrance. Since the three years of the Biden administration, it is conservatively estimated that almost 4 million immigrants have illegally crossed the...
Letter to the editor: Sewickley Township Library finds a new home
I write this letter of gratitude on behalf of the board of directors of the Sewickley Township Public Library. We appreciate our current and past township supervisors who have provided us with a home in the old Sewickley High School. The building served us well, but, due to age and...
Letter to the editor: Reimagining Pittsburgh Mills Mall
The corporation that owns Mills Mall recently paid $11 million in back taxes, which did nothing to enhance the mall or bring anything into the mall area (“Pittsburgh Mills mall owner optimistic about property’s future, but mum on details, after averting sheriff’s sale,” Oct. 9, TribLive). I think there is...
Letter to the editor: WCCC should have equitable funding
Westmoreland County Community College is facing a serious budget situation due to reduced funding from its local sponsor, Westmoreland County. The county support allows the college to charge a reduced tuition rate for county residents. Consider: • State code requirement for local sponsor funding (Westmoreland County): 33%. • 2023 college...
Letter to the editor: Notable Westmoreland women
Regarding the article “Westmoreland 250: Area natives have made their mark” (Dec. 31, TribLIVE): I was disappointed to find 19 men listed but only three women. After some research, I suggest the following ladies be included: Martha Rial, a noted photojournalist, was born in Murrysville and traveled the globe with...
Letter to the editor: Shutdown as scare tactic
The evening news has been reporting, again, a possible federal government shutdown. By my own rude/crude math, our fair republic has been rescued from government shutdown more than once in the last short stack of years. It’s getting to be a regular thing, something possibly used as a bargaining chip...
Sounding off: Pay raises, slavery, freedoms, tax hikes among week’s topics
Pa. Legislature’s blank check There is a popular commercial dealing with the timeshare industry. Basics are this: You don’t know how much and for how long you are going to pay for a real estate mistake. You signed a blank check for life. Several times this paper has granted me...
Letter to the editor: Action needed on toxic wastewater
A Dec. 21 Penn State webinar, “Natural Gas in the Appalachian Basin,” discussed the Marcellus and Utica shale gas. Nothing was said about managing wastewater produced from fracking, or other dangers of gas. It was said gas is needed to provide constant electricity. After storms damaged Hawaiian electricity, the island...
Letter to the editor: Watching our freedoms erode
First, I am not a Trump supporter. I am a retired serviceman who has fought for our freedom. A freedom that I have been seeing erode every day. I watched with everyone as they tore down our statures and rewrote our history. I watched as the playing of our national...
Letter to the editor: Primanti Bros. gift harks back to 1977 reward
Regarding the article “Primanti Bros. sending gift of thanks — in sandwiches — to Titans for helping Steelers make playoffs” (Jan. 8, TribLIVE): I wonder how many would remember when the then-Houston Oilers did the same thing by beating Cincinnati 20-16 the last game of the season. The Steelers players...
Letter to the editor: Unions valuable to nurses and patients
Like many newer nurses, I’ve struggled to find my feet during many shifts in the hospital. Luckily, I joined our recent union negotiations, and I’m forever grateful for the experience. As nurses, we committed ourselves to shifting our hospital from short term staffing solutions like travel staff and sign-on bonuses...
Letter to the editor: Casey helping to keep pedestrians safe
I’m writing to call attention to the fact that shortly before the new year, Allegheny County received much-needed federal funding — $520,000 — to help make the streets in our county safer for pedestrians. We’re coming off our deadliest traffic year in nearly two decades, so this funding couldn’t be...
Letter to the editor: Insurrection doubts
Regarding Noah Feldman’s op-ed “Supreme Court unlikely to uphold Colorado ruling disqualifying Trump” (Dec. 22, TribLIVE): There was an insurrection to stop the count to certify Joe Biden as elected president Jan. 6, 2021. Had President Trump led his followers as he wanted would make it so, a true insurrection....
Letter to the editor: Civil War was indeed fought over slavery
Regarding the perplexing and conspiracy-laden letter “A Civil War history lesson” (Jan. 9, TribLive): To quote the author: “The mainstream media’s attacks on Nikki Haley not recognizing slavery as the reason for the War Between the States is way off base.” No. The Civil War was fought over slavery. The...
Letter to the editor: Conservatives respectful, liberals destructive
I’m one of those terrifying, radical MAGA extremists, AKA conservatives, who President Biden, his DOJ, FBI and assorted Democrats declare are the greatest threat to our democracy. And you should be very afraid! For we dastardly, radical, terroristic, extremists can pretty much be described by one word: Respectful! Respectful of...
Elizabeth Stelle: Pa. needs regulatory reform
Katie Walsh owns and operates two businesses: a tattoo parlor and a spa. If she could, Walsh would merge her two businesses. Pennsylvania’s onerous regulations, however, force Walsh to maintain separate business licenses and pay rent on two different but connected storefronts. Moreover, Pennsylvania’s licensing requirements are wildly different and...
Letter to the editor: The left’s changing of definitions
Wait for it: Now that the Harvard University president has resigned, the left will change the definition of plagiarism. But, you say, we already have that definition. Yes, and we also knew the meaning of man and woman. David Fredley West Deer...
Letter to the editor: Trump should be passed over for president
I have been an unpleasant follower of Donald Trump for years, from the racial discrimination by him and his dad at his apartment building to his crooked school that cheated students, including GIs, who hoped they would get proof of their passing the course. Trump has done all types of...
Letter to the editor: No thanks for your service, Fitzgerald
Thank you, Rich Fitzgerald! As the Trib celebrates your various “achievements” (“Reflecting on 12 years of service,” Dec. 27, TribLive), I can’t help but remember how you mandated me to take an experimental “vaccine” in order to keep my job. I really found it appropriate how my previous employer denied...
Letter to the editor: Hits and misses
In today’s era of fake news and biased political media, I find The Wall Street Journal to be one of the few intelligent, balanced major media outlets. Recently its top economic and political reporters listed their biggest “hits” and “misses” in 2023 as follows: • Hit — Developments in biomedical...
Letter to the editor: Shame on Leechburg School Board
The new Leechburg Area School Board is batting 0 for 3. They secretly hired a new solicitor in a shady fashion, drove an outstanding superintendent to resign and destroyed teacher morale. After a series of “fill-in” superintendents, Tiffany Nix took over and stabilized the district. She oversaw a huge and...
