Letters to the Editor category, Page 120
Letter to the editor: Spread word about thanking vets, first responders
My family and I were enjoying an evening at a carnival. We were standing near a couple of policemen when my 9-year-old granddaughter, Mariah, said, “Mimi, you should thank them for their service.” What an amazing moment. My mother taught me a long time ago to thank veterans and first...
Letter to the editor: Citizen overwatch of police needed
Regarding two recent stories about police officer-involved shootings (“Use of force expert: Ligonier Valley police shooting ‘probably should have been handled differently’,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE; “Man killed by Philadelphia police never got out of his car, didn’t ‘lunge’ with a knife, police say in new narrative,” Aug. 16, TribLIVE): These...
Letter to the editor: Protecting Medicare Advantage
Affordable and high-quality health care for seniors and individuals with disabilities remains a big concern in Pennsylvania. That is why we need to protect and strengthen Medicare Advantage, a vital part of Medicare that more need to know about. It is important that as many people as possible look at...
Gregory F. Treverton: Prigozhin not the first to cross Putin and meet a suspicious demise
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed Aug. 23, killing all 10 people on board. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency confirmed that Prigozhin, who had led a brief rebellion again the...
Letter to the editor: PennDOT’s emissions nonsense
OK, here’s a little more government nonsense for ya. It seems only 25 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania have to have emissions testing on their vehicles. This is a problem. Either make the same requirement for every county or eliminate it for the others. In addition, now PennDOT is changing...
Sounding off: Ukraine aid, Hempfield school cost, Afghanistian, emissions among week’s topics
Why we should continue to help Ukraine The writer of the letter “We’ve helped Ukraine enough” (Aug. 11, TribLIVE) states that although he feels sorry for Ukraine, we should stop aiding that nation because it just costs too much. He doesn’t seem to care that the consequences of such action...
Letter to the editor: What has Trump done for you?
The letter ”Trump doesn’t stand a chance in DC” (Aug. 8, TribLIVE) could make a rat gag. It’s a shame what Donald J. Trump has done in his life and as president and while rerunning for president. Working people pay most of the taxes while the very rich and companies...
Letter to the editor: Trump is the antidote
To quote two famous Americans: Pogo — “We have met the enemy and he is us”; and FDR — “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” The enemy is those who don’t vote, or those who vote strictly along party lines. This combination of apathy and laziness...
Letter to the editor: The left would have us living in caves
Regarding the letter “Air conditioners cause problems” (Aug. 12, TribLIVE): Something tells me the loony left wouldn’t be happy even if we all went back to living in caves. I can imagine them chiseling their frantic letters now — “We must stop lighting wood fires to cook our food and...
Letter to the editor: A carbon-free future would be very lonely
In the letter “Leaders should take climate action now” (Aug. 8, TribLIVE), the author says leaders should “promote policies that will drive us to a carbon-free future.” Without getting into the whole climate change debate, does the author realize that all lifeforms on earth, plant, animal and human, are carbon-based?...
Letter to the editor: Saddened by Trump, MAGA followers
I’m an 85-year-old veteran of the United States of America. It saddens me that a former president of our country has committed what I consider treason, without remorse, and is possibly continuing his criminal behavior. I think Trump is pure evil and is preying on his duped MAGA followers. Generations...
Letter to the editor: Oppenheimer, cancer parallels
From the movie “Oppenheimer” and some independent research, I learned that it took three years for the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. This is less time than the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the University of Pittsburgh took for their longterm studies on a group of rare childhood...
Letter to the editor: Irwin has too many car washes
I love a clean car, but to have four washes in a 1- to 2-mile radius on Route 30 in Irwin — is this really necessary? Why can’t someone build a nice restaurant with real home-cooked food, like the Old Village Inn or Teddy’s? We have so many fast-food places....
Letter to the editor: Pa. Treasury’s ‘unclaimed money’ is a farce
The Pennsylvania Treasury makes a big deal about all the money they have that is owed to people. Here’s my experience. You fill out the paperwork, and you hear nothing from them. They acknowledge that they received your claim for your money. Then that’s as far as it goes. No...
Letter to the editor: Why would Shapiro defund Real Alternatives?
Real Alternatives, a regional network of women’s help agencies with 77 centers throughout Pennsylvania, has served in excess of 400,000 women since its establishment in 1996. The regional program is financially supported by the commonwealth, offering women in crisis services such as counseling, testing, educational referrals, clothing, classes and shelter,...
Letter to the editor: Afghanistan accountability
It has been two years since President Biden’s disastrous retreat from Afghanistan, which I feel was recklessly staged purely for political theater. Biden irresponsibly risked the lives of thousands of American citizens and Afghan allies to complete his retreat by the symbolic date of Sept. 11, 2021. He surrendered Bagram...
Letter to the editor: Trump tried to take away our votes
Kudos to the writer of the letter “Republicans, don’t back Trump” (Aug. 14, TribLIVE) for realizing the truth about a habitual liar. You give several really good reasons not to back Trump, but I feel the biggest reason not to support him is the fact that he wanted Vice President...
Letter to the editor: We should all see Trump’s ‘evidence’
After his indictment in Georgia last week, Donald Trump scheduled a news conference for Aug. 20 at which he planned to issue a detailed report providing “irrefutable and overwhelming evidence” that the election there was stolen from him, resulting in his “complete exoneration” (“Trump trashes DA Fani Willis as ‘corrupt,’...
Letter to the editor: Sticking with Trump
I consider the writer of the letter “Republicans, don’t back Trump” (Aug. 14, TribLIVE) a never- Trumper in lockstep with Liz Cheney and old guard Republicans. Let’s examine his three reasons for not supporting Trump. 1. “He failed to take any action during the Jan. 6 mob action to keep the...
Letter to the editor: Trump, Biden, DeSantis, Kennedy all bad candidates
The trouble with Donald Trump is that he is his own worst enemy. He’s told the lie that he won the 2020 presidential election so many times, he now believes it. Like Putin, Xi and Kim, he implies that he wants to be president for life. He’s partly right that...
Letter to the editor: Say no to Invenergy plant
Recently, PennEnvironment released a study called the “Dirty Dozen” — the top 12 air polluters in Pennsylvania. You might expect the list to be dominated by old, inefficient coke plants or coal industries. Nope! Five of the 12 are modern gas-fired power plants. Is this surprising? For years, residents of...
Letter to the editor: God might be that ‘something’ missing
I must disagree with the letter “God is a problem, not an answer” (July 29, TribLIVE). When God created man, he gave him free will. We use this free will to make choices, good or bad. God loves all his children and is a loving God who gets sad when...
Letter to the editor: God in his heart
The writer of the letter “God is a problem, not an answer” (July 29, TribLIVE) does not need to read or understand the Bible. He mentions that he believes people should take care of each other. That is God in his heart, and it is the greatest request that he...
Letter to the editor: Hempfield board should be called out over book bans
Despite protest to the contrary, the agenda of conservative members of the Hempfield Area School Board seems to be ban books. Proposed changes to 109-AR-0: Selection of Resource Materials and 109-AR3: Request for Re-Evaluation of Resource Materials would remove students from the review board unless the student is 18 or...
Letter to the editor: Stopping illegal bus passing
Regarding the article “Drivers getting ticketed for passing stopped Pittsburgh Public Schools buses” (Aug. 7, TribLIVE): Act 38 of 2020 should be repealed. This law modified the stop-arm camera law for illegally passing school buses. It assumes a vehicle’s owner was driving, and takes away the person’s rights. It also...
