Letters to the Editor category, Page 133
Letter to the editor: We need pride celebrations because of our bigotry
Bigotry toward the LGBTQ community shows exactly why pride celebrations are so very necessary. The increased visibility and mainstream inclusion of this part of our population have caused great discomfort among those who spew hate-filled rhetoric toward those whom they don’t understand. This rhetoric has often led to violence against...
Letter to the editor: The government will always get you
Regarding the article “Poll: Taxes, cost of living driving away young residents from Pennsylvania” (July 5, TribLIVE): I’ve developed a theory over the years that the government is going to get you somehow regardless of where you live. There will be exceptions, and one individual’s situation will be different from...
Letter to the editor: The American political system
Politics is one of the few jobs in America where unqualified people can ask the public for money to be elected to positions they are not qualified to fill. The American political system further complicates itself with the fact that the blind are leading the blind. The newly elected politicians...
Sounding off: U.S. vulnerability, raises for school retirees, 4th Amendment, student loans among week’s topics
America vulnerable to enemies America has never been more vulnerable to being destroyed by a foreign enemy than it is now. Since Joe Biden has been in office, there have been over 4.5 million migrant encounters at the southwest border and 1.2 million known gotaways who evaded U.S. Border Patrol...
Letter to the editor: Taxpayers would finance COLA increase for school retirees
The writer of the letter “School retirees deserve COLA increase” (July 3, TribLIVE) raised public awareness on the cost of living adjustment (COLA) issue, which led me to dig deeper and gain a broader perspective. The issue that teachers haven’t had an increase in two decades belongs to the PSERS...
Letter to the editor: Forgetting patriotic songs and our country’s history
This July 4, as I sat on my porch listening to the bells of St. Paul Church playing “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America,” I wondered: Does the youth of today know these patriotic songs or is it, like U.S. history is, all but forgotten? Mary Jennings Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: The Fourth Amendment controversy
During the War for Independence, British soldiers ransacked the home of patriots with general warrants. Our founders created the Fourth Amendment to keep our government from doing the same. Legal warrants have to be very specific. It is the basis of our privacy rights. The armed FBI raid on President...
Letter to the editor: Fiscal responsibility in Norwin
Regarding the letter “ ‘Good stewards’ in Norwin?” (June 23, TribLIVE): Is it expecting too much for your school district to follow the law? Pennsylvania Act 14, Section 440 of the Pennsylvania School Code of 1949, requires each school district to present a treasurer’s report to the school board at each...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for Community Day in Allegheny Township
We’d like to give a public thanks to Supervisor Jamie Morabito for bringing back Community Day to Allegheny Township. It’s exactly what this township needs to boost morale, extend camaraderie, spend time with your family and meet up with old friends. Charles and Tanya Schachte Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: Greensburg residents have good ideas
Greensburg faces many challenges. Hopefully many Greensburgers will fill out the survey (“Greensburg survey will provide input as real estate consultants weigh in on downtown sites,” July 8, TribLIVE); I have. I believe we are a citizenship with good ideas. Maybe a beginning could be traffic calming (two-way streets), parking...
Letter to the editor: Support for Pitt-Greensburg critical
We would like to echo Pitt-Greensburg President Robert Gregerson in his recent call for continuing state funding that makes a college education at Pitt more affordable for Pennsylvania students (“Pitt-Greensburg’s state discount critical for students, local economy,” June 16, TribLIVE). We are two of the 10,000 Pitt-Greensburg alumni Gregerson mentioned...
Letter to the editor: Thoughts on genders, immigrants, justice
Random thoughts: When God created humans, he created two genders, male and female; anything else is a meaningless distraction meant to further divide us as a society. You can change out the “parts,” but you cannot change out the chromosomes. I do not care what sexual proclivities you practice as...
Letter to the editor: Shoddy service from USPS
I am a veteran who receives medications from the VA through the mail. I sent refills for two of my medications on June 22, two weeks before I am to run out, just as the VA suggested. My mail arrives between 4:30 and 5:15 p.m. daily. I also receive e-mails...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for leadership after bridge collapse
The Interstate 95 bridge collapse in Philadelphia June 11 was a traumatic shock. It is very unfortunate that a life was lost. It is tremendous that Gov. Josh Shapiro, state Secretary of Transportation Michael Carroll and their team announced the fast pace of the rebuilding of the interstate with strong...
Letter to the editor: Student loans and personal responsibility
Now that the Supreme Court has struck down President Biden’s illegal and shameful student loan scam to secure your vote, I ask you, “Have you learned your lesson?” When I see you protesting outside the Supreme Court, I have my doubts. Your sense of entitlement is apparent. You chose to...
Letter to the editor: America vulnerable to enemies
America has never been more vulnerable to being destroyed by a foreign enemy than it is now. Since Joe Biden has been in office, there have been over 4.5 million migrant encounters at the southwest border and 1.2 million known gotaways who evaded U.S. Border Patrol agents. China alone has...
Letter to the editor: Proud people, what are you proud of?
Regarding the letter “We should all be proud of who we are” (June 18, TribLIVE): OK, Proud people, is this what you are so proud of? Chanting in your parades, “We’re here! We’re queer! We’re coming for your children!” Or perhaps riding stark naked on bicycles. Letting it all hang...
Letter to the editor: Spotlighting Pa.’s lack of oversight of higher education
You are to be commended for publishing the long-overdue article on the declining enrollment of related Pennsylvania institutions’ branches — particularly PSU/Pitt (“Pitt, Penn State branch campuses bleeding enrollment; decline expected to continue,” June 25, TribLIVE). The six Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education schools were excoriated last year for...
Letter to the editor: Social justice vs. actual justice
The political left has bastardized the English language to promote its radical ideology. Words and phrases are used in ways that can never be fully comprehended, then repeated ad nauseam by politicians and media types. Terms like “racial justice,” “social justice,” “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion” and a host of others spill...
Letter to the editor: How will cocaine be blamed on Trump?
President Biden’s Secret Service found cocaine in the White House. Hunter Biden is an admitted drug user who is said to be living in the White House. I have just one question: If this is true, how are they going to blame it on Trump? Jeanne Shields North Huntingdon...
Letter to the editor: Economic class and human worth
We live in a sad world when people start basing the value of human life on economic class. Community Engagement Editor Lori Falce seemed to do just that in her column “Do we owe Titanic sub billionaires empathy?” (June 30, TribLIVE). Shameful. Whether one is a fleeing refugee in a...
Letter to the editor: Mainstream media ignoring Biden family issues
The Tribune-Review relies mainly on the Associated Press for national news. Accordingly, Trib readers using the Trib as their main news source likely believe that Hunter Biden’s tax and gun problems are over. The article “Hunter Biden plea agreement in tax, gun case set for July court date” (June 21,...
Letter to the editor: ‘Era of Lunacy’ will end
I predict that someday, somehow, our nation will recover from its current state of social unrest, and future historians will look back at our current era and define it as “The Era of Lunacy.” They will wonder how a society that evolved over thousands of years could suddenly believe that...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro just another figurehead
Dear Mr. Shapiro, For about five minutes there, I was so astonished, and proud, that it looked like we had a leader who was a leader for “all” the people. Sadly, you reveal who you really are after all by vetoing school choice. Just another special interest figurehead. You should...
Letter to the editor: Higher education, health care not ‘rights’
Regarding government-paid higher education and health care: First, we need to understand that neither of these programs are rights. Our rights were created to ensure our freedoms solely. These things are the individual’s responsibility to ensure their future, based on their ambition and ability only. Second, as we have seen...
