Letters to the Editor category, Page 192
Letter to the editor: Hospitals need better system for excessive wait times
My husband recently had to drive me to the emergency room. I have a heart condition that will cause my heart to race and beat erratically. This could result in a blood clot, potentially leading to a stroke. I was asked to sit in the waiting room. I met a...
Letter to the editor: Supreme Court’s decisions correct
I was puzzled by the editorial headline “Does the Supreme Court believe in states’ rights or not?” (June 26, TribLIVE). The author insinuates that the court politically chooses between what is a constitutional right. The court, in reversing Roe and the New York gun law, was both consistent and logical...
Letter to the editor: Corporations play by their own rules
Regarding Julia Bojalad’s letter “Stop corporate gouging” (July 1, TribLIVE): Ha, ha. That’s what corporations do, Julia. They’re not legal “fictions” for nothing. I’m not disparaging capitalism here. It works — on the small. Your small businessman, your roofer, plumber, hairdresser and restaurateur actually participate. They also bear most of...
Letter to the editor: America’s downfall
Today, we have no school prayer, God is missing from virtually all public sponsored events, and it’s legal to kill an unborn child. The disrespect of authority is so significant that we hate each other when it’s not our leader in power. We lowered standards to improve performance and raise...
Letter to the editor: Protesters are protected
So many of your letter-writers (Douglas Johnston, “Why are protesters allowed to break the law?” July 6, TribLIVE) seem to forget that protesting for the redress of grievances is enshrined in the Constitution. It is as sacred as the Second Amendment. In fact it is a First Amendment right, which...
Letter to the editor: Why no sanctity of life on death penalty?
As the Rowe v. Wade decision divides the country over the sanctity of life, it makes me wonder what the Supreme Court would do to overturn the death penalty in the United States. It appears that a number of the same folks who are anti-abortion are pro-death penalty. Maybe the...
Letter to the editor: Women, make your choice before conception
Women’s rights are not taken away by banning abortion. You still have the right to choose. You just need to choose before conception. There are many options to prevent pregnancy, and they do not interfere with “pleasure,” although pleasure is not what sex was designed for. Casual sex results in...
Letter to the editor: We can’t govern by poll
It’s apparent that letter-writer Katie Forsythe thinks our country should be run based on public opinion polls and that courts, including the Supreme Court, should follow the polls when making their rulings (“Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms,” July 6, TribLIVE). If our government were to operate according to...
Letter to the editor: Mt. Lebanon School Board members chose silence
A 17-year-old was assaulted earlier this month, and her life will never be the same. A Mt. Lebanon school director was charged in the assault, which for me questions the credibility of our school district leaders (“Police: Mt. Lebanon school board member charged in Florida assault of teen,” July 7,...
Letter to the editor: No need to wait for drug prevention; Reality Tours available
Regarding the article “Overdose deaths in Allegheny, Westmoreland counties hit highest level since 2017 peak” (July 8, TribLIVE), on Pennsylvania’s search for drug prevention programs, readers need to know a program is reaching thousands of families in Pennsylvania, without cost to state or local budgets. It can be started by...
Sen. Ryan Aument: We have the number for real growth, so let’s put it on speed-dial
A vibrant economy is sometimes just a matter of the right number, and for Pennsylvania the right number has never been 9.99%. That’s the mind numbingly high rate our commonwealth levied on corporate net income (CNI), a rate that arguably has scared off out-of-state investors and prevented us from replacing...
Letter to the editor: What about male responsibility?
When a female becomes pregnant, it was a male who caused the condition. Is there no shared responsibility? Lynne Henry Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Parents have right to decide what children see
Parents have the right to direct their child’s education. With that right comes the responsibility to oversee what their children are exposed to, especially when it comes to deeply personal topics like sex and sexuality. Unfortunately, it seems Sen. Lindsey Williams thinks she knows better than parents. Recently, she voted...
Letter to the editor: Why Mastriano is feared
As an older citizen, I have long been following Pennsylvania political news. Yet I recognized only two names of the nine Republicans, the majority from southeast Pennsylvania, listed as endorsing Josh Shapiro in the article “Democrat Josh Shapiro picks up Republican endorsements in race for governor” (July 6, TribLIVE). Shapiro...
Letter to the editor: Worst president ever?
Has the country ever had a worse president and administration? After only 18 months, President Biden and his socialist cabinet have clearly shown themselves to be at war against America. Forcing outrageous inflation on the country through restrictions on American fossil-fuel supplies and investments with no alternative workable energy system...
Letter to the editor: Fracking should be kept away from county parks
The Allegheny County executive’s veto of Bill 12162-22 must be overturned. Contact your Allegheny County Council representative today. The eighth edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking was released in May by Concerned Health Professionals of New York (a project of...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland sheriff, deputies prepared to keep us safe
When I was a young mayor in Southwest Greensburg in charge of a police department from 1981 to 1992, a school or mass shooting was not even thought about by law enforcement. Nowadays, we find ourselves as a nation in the middle of this senseless violence. I give Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: Alternatives to salt for deicing
Regarding the letter “Road salt destroying bridges, water, roads, cars” (July 13, TribLIVE) that identifies the use of salt on Pittsburgh’s roads as a major reason for bridge corrosion and collapse: I’m not an engineer or a chemist, but I believe the writer has made an important point. However, his...
Letter to the editor: Legislators, do your job
Thank you, Jeanne Passarelli, for your letter “We need new rules for our legislators” (July 10, TribLIVE). A specific case on point: The civil penalties section of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law has never been updated since it was passed and made effective in 1968. It allows...
Letter to the editor: Circus of madness
The late, great Nat King Cole long ago sang, “It’s a Barnum and Bailey world. Just as phony as it can be.” But now we’re living in the middle of the greatest circus ever seen … and phony is an understatement. Take a seat and watch people virtue signal by...
Letter to the editor: Fitzgerald’s action on park drilling applauded
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s veto of council’s ban on natural gas drilling beneath county parks — along with his proposed compromise bill — should be applauded, based on the direct experience of the Deer Lakes Park lease in 2014 (“Fitzgerald defends decision to veto Allegheny County parks fracking ban...
Letter to the editor: Heinz Field name change all about corporate greed
Without notice, the Heinz Field name change came in the blink of an eye. Why not call the stadium Art Rooney Field after the Steelers’ founder? We could revert back to the geographical reference of Three Rivers Stadium. How appropriate. The new naming rights revenue should go back to the...
Letter to the editor: Pa. needs educational freedom
On July 7, Arizona passed, and their governor has signed into law, a bill that delivers educational freedom for more than 1.1 million students. This is the first state to break the chokehold that public schools and their teachers’ unions have on the national educational system. Parents will have the...
Letter to the editor: Let the immigrants come in and fill our jobs
As I drive through different sections of Greensburg, and travel through other towns and cities, I see the same thing everywhere: “Hiring” signs. We have noticed that our popular Sunday morning breakfast restaurant has empty tables an a 45-minute wait time to get a table. Why? Because they can’t find...
Letter to the editor: Missing the real Republican Party
As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I’d say this, but I miss the Republican Party. It seems that most Republicans have transmogrified into Trumplicans. Some against their will, I assume. Trumplicans are in full campaign mode all the time, pointing out what they see as failures, defects, bad policy...
