Letters to the Editor category, Page 202
Letter to the editor: How about a Harris/Pelosi ticket for 2024?
2024: Kamala Harris, president. Nancy Pelosi, vice president. Francois Vukosic Bridgeville...
Letter to the editor: Smoke and mirrors
America, once again your president is trying to pull the wool over your eyes. He’s blaming high gas and fuel prices on Putin. Meanwhile, that has been happening almost since day one, when he canceled plans for the Keystone XL pipeline, halted exploration drilling and stopped selling leases. Yes, there...
Letter to the editor: Real reasons why covid is still here
Regarding the letter “Nice pandemic plan, Biden”: I can provide an answer as to why the pandemic is still in our lives. It’s because covid was denied, then politicized; anti-masking was the fight for the excuse “my body, my choice.” Then the vaccine was poison, it doesn’t work, I will...
Letter to the editor: Sheriff van tickets petty politics
That the City of Greensburg parking enforcement officers are ticketing the sheriff’s inmate transport vans for parking in metered spaces smacks of petty, partisan politics and that stinks (“Parking tickets pile up for Westmoreland Sheriff’s Department due to courthouse garage project,” March 15, TribLIVE; “Prison van prompts petty parking tickets,”...
Letter to the editor: Shoeboxes bring joy to children in need around world
Despite a global pandemic, Allegheny County residents shared the true meaning of Christmas with children in need last year. Generosity resulted in 13,834 gifts collected in Allegheny County at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Shoeboxes reached children in Ivory Coast, Honduras, Mali, Dominican Republic, Lesotho,...
Letter to the editor: World Water Day
March 22 is World Water Day, a day set aside to increase awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to clean water. Here in Pennsylvania with our abundant rainfall and miles of rivers and streams, you might think that World Water Day is a cause we can ignore....
Letter to the editor: Why no coverage of national wrestling championship?
I was disappointed to see the six-page spread on the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments March 17. Why haven’t the NCAA Division 1 wrestling championships, which began March 17 in Detroit, garnered one sentence of coverage? Is anyone at the sports desk aware of the number of local men...
Letter to the editor: Government subsidies shouldn’t go to billionaires, corporations
Government subsidies can have a very positive effect. Think miracle drugs, the computer and internet. However, some could use scrutiny. Take Elon Musk, who has received $4.9 billion in subsidies, is worth $266 billion and some years paid little or no taxes. Or Jeff Bezos, who is worth $198 billion....
Letter to the editor: Fundamentally changing America
Five days before his election (November 2008), Barack Obama declared, “we are five days away from fundamentally changing America.” Assuming one does not fundamentally change that which he loves, Democratic leadership must hate America. I believe they desire America to be a socialist nation, in a new one world order....
Letter to the editor: Biden destroying our independence
So, Joe, you would rather direct money to Saudi Arabia or, God forbid, Venezuela instead of allowing Americans to produce needed energy? I understand that you are pandering (Democrats need environmentalist votes) to the ill-informed who believe that if energy is not produced in the U.S. then “their Earth” is...
Letter to the editor: Why isn’t Casey standing up for us?
Sen. Bob Casey — just who do you work for? I thought it was for the citizens of this great state. I believe along with others that you go along to get along in the Senate. You seem to be a rubber stamp for President Biden’s “green deal” agenda. We...
Letter to the editor: Who will pay for destruction in Ukraine?
Sitting and reading about the war that is going on between Russia and Ukraine, and seeing all the destruction in the cities and countryside, has brought a question to my mind. When this ends, who is going to pay for the cleanup and rebuilding? My guess is the politicians here...
Letter to the editor: The border is not ‘open’
Two or three times a week we see letters here start with incorrect and hyperbolic claims about open borders and the millions pouring in from Mexico. The similarities in how these are written suggest a campaign or, dare I say, conspiracy. In truth, this administration has maintained the border policies...
Letter to the editor: ‘Nones’ don’t know what they’re missing
A December 2021 Newsweek article states “The number of Americans who do not affiliate themselves with religion is growing.” A Pew Research Center survey found that “nones” (Americans who do not identify as having any religious affiliations) make up about 29% of U.S. adults, up from 23% in 2016 and...
Letter to the editor: Book bans show that parents are concerned
The article “Hempfield is latest district to face book ban challenge” leads the reader to a conclusion that book challenges are wrong. The article states that 330 challenges were made in the last three months of 2021 compared with 156 in 2020, according to the American Library Association. What does...
Sounding off: Biden must open access to American energy
In his State of the Union speech, President Biden promised to fight inflation. One of the biggest contributors to inflation is rising energy costs. The cost of gas, heating oil, electricity, etc., affects every aspect of our society. The price of food, consumer goods, transporting products and just about everything...
Letter to the editor: It shouldn’t be so hard to find a meal in Tarentum
We had a terrific weekend in the Tarentum business district March 5-6 as people, many from out of state, visited the Depression Glass and Pottery Show at the Quality Inn in New Kensington. Some were artists who were visiting the new exhibit at the Manos Gallery. Others were motorcycle enthusiasts...
Letter to the editor: Ukrainians should stay course, not surrender
Perhaps we should all be glad that letter-writer Bruce Reisner (“Non- intervention may be best for peace”) is not being considered for any serious positions involving defensive strategy. At least, let’s hope not. His advice to the defiant and courageous Ukrainians battling to stave off an unprovoked Russian invasion is...
Letter to the editor: Comparing Zelenskyy, Biden
In May 2019 I was fortunate to tour the War Rooms of Winston Churchill in Westminster. I’d seen the movie “Darkest Hour,” and being there brought home the hopelessness of their plight. Europe had fallen, and the U.K. was under siege. Today resembles, too closely, what happened there over 80...
Letter to the editor: We’re not that gullible, Mr. President
How gullible does President Biden think the American people are? He campaigned to shut down all fossil-fuel production on federal lands and to close down the Keystone XL pipeline. I believe he is in the pocket of the far-left climate-change progressives. His first day in office, he fulfilled his promises,...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s role in energy issues
Clarifying some information on President Biden, energy and the Keystone XL pipeline that was included in recent letters: There is a renewed push to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline as if it would solve all energy issues. This pipeline already takes Canada tar sands crude to refineries in Oklahoma. The...
Letter to the editor: Gas tax and bridge tolls
Two items in the March 11 print edition pushed me to write. The first was the article “PennDOT picks builders for bridge-tolling project work” and the second was the political cartoon showing Gov. Tom Wolf talking with the GOP about suspending the gas tax. Let me first discuss the gas...
Letter to the editor: Who really knows who was counted in census?
The article “Census undercount may lead to funding shortfalls, Western Pa. leaders warn” (March 12, TribLIVE) doesn’t explain how anyone knows — or can know — what wasn’t counted. If you can’t count it, how can you assign it a number? No evidence was offered to back up this claim....
Letter to the editor: Mean tweets are nothing compared to Biden’s actions
On Jan. 20, 2021, President Biden swore the presidential oath of office that he would “to the best of his ability” preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. To me, protecting and defending means the citizens of the United States while acting in their best interests. In...
Letter to the editor: Recalling St. Patrick’s Day flood
It has been 86 years since the Great St. Patrick’s Day Flood hit Pittsburgh on March 17-18, 1936. Heavy rains and melting snows along the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers left more than half of Downtown businesses underwater. My father’s family company, Wagner Brothers Shoes, with seven stores and a warehouse...
