Letters to the Editor category, Page 223
Letter to the editor: ‘No’ vote on SB 448 is ‘yes’ vote to keep local control of governance
Contrary to a basic conservative principle — local control — Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate are forcing their way into local governance via their proposed Senate Bill 448. I urge Sen. Wayne Fontana and his peers to vote “no” on SB 448 and, in so doing, vote “yes” for local...
Letter to the editor: Incompetence meets evil under Biden
President Biden’s election and subsequent cabinet appointments were supposed to usher in experienced, competent adults to lead our country. Instead, we have: • A president who I believe is in cognitive decline who pulled our troops out of Afghanistan, leaving behind American citizens and America-friendly Afghans at the mercy of...
Letter to the editor: Reactions to parklet sale manipulative
In response to the letter “Parklet sale slap in face to those who worked to create it” (Oct. 20, TribLIVE): I’m appalled at the audacity of local leaders threatening to make an example of nonprofits that do not have a hand in the City of Greensburg’s former control over the...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland commissioners’ spending
Regarding the article “Tablets for all at Westmoreland County Prison” (Oct. 25, TribLIVE): Combined with the need for the newly created position of director of elections (“Quality assurance manager hired for Westmoreland elections, pay is $80K,” Oct. 21, TribLIVE), it surely seems like the commissioners are spending taxpayer dollars as...
Letter to the editor: Confiscating guns
On Oct. 26, Gov. Tom Wolf called on the state Legislature to pass more gun control laws. One of the proposals is so-called extreme risk protection orders. These are nothing more than gun confiscation orders. Using a red flag law, the police or an “angry ex” can petition a judge,...
Letter to the editor: A Sputnik moment?
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently called China’s apparent test of a hypersonic weapon (China denies the allegation) “very close” to a “Sputnik moment.” Milley was referring to the Soviet Union’s launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957, which created hysteria over Russia’s apparent...
Letter to the editor: Ranking the contents of ‘Build Back Better’
Regarding Jonah Goldberg’s column “The trouble with ‘Build Back Better’ is no one really wants to pay for it” (Oct. 19, TribLIVE): First, the headline is disingenuous. Of course no one wants to pay for “Build Back Better.” The rich want no part of legislation that will raise taxes, and...
Letter to the editor: Consequences of tax on corporations
So, the leaders of the world’s biggest economies have endorsed a 15% minimum tax on corporations. Well, what’s to stop the leaders of some third-world countries like Burundi or Mongolia or Tuvalu from turning into fiscal paradises for multinationals? Just sayin’. Maria A. Maliszewski Brackenridge...
Letter to the editor: Drug testing very different from vaccination
Does the political cartoonist who drew the Oct. 28 cartoon really believe that being asked to give a urine sample is the same as being required to get the covid vaccine in order to continue working? Drug testing in any form does not require you to put something in your...
Letter to the editor: Let’s look at the Bill of Rights
Regarding David A. Scandrol’s letter “Has Pelosi read Constitution?” (Oct. 27, TribLIVE): Mr. Scandrol, have you read the Bill of Rights? You cite four amendments in particular. In the First Amendment, did you see the phrase “peaceably assemble”? The Fourth Amendment guarantees the right of the people to be “secure...
Letter to the editor: Don’t trust Biden
I was watching the television set this morning when I saw President Joe Biden arrive at the Capitol to caucus with House Democrats to “close” on his $1.75 trillion infrastructure bill. (For comprehension purposes that is a 1 with 12 zeros after it). Whether you are a Democrat or Republican,...
Letter to the editor: How far will Republican cult go?
Unwilling to admit that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, unsupportive of efforts to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, and seemingly unable to differentiate between truth and lies, the cult which has hijacked the once-respected Republican Party has dusted off the Jim Crow playbook used by...
Letter to the editor: We’ll all be safer when stolen guns must be reported
The article “3 charged with receiving stolen property after guns reported missing from Adamsburg home” (Oct. 18, TribLIVE) demonstrates how the simple act of reporting lost or stolen firearms can help police to get these illegal weapons off the streets. Unfortunately, reporting missing weapons is not required under state law,...
Letter to the editor: Postal saga illustrates USPS problems
Recent news reports have stated that first-class mail delivery will be delayed (and take up to five days), and, of course, the price is going to rise. I recently ordered an item that was in U.S. Postal Service possession in Bonita Springs, Fla., on Oct. 4, and was not delivered...
Letter to the editor: Taxpayer money for vaccine compensation is wrong
Where does this idea come from when the government can take taxpayer money and decide to spend it by giving government employees five days of vacation time for simply accepting the covid-19 vaccination? The state treasurer estimates this is going to cost $100 million. It comes from the arrogance of...
Letter to the editor: Make a nonmaterial difference this Christmas
Recently, we have heard how the global supply chain is disrupted. This has resulted in an unprecedented backlog of goods in transit. Dire warnings of empty shelves have prompted panic buying, especially with Christmas less than two months away. “Get those gifts now to avoid a blue Christmas” has become...
Letter to the editor: From this moment on, let’s unite
Long gone are the days of rallying behind a passion, a cause, a neighbor. No more are the block parties, the barbecues, the helping hands. Relationships and reciprocity have been replaced with quarrel and rift. Our villages have shrunk to our households. Our township, our borough and our commonwealth are...
Letter to the editor: Better ways to honor veterans
November being the month to honor veterans, it’s a good time to remember the sacrifices made by so many to preserve the rights and freedoms we enjoy as Americans. But how to honor these courageous people? Having parades, raising flags, holding solemn ceremonies? Sure, but perhaps the best way is...
Sounding off: Gun violence is killing and traumatizing our kids
I’ve already lost my brother to gun violence. I refuse to lose my son, too, amid a surge of shootings that are killing, injuring and traumatizing our youth at a scale I’ve never seen. A few weeks ago, my 14-year-old son and his friends were pulling up to the Haunted...
Letter to the editor: Biden to blame for high gas prices
The article “Don’t expect to see a price break at the pump anytime soon in Western Pa.” (Oct. 22, TribLIVE) blames high gas prices on high demand, things going on in Europe and other things. Why don’t you people print the truth? Gas prices started to climb after President Biden...
Letter to the editor: Pa. GOP should stop wasting taxpayers’ money
President Trump lost the election. Get over it. No fraud, no stolen election. Pennsylvania Republicans, quit wasting my tax dollars on your idiotic probe of the election. Francois Vukosic Bridgeville...
Letter to the editor: Democrats don’t understand concept of melting pot
President Biden and the Democrats have our Founding Fathers spinning in their graves. This new crew does not seem to understand America’s historic melting pot strength. Opening our borders waters down our melting pot. Our common language (English) lets us cross state lines without the need of an interpreter for...
Letter to the editor: College may not be good investment
Many parents are finding out that spending $30,000 to $60,000 a year for a college degree, with classes taught by $100,000-plus-a-year professors, that results in their kids getting a job that only pays $20,000 a year after they graduate, is not a good investment. Then the parents find out they...
Letter to the editor: Keep the Steelers on the Sports page
Way to go, Tribune- Review. Printing a picture on Page 1 of the Steelers coach who makes $8 million a year is much more important than the trying times we are all going through now! Give us a break, please; that is what the Sports page is for. I never understood...
Letter to the editor: Democrats are killing comedy
Kliph Nesteroff’s commentary “Cancel culture has always been a problem for comedy” is, ironically, laughable. To equate the almost universal lockdown of any joke that doesn’t pass leftist muster with comedians of the past not being able to swear is ludicrous. Liberal hero Dave Chappelle got away with it. Name...
