Letters to the Editor category, Page 235
Letter to the editor: Audit is not about integrity
In his letter “Audit’s goal is to maintain election integrity” (Oct. 1, TribLIVE), Tom Portante insists audit information being demanded by GOP state legislators from 9 million Pennsylvanians who voted in last year’s election, including names, addresses, birth dates, voting records and driver’s license and Social Security numbers, to turn...
Letter to the editor: The 5 stages of liberalism
How nice of letter-writer Kristin A. Shrump-Bugay (“The 7 stages of covid,” Oct. 1, TribLIVE) to “educate ” us all about “the plague.” Because I believe her letter was filled with half-truths and insults, as liberals’ letters usually are, I proudly present the five stages of liberalism: 1. Arrogantly announce...
Letter to the editor: OK to fly flag upside down — we’re in distress
I take exception to Bill Marx’s letter “Flying flag upside down is disrespectful” (Oct. 10, TribLIVE). Flying the flag upside down means that a person is in extreme danger, with threats to life, limb or property. There’s no way it’s disrespectful. It shows that our government now has taken so...
Letter to the editor: Keeping kids first in Norwin
Dear Norwin community, I am a proud parent and school board member of the Norwin School District. As a current school director, I want to take the opportunity to ensure this continues. Ultimately, we are in the kid business, and we must elect board members who are student centered. These...
Letter to the editor: Who’s responsible for ugliness in politics?
Is it really true, as some claim, that both parties are equally responsible for the ugliness in today’s politics? Modern political activism began with Saul Alinsky, a mid-20th century community organizer who wrote “Rules for Radicals,” the tactical bible for the political left. Alinsky taught confrontational politics where you relentlessly...
Letter to the editor: When will we hold crooked doctors accountable?
Regarding the article “Kentucky doctor admits health care fraud, receiving kickbacks from Hempfield lab” (Oct. 7, TribLIVE): Can anyone disagree with me on wondering exactly why a crooked doctor has to steal, in this case almost $1 million, before it catches the attention of the bureaucrats who take and take...
Letter to the editor: If an audit is to be done, do it right
Regarding David Cassidy’s letter “No one has privacy anymore” (Oct. 12, TribLIVE) about an audit of the presidential election results in Pennsylvania: What is the definition of “enough American people”? Is it a majority of the population? A majority of the registered voters? A majority of those actually voting? Or...
Letter to the editor: Battling Amazon
As I’ve gotten older (almost 60), I’ve learned that a fundamental factor of life is becoming part of something bigger than yourself. If it’s family, a job, a church, a school — a sense of community and togetherness forms and thrives. I moved from the City of Pittsburgh to the...
Letter to the editor: Support police? Support gun safety laws.
In our area, there are many yard signs stating, “We Support Our Police.” Many of these households also feel that gun laws are an infringement of their rights. At the same time, we have the law-and-order Republican Party opposing gun safety laws. It is difficult to understand these contradictory positions....
Letter to the editor: Count your blessings
Looking out upon our nation and world with all its problems, it is easy to give in to despair, anger and self-pity. I came across the following in my archives, which gives me a new perspective (I have lost the source). I offer it with the hope it will give...
Sounding off: Flying flag upside down is disrespectful
I noticed some local residents have been flying the U.S. flag outside their homes upside down. I believe some people feel this a way of protesting or expressing dissatisfaction with current U.S. officials and policies. While it is legal to express yourself in whatever way you so choose, it is...
Letter to the editor: Unvaccinated who get covid taking up hospital space
Why do people who refuse to be vaccinated for covid, then get covid, have priority at our hospitals? Whatever their actual reason, these people get treated, take up space and rooms at hospitals for something that could, for most, have been prevented easily. Because of some people’s vaccination attitudes, a...
Letter to the editor: Laws must protect unborn children
“I believe in one God; Father almighty; Creator of ALL things visible and invisible.” That is the start of the Nicene Creed spoken by most Christians all over the world. “In God we trust.” “One nation under God.” “God bless America.” Slogans loved by the vast majority of most Americans....
Letter to the editor: Nuttings are the problem with the Pirates
Kevin Gorman’s interview “Pirates GM Ben Cherington: Winning games best way to draw fans back to ballpark” (Oct. 5, TribLIVE) relating winning and attendance, is the same old claptrap, year after year, with the Pirates. Face it: The whole problem with the Pirates is that the Nuttings are greedy; they...
Letter to the editor: Nicole Ziccarelli for district attorney
After three decades, isn’t it time for new leadership in Westmoreland County’s law enforcement? Times have changed, but crime rates continue to surge. Approaches to combating it must change with the times. Westmoreland County needs a district attorney who will stand strong against Gov. Tom Wolf’s incursion into our rights...
Letter to the editor: Biden has put America last
When Americans choose a candidate from the opposing party to replace the incumbent, it is because they hope he or she will rectify the mistakes of his or her predecessor. Instead, President Biden has spent his first nine months in office criticizing and reversing President Trump’s policies and agenda. Trump...
Letter to the editor: Mon Valley best site for US Steel
This is a revised and resubmitted letter originally published two years ago. In the original letter, “Electric furnaces & steel” (July 16, 2019, TribLIVE), steel producers in the area were urged to start using electric furnaces to produce steel. It is simply much cheaper to melt iron scrap rather than...
Letter to the editor: Anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers — ‘Live Free or Die’
Some anti-maskers and deniers of a truly deadly virus will never change their minds about covid-19, and those same people have, in my opinion, a warped view of the vaccine. Nothing will change their minds, outside of death or near-death experiences. I, too, have become tainted in how I view...
Letter to the editor: Not all party plans are MLMs
In response to Lori Falce’s column “How multilevel marketing ‘parties’ have destroyed real parties” (Oct. 1, TribLIVE): There are legitimate “side hustles” and there are MLMs. I worked as a professional for 35 years and always had a party plan business as a sideline. I met a lot of great...
Letter to the editor: Fair Access to Banking Act
I advise utility rate payers to help move for passage House Resolution 1729, the Fair Access to Banking Act, introduced by Republican Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky. Barr laid out President Biden’s plan to mobilize the IRS to force banks to control the amount of loans or refuse to allow...
Letter to the editor: What has Biden done to protect Constitution?
This is a notification from your government: “We have seized all of your private property and your bank account. You will be repurposed, and your assets will be redistributed to those who need them.” It is time for us as Americans to wake up. Joe Biden took an oath to...
Letter to the editor: Use of Westmoreland ARP funds
The Sept. 30 Westmoreland County Commissioners meeting was well attended by members of the Voice of Westmoreland (VOW), a nonpartisan grassroots organization. Several of those members spoke, as mentioned in the article (“Westmoreland commissioners urged to spend ARP funds, public hearings set for Oct. 28,” Sept. 30, TribLIVE). Absent from the...
Letter to the editor: No one has privacy anymore
In response to letters to the editor such as “GOP’s invasion of privacy is dangerous”: I believe election audits should absolutely be performed when enough American people question the integrity of an election. If it is all legitimate, like some people believe it is, then why would anyone want to...
Letter to the editor: Questions about Greensburg parklet sale
Regarding the article “Greensburg officials questioned over sale of parklet” (Oct. 2, TribLIVE): The City of Greensburg sold the parklet for $1,200. That’s not a typo. I didn’t forget to add a zero. The city sold the parklet to City Cribs, an LLC partially owned by Suzanne and Mike Ward...
Letter to the editor: Carbon fee and dividend is fair
Bob Horger’s letter attacking the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (“Carbon fee, dividend is wealth redistribution scheme,” Oct. 2, TribLIVE) ignores the larger imperative to address the damage done by global warming. The current fires, floods and heat waves portend much more serious disasters if we do not stop...
