Letters to the Editor category, Page 237
Letter to the editor: Also counting her blessings
I read the letter from John R. Morrow, “Count your blessings” (Oct. 17, TribLIVE). Everything he said is the truth, and we should all remember to count our blessings. I am 90 years old and have it posted on my fridge to remind me every day of my blessings. Bernice...
Letter to the editor: Destruction of our country, step by step
I’m amazed how few people realize or will admit what elected Democrats are doing to our once great country. They sing with one voice against voter ID, want sanctuary states and cities to protect illegal immigrant criminals from deportation while defunding the police, support amnesty for Dreamers and illegals leading...
Letter to the editor: Domestic violence message applauded
Your editorial ”Let’s talk about domestic violence” (Oct. 13, TribLIVE) is one of the best and most needed commentaries you have delivered to your readers. It is especially meaningful in that it addresses the gamut of abuses that are committed by maladjusted or undeveloped individuals who are unable to interact...
Letter to the editor: Don’t let anything stop you from voting
As we approach Election Day, please don’t let all the madness and disinformation that is going around dismay you. If you are legally registered to vote in your area, do so. If you planned on voting by mail-in ballot, do so. The machines are untouchable by Wi-Fi, internet or phones,...
Letter to the editor: Covid misinformation dangerous
George Silowash (”I don’t trust this covid vaccine,” Oct. 9, TribLIVE) begins his letter by saying “I consider” covid vaccines experimental. May I begin mine by saying “I consider” his rhetoric to be dangerous and irresponsible? Where is the M.D. after his name? We are in a worldwide emergency. The...
Letter to the editor: Parklet sale slap in face to those who worked to create it
I concur with Marco Sylvania’s letter “Questions about Greensburg parklet sale” (Oct. 12, TribLIVE). Did anyone truly look into this, or was it just easier to sell it? It is extraordinary to me that land sold for $18,000 in the mid-1980s, then updated with more than $20,000, could be so...
Letter to the editor: Natural gas saves Pa. residents thousands
Pennsylvania homeowners, small businesses and manufacturers are realizing significant energy savings thanks to natural gas safely and responsibly produced across our region, key facts that were overlooked in the editorial “Why do Pennsylvanians pay higher price for energy?” (Oct. 3, TribLIVE). Natural gas is not priced globally, and therefore varies...
Letter to the editor: Social Security raise not enough
The Social Security raise is off by a fraction. Considering what I heard and read. Even though the increase is to be the largest in years, it has not kept up with inflation for years. When I heard about the increase, I thought of minimum wage and what a debacle...
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...
