Letters to the Editor category, Page 240
Letter to the editor: Red-light camera grants tainted
I’m glad to see Wimmerton residents opposing the project for a Route 30 light to be funded by a grant from PennDOT’s Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) funding program (“Wimmerton residents protest plan to end left turns onto Route 30 in Unity,” July 9, TribLIVE). While many ARLE grant projects...
Letter to the editor: A pro-choice/pro-life bird dilemma
I try to dissuade birds from building nests around my house … too many areas to nest and too much bird crap to clean up. Well, one robin probed my defenses and built a nest in a previously unprotected area. I decided to dump the nest. But I got up...
Letter to the editor: God doesn’t care about churches’ rules
Can we please stop on the letters about whether President Biden should be allowed to take Communion, no matter which side of the debate you are on? Do you really think God cares for one second about the rules and regulations of the Catholic church (or any church)? Biden is...
Letter to the editor: Catholic Church and statute of limitations
In response to the article “Pa. lawmakers threaten university funding over statute of limitations deadlock” (June 18, TribLIVE): First, my heart truly breaks for the suffering the victims of abuse have endured, and I truly hope they find closure. But the issue of the statute of limitations is more complicated...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s energy stance
For once, just once, could you Trump cultists please try not to be so gullible? I know this is like asking the Pirates not to stink, but try anyway. Why am I pulling my hair out (this time)? It’s all the wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of...
Letter to the editor: Time to embrace clean, renewable energy
It’s time to make fossil fuels a thing of the past. Every second that we rely on dirty energy sources, we threaten the air our children breathe, the water we drink and the planet we all rely on. The good news? We have the solution at our fingertips: clean, renewable...
Letter to the editor: What the media tells us
Things that won’t get printed in any newspaper or reported on the news: The two greatest works of American fiction are “The 9/11 Commission Report” and “The Warren Commission Report.” It’s easier to accept “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Cat in the Hat” as serious reportage than these two government...
Letter to the editor: Ensuring character, integrity in positions of power
Since his first days in office, Trump trashed the Constitution by ignoring the emoluments clause. He made millions by using his own properties. His early denial of the severity of the covid virus probably cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. He was impeached over extorting the president...
Letter to the editor: Eliminating Pittsburgh’s traffic nightmares
I submit an open letter to the “powers that be” — the makers, the shakers, the deep-pocketed crowd and whomever. Will you “sled dogs” start pulling in one direction and help alleviate some of Pittsburgh’s traffic nightmares? We need the rail line that runs into Pittsburgh on the east side...
Letter to the editor: Beware of mail-in ballots
Democrats want us to believe that the record voter turnout in the 2020 election was caused by mail ballots that made it much easier to vote, thus allowing many more people to vote than ever before. But is mail voting so easy? What is easier to do if you are...
Letter to the editor: American Jobs Plan can deliver for U.S.
The people of the coalfields and other communities of Southeastern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, the heart of Appalachia, need a transformational investment. Our entire nation needs a major investment in infrastructure. Both can happen if Congress acts. President Biden has proposed the American Jobs Plan. The plan...
Letter to the editor: Biden disaster gets worse every day
Kudos to letter-writer Ray Schratz (”Biden’s policies are destroying the country.”) Under Biden, we are seeing the results of what can only be described as a national disaster getting worse every day. This administration seems bent on destroying everything the former president did that was positive for this country. It...
Letter to the editor: Politics involved in all media
Regarding James Kvitkovich’s letter “Trib is fair and balanced” (July 2, TribLIVE): Yes, the Trib is fair and balanced, but the Associated Press is not. I suspect the Trib doesn’t have much of a choice for national and world news? In my letter “Are you a political fool?” (June 5,...
Letter to the editor: Radar and reasonable speed limits
Regarding the use of radar by local police departments (“Senate OKs local police using radar for speed enforcement,” June 23, TribLIVE): Before this practice is allowed, speed limits need to be set at the 85th percentile of prevailing speeds as outlined in the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices and...
Letter to the editor: How will new airplanes be powered?
Regarding the article “United orders 270 jets to replace old ones, plan for growth” (June 29, TribLIVE): This is great news. However, the article did not mention how these new airplanes will be powered. Will they be powered by solar panels, windmills mounted on wings or some other kind of...
Letter to the editor: Don’t want Reschenthaler’s nonsense
I recently received an unsolicited email from Rep. Guy Reschenthaler accusing Democrats (I am registered as nonpartisan) of having far-left policies that hurt working people. This mail included the usual right-wing nonsense. But what stood out to me was his claim “Republicans Back the Blue.” It didn’t shock me that...
Letter to the editor: Conservatives want only impartial hearings of evidence
Regarding your editorial “Don’t fall for a phony ‘forensic audit’ of 2020 election” (June 24, TribLIVE): The two major papers in the former USSR were Izvestia (The News) and Pravda (The Truth). Noncommunist readers concluded that in news there was no truth and in truth there was no news. Conservatives...
Letter to the editor: Teaching critical race theory an issue for local districts, not NEA
I’ve been my association’s local union president for 18 years and a social studies teacher for 25 years. Many of my members (myself included) are angry and disappointed that the National Education Association would make a public statement supporting critical race theory. Did the NEA survey its membership to gauge...
Letter to the editor: Keep covid numbers in public’s view
Thank you for continuing to post covid-19 numbers. They are an important part of public health measures during an epidemic. As the numbers were rising, they alerted me to the need to continue to do what we were learning helped: masks, isolating then social distancing, hand-washing, testing and, eventually, getting...
Letter to the editor: TV’s influence on conspiracy theories
TV may be at fault with the problem we have today with QAnon and other conspiracy theories. Once upon a time, History and the Travel Channel were my favorites. Now they should be renamed Pseudoscience Channels 1 and 2, as they are filled with programs about UFOs, Bigfoot, ghosts, ancient...
Letter to the editor: Billionaires’ climate hypocrisy
So, billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are off to space! Wow! Isn’t that special! Or is it? I thought these two “philanthropists” were on the “cutting edge” of stopping man-made greenhouse gases with all their “foundations” and “initiatives.” But I guess getting your kicks by going to space is...
Letter to the editor: Priorities for Amtrak’s success
My recent trip/experience on Amtrak has led to these conclusions and concerns: lack of management insight, lack of federal government vision of transportation, and concern for security of rail travel. Every Amtrak employee I encountered was courteous, helpful and passionate about their job. But they were mostly apologetic for the...
Letter to the editor: Biden, not bishops, should make his Communion decision
I would like to ask the United States Catholic Bishops something concerning the possibility of denying President Biden Communion at a Catholic Mass. Section 1415 of the Second Edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “Anyone who desires to receive Christ in Eucharistic Communion must be in the...
Sounding off: Who really benefits from Biden’s tax plans
Letter-writer Kathleen Bollinger (“Liberals’ class envy will cost Americans dearly”) tells only half of the story of higher taxes on the rich. President Biden says he will not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year, and unless she makes that much, she will actually benefit. Even if...
Letter to the editor: God, not Christians, should do the judging
In response to letter-writer Joseph Krill (“Church has right, duty to excommunicate Biden”): Let me qualify this, sir. I am a Roman Catholic who strongly disagrees with abortion. But I choose to let the Almighty judge and punish. Leonard Mucci Derry Township...
