Letters to the Editor category, Page 247
Letter to the editor: Invenergy plant a threat to Great Allegheny Passage
I am a resident of West Newton, home of the Great Allegheny Passage and the Lower Youghiogheny River, which was placed on the American Rivers advocacy group’s most endangered rivers list in 2020. The permitting of the Invenergy power plant in Elizabeth Township is a three-layered threat to the Great...
Letter to the editor: Officer Brian Shaw is not forgotten
Regarding Sharon McKnight’s letter “Why no tributes to Officer Brian Shaw?” (May 27, TribLIVE): I suppose you have missed, or passed on going to, the motorcycle memorial rides for Shaw? Hundreds of bikers attend, and they are covered by this newspaper. He is not forgotten. Ken Murdy Buffalo Township...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s reading, writing and arithmetic
While he is “reading” the teleprompter, does President Biden have any idea that numerous crimes, such as the gang rape of a little girl that was so violent that her screams destroyed her vocal cords, occur regularly at “his” border? Also, while his apparent irresponsibility somehow gets impunity, does he...
Letter to the editor: Franklin Regional hearing not so public
On May 24, the Franklin Regional School District held a public hearing on the future of the empty Heritage and Newlonsburg elementary schools. It was a public hearing, but the public wasn’t allowed to attend. Residents could submit a 500-word comment to the board secretary, which was placed in the...
Letter to the editor: Thoughts on UPMC CEO’s high pay
Three separate but related thoughts came to mind as I read the article “IRS records: UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff made $9.5M in 2019; pay tops $1M for 32 employees” (May 14, TribLIVE). The first was our growing income inequality and the damage it does to our society. Executive compensation of...
Letter to the editor: Pa. must fund long-term care
As a community, we are all trying to recover from the covid-19 pandemic. We’ve seen the profound effect of this virus, especially among those in the long-term care continuum. Covid-19 is still present. Its impact has not subsided. And no matter the preventive measures prescribed by our state and federal...
Letter to the editor: Country needs more centrists
As a senior citizen who has become “invisible” to most political people who are under the age of 50, I believe our country needs to have more political “moderates” and “centrists” than we do now. I think we were better off in the 1960s when about 20% to 30% of...
Letter to the editor: Investing abroad makes for more stable world
With the U.S. economy struck hard by covid-19, you may think an easy budget cut would be the international affairs budget, but I urge you to reconsider. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge said, “By building new markets overseas for American products, the international affairs budget creates jobs and...
Letter to the editor: Stopping an ungodly agenda
The lies, deception and corruption occurring in America today are of biblical proportions. The assault on our psychological, intellectual, physical and spiritual existence is vicious and relentless. We are in the fight of our lives against the powers of darkness. History proves that in this fiercely competitive and corrupt world,...
Letter to the editor: Paying our fair share
Every time I open the newspaper, I see two comments: First, I am not paying my “fair share” of my money to the government, and the government is going to make greedy corporations pay more taxes, not the average citizen. To the first point, what gives the government the right...
Letter to the editor: Equal time to treat Biden as Trump was treated
Equal time — that’s all I want. For the past four years, I listened to President Trump being called vicious names by Democrats, i.e., racist, Russian spy, many swear words, neanderthal, one who will lead us to war. Democrats made fun of him because he nearly slipped while walking down...
Letter to the editor: Another route of political decay
For the Allegheny Valley prodigal son, whose visit was marred by exposure to Trump signs (“Loyalty to Trump has gotten Allegheny Valley nowhere,” April 8, TribLIVE), might I suggest a different route? How about traversing the Democratic Grand Canyon of money pits along the East Coast, where nary a Trump...
Letter to the editor: Safer with Trump in office
Donald Trump is being blamed for the Jan. 6 “riots” at the U.S. Capitol. Let’s do a fact-check on Joe Biden. Since taking office, the U.S. has seen a huge spike in homicides and mass shootings, as well as police officers struck by gunfire. I believe this is because of...
Letter to the editor: Stunning musical performances at Highlands
It’s the end of the school year, and the various musical, choral and stage productions at Highlands High School have been wrapping up. The results have been stunning, especially given the constraints of the pandemic. The school’s concert band, stage band and jazz ensemble delivered jaw-dropping performances akin to college-level...
Letter to the editor: Time for peace in our country
With the presidential election finally over, I had hoped we were past the lies, name-calling, spreading of hate and other anti- and un-American activities that have been used to attack each other, our Constitution, our justice system and our very lives, as the country has been thrust toward a civil...
Letter to the editor: We must love one another, regardless of color
We observe Memorial Day in remembrance of the lives laid down to secure our freedom. Religion and speech are the first two freedoms enshrined in our Bill of Rights. It is proper to emphasize then, that they are not from the hand of government but from the God who makes...
Letter to the editor: Who’s spewing mindless diatribe?
Letter-writer Bob McBride (“Useful idiots of Democratic Party”) argues that those of us who are Democrats apparently have some kind of hive mind where we glean our information from such “socialist” sources as CNN, thus making us incapable of independent thought and action. He also makes disturbing accusations that we...
Letter to the editor: Fracking in Murrysville
We urge the Commonwealth Court to reject the misguided request by the Murrysville Watch Committee to overturn the municipality’s 4-year-old ordinance allowing unconventional drilling such as hydraulic fracturing in rural- residential overlay districts (“Citizen group appeals to Commonwealth Court to overturn Murrysville fracking ordinance,” May 11, TribLIVE). As the May 10...
Letter to the editor: Killing baseball in Pittsburgh
I am 66 years old and grew up in Pittsburgh watching the Pirates at Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium and then PNC Park. Some of the best sporting events in Pittsburgh happened at those venues. The best one I experienced was the 2013 National League wild card game. Since...
Letter to the editor: Let’s judge our children by their character
Borrowing from the sentiments of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., I have a dream that one day our children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by their sexual identity, orientation or gender, but rather by the content of their character. Keith Kondrich Swisshelm Park...
Letter to the editor: GOP’s election plans will take away voters’ rights
In his letter “How about we all make our own mask decisions?” (May 23, TribLIVE), George Silowash said he believed state mask mandates have taken our rights away. I wonder if he feels as strongly about these changes to state election laws being pushed by Republican state Rep. Seth Grove:...
Letter to the editor: Enabling disabled to marry
I am disabled. And this past year, I watched my able-bodied friends struggle with postponing and downsizing weddings, while living with the reality that I can never ,marry without risking loss of life-sustaining health care. Marriage should be an equal option for all, including disabled people. As long as we...
Letter to the editor: A history lesson on slavery
Contrary to statements made by some of our current political leaders, white slavery predates Black slavery in America. The white slaves not indentured, who began to arrive here in 1618, included hundreds of children who had been rounded up from the streets of London. Other slaves came from the ranks...
Sounding off: All in Pennsylvania are deserving of an honest living
Thought experiment for Gene Barr, president of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, who, according to the article “Is extra $300 in federal unemployment assistance stopping people from applying for jobs?” thinks we should take “that extra $300 (per week of unemployment benefit) and offer it to jobless workers...
Letter to the editor: Real world vs. fantasy world
There are people who live in the real world (conservatives) and people who live in a fantasy world (liberals). Now that Democrats control the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, their No. 1 goal seems to be taking away the rights of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves, their loved...
