Letters to the Editor category, Page 254
Letter to the editor: Assisting medical marijuana farmers
Pennsylvania has embraced the opportunity to establish an industrial hemp program. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has seen a significant increase in the request for new permits; Pennsylvania has been home to 885 hemp-growing permits over a four-year period. Ninety percent of Pennsylvania’s hemp farmers grow hemp for nonpsychoactive cannabinoids,...
Letter to the editor: What if Trump had kept his mouth shut?
A thought: Would Donald Trump still be president today if he’d slept soundly through the night and just shut the hell up? Just sayin.’ … Joe Marmo Cheswick...
Letter to the editor: Obscenities have no place in political discourse
Regarding the article “Leechburg man defends obscene anti-Biden flag visible from preschool, daycare, church” (May 21, TribLIVE): Yes, sir, you have the right to fly that flag as high as you choose. However, why must you express your political views in such a crass, graphic way? I had a political...
Letter to the editor: How about some more money for seniors?
I listen to the news and read in the papers about all the extra money being handed out to families, larger unemployment checks and even funds for businesses, and while I do not doubt that they are needed, once again the people on Social Security are being forgotten. We got...
Letter to the editor: Say thanks to a volunteer
We can define a volunteer as someone who offers to undertake a task without being paid. While many sign up, join a board or offer to help, the true volunteer is the person you probably have never seen in print, a photo or on stage. They are the Johnsons who...
Letter to the editor: Plant-based dairy a viable option
June is National Dairy Month. Time to review the financial, ethical and nutritional burden created by the dairy industry. Last month, NPR reported that New York dairy farmers, who are blaming slumping sales on the pandemic, are expecting more subsidies. Dairy is an outdated industry that relies on a cycle...
Letter to the editor: You’ll need a loan for that cone
In his column “Klavon’s wage hike great for business and workers,” reliably liberal Joseph Mistick lauds the owner of Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor in the Strip for increasing his starting wage to $15 an hour, in line with the current push for a similar nationwide minimum. The owner claimed he...
Sounding off: Government leaders should at least try to balance budget
This is a comment about the Associated Press article “Biden’s $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business”. I don’t care if you are a Democrat, Republican, independent, conservative, liberal or whatever — the government needs to at least try to balance the budget. I understand we have been through a...
Letter to the editor: Bucs boycott could help save baseball in Pittsburgh
Bottom-line Bob Nutting is doing a great disservice to Pirates fans who would like to see a competitive team. Since Nutting doesn’t own PNC Park, can the Pittsburgh Sports and Exhibition Authority do anything about putting pressure on Nutting, such as raise the rent so high that he will be...
Letter to the editor: RINOs, military priorities and BLM
If you want to be a hero with the Democratic socialist party, just be an elected Republican and bad-mouth President Trump constantly, even when he is out of office. How many of the writers who sing the RINO praises ever voted for them? How long would these RINOs last if...
Letter to the editor: Presidency may be Trump’s downfall
Who does Donald Trump owe $421 million to? Vlad? Probably some to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Is that why he kept his mouth shut even after reports that Vlad paid bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan and also why he kept his mouth shut when the Saudis assassinated Jamal...
Letter to the editor: Emasculation of American males doesn’t bode well
The Russian and Chinese armies are becoming hardened by the day, while here in America the emasculation of the male is “in vogue” and mainstream. How to seamlessly apply your makeup while deciding which dress goes best with which heels. You know, “man stuff.” I’m concerned the once proud eagle...
Letter to the editor: Severance tax not solution for Pa.’s recovery
For the seventh consecutive year, Gov. Tom Wolf proposes a severance tax in the state budget. The Wolf administration claims that the severance tax, along with other proposed taxes, will help us recover from the covid-19 crisis. The natural gas industry plays a critical role in developing products we use...
Letter to the editor: Wolf cutting charter school lifeline
Like a lot of parents across America, I watched as state governments and public school monopolies failed our children when schools were closed during the covid-19 lockdown. For years, states like Pennsylvania told anyone who could listen that they could do online learning better and cheaper than charter schools. But...
Letter to the editor: Why do Buffalo residents get biggest tax hikes?
Why does it always seem that the biggest tax increase goes to the residents of Buffalo Township (“Freeport Area School District set to raise taxes next school year,” May 29, TribLIVE)? Why can’t it be the same across the board? Also, I think it’s time Freeport be considered a Butler...
Letter to the editor: Applauding Loyalhanna supervisors
In her letter “Roads sacrificed for pricey garage?” (May 14, TribLIVE), Jane Kelley implies that Loyalhanna Township supervisors Ken Walters and Mary Trunzo neglected roads by constructing a new public works building and office. If they, as reported, saved up to half the cost of a potential expenditure of $1...
Letter to the editor: Not all who are vaccinated are immune to covid
Many people heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing that the mask mandate was lifted for fully vaccinated Pennsylvanians. I did not. As of June 6, 45% of Pennsylvanians are fully vaccinated against the covid-19 virus. This does not mean that 45% of the state’s population has immunity against the...
Letter to the editor: Lower, middle classes will pay for Biden spending
President Biden and the Democrats are saying only the rich will pay for their spending bills. They are lying. Biden said he “will not increase taxes on the middle class.” He is simply going to let their tax cut expire, which will effectively raise their taxes. Even if income tax...
Letter to the editor: Pirates stink, but still valuable to Pittsburgh
I enjoyed Lori Falce’s column “Pirates owe taxpayers better baseball” (June 4, TribLIVE). I had Penguins season tickets for 34 years. The Penguins have 41 regular-season games, two preseason games and two playoff games, equaling 45 games; with sold-out attendance of 19,000, that equals 855,000 tickets sold. The Steelers have...
Letter to the editor: Languages and taxes in Latrobe
It was great to see students and alumni speak out at the recent Greater Latrobe School Board meeting trying to save the German and French language programs (“Greater Latrobe plan to shift French, German instruction online draws protest,” May 26, TribLIVE). They were passionate and well prepared. It gives us...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to the politicians those who listen
I’ve always been interested in how our government functions, but during the covid lockdown in Pennsylvania I asked a lot of questions of our public officials as to why we were being shut down and why seemingly nothing could be done about it. I contacted my state senator, Kim Ward,...
Letter to the editor: Slaughtering our offspring
It occurs to me that since time immemorial every species that has ever existed — cockroaches, fleas, dinosaurs, dolphins, antelopes, garden slugs, all of them — and even the ones that are extinct for various reasons had as their chief aim to perpetuate the species. Procreate, reproduce, perpetuate. Except one....
Letter to the editor: RGGI will make Pa. citizens safer
My father is one of millions of Americans suffering from asthma, a condition that worsens with deteriorating air quality caused by climate change. As one of the top five producers of greenhouse gases in the country, Pennsylvania needs to take immediate action to help stop this rising issue. The Regional...
Letter to the editor: UFOs could be the threat that unites us
If you haven’t noticed, Tucker Carlson, Marco Rubio, Harry Reid and others have been legitimizing the UFO topic. UFO disclosure was supposed to come in 2016 from Hillary Clinton, who attended Laurance Rockefeller’s 1995 Wyoming retreat on the subject and can be seen carrying the book “Are We Alone?” John...
Letter to the editor: Lies of Trump, Republicans
Regarding President Trump and the Republican Party: When a crime is not punished, quickly people feel it is safe to do wrong. The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. They may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they are deceiving you. Smooth words may hide...
