Letters to the Editor category, Page 264
Letter to the editor: We need eco-friendly legislation
The article “Power failure: How a winter storm pushed Texas into crisis” (Feb. 21, TribLIVE) highlights the cause and effects of this disaster and shows evidence that our country needs dramatic climate reform. This can start with the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, which would assess a fee on...
Letter to the editor: Working to end global poverty
More than a year later, covid-19 is still changing our lives: missed vacations, canceled parties and more. These are changes we wish didn’t happen. However, I hope that the pandemic has also brought good changes, and has turned us into kinder people who care about the most vulnerable and are...
Letter to the editor: How Westmoreland commissioners should lead
While I support Commissioners Douglas Chew and Sean Kertes’ efforts to increase the number of vaccines being sent to our county (“Westmoreland commissioners demand increase in covid vaccine deliveries”), real leadership of our highest electeds requires them to step into the breach at the county level and respond to the...
Letter to the editor: We must keep taking precautions against covid
I was surprised to see event listings recently in the Tribune-Review, when the coronavirus “is not done with us,” according to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky (“U.S. advisers endorse single- shot covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson”). Local groups are serving food and drinks, with masks required while not seated....
Letter to the editor: No need to criticize Texas for mask policies
Why are folks “ragging” on Texas concerning its mask policies? There are 16 states that do not have mask mandates and are opened up. Check your facts: Pennsylvania had 190 deaths per 100,000 people and Texas had 156 deaths per 100,000 people — that should tell you something. If you...
Letter to the editor: Do your own research on RGGI
Marc Mondor’s letter “RGGI will allow Pa. to be globally competitive” (Jan. 30, TribLIVE), promoting the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which is a tax on power generation in its most basic form, is a ruse in its most basic form. With his imploring of Pennsylvania to join the RGGI, he...
Letter to the editor: Limbaugh’s dangerous propaganda
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida opened the recent Conservative Policital Action Conference with praise for the recently deceased Rush Limbaugh and lamented that Republicans would now enter “battles ahead … without one of our greatest field generals.” DeSantis was right to talk about Limbaugh’s role in terms of combat. He...
Letter to the editor: Struggling to find vaccines
Both of my parents are in their 80s, and my sister and I have struggled daily to get them covid-19 vaccinated. They live in Westmoreland County, which, according to the state map of vaccine locations, has 10 times fewer sites than Allegheny County. Also, this antiquated system of having to...
Letter to the editor: Benz’s ‘Miracle’ piece excellent
All of the Trib’s sports reporters are very good at their jobs, but the recent Tim Benz column “Will America ever allow itself to have another ‘Miracle’?” (Feb. 24, TribLIVE) was simply outstanding. Very thought-provoking. Well-reasoned. Excellently conveyed. Benz and Jason Gay of The Wall Street Journal are two of...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny Valley Hospital
This is a “tip of the hat” to Allegheny Health Network and more specifically to Allegheny Valley Hospital for their incredibly well-organized vaccination events. I’ve had the pleasure of taking several people to AVH for their covid-19 vaccinations, and I’m here to tell you, they ran so smoothly, and we...
Letter to the editor: Trump put America first
To all you folks who suffer from Trump derangement syndrome (TDS): I know you keep clamoring on about the evils of Donald J. Trump, I guess partly because you have nothing to brag about with the current do-nothing, same-old status quo administration. And you won’t for four years. I’m not...
Letter to the editor: Crimes among Trump associates
In addition to President Trump, there may be others who may have committed crimes or malfeasance, or at least acted unethically, while a member of his administration and should continue to be under investigators’ microscope. If any activity is deemed to be malfeasance or corruption, but not a crime, and...
Letter to the editor: Urge reps to support gun background check bill
Please encourage your federal representative to support House Resolution 8 this week in the U.S. House. HR 8 will close the background check loophole that allows gun buyers to bypass FBI background checks on firearm purchases not completed through a licensed dealer — including many transactions completed at gun shows....
Letter to the editor: Why aren’t mask guidelines being enforced?
So I must be missing something. While school districts are struggling to get students back into schools, I’m seeing pictures in the Trib of athletes either with no masks or wearing them down around their necks. Have I missed a new state guideline? Jeanne Snyder Irwin...
Letter to the editor: Are we not in a free country any more?
All my life I thought we lived in the land of the free — not. How can you call this a free country when we’re told what flags we can fly, what language we can use, what statues we can let stand and what we can name our streets, parks,...
Letter to the editor: Retail workers, not teachers, should get vaccines
How disgusting, but not surprising, that teachers are jumping the line to get covid vaccinations. The deceptive rationale that our kiss-up governor is using is that the teachers will only be given the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Why isn’t this vaccine being given to those who are more...
Letter to the editor: Nastiness and lies in politics
I am amazed at the amount of nastiness and vindictiveness in politics. The politicians are supposed to work together and compromise and come up with ideas to make America better for the people who elected them. Instead, they just fight with each other over power. The television media seems to...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland leaders failing us
If you qualify under Phase 1A for getting a covid-19 vaccination and are not a health care worker, you likely have been trying frantically to find a vaccination appointment. This can be especially frustrating for those over 75 years of age or 65 with high-risk factors, having spent the last...
Letter to the editor: Don’t forget other vaccinations for kids
The covid virus is terrible and everyone is concerned about getting the vaccination, but please don’t forget to get your children vaccinated for chicken pox, measles, polio, etc. Kids can suffer and die from some of these diseases. Betty N. Harp Penn Township, Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: We don’t need feel-good legislation
Regarding the article “State university program would offer free education in exchange for staying in Pennsylvania”: First, Sam Bohen, you make me sad! Are you expecting Pennsylvania taxpayers to feel sorry for you because you worked your poor little fingers to the bone over four years? Get real! The $40,000...
Letter to the editor: Where have all the facts gone?
Ahhh, facts, where have you gone? Remember those “weapons” you used to solve a disagreement with your buddies? Remember back in the day, when a disagreement would lead to friendly discussion, then (usually) lead to an acceptable resolution. Imagine, no shootings, stabbings, fistfights, persecution or social shaming of anyone. Imagine...
Letter to the editor: Real causes of problems in Texas
I am so grateful that Pennsylvania has a governor like Tom Wolf rather than someone in Texas like Gov. Greg Abbott or past governor Rick Perry. First Abbott refused to follow CDC guidelines, and more Texans than needed died. Now more Texans died unnecessarily due to a lack of electricity...
Letter to the editor: Generosity enables Bethlehem Project to keep helping
We would like to recognize the residents of Greensburg and the surrounding area, especially the readers of the Tribune-Review. When readers learned through a story in the Trib that the need for help from the Bethlehem Project, a nonprofit that provides rental and emergency housing assistance to renters in our...
Letter to the editor: Religion, politics should bind, not divide, us
I recently read an interesting article that said there are so many things that divide us, such as religion, politics, history and nationalism. I had to ponder this for a moment because something didn’t feel or sound right. I should be able to be proud of my religion, my political...
Sounding off: Too much pork in American Rescue Plan
The 591-page American Rescue Plan is full of “pork.” Supposedly it is to fight and provide covid relief, but the bill instead is designed to cure social inequities. Keep in mind that these amounts are in addition to what is already budgeted for in these areas. Even programs directly addressing...
