Letters to the Editor category, Page 282
Letter to the editor: Charge electric cars their fair share
Regarding the letter “We must oppose Pa. electric car fee bill” (Dec. 2, TribLIVE): Why not tax electric cars for using the road? If the next president kills the gas and oil industry, there will be no gas tax to fix the roads. Do you think the roads fix themselves?...
Letter to the editor: If Trump had focused on pandemic, he’d have won
It’s pretty pathetic to think that we are going through a horrible pandemic and all that our “leader” can talk about is an election he says was stolen, even though nearly all bipartisan election officials say it was all legit. Do you think the Democrats would have lost any of...
Letter to the editor: How can Catholics support Biden?
Regarding the Philadelphia Inquirer article “Biden’s faith makes history without fanfare” (Nov. 29): How can President-elect Joe Biden claim to be a faithful Catholic when he advocates and promotes abortion rights, even for late-term abortions? Biden has stated he would reverse the Mexico City policy, which requires nongovernmental organizations to...
Letter to the editor: Time to redd up Allegheny County’s air
I recently had a troubling conversation with some of my neighbors in the East End. They described a sulfur smell permeating their homes, giving them headaches, making their throats hurt and even affecting their pets. I knew Allegheny County has an air pollution problem, but it was nonetheless alarming to...
Letter to the editor: Liberals deserve what they gave Trump for four years
Regarding the article “Joe Biden appeals for unity in Thanksgiving-eve address” (Nov. 25, TribLIVE): Some gall. What a charlatan. Liberals not once cooperated with President Trump, and now they want and expect something they weren’t willing to give. They showed their true colors when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...
Letter to the editor: Bright spots during pandemic
As I watch the number of covid-19 cases and deaths spiral out of control, I wonder if I can find any bright spots. Well, eureka! I thought of two. The first: Despite President Trump’s apparent lack of intellect and moral fiber in dealing with the ongoing crisis, his golf game...
Letter to the editor: Pa. voting law in effect before coronavirus
The writer of the letter “Timid state legislators” (Nov. 30, TribLIVE) stated, “I believe Gov. Tom Wolf and his secretary of State used the coronavirus as an excuse to liberalize our voting to give Joe Biden a distinct advantage in this election.” The current election law, Act 77, permitted mail-in...
Letter to the editor: Threats to democracy
When did we get to the point when a lawyer was denied his constitutional right to defend a client? The last time I read or heard anything like this was in the days of the Jim Crow South, where it was impossible for a Black man to defend himself. Philadelphia...
Letter to the editor: Magical ‘Nutcracker’ a welcome respite
I watched a livestream of “The Nutcracker” as performed by the Westmoreland Ballet, accompanied by the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, and filmed in myriad locations throughout our area (“Westmoreland Ballet films ‘Nutcracker’ at iconic area locations,” Nov. 30, TribLIVE). It was magical! In this sad and scary year, with so much...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s distorted reality
Even after the Supreme Court finds no fraud in his defeat, I’m sure Donald Trump will insist that there is no way Joe Biden got more votes than him. I think he believes this because he fires people who speak the truth. In my opinion, the Trump goggles distort reality....
Letter to the editor: America needs Trump, not Biden
Regarding Jim Raskovsky’s letter “The people have spoken on Trump” (Dec. 2, TribLIVE): The left constantly called President Trump a puppet for Putin, but when Trump mentions Biden getting rich dealing with China, the left gets upset. No credible person ever stepped forward and confirmed Trump called service member suckers...
Letter to the editor: Trump tarnishing his own legacy
You can’t change history. President Trump had a chance to leave office with a little grace and dignity. But no, he refuses to follow protocol and the laws of the land. So now I think his “legacy” will be that he was the most inept president in U.S. history. His...
Letter to the editor: Supreme Court and the ‘unfaithful’
So, if they are the “faithful,” then… ? On the front page of the Nov. 27 print edition, you featured an Associated Press article highlighting the Supreme Court’s split decision against covid-19 attendance limits for religious worshipers in New York (“High court blocks N.Y. coronavirus limits on houses of worship,”...
Letter to the editor: Sylvan Park provides some normalcy
When covid-19 hit and shut schools and life down in mid March, it was a shock to all of us. My children were very much missing friends, family and “the normal.” From the time I was a baby, I spent my summers at Sylvan Park in Natrona Heights. I have...
Letter to the editor: Biden should be excommunicated
The so-called president-elect has been congratulated by the pope, even though he is on the books as pro-abortion rights up to birth. He also has a day one promise to fund Planned Parenthood and reverse many of President Trump’s pro-life efforts. The media is billing him as the first Catholic...
Letter to the editors: Why are schools closing?
I am wondering why schools are being shuttered because a few students have either tested positive or come down with what is supposed to be covid-19. When I was young and in school, the children who came down with measles, chicken pox, polio, the flu, colds, mononucleosis or any other...
Letter to the editor: Democrats will destroy America
To the people of the United States: Let me get this straight. You voted out a president who gave us the best economy we’ve had in 50 years and you elected someone who I believe is a communist and socialist who hasn’t done anything in the 47 years he’s been...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s actions criminal?
When it was determined that American presidents would be inaugurated on Jan. 20 of the year following an early November election, could anyone have envisioned that some day, a vengeful leader who lost would repeatedly assert that he had won, desperately seek one plot after another to cheat and disenfranchise...
Letter to the editor: Biden deserves same chance Trump got
Oh, by all means, Ron Giuliana, let’s “Give Biden a chance” (Nov. 29, TribLIVE). Let’s give him the same chance that the Democrats gave President Trump when he was elected. Let’s begin immediately forming plans to spend the next three years of his presidency doing everything we can to impeach...
Letter to the editor: An ode to the year of covid-19
2020 has been quite the year, Less celebration and a lot more fear, A new enemy is among us Invisible to the eye, As if it literally dropped from the sky. Covid is all around us, it is very real, It is not a hoax, it is the real deal....
Letter to the editor: As president, Biden must support Roe v. Wade
In her letter “Biden against death penalty, but not abortion?” (Nov. 30, TribLIVE), Michele M. Lucas proclaims the president-elect supports abortions but does not support capital punishment. As a practicing Catholic, Joe Biden is supposed to support life, from conception to natural death. He has noted this often. But as...
Letter to the editor: Republicans need to learn to fight
To answer Paul Kengor’s question at the end of his column “Is Western Pa. home to a new Republican coalition?” (Nov. 27, TribLIVE), about whether the GOP can keep the “Reagan Democrats” voting for American values: I don’t think the Republicans can keep those voters and others who hold those...
Sounding off: Give Joe Biden a chance
Can we just get over it? I am referring to the election. As I read the paper, on the Opinion page I see lots of pros and cons about President-elect Biden and President Trump. “Let the implosion begin” says letter-writer Paul Gernhardt (“Implosion of our country”). He lists several of...
Letter to the editor: Democrats ignore Obama’s debt
Funny how Sandra Kramer didn’t mention President Obama in her letter “Republicans’ legacy of debt” (Dec. 1, TribLIVE). Our biggest debt, dollar-wise, incurred under him. Yes, as she states, there is “a pattern here.” And it is one of Democrats ignoring those eight years. William R. Iski Penn Township, Westmoreland...
Letter to the editor: Commissioners applauded for following law
Regarding the article “GOP commissioners reject defective mail-in ballots” (Nov. 13, TribLIVE): I would like to thank Republican commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew, who have stood up for our commonwealth’s election laws. Democrats seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of election laws, believing the campaigns aren’t over until enough...
