Letters to the Editor category, Page 283
Letter to the editor: Trump focused on himself, not country
As an independent who votes the candidates, I was hoping to heap some praise on President Trump for his accomplishments — for example, increasing the defense budget and promoting our military buildup. But he has reverted to his typical lies (over 23,000 false or misleading claims at last count, as...
Letter to the editor: Half the country who voted for Trump not going away
Half the country, 74 million Americans, voted for Donald Trump. Yet it seems only 3% of television news talks to them. The crony capitalists who run the three networks, Wall Street, most newspapers and the left coast ignore these 74 million who aren’t going away. It’ll be interesting to see...
Letter to the editor: $5 million grant to Excela wrong
Regarding the article “Westmoreland County opens up second round of covid-relief grants” (Nov. 13, TribLIVE): $5 million to a huge company is wrong. The first problem is calling a company (Excela) that has several executives making well over six-figure salaries a nonprofit. If I thought for a second this money...
Letter to the editor: Errors don’t disqualify votes
The “crown jewel” of democracy lies in our ability to conduct fair and untampered elections. Just like our Westmoreland County commissioners, I believe in free and fair elections and that our votes should count. Our commissioners need to live up to their values and the commitment they made when they...
Letter to the editor: Electric car fees? Fair is fair.
The Associated Press article “Pa. House votes to impose fees on electric cars” (Nov. 21) raises concern for the left, again. The House passed a bill to the Senate requiring those who own electric or hybrid vehicles to pay a tax to cover their cost of road usage. Road maintenance...
Letter to the editor: Presidential greatness
President Trump demonstrated presidential greatness over four years. At the beginning of covid-19, he kept it quiet as he believed Americans couldn’t handle the truth — that a half million could die. Many know his tax breaks should go to the wealthy so it all trickles down to the rest...
Letter to the editor: Schools should be online
Considering that there is no random covid-19 test sampling in schools to make any determination of spread; considering that the covid-19 spread has more than doubled in the past couple of weeks; considering that many traveled for Thanksgiving or had bigger family gatherings to help promote the spread of covid-19:...
Letter to the editor: Republicans don’t need to ‘get over it’
I find Carl Mochak’s letter “Biden won; Trump needs to get over it” (Nov. 25, TribLIVE) beyond belief. Where has he been for the last four years? It was the Democrats who didn’t “get over it” when President Trump won. The Dems put the president and our country through what...
Letter to the editor: Far-left subversion
Tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or set of beliefs. The above is Webster’s definition of a subversive. The actions of the far left running up to the recent election fit this definition. Remember the radicals...
Letter to the editor: No apology for voting against Trump
Republican president Abraham Lincoln implored Americans to act “with malice toward none, but charity for all.” Now along comes Eric Kocian and his inflammatory letter “Trump, supporters energized” (Nov. 13, TribLIVE). Mr. Kocian, “true Americans” shouldn’t be such spoil-sports, sore losers and partisan crybabies. Kocian writes that “Democrats hijacked Americans’...
Letter to the editor: Wolf, Levine are inconsistent on decisions
Once again Gov. Tom Wolf and state Secretary of Health Rachel Levine have taken steps to curb the spread of covid-19. But once again they are so inconsistent in their decisions that it boggles the imagination. With the new, tighter gathering limits, capacity at the 15,600-seat Hersheypark Stadium, which hosted...
Letter to the editor: Stimulus bail-outs don’t save lives
Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently said people will die if the stimulus bill is not passed. I would like her to explain how many lives were saved by including $25 million in aid to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the last stimulus bill. The...
Letter to the editor: Trump and Biden, love and hate
President Trump’s supporters love him, his many accomplishments and his devotion to our country. President-elect Biden’s voters do not seem to love him. I’m guessing they just hate Trump. I spoke to over 20 Biden voters the past few months. Every one voted against Trump, not for Biden. Hate has...
Letter to the editor: The people have spoken on Trump
President Trump lied to the American people about a deadly pandemic, and now 268,000 Americans are dead and the number of cases is rising alarmingly. He held MAGA rallies throughout the country, along with a Rose Garden ceremony, with many people not wearing masks, and coronavirus spread. He continually has...
Letter to the editor: We must oppose Pa. electric car fee bill
Beware: House Bill 1392, imposing annual fees on electric vehicles of $275 or $175, depending on size, and $75 on gasoline hybrid cars, is headed for the lame-duck session of the Pennsylvania state Senate (“Pa. House votes to impose fees on electric cars,” Nov. 21, TribLIVE) after passing the Pennsylvania...
Letter to the editor: Government’s restaurant restrictions are absurd
Our restaurants and bars are suffering financial hardships, and many will not recover. They have been suffering since March, when Gov. Tom Wolf declared them nonessential and hotbeds for coronavirus. And he’s at it again, with random checks of said establishments to make sure they are complying with the latest...
Letter to the editor: Schools making life-critical decisions
The Norwin School Board has decided to go from in-person to remote learning. This is not an educational, social developmental, convenience or economical decision, but a life-critical decision. All life-critical decisions have four things in common: They are time sensitive, requiring immediate action; they come with limited information and multiple...
Letter to the editor: Mark Madden and sports viewership
Poor Mark Madden. He can’t figure out why sports viewership is down (“Sports consumers dwindling during pandemic,” Nov. 18, TribLIVE). Blames it on the pandemic. Actually, viewership should be up, but decent Americans were pushed away by lectures from people extolling the character of felons. Poor MM. He’s no Mickey...
Letter to the editor: Psychological terrorism
The degree to which psychological terrorism is being perpetrated upon the world has never been seen before. The depth and breadth of this plan is a feat that could not have been devised by man alone. For those with eyes to see, it’s a prophetic warning. It’s always been that...
Letter to the editor: Republicans’ legacy of debt
In his column “Will Georgia halt the radicals revolution?” (Nov. 11, TribLIVE), Pat Buchanan wrote, “LBJ’s Great Society is manifest today in our staggering national debt.” So let’s look at some debt data. Lyndon Johnson did increase government spending by 13%. Since Johnson, every president has increased the debt by...
Letter to the editor: Trump making mockery of democracy
In his letter “What’s acceptable to the left” (Nov. 21, TribLIVE), John Ventre wrote that “President Trump made winning look so easy that voters focused on his personality instead of his policies.” Well, now you can see that his personality is that of a little child who didn’t get his...
Letter to the editor: What we’ve learned about masks
Before covid-19, most people didn’t wear masks, not even in 2009 during the swine flu pandemic. I was in fourth grade then. How did I get the flu? Somebody sneezed. Another coughed. Like covid-19, influenza spreads by airborne droplets. Unknown to me, I came home from school infected. Days later,...
Letter to the editor: Timid state legislators
It should be clear to most that this election seems fitting for a banana republic, not a real one. To add insult to injury, Pennsylvania has been singled out as one of the states whose voting regulations, or lack thereof, has reinforced this situation. I believe Gov. Tom Wolf and...
Letter to the editor: Trump should focus on country, not his loss
It is amazing to me that people still refuse to see the truth about our so-called president. In my opinion, President Trump spreads racism and hate and has been a disgrace to this country. He seems to fire anyone who does not agree with him or won’t go along with...
Letter to the editor: Biden against death penalty but not abortion?
The article “Biden team targets executions as government sets 3 more” (Nov. 22) stated that President-elect Joe Biden is against the death penalty. Does he want to coddle prisoners who were found guilty of heinous crimes such as torture, sexual abuse and murder? Three federal executions are scheduled to take...
