Letters to the Editor category, Page 303
Letter to the editor: Save lives by wearing a mask
Long after the world recognized how to defeat the spread of covid-19, the American deniers continue maskless events to propagate up to 1,000 new daily deaths. And now preexisting conditions don’t count? Comorbidity, or having a preexisting health issue, was not a conscious choice for most of the 211,000-plus American...
Letter to the editor: What Biden-Harris ads should say
I have been so disappointed with the political ads presented by the Biden/Harris campaign. I hope they consider one such as this: Universal health care — FREE. Note: We furnish your doctor and only six to eight months for an appointment. College education/tuition — FREE. Raise taxes by $4 trillion...
Letter to the editor: Election cheating underway
Caught again, it looks like the Pennsylvania Republican Party doesn’t think it can win an election without cheating. According to reporting last month by Barton Gellman in The Atlantic, they have been coordinating a plan/plot with the Trump campaign to set aside the results of the presidential election and appoint...
Letter to the editor: What BLM really wants
In 2015, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors said in an interview that she and co-founder Alicia Garza are “trained organizers … We are trained Marxists.” The BLM website reads like a communist manifesto, using terms like “comrades” and “communal networks.” Cullors spent more than 10 years being mentored by...
Letter to the editor: Debate was a debacle
The Sept. 29 uncivil presidential “debate” produced no winner; however, the American people were the losers in the most juvenile presidential debate in our nation’s history. In fact, what I witnessed wasn’t a debate at all, but an exchange of attacks and counterattacks between President Trump and Joe Biden. The...
Letter to the editor: News flashes for today’s situation
People enjoying well-cooled workplaces should not dictate, enact or recommend mask requirements for warm or hot workplaces. Further astounding news: My face is inseparable from my rights, these superseded by nothing short of God. I am, like everyone else, above mask requirements beyond medical facilities. Freedom is the heart of...
Letter to the editor: Flood insurance warning
Beware if you are buying and mortgaging a home in a flood-prone area as determined by FEMA. You must have flood insurance to cover the amount of your loan. I found FEMA-issued maps that state my house is in a flood Zone X, not requiring insurance. But my bank insists...
Letter to the editor: Our rights as a federal republic
It’s tough debating President Trump’s response to coronavirus and civil unrest with folks unaware of America’s government. That includes King Joseph Biden, who seems too confused to know he can’t “shut down the country” or forcibly mask us, too civics-deficient to realize Trump has constitutionally “done his job.” We’re a...
Letter to the editor: Charter school prepared her well
Regarding Kenneth Gatten’s op-ed “We must amend Pa.’s charter school law now” (Aug. 22, TribLIVE): I am a 2020 graduate of Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA). My experience at CCA profoundly impacted my life. I utilized the school’s dual-enrollment program to take advanced placement and college classes to graduate with 33...
Letter to the editor: Sheriff Albert’s move to the right and facts about left
I am sorry to learn that as Sheriff James Albert changed his affiliation to the Republican Party, he also took the opportunity to spread what I see as falsehoods about the Democratic Party’s stance on law enforcement issues and its alleged “drift to the left” (“Westmoreland sheriff: ‘I have not...
Letter to the editor: How would Barrett be grilled if she was Muslim, Buddhist or Jewish?
Oh, how times have changed. JFK had to defend his Catholicism in 1960. I wonder: If Judge Amy Coney Barrett was Muslim, Buddhist or Jewish, would she face what is coming up in her hearings? No way. Peter A. Mamula Venetia...
Letter to the editor: Mammograms save lives; don’t put them off
Cancer didn’t stop because of the pandemic, but nonemergency exams like mammograms came to a screeching halt. Now, as we enter National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, you should know that medical imaging centers throughout Western Pennsylvania have safely reopened and are offering mammography again. This is a good time to...
Letter to the editor: Pro-life matters
Pro-life matters because our life starts at conception. I hope when you have the opportunity to save a life you will. Joyce Ziance Unity...
Letter to the editor: Don’t erase Columbus
In regard to the unanimous vote to remove Pittsburgh artist Frank Vittor’s Christopher Columbus statue (“Pittsburgh Art Commission recommends removal of Columbus statue from Schenley Park”): Pittsburgh Art Commission member Kilolo Luckett stated, “Christopher Columbus doesn’t uphold the values of the Constitution and human beings.” I did not realize that...
Letter to the editor: Appalled at Steelers’ honoring ‘criminals’
At one time during the 1980s at the Bridgeville Post Office, almost half the letter carriers were Vietnam veterans. They included John Zaracki, 173rd Airborne, who fought in the battle of Dak To; Dan McCready, a Marine who participated in the Battle of Khe Sanh and was one of the...
Letter to the editor: Why I’m voting straight Republican
I consider myself an independent voter, meaning I look at the individual’s positions on issues, regardless of party, then make an informed decision. But this year has opened my eyes to what each party truly stands for. I don’t think the Democratic Party has shown any sympathy for parents who...
Letter to the editor: What has USA become?
What country destroys the credibility of their nonpartisan overseas broadcasts by populating its ranks with partisan leadership? What country relishes the idea of the government dictating people’s health choices? What country allows its chief public servant to take on the semblance of a dictator? What country believes more and more...
Letter to the editor: Booing Trump at Ginsburg’s casket classless
Shame on people who booed the president when he and his wife came to pay respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. People booing while they stood by her draped coffin was a low, no-class act, and they should be ashamed of themselves. Demonstrators booed and chanted for him to honor...
Letter to the editor: We need change, so get out and vote
When deceitful men and women pursue evil, they want to eliminate all opposition. Instead of being honest, these leaders want to further their own selfish ambitions (money and power). That’s why we need change. Get out and vote, or mail it in. Pete Celender Delmont...
Letter to the editor: Norwin board should remove Wayman
As a 1980 graduate of Norwin High School, I was very disturbed to read that Norwin school Director Robert Wayman incited violence in a Facebook posting (“Norwin rejects efforts to ask controversial director to resign; Censure move fails,” Sept. 21, TribLIVE). The Norwin School Board failed to remove or even...
Letter to the editor: Is presidential history repeating itself?
I have a question. During this pandemic, I have rediscovered reading. I read two books about the president. The first discussed his views about Cabinet members being disloyal, and stated that his administration is in constant conflict and disarray. The second reiterated that conflict scenario, and indicated that the president...
Letter to the editor: Peduto’s wish coming true
Recall last summer that Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto was dealing with complaints from Downtown business owners, restaurants and the Cultural Trust about the number of homeless people and crime Downtown. In an interview with KDKA, the mayor promised more police but said that Downtown is where social services are provided;...
Letter to the editor: Voting by mail is safe
Voting by mail does not undermine election integrity. Fraud associated with mail-in and absentee ballots is incredibly rare, occurring at a rate of 0.000003% of all ballots cast in the U.S. Nonetheless, there has been nothing but hysteria and a tidal wave of deliberate lies and misinformation from this administration...
Letter to the editor: Will Biden need a teleprompter?
A comment on Don Walko’s letter “Backing Biden for president” (Sept. 24, TribLIVE): When you, his soldier, take to the battlefield, will Joe Biden need a teleprompter to tell him when to say “Charge!”? Judy Torbin Fawn...
Letter to the editor: Legislators’ Gift Ban must be passed
Pennsylvania is struggling with a long-standing issue of unlimited, unaccountable gifting to its legislators by special interest lobbyists. Gifts can be given as long as a specific exchange is not happening. This makes it very hard to document and prove, resulting basically in legalized bribery. In 2019 the grassroots organization...
