Letters to the Editor category, Page 330
Letter to the editor: Advice for liquor store system
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s phone-in order plan turned into a fiasco (“Pennsylvania liquor stores begin call-in orders with some confusion,” April 20, TribLIVE), just like the online process following the statewide liquor store closings. LCB spokesman Shawn Kelly said as the state tries to increase its capacity to sell...
Letter to the editor: A global approach to pandemic
As an EMT, I’m thrilled to hear that Pennsylvania is working toward getting its first responders full pay even if they have to stop working due to the coronavirus (“Pennsylvania bill would ensure full pay for first responders stricken with coronavirus,” April 13, TribLIVE). Just as the government is pushing...
Letter to the editor: Trump administration’s actions commendable
I would like letter-writer Bob Grottenthaler (“Trump’s covid-19 response incompetent”) to point out why he thinks the Trump administration ignored the CDC pandemic plan from 2005. I went on the CDC website and read the plan. I understand President Trump’s committee may not have followed it to the letter, but...
Letter to the editor: Firefighters, police answer call for birthday boy
I would like to thank Pioneer Hose Co. and all the other local fire and police departments for putting on a special parade for my son’s second birthday April 19. He couldn’t have a normal birthday because of the virus, so I made one call to Pioneer Hose and the...
Letter to the editor: Dangers of Trump’s actions
In January 2016, when campaigning for the presidential nomination, Donald Trump boasted that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters. Now it seems to me that he doesn’t care that hundreds of thousands of Americans — quite possibly more — could die due to his...
Letter to the editor: Ask governor to let students have graduation
I am asking all superintendents and school boards to reach out to the governor and ask him not to cancel all 2020 graduation ceremonies. Hasn’t enough been taken away from our students and school staffs? The class of 2020 are the next teachers, medical professionals, chemists, engineers, etc. who will...
Letter to the editor: Mail-in voting will have consequences
“Your check’s in the mail.” Who remembers that one? Even if the check wasn’t in the mail, it neutralized the receiver. In some cases, the check was not mailed but the sender could blame it on the post office and delay payment. The Democratic Party plan to deal with the...
Letter to the editor: Thank health care workers
I am an attending physician at Loyalhanna Care Center, Latrobe, which was recently in the news due to covid-19. Despite the strong efforts of the administration, the virus was likely introduced into the facility by a patient transferred from a hospital outside our locale. Over the past month it has...
Letter to the editor: Covid-19 numbers don’t add up
I don’t pretend to be a statistician, and I understand the numbers I’m using are just raw data, but I’m concerned about the numbers being discussed during the covid-19 White House and state briefings. With our country having only 4% of the world’s population, we have 31% of the confirmed...
Letter to the editor: Destruction of life, liberty, happiness
Sun Tzu wrote “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” The Chinese military strategist is long dead but like-minded people of power still exist. America and the world are fighting an invisible enemy, and it’s not just the microscopic virus that we can’t see. We...
Letter to the editor: Using tax money to pick winners, losers
When the government decides the coronavirus crisis is over, rest assured that the politicians will review their response, find minor areas of improvement and ultimately pronounce a job well done. Our parents and grandparents gave the governor the authority to close businesses — and to choose which businesses must close....
Letter to the editor: Freedom & rallies to reopen
Well, President Trump is agitating against his own government. His tweets, with the help of Russian trolls, bring out people who do not understand “self-interest.” They are the usual set of “freedom lovers” who use “freedom” as a mask for their warped ideology. The “rallies” expose the people who care...
Letter to the editor: Conor Lamb, Joe Biden & fracking
As a resident of District 17 represented by U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, I’m troubled by his continued support of Joe Biden for president when he’s clearly against the shale industry here in Pennsylvania. I’m a natural gas industry employee, and we are an energy family in Lamb’s district. To hear...
Letter to the editor: Too early to reopen Pa.
Amid a pandemic, where social distancing is crucial to our survival, Pittsburghers are gathering outside to demand that Gov. Tom Wolf reopen businesses (“Protesters in Pittsburgh demand Gov. Wolf to reopen businesses amid coronavirus pandemic,” April 20, TribLIVE). This would be a tragic decision, as there are, as of April...
Letter to the editor: Nowhere to buy shoes
I have for two weeks been trying to find soccer shoes — not to play soccer, but for grass cutting. No stores that are open have them, and I have no internet to do online shopping. Because of covid-19 I can’t even get through when I try to call stores,...
Letter to the editor: How about a moratorium on income tax?
Left-wing politicians advocate using the pandemic to shape the country with liberal ideology. What would happen if right-wing politicians used the pandemic to shape the country with conservative ideology? Imagine if in addition to spending $2 trillion on a coronavirus emergency response bill, we also placed a one-year moratorium on...
Sounding off: School taxes should be reduced during pandemic
Since Gov. Tom Wolf has made the decision to close all schools for the remaining school year and with school taxes coming due, we taxpayers should be contacting the governor and our school districts asking for a reduction in our school taxes. Understanding that the teachers are still working and...
Letter to the editor: Get rid of Squirrel Hill Tunnel
I saw on the news that they want to build a new Commercial Street Bridge, which is part of Parkway East just before the Squirrel Hill Tunnel. What will that accomplish? It will just give you a nicer road to get stuck on before you get into the tunnel. This...
Letter to the editor: Use your stimulus money to help others
The government stimulus checks are out. This raises the question, “How many of us really need the money?” Western Pennsylvania is basically a working-class community both historically and currently. Most of us know what it means to live from paycheck to paycheck and feel nobody really cares. With so many...
Letter to the editor: Taxes, regulations, shutdown push people out of Pa.
I have 11 brothers and sisters. All of them except one have moved out of Pennsylvania. Four of my children have moved out of state. Many people I know have moved away. A family I have known for 40 years said they are moving out as soon as their house...
Letter to the editor: Federal government doing great job
In Michael DiVittorio’s article “6 employees at Smithfield Foods plant in Arnold test positive for coronavirus” (April 13, TribLIVE), union president Wendell Young was quoted as saying, “We wish we had better guidance out of the federal government.” Where have you been, Wendell? The federal government created the Coronavirus Task...
Letter to the editor: The Trump circus
I read letters stating how President Trump restricted travel in January. It was Jan. 31, and he never stopped flights. He stopped people in China from flying here, but Americans, dual citizens and permanent residents still could fly here. Travel from Europe was not restricted until mid-March, even though Italy...
Letter to the editor: Parties should join together, not blame
The editorial page often includes opposing “pro Trump” letters that approve the president’s policies and results and “blame Trump” letters that attack him but offer few solutions. Many hate what he says, not what he has done. Some letter-writers twist the president’s words out of context and echo the Democratic...
Letter to the editor: Keep the free press free
As if we don’t have enough laws and regulations limiting our freedom and open-ended society, along come some politicians seeking to further erode the precious constitutional right to a free press. Although its premise describes a change in the manner in which we receive our news, the change is no...
Letter to the editor: When will risk be low enough?
A framework for reopening was offered by the federal government to the states based on a decreasing number of new coronavirus cases over a 14-day period. I haven’t seen a trigger number for this process to begin. There should be a certain number of cases that allow health officials to...
