Letters to the Editor category, Page 379
Letter to the editor: Cordial for commissioner
Heather Cordial is ready to be our next Westmoreland County commissioner. Besides being an Air Force reservist, Cordial has held managerial positions, been an activist for conservative candidates in our county and volunteered countless hours advocating for animals. Cordial wants to improve workforce training programs and protect our seniors living...
Letter to the editor: Removing statues & flags
Regarding the veterans’ plaza planned in front of Valley High School: If some snowflake comes forward and says it offends their little Johnny or Janie, will it have to be removed like the Ten Commandments monument was? At the rate this country is removing flags and statues, it won’t be...
Letter to the editor: Norwin memo was not from board
The Norwin School District human resources department recently sent out a memorandum to all professional staff outlining procedural changes related to how employees report time off. The memorandum began with, “On behalf of the Norwin Board of Education.” These procedural changes were not discussed with the school board prior. I...
Letter to the editor: Pa. deer season change is a mistake
Well, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has listened to sports people again. We will start rifle deer season the Saturday after Thanksgiving (“Saturday start to 2019 deer hunting season might not be permanent,” April 30, TribLIVE). They say they talked to hunters, but people I talk to say nobody ever talks...
Letter to the editor: Matt Schimizzi cares about Westmoreland
Being a teenage high school student with an interest in politics and law has its ups and downs. You have a lot of people discouraging you, or making it seem as though your opinion doesn’t matter. I will be voting for the second time in May, so I pay close...
Jonah Goldberg: Will NRA become a casualty of the culture war?
The National Rifle Association has big troubles. It’s wildly in debt. The attorney general of New York — where the NRA was founded in 1871 and where it remains incorporated — is investigating the tax-exempt status of what she has called a “terrorist organization.” The NRA’s longtime chief executive, Wayne...
Letter to the editor: U.S.A., greatest country ever
Cuba, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, North Africa, Japan, South Korea and Iraq, to name a few. Blood was spilled to liberate these countries, all back in the original people’s hands. If you read history, this is an exceptional and very rare thing to do by a country, and that country...
Letter to the editor: Trump as Supreme Ruler
I give up. It doesn’t matter what stupid thing President Trump does or says or how many times he lies. His supporters don’t care. They love this inventor of fake news. So, I have an idea. Let’s get rid of Congress. Why? When the Republicans are in charge of the...
Letter to the editor: New leadership needed for Penn Hills schools
I am concerned about the lack of candidates running for Penn Hills School Board. Only two candidates — both current board members, including the president — have filed petitions to run. Sadly, five seats are up for election. That means both incumbents will have a free ticket to continue their...
Letter to the editor: If I were a Democrat
I am a Republican, not because I view the Republican Party as ideal, but because I view it as the lesser of two evils. If I were a Democrat, I would realize the Democratic Party has lost its way. The Democrats have spent the last three years, initially under President...
Letter to the editor: Politicians must fix health care
I am so sick and tired of politicians always fighting with each other and not getting anything done. We need to start voting in politicians who will work with each other, not obstruct each other at every turn. Their party is not more important than my pocketbook. I don’t care...
Letter to the editor: Paying for police, roads & bridges
The editorial “Gas tax covers police for areas that won’t” (April 26, TribLIVE) included great comments about the current situation in Pennsylvania. I have a solution: If your municipality doesn’t have a police force, it should fix roads and bridges without state help. Great and wonderful Hempfield Township is one...
Letter to the editor: Valley musical ‘Amazing’
Our Valley Viking children were victorious again. As I sat and enjoyed the spring musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” I felt such a sense of pride. The children are so very talented and grateful and thankful, and on and on I could go. To all involved — keep...
Sounding off: Green New Deal is ill-advised
Although some experts contend “global warming and cooling” are cyclical over long periods of time, most scientists indicate that global warming is a real and critical issue that needs addressed now. Accordingly, the Green New Deal was recently unveiled and advocates elimination of (or at least 50% reductions in) sources...
Letter to the editor: The real climate change in America
I cannot agree more with letter-writer Dana Siler (“Support bold climate action,” April 18, TribLIVE) that there is a big change in climate in America and all over the world. The change hasn’t a thing to do with the weather, but because of it, maybe God is calling to all...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh’s homeless should come first
To all the homeless people in and around the city of Pittsburgh: It seems your mayor has free rooms to house hundreds, if not thousands, of illegal immigrants while you live under a bridge in a cardboard box (“Sending immigrant detainees to Pittsburgh not a punishment”). You should band together...
Letter to the editor: Muslim call for prayer, patience
This Muslim-American says shame on the Easter Day Sri Lankan suicide bombers and all who target places of worship. Contrary to the bombers’ twisted ideology of destroying churches, the true Islam instructs Muslims to in fact defend all places of worship. It appears that the bombers were influenced by ISIS...
Letter to the editor: Politicians should be working, not campaigning
While the president and myriads of elected representatives are busy priming and prepping and appearing at yet another campaign rally or on yet another town hall prime-time special, who’s actually addressing health care, infrastructure, immigration, hunger, homelessness, veterans, racial injustice, environmental issues, opioids or any one of a hundred other...
Letter to the editor: Consequences of deer season change
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has decided to review its decision to start deer season the Saturday after Thanksgiving rather than the following Monday (“Saturday start to 2019 deer hunting season might not be permanent”). However, they’re going to go ahead and try it out this year anyhow. The original decision...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh Marathon’s inclusion illusion
The Pittsburgh Marathon brings great energy to the city, a feeling that everyone there — runner and spectator alike — is united in the common purpose of supporting each other through a difficult endeavor. This purpose transcends race, ethnicity, religion, gender, economics, and politics: Anyone who can run or who...
Letter to the editor: Robert Mueller gives lawyers a bad name
The last line of the Mueller report is: “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” A first-year law student would be tossed from school if he or she placed that sentence at the end of a paper. Robert Mueller...
Letter to the editor: Green New Deal is ill-advised
Although some experts contend “global warming and cooling” are cyclical over long periods of time, most scientists indicate that global warming is a real and critical issue that needs addressed now. Accordingly, the Green New Deal was recently unveiled and advocates elimination of (or at least 50% reductions in) sources...
Letter to the editor: Trump polluting the swamp
I read with great amusement Rudolph R. Puchan’s letter “Drain the swamp” (April 3, TribLIVE). President Trump is lucky to have supporters who blindly believe him even if what he says is contradictory to the facts. Puchan’s letter states that Trump’s presidency is rooted in his love of country, God...
Letter to the editor: Fairness in taxation
The top 1% of taxpayers account for more income taxes paid then the bottom 90%. What is the fairest way to collect taxes? From a Marxist perspective, the fair way to collect taxes would be to force those with the most wealth to pay the most, while those with the...
Letter to the editor: Neager needed on Hempfield school board
As a mother of two in the Hempfield Area School District, a taxpayer and someone who’s spent her career in health care, I think candidate Debbie Zuzik Neager’s perspective is much needed on the Hempfield Area School Board. The board, which has had a Democratic majority for as long as...
