Letter to the editor: We're all responsible for keeping our rights safe

Let the sunshine in! That is, let the Sunshine Act intent in our school board and local council public meetings.

Everybody needs to know that you have a right to know and an obligation to care about what is right, just, equitable, ethical and fair. More than ever before, there needs to be more oversight and more transparency on how large sums of taxpayer money are being spent for our collective well-being.

Due to the pandemic, our decision makers have been essentially on the honor system, so please expect them to honor our essential workers, essential services and our essential environment.

Our most essential and important rights are our rights for clean air, clean water and clean soil. These are the essential cornerstones to all life on Earth.

We should not just expect the best, we should take some action and responsibility to help ensure that things are done right.

There is no place in our political system or our ecosystem for ethnocentrism (definition: “thinking one’s own group’s ways are superior to others” or “judging other groups as inferior to one’s own”).

Dennis Smiddle

Canonsburg