Letters to the Editor category, Page 166
Letter to the editor: Pirates’ ‘improvement’
I don’t want to hear anyone complain about the Pirates ownership anymore. You can’t say that nothing is being done to get the Pirates into the playoffs again: Last year the Pirates lost 101 games, and this year they lost 100. If that’s not improvement, I don’t know what is!...
Letter to the editor: Answers needed before vote on Norwin library tax
The Norwin community this November faces a choice concerning the dedicated library tax. The library and the building that houses it are community assets that need to be maintained moving forward. Since a large amount of public tax dollars have been invested and continue to be used, it’s important that...
Letter to the editor: Senate guardianship bill dangerous
Guardianship gives one person, a guardian, full control over the life — and life savings — of another person. Guardianship abuse is real, and the guardianship system needs real reform. Senate Bill 1333 isn’t reform. The bill, which passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee with uncharacteristic haste, makes it easier...
Letter to the editor: Farewell to St. Ladislaus Church
Recently, I had the honor and privilege of attending the final Mass at St. Ladislaus Church in Natrona. To say the moment was bittersweet is an understatement. I feel gratified that I had the opportunity to bid farewell to a structure and an institution that meant so much to so...
Letter to the editor: The moderates need to take charge
It’s supposed to be majority rule and minority representation, but instead we have a noisy and dangerous left and right minority turning things upside down. Moderate conservative Republicans have no home in today’s Republican Party, and centrist Democrats see the radical left calling too many of the shots. Moderates in...
Letter to the editor: If you haven’t decided your vote yet, you ain’t smart
To parody President Biden’s interview with Charlamagne Tha God: If you look at your 401(k) plan, interest rates, fuel prices, supply shortages, utility bills, war in Ukraine, food costs and the Afghanistan pullout disaster, and you’re having trouble deciding whether to vote Democrat or Republican in the upcoming midterm election,...
Sounding off: Election, abortion on people’s minds
Time for a new political party As we inch closer to the election, we are being bombarded with political ads by the candidates and political interest groups to tell us what is wrong with the other candidate. I see things with both sides that I like and don’t like, but...
Letter to the editor: Flag Day should be a federal holiday
Whatever happened to good old Flag Day? Should this not be included in federal holidays? Should we all not be patriots and celebrate the red, white and blue? Unfortunately, about the only folks to remember and recognize Flag Day (June 14) are the people of the older generation. How wonderful...
Letter to the editor: Lindsey Williams deserves our votes
I fully support Lindsey Williams’ bid for a second term as District 38 state senator. Following are a few of my reasons. Williams strongly supports unions as well as whistleblowers who seek to protect workers and the public. She has fought hard for investment in infrastructure, access to high-quality and...
Letter to the editor: Summer Lee, we hardly know you
With mail-in voting in progress and nonstop TV political ads, one important race gets almost no coverage. State Rep. Summer Lee opposes Mike Doyle in the newly redistricted 12th U.S. Congressional District. The Pennsylvania House website lists sponsorship memoranda for Lee that give us a view of key issues where...
Letter to the editor: Right choice to eliminate Westmoreland drop box
Regarding the article “Republican commissioners remove ballot drop box from Westmoreland courthouse” (Sept. 28, TribLIVE): The mail-in-ballots that have been sent out are mail-in ballots, not drop box ballots. With the price of gas, why would you want to travel 10 miles to the courthouse when you could walk 10...
Letter to the editor: GOP’s abortion exception — when they need them
Republicans claim to be against abortions and are now eager in the wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal to institute the most draconian bans they can get away with. But there is one exception to an abortion ban that Republicans seem pretty comfortable with: not rape, not incest, not...
Letter to the editor: Is Oz committed to Pa., or U.S.?
When I heard Dr. Oz was carpetbagging for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. senator position, I asked why he didn’t apply in New Jersey. Someone said New Jersey was never going to elect him to anything. So that was kinda bad. But then I heard he has dual citizenship with Turkey, and...
Letter to the editor: Money, diversity in Westmoreland
In response to John Ventre’s rebuttal (“Does Voice of Westmoreland really represent us all?” Oct. 5, TribLIVE) to my letter (“Diversity in Westmoreland,” Sept. 19, TribLIVE): I take great insult for his assumptions about me. For one, my vote is not influenced by any one group, and I do not...
Letter to the editor: Questions to answer before voting
Mid-terms are just around the corner. Here is a shortened version of a much longer list of things to think about before casting your vote. Do you believe that the right to an abortion transcends the higher moral authority? Do you consider the right to an abortion an inalienable right...
Letter to the editor: Democrats don’t deserve my vote
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do. Given what I have heard from the political stage, I will not vote for a Democratic candidate. What politicians do is more factual than what they say. Dean Ambrose Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: No one should vote for Mastriano
Vote Josh Shapiro for governor. No member of any polical party should vote for Doug Mastriano. His views aren’t human. His ignorance and inability to understand facts are unsurpassed. Randy S. McIndoe Jeannette...
Letter to the editor: We have no statesmen
Today in America there are no statesmen … and that’s a fact, Jack! Joe Marmo Cheswick...
Letter to the editor: More evidence that 2020 election was secure
For those with difficulty in reading comprehension, for the fraud-claimers, the doubters and deniers and for the two GOP Westmoreland County commissioners who can’t “afford” to fund just one drop box at the courthouse (even with donated funds), the following bears repeating, per the Oct. 5 front page of the...
Letter to the editor: Why would we vote for Fetterman?
I’m hearing and seeing that over 70% of Americans are worried about crime and inflation. If that’s really so, why would Pennsylvanians want to put someone in office who thinks it’s a good idea to let at least a third of Pennsylvania’s criminals out of prison, including murderers? I’m speaking...
Letter to the editor: Fetterman fights for communities like mine
Braddock, like many of our towns right here in rural Pennsylvania, was wholly abandoned by Washington and Harrisburg politicians. John Fetterman, an Americorps volunteer, was inspired to run for mayor of Braddock after two of his students were gunned down. He flipped abandoned properties into usable spaces. He built community...
Letter to the editor: Demand that Biden address border issues
It is time for American citizens to inform the president that he is not doing his job protecting them. Why are we allowing him to ignore the border problem? The only thing we hear is the president and his administration state that the border is secure. There is no transparency...
Letter to the editor: Try the post office for dropping off ballot
There are 80 ballot drop boxes in Westmoreland County. They are called post offices. If you are concerned about when your ballot will be date stamped, do your due diligence. Talk to a postal official and/or your mail carrier. Seems pretty simple to me. Karen Townsend Latrobe...
Letter to the editor: Mandy Steele will protect women’s rights
Arizona recently became the latest state to ban abortion, even in the case of rape and incest. Although that law is being challenged in court, I am scared and angry that this will be the reality in Pennsylvania next year. If Republicans maintain control of the state House and Senate,...
Letter to the editor: Summer Lee, other Dems, support police
Pennsylvanians beware — Democratic candidates actually aren’t the folks calling to defund the police. The writer of the letter “Mike Doyle best choice for Congress in District 12” (Oct. 3, TribLIVE) said he believes state Rep. Summer Lee “would defund the police.” I have had the pleasure of hearing Lee...
