Letters to the Editor category, Page 187
Letter to the editor: LGBTQ+ students deserve same representation in Mt. Lebanon
The lawsuit filed by three Mt. Lebanon mothers is absolutely irresponsible, harmful and a waste of our taxpayer dollars (“Mt. Lebanon mothers sue school district, teacher over gender identity lessons,” June 9, TribLIVE). As taxpayers, we are angry our award- winning school district will have to fight this bigotry in...
Letter to the editor: Bad guys will always get guns
In response to recent letters about sensible gun control: Background checks are a must and registration is good, but I’d like to think these writers would agree the evil element can bypass background checks and certainly won’t register illegal firearms. So where does that leave us? If guns are taken...
Letter to the editor: Dems will stop at nothing to take down Trump
I currently am watching, not for much longer, the Jan. 6 “hearings,” with no defendant, namely President Donald Trump. The Democrats, drowning in their own insanity, will stop at nothing to stop this great man from being reelected in 2024. What scared them in 2016 and what is scaring them...
Letter to the editor: Why still supporting Trump?
Why so many Americans support Donald Trump is beyond comprehension. I must confess that I am a DINO who bought wholeheartedly into the slogan to “Make America Great Again” in both 2016 and 2020. But Jan. 6 has caused me to do a 180-degree turnaround. Are the American people just...
Letter to the editor: It’s not extreme to expect Biden to solve our problems
Recently it was disclosed that a plot to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was foiled. The intentional leak of an upcoming court document in regards to the Roe vs. Wade decision was behind it. If this misguided individual would have gotten his news somewhere other than CNN, MSNBC, “The...
Letter to the editor: Dems’ uproar over Roe v. Wade ridiculous
I have watched the Democrats with a degree of humor over the leaked abortion ruling, but Suzie Morris’ letter “Women, vote while you’re still allowed” (May 17, TribLIVE) is an example of just how utterly ridiculous Democrats have become. She starts with sarcasm, then uses insults to make her point,...
Letter to the editor: Return to Judeo-Christian values solution to violence
The impassioned June 1 Trib editorial (De’Avry Thomas won’t be the last victim, June 1, TribLIVE) states that a “chain of many stitches to close the wound of violence will involve law enforcement and social work, health care and mental health, economics and culture, government and grassroots.” Isn’t that what’s...
Letter to the editor: Hostage to America’s guns
Letter-writer Russell Dejulio’s idea is to lock down schools like they are Fort Knox (“Solution to school shootings,” May 26, TribLIVE). Armed guards, metal detectors, allowing teachers to carry guns. That’s like putting a Band-Aid on major surgery. What happened to the “land of the free”? The United States is...
Letter to the editor: New teachers will steer clear of certain school districts
Multiple articles have appeared in the Trib regarding local school board actions that make teaching more stressful. It’s time for a reality check. The Pennsylvania Department of Education reports a steep drop in the number of teachers being certified. In 2010-11, the state certified 15,031 new teachers. By 2019-20, that...
Letter to the editor: Leftists destroying America
The Biden/Harris administration is rapidly destroying America as we know it with the full cooperation of congressional Democrats. President Biden started the process on Day 1 in office with a series of executive orders limiting domestic oil production. This resulted in a rapid spike in energy prices. We are now...
Letter to the editor: Property tax and rent relief available
Given the current economic times, with everything increasing in costs, let’s not forget that Pennsylvania offers a property tax/rent rebate program. It is open to all Pennsylvania homeowners and renters age 65 and over as well as all widows/widowers age 50 and over and to those disabled age 18 and...
Letter to the editor: Common sense should direct gun rules
OK, I own guns: rifle, pistols and an air rifle, kept locked up with safety devices on them. Most of the deadly shootings as of late were done with large-bullet-capacity rifles that could shoot large amounts of rounds in seconds. If you hunt, in most cases one or two shots...
Letter to the editor: When will we wake up to climate reality?
I believe that there are very few of us who don’t understand that the climate crisis is now on our doorstep and, in many cases, has come crashing through, in the form of drought, fire, flood and famine. Just ask the folks in south Florida. And yet the Associated Press...
Letter to the editor: Keystone pipeline could transport water
I’m all for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. This project was long overdue to help America solve an ongoing problem. Oil, not necessarily. If we engineer this properly, we can possibly bring water to the Midwest, West and Southwest. People don’t need gasoline to survive. Fresh water is...
Letter to the editor: Grateful for Lamb’s focus on real issues
With so many competing priorities in Washington and Harrisburg, we’ve been fortunate to have leadership here in the Pittsburgh area that hasn’t forgotten about the real issues that matter to our community. While the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate didn’t break his way, we’re glad that the rest of the...
Letter to the editor: Hit piece on Mastriano yellow journalism
The Associated Press article “Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns” (May 29, TribLIVE) was subversive yellow journalism. It contained all the conventional sleights of journalistic hand. Doug Mastriano and campaign officials “ignored requests for comment” and rejected the Christian nationalist label, yet it was positioned as fact....
Letter to the editor: Prayer not enough to keep children safe
Gary Franks’ column “School prayer could stem mass shootings” (June 3, TribLIVE) was lacking. Back in the ’50s, children went to smaller schools that were located in the communities. Mothers generally didn’t work and were involved in the home and schools, PTA and community groups. The neighbors were involved with...
Letter to the editor: Prisoners should be out cleaning up trash
Have you looked along our roads lately? Bottles, cans, paper everywhere. Why is this happening? Is it possible that prisoners could pick it up occasionally, since there are so many non- prisoners with very bad habits? Helen Hopkinson Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Inflation and the price of property in Pittsburgh
“Thou shalt not crucify mankind on a cross of Gold.” — William Jennings Bryan The feeding frenzy in the city of Pittsburgh over properties creates many people who cannot afford to buy or rent. What happens to those people? Do they move to places such as Wilkinsburg, or do they...
Letter to the editor: Creation vs. evolution
Since becoming a reborn Christian in 2014, I subscribe to “Answers in Genesis” and Creation Ministries. I recently attended Creation Ministries’ Creation 2022 Superconference in Myrtle Beach. I would suggest all lapsed Christians visit their websites. Here are a few of their comments: Marine fossils have been found on every...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s ‘working it out’ isn’t working
During the Democratic presidential debates some 20 months ago, when candidate Joe Biden was asked whether there was any place for fossils fuels, including coal and fracking, under a Biden administration he answered, “no.” He went on to say that he would “work it out” and “make sure it’s eliminated.”...
Letter to the editor: Ending our violent reality show
Decades ago, horror movies were fun. Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman were our friends. These monsters had families. Not long after one of them did his worst and was killed, the sons and spouses came of age and engaged in evil against the public. The mass shootings that have been...
Letter to the editor: Fracking under parks should be banned
Allegheny County Council is considering an ordinance that would ban fracking on or under county parks property. I hope Allegheny County residents will join me in supporting this ordinance. Here’s why. Fracking cannot be done safely. According to the the eighth edition of the Compendium of Fracking, fracking negatively impacts...
Letter to the editor: As long it’s party over people, gun reform won’t happen
Here we go again: talks about gun reform. It would mean something if our lawmakers really cared about trying to make things better and doing the things that the people (taxpayers) want. Seems to me that all the do-nothing Republicans in the Senate want to do is go against anything...
Letter to the editor: Jesus never approved of abortion
I couldn’t help agreeing somewhat with letter-writer Dave Ninehouser’s declaration that Jesus, nowhere, specifically calls out the evil of abortion (“Jesus never preached about abortion,” May 20, TribLIVE). There are many words that are missing in the records as coming from the mouth of Jesus. But Jesus called abortion evil...
