Letters to the Editor category, Page 188
Letter to the editor: Plant-based dairy products better for all
June is National Dairy Month, a time to reflect on the ethical, financial and nutritional burden that is the dairy industry. NPR reported in April that America’s dairy consumption has been rising for decades and so has the carbon footprint. The country’s dairy habit accounts for about 2% of U.S....
Letter to the editor: Flawed reassessment system
Pennsylvania state law permits counties to reassess whenever they want. In most cases, counties go decades without updates. Allegheny County Common Pleas judge once opined in open court that the base year system was “a figment of the General Assembly’s imagination.” The last time a county reassessed is known as...
Letter to the editor: On guns, what about the rights of others?
The letter from Karla Thomas spoke volumes (“Where is our decency and common sense?” May 29, TribLIVE). Her statement that commonsense gun laws are perceived as the evil Democrats coming for your guns has been the radical Republican Party’s and the NRA’s false narrative for years. The NRA has two...
Letter to the editor: The Bible is fantasy
Just read the letter “Bible really ought to be banned, too” (June 6, TribLIVE). It’s disgusting that school boards and other organizations can decide what people can and cannot read. Sounds like Nazi Germany. I’m a Christian, but the Bible cannot be taken seriously. You tell a joke, and it...
Letter to the editor: Privatizing schools not a bad idea
Regarding the letter “Charles Koch’s plan for public education” (June 3, TribLIVE): I don’t understand the concern for the privatization of public schools. It’s not like our public schools are doing such a great job. We spend more per student than any other country in the world, and yet 25%...
Letter to the editor: Children suffer when we cater to minority of gun owners
The horrifying murder of small children is not the worst of it. The worst of it is catering to a minority of paranoid gun owners, who do not represent a majority of gun owners, to force millions of small children to endure drills and the presence of armed guards. They...
Letter to the editor: Are we OK with child sacrifice?
As a 70-year-old female, I vividly remember growing up during the Cold War and the school drills where we cowered under desks to prepare for nuclear bombs. I was 11 when President Kennedy avoided a nuclear crisis with Russia shortly before his assassination. Those years scarred me, as I have...
Letter to the editor: Commissioners should make meetings convenient, and known
Westmoreland County residents: What does a typical Thursday at 10 a.m. look like for you? Many of you would probably be at your job. Perhaps you’d be attending class or taking your kids to soccer practice. I’d wager few of you would say 10 a.m. on a Thursday would be...
Letter to the editor: We’re all Americans first
I don’t care if you identify yourself politically, right or left, conservative or progressive, by your national heritage, race or skin color. If you are a citizen of the United States of America, you are an American first over other identification types. If you are a visitor of this great...
Sounding off: Require military service for weapons
In the early 1980s, I purchased a 12-gauge shotgun at Sears in the Westmoreland Mall, and I walked through the mall to carry it out to my car. Unthinkable today, as society’s views on weapons have changed in the last decades. In reflecting on those changing societal views, I think...
Letter to the editor: Government propaganda
Most hard-working Americans probably have never even heard of the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948. Which would comport with not knowing about the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012. Both these laws are critically important. Basically, they repealed the law to use propaganda on the American people. Look it up. So now...
Letter to the editor: Remembering veterans’ sacrifices
I read with special interest the article “Joy, sadness intertwine at Normandy’s D-Day commemorations” (June 7). Two Pennsylvanians were among the many heroes who made history on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Lt. Richard (Dick) Winters commanded Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division. He was made famous by the TV miniseries “Band...
Letter to the editor: Meaningful gun legislation needed now
One of the most shameful aspects of American society is the epidemic of gun violence and our failure to respond with meaningful restrictions. Continuously, we allow access to assault weapons, permit unlimited magazine capacity and thwart meaningful background checks. We even go so far as to permit “open carry,” allowing...
Letter to the editor: Fireworks violators should be charged
With July 4 just weeks away, we hope that Penn Hills gets the message out that serious violations of Pennsylvania’s fireworks law will not be tolerated and that fines up to $1,000 will be levied on adults or their unsupervised children who violate the law, in particular the fire hazard...
Letter to the editor: Honestly, how’s Biden doing?
How’s President Biden doing? This is the question Americans should be honestly asking themselves. I’ve recently read letters blasting Republicans and President Trump (who hasn’t been in office for 17 months). Trump’s policies benefited Americans. Under Biden’s watch, we had a disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal with 13 servicemen dead, record high drugs...
Letter to the editor: After Amazon, working for the best for Churchill
The proposal to build an Amazon distribution center in Churchill has finally come to an end. On May 31, Judge Joseph James signed an order ending the appeals filed against the Borough of Churchill. Churchill Future had appealed the borough council’s approval of a conditional use permit to build the...
Letter to the editor: Taxpayers, not ‘cities,’ bear the costs
The opening paragraph of the story “Pittsburgh police scrap plans for leasing warehouse space in $1M deal” (June 1, TribLIVE) states that “Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Police has scrapped plans to lease new warehouse space in a deal that would have cost the city just more than $1 million through 2031.”...
Letter to the editor: Look to Ten Commandments for abortion answer
Joe Biden, are you familiar with the Ten Commandments? The fifth commandment is “Thou shall not murder” — translated loosely as “Respect human life.” Unborn babies are human lives. Abortion is the killing of another human being. The unborn baby must be recognized formally as a human life before birth,...
Letter to the editor: Arming our schools
After the horrific Uvalde school shooting, Americans demand radical reform. The letter “Solution to school shootings” said, “Make every school a hard target with one entrance with an armed guard and a metal detector; keep all other doors locked. Protect a school like a Tiffany jewelry store. Allow teachers with...
Letter to the editor: Pa. should give us a 2-month income tax holiday
I recently read that Pennsylvania has $2 billion in American Rescue Plan funding sitting in a bank account. This is approximately two months of income taxes withheld by employers on their workers’ wages. I recommend that the state grant a two-month income tax-withholding holiday and instruct employers not to withhold...
Letter to the editor: A return to Christ would solve world’s problems
I am tired of listening to all the politicians from President Biden to local councilmen and commissioners stating what must be done to correct our country and the world. No man or woman has the answers to the sinful condition the world is in, from mass shootings to gang violence,...
Letter to the editor: PACT Act would provide care veterans need
I have the honor to serve as the commander of the Department of Pennsylvania, Veterans of Foreign Wars. In that position I have a duty to help educate our citizens regarding what is really needed for our veterans. I now ask everyone to contact their senators to support the PACT...
Letter to the editor: Pharmacists should be able to vaccinate
Our world has changed dramatically, and we must do everything we can to ensure Pennsylvania communities have quick and ample access to vaccinations. During the pandemic, the federal government estimates that pharmacies provided more than two of every three covid-19 vaccine doses to Americans. A recent study by the Journal...
Letter to the editor: Enough is enough — we need action on guns
Gun violence is now the leading cause of death in children (“Gunfire taking toll on children,” June 1). On May 24, 19 children were massacred in school — where we expect kids to be safe and cared for. Enough! We deserve to live in communities that are safe and secure,...
Letter to the editor: Cyber-charter drain
Regarding the editorial “State- related schools should be more answerable to Right-to-Know Law” (May 25, TribLIVE): Your subject matter and headline/subheadline are right on. However, you missed the biggest malfeasance of taxpayer dollars in Pennsylvania by omitting the ongoing drain by cyber-charter schools. There is no transparency, Right-to-Know Law notwithstanding. Perhaps...
