Letters to the Editor category, Page 269
Letter to the editor: Gov. Wolf’s grand spending plan
It is disappointing that Gov. Tom Wolf would propose a massive tax increase which, despite a proposed increase in the exemption for lower-income families, would hit countless middle-class families through a boost of almost 50% in the state’s levy on income, taking it from 3.07 to 4.49%. The governor knows...
Letter to the editor: Billboard restrictions protect communities
Regarding the article “Unity to update comprehensive plan, considers easing billboard restriction” (Jan. 28, TribLIVE): I would like to advise the Unity Township supervisors that easing billboard restrictions would actually be detrimental to business interests. Billboards are ugly and a major source of blight along our highways. Billboards lower nearby...
Letter to the editor: Citizens paying for filthy politics in Harrisburg
So, Frank Dermody loses the election, retires on a taxpayer-funded retirement of $110,000 a year and is handed a cushy job on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Frank Dermody lost state House election but lands $145,000/year gambling board job,” Jan. 29, TribLIVE). According to the article, Dermody was responsible for...
Letter to the editor: Dermody an outstanding, ethical public servant
Regarding the article “Frank Dermody lost state House election but lands $145,000/year gambling board job” (Jan. 28, TribLIVE): I’m glad Dermody was appointed to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Dermody brings an incomparable level of expertise on the subject matter of the commission. This being a two-year appointment means his...
Letter to the editor: Damage done by media, career politicians
I think the headline on the article “Son of Tree of Life victims sues NRA, alleging gun lobby spread ‘white supremacist’ conspiracies” (Jan. 22, TribLIVE) is erroneous: Those three letters should read MSM — mainstream media, whose biased and slanderous reporting has done tremendous harm the last four years and...
Letter to the editor: Take down your Trump signs
Please take down your Trump signs. It’s embarrassing. President Joe Biden will build back better. Treasure that! Rose Guerra West Newton...
Letter to the editor: It’s time to correct minimum wage disparity
Letter-writer Jim Fontana Sr. (“Minimum wage questions” ) asked readers to try to explain why raising the minimum wage could be proper. I am an 88-year-old retired accountant who spent over 40 years working with payrolls and employee benefits, and I would like to try. First, I believe the American...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s plan to restore economy
President Biden has launched a number of executive orders undoing our former president’s onerous orders. Our new president has crafted a bill to create jobs by pump-priming manufacturing, providing loans to small businesses, promoting climate projects, energizing vaccine distribution, and sending $1,400 checks to most taxpayers. Now it is up...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for Dermody
I would like to thank Frank Dermody for everything he did for Harrison Township and the communities he represented in the Allegheny Valley. I don’t think residents of the area realize what a loss it is to lose a representative who was the minority leader in the Pennsylvania House of...
Letter to the editor: Where is the leadership on covid?
Throughout this country’s history, leaders have stepped up to lead the nation during critical times. Since early last year, we have been faced with a covid-19 pandemic which in one year has taken more lives than the United States lost in World War II. Yet where is the leadership? The...
Letter to the editor: Judging who should get vaccine priority
Regarding the letter “Smokers shouldn’t get vaccine priority” : I have also heard some say the obese, drug addicted and incarcerated should not get vaccine priority. As long as people are judging who is deserving and who isn’t deserving vaccine priority, I ask, where in the vaccine priority should the...
Sounding off: Teachers should be vaccine priority
I hear from so many politicians and parents that the kids should be in school. I agree. So, with all the complaining from politicians and parents, why were employees of public schools not first on the list to get vaccinated? Every employee at public schools should have been on the...
Letter to the editor: Should Trump be held accountable?
Is citizen Donald John Trump, formerly known as President Donald John Trump, above the law? If convicted of crimes he committed prior to and during his presidency, should he be punished to the fullest extent of the law? If he is not held accountable for his possible high crimes and...
Letter to the editor: Election investigation needed
If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. Who would think that Joe Biden would be elected president after 47 years in Washington? Many of us feel this election had some serious flaws, especially with mail-in ballots. Should we have an investigation? No doubt! We want a true investigation,...
Letter to the editor: For covid vaccine, how can we tell who’s a smoker?
Apart from one’s thoughts on whether smokers should be placed at the head of the line for covid-19 vaccines, as Gov. Tom Wolf has done, how is the determination to be made on who is a smoker ? It is like saying everyone who has a headache gets prioritized. Keith...
Letter to the editor: Grading ‘facts’ on the election
Let’s “grade” some facts. Grade A facts have official records; a Grade B fact is someone’s interpretation of a Grade A fact which can be questioned. Grade A facts: • A sworn affidavit is a written statement signed under penalty of perjury. • Hundreds of sworn affidavits were given by...
Letter to the editor: Angry, sad and afraid after Capitol riot
I watched, angry at what I saw as domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol. Easily identified by their MAGA caps and flags as Trump supporters, many wore paramilitary gear and maneuvered as trained militia. The nearly all white invaders, neo-Nazis, Proud Boys, anti-Semites and white power group followers were called to...
Letter to the editor: You’re fired! Now Trump knows how it feels
Now Donald Trump knows how the contestants on his TV show felt when he told them his favorite phrase, “You’re fired!” Larry Howard Jr. Plum...
Letter to the editor: Questioning Biden’s jobs and energy plans
Dear Mr. President, I have a question about your jobs plan and your new clean energy policy. If I recall correctly, when this was implemented during the Obama presidency, it did not end well. Think Solyndra or “those shovel-ready jobs weren’t so shovel ready.” What makes you think that it...
Letter to the editor: Where has Toomey been?
Sen. Pat Toomey is still our senator? I thought he retired. I was surprised he was still our senator when he announced in October that he was retiring by not running for reelection in 2022. Where has he been? An online search found he’s been our senator since 2011! Over...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s covid ‘strategy’
Letter-writer Kathleen Bollinger (“Who will get the credit for defeating covid?,” Dec. 15) asked why President Trump should share his covid-19 strategy with President Biden when Biden would “get all the credit for defeating covid-19.” Let’s go over Trump’s strategy. First, at the beginning, he downplayed it and called Democrats’...
Letter to the editor: Biden buyer’s remorse
In the first two weeks of his presidency, Joe Biden has signed 42 executive actions affecting the lives of Americans. Forty-two in two weeks! President Trump signed six in his first two weeks. I know that whatever anyone says in support of Trump will inevitably fall on deaf ears. That...
Letter to the editor: Biden will earn his disrespect
I urge everyone not to encourage disrespect for the new president. He will do enough on his own. John W. Newhouse Shaler...
Letter to the editor: Land trusts can help farmers
Only a few weeks into 2021 and we have seen it is just as bad as 2020 for local farms. Two prominent local farms, Kretschmann Farm near Rochester and Jamison Farm near Latrobe, have both announced they are shutting down operations. This is partly because of covid, but also due...
Letter to the editor: How are people believing conspiracy theories?
I can accept that we all have our own opinions and emotions about our representatives and how our government should be handled, and we are all entitled to those emotions and opinions. But I am totally dumbfounded as to how anyone can be so gullible to buy into the conspiracy...
