Letters to the Editor category, Page 307
Letter to the editor: What it means to be a Democrat
As the 2020 election approaches, before you cast your ballot, before you place a “D” or an “R” after your name, please stop and ask yourself if you actually know what it means to be a Democrat? Democrats believe that cooperation is better than conflict, unity is better than division,...
Letter to the editor: USPS critical to flow of information
The United States Post Office, first headed by Benjamin Franklin, was codified in our Constitution. It gave Congress the power to establish post offices and postal roads. The USPS was created to provide independent and unbiased delivery of information and resources. Privatization of this government agency would threaten this mission....
Sounding off: Wolf and Levine should be prosecuted
Regarding the article “Brighton Rehab residents, families outraged by lax oversight during outbreak”: This was what I hope is a first on this subject. Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine seem to have ignored problems since elected and appointed. When covid-19 started and other states increased...
Letter to the editor: Democrats left her behind
I was a loyal Democrat when the party espoused the worker, the sanctity of life, patriotism and the Constitution. Regretfully, the party left me when it evolved into supporting public funded abortion, removing God from civic space, turning a blind eye to looting and rioting and disrespecting the national anthem....
Letter to the editor: Trump supporters own his actions
President Trump, how to support thee. Let me count the ways. 1. Support the deaths of over 170,000 Americans due to lying and not listening to the experts about covid-19. 2. Support endangering our children by forcing them back to school without getting the virus under control. 3. Support Vladimir...
Letter to the editor: Beekeepers care about their bees
Amy Elizabeth’s letter about honeybees is a misleading, at best, picture of beekeeping (“Be a ‘honey’ to the bees,” Aug. 15, TribLIVE). Historically, honeybees and their hives were an important part of American life. Honey was used as a sweetener and medicine. Wax from the hive was used in candles...
Letter to the editor: Listen to the medical experts
Regarding Russell Fenton’s letter “We must keep Trump to keep our freedom”: B-a-a-a-a! I am a proud member of the “Sheep Party.” I am happy that I am intelligent enough to listen to scientists and medical experts. Perhaps Fenton is a member of the “Lemming Party” that follows President Trump...
Letter to the editor: Trump the one to fix USPS
Letter-writer Paul Carrick (“Trump and the post office’s problems,” Aug. 24, TribLIVE) is correct in saying that President Trump only wants to fix the United States Postal Service, and I can testify to how broke it is. When I operated a local contracted post office for seven years (sometimes called...
Letter to the editor: Biden, Harris on abortion, marriage
God tells us, “Judgment is mine says the Lord!” He is talking about the judgment at death when the soul is either saved or damned. We must make judgments every day when we associate with new people that we don’t yet have an opinion of. In November, we will cast...
Letter to the editor: Sports and the covid-19 numbers
IF the covid-19 situation and numbers are as bad as we are led to believe 24/7 on most news stations, why would anyone consider starting national, college and high school sports? All that “contact,” plus traveling, when we’ve been told repeatedly to stay home. Just a thought: Check the numbers....
Letter to the editor: Press must help us meet in middle
A Distinction. — We hold that whenever a publication confines the bulk of its views to any particular line of thought, class of views, or side of a mooted question, it becomes to that extent a class publication, and inasmuch ceases to be a newspaper. — Code of Ethics, Kansas...
Letter to the editor: What Trump is all about
I can’t believe the number of Trump supporters who have no idea what this president is all about after 3½ years of what seems like more lies than all the U.S. presidents combined. I look at what he does and not what he tells us, because in most cases, they...
Letter to the editor: Wayman should resign from Norwin board
I find the posts Robert Wayman made on his social media an utter disgrace, and I would implore that the Norwin School Board strongly suggest that he resign immediately (“Norwin director ripped over controversial posts; some call for resignation,” Aug. 3, TribLIVE). A person who makes such comments as he...
Letter to the editor: Money for big business, not for unemployed?
I watched Austan Goolsbee, President Obama’s economic adviser, talk on MSNBC about the stalemate over the second stimulus package. I know, President Trump and his minions call MSNBC fake news, even though it relies on facts and not something someone pulled out of thin air and posted on the internet....
Letter to the editor: Trump’s flaws better than Dems’ shackles
I didn’t vote for President Trump when he won. I will now, when all polls say he’ll lose. I don’t want “fundamental transformation” of history’s fairest government. Or “Democratic socialism” that only puts lipstick on Marxism. Or $93 trillion Green New Deals (GND) that enslave generations of taxpayers. The GND’s...
Letter to the editor: Past poll workers want to return
I read with interest the article “Poll worker needs ranked critical in Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette counties” (Aug. 13, TribLIVE). My sister and I worked the June 2 election and have yet to receive a call about coming back in November. Before a “drastic shortage” is a headline in the paper,...
Letter to the editor: How can veterans support Trump?
In reference to Ken Bossart’s letter “Civility lost in political disagreement”: I would never choose to call you a name if I disagreed with you. I would commend you for your service. But what I can never understand is a veteran supporting a “draft dodger.” Or whatever a person is...
Letter to the editor: Party over constituency in Congress
I find it very interesting that Speaker Nancy Pelosi found it necessary to announce a recall of Congress because of the potential for a postal slowdown. This of course could affect the election results for her party, which is counting large on mail-in voting. The next stimulus act has been...
Letter to the editor: Know the truth before you vote
The presidential election is very important. Presidential candidates have very different views. A search for the truth is not easy; it takes time and much effort. Who you vote for should be determined by knowing the truth. A large problem is that K-12 education and adult education does not always...
Letter to the editor: ‘Demon-strators’ not peaceful
It is just a peaceful demon-stration, as said by the mayors and governors of the liberal cities and states, and the Democratic Party. The word “demon-stration” starts out with the right word: demons, which means evil spirits, causing pandemonium, which means chaos, noise, bedlam, disorder and confusion. Next, the words...
Letter to the editor: Trump is draining the swamp
Please just remember: Our president, Donald Trump, promised to drain the swamp. I think he has done just that. Once you drain a swamp, all kinds of evils emerge. Just thinking. Please — just think for yourselves. Melanie Embrey Ligonier Township...
Letter to the editor: Trump and mail-in voting
Mail-in voting should not be the problem President Trump is saying it will be. That is, if: 1. Trump’s staffers in D.C. do not attempt to sabotage the process, and 2. Republican governors do not find a way to cheat for Trump and party, much like Jeb Bush did for...
Letter to the editor: Swimmers dedicated to safe practice, competition
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of a letter sent to Gov. Tom Wolf and Robert Lombardi, director of the PIAA, before the PIAA’s Aug. 21 decision to move ahead with fall sports: Dear Gov. Wolf and Director Lombardi, We are athlete representatives of Allegheny Mountain Swimming and Middle Atlantic...
Letter to the editor: Experience matters when keeping the peace
After reading your two front-page articles (“Angry crowd shows up at Mayor Peduto’s home challenging Pittsburgh police arrest of protester,” Aug. 16, TribLIVE; “ ‘Low profile’ arrest creates firestorm as officials, experts blast Pittsburgh police tactic,” Aug. 17, TribLIVE) and editorial (“Low-visibility arrest a high- visibility failure,” Aug. 18, TribLIVE), I...
Letter to the editor: What sane leader would want to defund police?
Edward D. Roberts, known to his friends as Ned, was the police chief of Murrysville for many years. About 25 years ago, he and I were discussing the importance of local police departments when he said, “Police are the thin line between anarchy and a civilized society.” While Roberts passed...
