Letters to the Editor category, Page 344
Letter to the editor: School taxes are unjust
Regarding Barbara Markle’s letter “Property taxes ruin seniors’ ‘golden years’ ”: Yes! You paid taxes and now don’t have any kids in school — very unjust. How about those of us who never had kids? My husband and I have owned homes since 1959, thus paying taxes all these years. Add...
Letter to the editor: Advice for Harvey Weinstein
Fear not, felon rapist and serial abuser of women, Harvey Weinstein! The door to freedom may lie before you! Here is the proven winning strategy: Immediately after you are sentenced to what is certain to be a lengthy prison term, have your attorneys appear on Fox News for an interview...
Letter to the editor: Greensburg Salem kindergarten policy
Having asked Lenni Nedley, coordinator of elementary education, federal programs and instruction for the Greensburg Salem School District, to clarify the district’s recent decision to move the kindergarten cutoff date from the widely accepted Sept. 1 to Aug. 1, she referred me to Section 1304 of the Pennsylvania School Code....
Letter to the editor: Al Gore, Jerry Brown could beat Trump
This might sound crazy, but I wish Al Gore or Jerry Brown would seek the Democratic Party nomination for president. I believe both of them could beat President Trump. They are both well known for being very knowledgeable about the environment, and are just what future generations need as we...
Letter to the editor: Let’s try common sense in politics
Enough already! The election is over and the impeachment is, too. Now can everybody grow up and shut up? All this name-calling has to stop. Speak your mind at the next election and then shut up again — no names or insults to anyone regardless of who wins or loses....
Letter to the editor: Reducing litter, keeping America beautiful
Regarding the article “Study: Pa. roads average 1,030 litter items per mile”: I have done my best to keep a stretch of rural road near my home free of litter. I pick up beer and pop cans, cigarette butts, plastic bottles, and bags from convenience stores and fast-food restaurants. Trash...
Sounding off: Chill out; elections come every 4 years
An anticipated coronation turned out to be an election. The long-suffering palace princess was not chosen to lead the multitude into the promised land. A presidential election happens in the USA every four years, a process dreamed about in most other countries. I recently read an article that quoted the...
Letter to the editor: Mike Bloomberg’s apology not enough
In a recent MSNBC panel, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, discussed Mike Bloomberg’s racist policies when he was mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013. Glaude said black people don’t just want an apology, we need to know what...
Letter to the editor: Pelosi’s action no different than Trump’s
Apparently, some of you folks don’t actually read the news in this paper that you send your opinions to. If you did, you would realize that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s response to President Trump’s speech was no different than Trump “tearing up” the Constitution. He admitted to being guilty of...
Letter to the editor: Donald Trump & his adversaries
Time wounds all heals. I didn’t make a mistake with these words. The two-party system in America has been dysfunctional for decades. Nothing gets done in Washington. And it’s getting worse. There is less civility and much acrimony by our “leaders.” Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff...
Letter to the editor: Nancy Pelosi’s tantrum inexcusable
We expect a tantrum from a child, not from the speaker of the House at a State of the Union address with the president of these United States. The speaker and the vice president received the president’s speech, the contents which in part were sacred, and to be defaced in...
Letter to the editor: Rahmael Holt deserves fear
Regarding the article “Rahmael Holt officially sent to death row for killing New Kensington Officer Brian Shaw” (Feb. 12, TribLIVE): This dangerous anomaly needs to taste the fear of impending death. Yes, he may spend more time breathing before it happens, but the process is in motion. And his fear...
Letter to the editor: We shouldn’t cheer bullies like Trump
Regarding Dan Manka’s letter “Nancy Pelosi’s act shows her character” (Feb. 9, TribLIVE): Please spare me your outrage over ripping up a copy of a speech that was full of lies and showmanship, when the man sitting in the Oval Office has mocked a disabled reporter, makes fun of people`s...
Letter to the editor: Democrats failed because Constitution worked
Impeachment? Here is what happened. In 2016, successful businessman and nonpolitician Donald Trump believed in the conservative principle that reducing taxes and restrictive regulations on job producers would create rapid job growth and an economic boom. It sure did. He believed that a strong military and law enforcement were the...
Letter to the editor: We need 4 more years of Trump
Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff should be ashamed of themselves. Moe, Larry and Curly have more brains than the three of them. I think Pelosi is crazy, tearing up President Trump’s speech on national television. And she calls herself a good Catholic. Every time they cut Trump down...
Letter to the editor: How can we ask taxpayers for more?
In his op-ed “Let’s talk about fixing Pa.’s educator shortage” (Feb. 15, TribLIVE), Rich Askey did a great job explaining what should be done to attract more educators, but he failed to say what justifications should be given to the taxpayers. How do we ask the senior working a minimum-wage...
Letter to the editor: Obama vs. Trump on national debt
I wholly endorse Robin Rosewicz’s comments in his letter “Obama had hand in our economic recovery” (Jan. 20, TribLIVE). He referenced Daniel Lucas’ letter “National debt under Trump, Obama” (Jan. 4, TribLIVE), which made the assertion that President Obama’s additions to the national debt were “statistically” much greater than under...
Letter to the editor: No excuse for not requiring ID to vote
Remember the old joke about the buses lined up at the cemetery on Election Day? It may not be a joke. The watchdog group Judicial Watch told Allegheny County in December that its voter rolls contain far too many names of people ineligible to vote — people who are dead,...
Letter to the editor: Democrats party of nothing
If, as letter-writer Thomas Severin offers in his letter “Republican Party has no honor” (Feb. 13, TribLIVE), that the party of the pachyderms has no honor, I opine that today’s Democratic Party offers nothing, nada, zip, zilch. He says nice words that we should expect and demand from our elected...
Letter to the editor: ‘Do nothing Republicans’ did nothing
Boy, am I glad the impeachment proceedings are over and the “do nothing Republicans” did just what I thought they would do … nothing. They ignored everything President Trump did and totally went against the Constitution of the United States and their oaths of office. Trump must be having a...
Letter to the editor: Mike Bloomberg’s money
If you haven’t seen a political ad promoting mega-billionaire Michael Bloomberg yet, just hold on — you will. Bloomberg suddenly prefers to be called “Mike,” perhaps to appeal to the working class. Bloomberg’s campaign proclaimed last month he would spend up to $2 billion to highlight his ideas so he...
Letter to the editor: Electoral College is archaic
Americans will vote this year using the same archaic method for choosing a president, the Electoral College, which does not necessarily allow the person who wins the most votes, aka the popular vote, to become president. Because of this anomaly, both George W. Bush and Donald Trump, instead of Al...
Letter to the editor: President has power to pardon
Here we go again — the president is abusing his power. Yeah, but why is it always the president named Donald Trump that is continuously accused of abusing his power? Now before people start screeching “impeach Trump” again, go to Wikipedia and look up “list of people pardoned or granted...
Letter to the editor: Trump brought hatred on himself
I am continually amazed by the number of people who either support President Trump or are too blind to see him for what he really is. I refer to Dale Parker’s letter “Can’t understand hatred of Trump” (Feb. 4, TribLIVE). Does Parker not realize that whatever hate is given Trump,...
Letter to the editor: Outcomes of impeachment
After watching a good bit of the sham impeachment procedure, I’m so glad to see it wind down. To me, it has been a three-year Democratic campaign commercial against President Trump financed by the American taxpayer. Trump’s attorney, Jay Sekulow, said at the Senate trial that the president’s lawyers were...
