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Letter to the editor: Allegheny County Council should pass air permit fee hike
We know that Pittsburgh and Allegheny County suffer from pollution. Air quality — especially in the Mon Valley — is among the worst in the nation. That’s largely due to industrial facilities like U.S. Steel, which frequently violates air quality standards. The Allegheny County Health Department is the government agency...
Letter to the editor: Law and disorder
We live in a land of laws and disorder. A land where the rich and powerful answer to a different code of laws. One needs to look no further than the broad pardon powers of the president of the United States. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 establishes the president’s...
Letter to the editor: Republican women guided truth and common sense
Way back in the ’70s, Morris Albert had a hit song titled “Feelings.” It’s the background music that plays in my brain as I read some of the letters to the editor. I play a little game called Name the Gender of the Writer Without Looking. And I’ve become quite...
Letter to the editor: In praise of columnist’s fair look at prisons
Thank you, Lori Falce, for an informative and balanced column on prisons, the Constitution and choices we, as the citizenry, allow our country to make (“Prisons, private prisons and foreign prisons,” April 18, TribLive). How refreshing; just information, no digs at anyone, no name calling! Vickie Oles Ligonier...
Letter to the editor: Pecarchik is most qualified to be register of wills
I am voting for Katie Pecarchik for register of wills in the May primary. She is the person most qualified for this position, with 21 years experience. She gracefully returned from retirement and changed her party to Republican after the county commissioners asked her to clean up Sherry Hamilton’s disaster;...
Letter to the editor: Political song and dance
Ever notice how politics makes people break out in song? Maybe that only happens in Broadway musicals. Anyway, no other American presidency has made me feel as tuneful as now. I have a song in my heart, and I want in the worst way to belt it out. It’s called...
Letter to the editor: Whitewashing our history
When I finished grad school in the early ’80s, I studied primary source documents to discover what our Founding Fathers and others in early American history actually wrote, believed or did. Thus, I found Thomas Jefferson’s warning to Judge William Johnson June 12, 1823: “History may distort truth, and will...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ priorities
Congressional Democrats seem to be completely out of touch with the views of the vast majority of the American people. I believe they align themselves with issues that have very little public support, such as supporting transgender ideology, allowing biological males to compete against young girls and women and to...
Letter to the editor: Disappointed in Pirates ownership
As a Pirates fan since the late 1960s, I’ve never been as saddened and frustrated with ownership as I have been recently. The Clemente memorial, the Bucco Bricks and the Rowdy Tellez release all just point to an owner who doesn’t care about history, fans, players, youth or the city...
Letter to the editor: Ranked-choice voting fair for all
The Pittsburgh mayoral election is exhausting. We know the winner of the Democratic primary will become our next mayor. That means Democrats are the only voice who will get heard May 20. Republican votes will get ignored, and independents will be silenced altogether. On Thursday, I spoke with the Pennsylvania...
Letter to the editor: Trump is right on universities
I disagree with the presidents of nearly 200 U.S. colleges and universities who have co-signed a letter condemning what they called “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” in reference to President Trump’s administration making punitive moves against universities due to their being lax in combating antisemitism (“Carnegie Mellon president joins...
Letter to the editor: In praise of Mark Madden
I just finished reading another one of Mark Madden’s excellent columns. His analysis and comments are so refreshing because he above all really tells it like it is. He’s insightful, brutally honest and spot-on correct. Add to that he’s also hilariously funny! He’s worth the price of the whole paper...
Letter to the editor: Do Democrats want to destroy our country?
After years of observation, I am of the personal opinion that the goal of Democrats is to destroy our country. Their only message is to fight President Trump, fight MAGA, fight DOGE, fight Republicans and hate, hate, hate. But what are they fighting for exactly? What do they hate? Protecting...
Letter to the editor: We need Carson as coroner
On Nov. 14, 2021, I tragically lost my only son. The coroner’s office had my son; my heart raced with anxiety as I reached out for answers to questions that weighed heavily knowing that this call would irrevocably alter my existence forever. I quickly called the coroner’s office. As the...
Letter to the editor: Norwin fact check
By now, we all know some folks will never let facts get in the way of a perfectly dramatic political meltdown — as seen in the letter “Norwin nearing bond debt limit” (April 15, TribLive). Let’s get real: Norwin is not bankrupt. It’s not maxing out its debt. And no...
Letter to the editor: Economic hardship ahead
Hard to believe the writer of the letter “Liberals using scare tactics on tariffs” (April 18, TribLive) would ask if things could ever get worse under President Trump than President Biden. Well, they already are. Such a question/statement begs elaboration, of which she gives none. Instead she seems to just...
Letter to the editor: Trump is doing what he was elected to do
Regarding the letter “Message to Summer Lee — impeach Trump” (April 19, TribLive): It ain’t gonna happen! Lee’s and Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s hatred for America and hypocrisy is clearly evident to me in their calling for “unprecedented unity” (“Gainey, Lee call for ‘unprecedented unity’ in battling Trump administration,” April...
Letter to the editor: Pecarchik deserves vote for register of wills
I don’t know about you, but I prefer to work together with co-workers/supervisors who know the work that needs to be done. Someone with experience, who knows every job and can jump in and help whenever needed. That person is Katie Pecarchik, running for register of wills in the May...
Letter to the editor: What Trump has done in 3 months
Attacking universities. Defying court orders. Extorting law firms. Threatening the free press. Telling you how you should think. Threatening your well-being and health. Destroying our standing and trust in the world. Cozying up to other known world leader authoritarian dictators. Threatening to take over other peaceful nations (our allies!). Asserting...
Letter to the editor: Cartoon misleads on ICE actions
Yet another misleading editorial cartoon in the Trib on April 18. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going after illegals in our country. What is it about criminals that makes some, like Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, demand that we keep them here? William R. Iski Penn...
Letter to the editor: Wishful thinking on term limits
You editorial “Term limits return power to people” (April 11, TribLive) is a wonderful idea, but … impracticable. For what reason do the politicians have for giving back any power they possess? Look at their track record over the past 50 years of governing on behalf of we the people....
Letter to the editor: Stand up against tariff madness
Tariffs are paid by importers to the U.S. government. The U.S. government keeps the money. The price of goods sold will go up to cover this government levy. U.S. citizens will then pay higher prices on any and every item that has been tariffed. The U.S. government is setting you...
Letter to the editor: Protecting the least among us, and ourselves
Regarding recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions: This is kidnapping and in another time, in the USA, the perpetrators would be jailed, not the person being abducted. Immigration and visa violations are civil, not criminal, matters. ICE detention, according to its own guidelines, should be “non-punitive” (not intended as...
Letter to the editor: Let’s be classy and support our Pirates
The chants of “sell the team” this past weekend at the Pirates games at PNC Park were disgraceful. Sure, the decisions of Bob Nutting over the years of trading or hiring players grates on many fans. But while players are trying to win ballgames, this kind of noise — “sell...
Letter to the editor: Norwin board’s stadium vote irresponsible
We attended the contentious Norwin School Board meeting April 14 and were very disappointed in the vote to spend $25 million on a stadium, press box and other enhancements. This extravagance will add more to Norwin’s $100 million debt. How will you/we ever pay that debt back servicing $1 million...


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