Letters to the Editor category, Page 378
Letter to the editor: We need more like Bill Burns, who stuck to the facts
A tip of the hat to Joseph Sabino Mistick for his column “Bill Burns knew the value of freedom” (May 26, TribLIVE). I grew up watching the noon news on KDKA TV with Burns as the anchor. He always presented the facts, no bias — Mistick failed to mention this...
Letter to the editor: U.S. Steel & Mon Valley’s air quality
U.S. Steel’s recent announcement of a $1 billion investment in the company’s Mon Valley Works was met with a positive response from politicians and steelworkers alike (“U.S. Steel announces $1B investment in Edgar Thomson, Clairton plants,” May 2, TribLIVE). But the giddiness surrounding the announcement obfuscates the chronic pollution and...
Letter to the editor: People want school choice, not discussion
In response to recently passed legislation increasing caps for tax credit scholarships, the Tribune-Review hopes we can bog the scholarships down in endless discussion (“School choice should be discussed, not automatic.” More discussion sounds great — unless you’re one of the tens of thousands of families denied scholarships every year....
Sounding off: Pittsburgh sisters welcome immigrants
Pittsburgh’s templed hills have long provided refuge to persons of diverse heritages and faiths whose virtues tempered our city of steel. The Catholic Sisters Leadership Council of Western Pennsylvania wishes to join Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto in welcoming vulnerable migrants and refugees seeking asylum from violence, injustice and other life-threatening...
Letter to the editor: Risk of not vaccinating
Regarding Susan Gero’s letter “Vaccine curiosity”: Common sense is that you can Google the reasons vaccinated people are at risk and how dangerous this disease is. It’s not big pharma! In 2017 worldwide, 110,000 people died of measles. It is deadly. People with compromised immune systems — people with HIV,...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for support for Cait Tracy’s recovery
On May 5, we were reminded how life can change in an instant when a tragic accident took the life of two young people and critically injured our daughter, Cait Tracy (“Employees of Greensburg’s Rialto restaurant mourned after fatal crash in Hempfield,” May 6, TribLIVE). It was an unimaginable loss...
Letter to the editor: CEO salaries ridiculous
Reading the paper today showed once again the injustice of CEOs’ salaries (“UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff made $8.54M in 2018, a 40% jump,” May 17, TribLIVE). With all the problems that cause havoc in our medical system, we need to find solutions. Yet they pay one man almost $9 million...
Letter to the editor: Abortion holocaust
In the article “Rep. Frankel, Pittsburgh Jewish lawmaker, outraged with pro-life group using Holocaust images” (May 17, TribLIVE), Rep. Dan Frankel said he was “… incredulous that someone would equate the Holocaust and images of murdered, naked bodies in a concentration camp with the issue of women who want to...
Letter to the editor: A lesson in tariffs
Absurditopians and Stupidians obviously wrote Don Boudreaux’s column “What if real wars were fought like trade wars?” My 16, TribLIVE); nothing else explains its lack of economic reality. When a tariff is imposed, it’s not just to collect the tariff; since demand is elastic — that is, in proportion to...
Letter to the editor: We need our Second Amendment rights
While I share Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s outrage at the recent shootings at schools and places of worship (“Bill Peduto, Philly mayor: Why we oppose Pa. Senate gun bill,” May 9, TribLIVE), I cannot support their attempts to circumvent the rights of law-abiding citizens. This...
Letter to the editor: Tom Wolf’s extortion plan for college graduates
Gov. Tom Wolf (to recent college grad): Nice mountain of debt you are drowning in. I tell you what I’m gonna do. I got this little job I want you to do. Do me this little favor and I’ll see to it that you don’t have to pay back the...
Letter to the editor: Why should Trump release his taxes?
With thousands of people illegally crossing our southern border daily to manipulate our asylum laws, and the national debt approaching $22 trillion, President Trump is trying to find solutions to both — he has repeatedly proposed cutting wasteful spending from the budget and controlling the flood of illegals crossing the...
Letter to the editor: Why a Russian band at SummerSounds
Regarding Marion Sedlacko’s letter “SummerSounds doesn’t need Russian band” (May 10, TribLIVE) criticizing the choice of a Chicago cover band from Russia to perform in the 2019 SummerSounds concert series: I have regularly attended SummerSounds since the early 2000s. Gene James and the SummerSounds organization have done an extraordinary, I...
Letter to the editor: America’s self-destruction
I must confess that I’m gullible — I refuse to believe truths if I don’t agree with you, but I will soak up lies and deceptions like a sponge if they support my beliefs. I must confess that I’m selfish — although I’m overweight, I don’t want hungry women and...
Letter to the editor: Thank Reagan, Bush on Social Security
Regarding Patrick Caffrey’s letter “Ideas on Social Security/Medicare” (May 27, TribLIVE): Great thinking. Don’t forget to thank Reagan and Bush; they made it happen. R. Ebitz Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ behavior disgusting
I hope that the professional, dignified way the Democrats are behaving doesn’t discourage any future candidates. It’s disgusting! Reminds me of the reaction the first time Tiger Woods won the Masters … not racism, but degrading. It’s a circus, and not the fun kind. Hannelore Miller Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Franklin Regional building costs
With Franklin Regional elementary schools’ capacity of 1,800 students, and enrollment at 1,483, how was it necessary to launch a new building program? Clearly, there exists sufficient space for classroom reconfiguration for collaborative learning in the existing three elementary buildings. Franklin Regional’s plans for a $58 million elementary campus have...
Letter to the editor: Mueller report vindicates journalists
The Mueller report has done many things, but one of the most important, it has vindicated the journalists in this country. In numerous incidents, Robert Mueller’s comments have confirmed what the press has written and cast doubt on the president’s allegations of fake news. Only Laura Ingraham, who must have...
Letter to the editor: Peduto & the Pennsylvania Senate gun bill
A few things stand out in Mayors Bill Peduto and Jim Kenney’s op-ed “Bill Peduto, Philly mayor: Why we oppose Pa. Senate gun bill.” One, it states incorrectly that Senate Bill 531 would pre-empt local jurisdictions from enacting firearms laws. Current state law already pre-empts local jurisdictions from enacting firearms...
Letter to the editor: ‘Taking care of’ the babies
Letter-writer Robin Hammonds (“With abortion outlawed, who will take care of the babies?” asks, “… who’s going to take care of all the unwanted babies?” Apparently her answer, like the others who advocate aborting perfectly normal fetuses, is to “take care” of them by killing them. I pose five questions...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s plans for farmers
The article “Western Pa. farmers prefer free market trade to tariff-compensation handout” makes one dramatically aware of one of the domestic economic problems caused by our chaotic Trump tariff “policy.” Our United States agricultual export business has grown successfuly for many years with China as our largest customer for the...
Letter to the editor: Clarifying Hempfield property tax issues
There is so much misinformation about property taxes, it warrants a response. Many seek to scare Hempfield Area School District residents by saying the district is going to appeal their property, but that is absurd. The school board voted to appeal properties with a difference between fair market value (estimated...
Letter to the editor: New lows for campaigning politicians
Politicking reached new lows during this election cycle. Candidates stooped to robocalls and texts. This is an invasion of privacy and demeaning to voters who politicians believe can be swayed by sound bites inflicted upon us. I received three robocalls, six texts and one obnoxious door-knocker who wouldn’t go away...
Letter to the editor: Border invasion
There is an invasion going on at our southern border. The Democrats are acting like conscientious objectors in this war that is affecting our national decurity and our national debt. It won’t go away by just ignoring it and saying we should have open borders. This is an outright dereliction...
Letter to the editor: Ideas on Social Security/Medicare
I tire of Congress referring to Social Security and Medicare as “entitlement” programs. If you review your paycheck, you will see that FICA is your ongoing payments to Social Security. This is matched by your employer but not shown on your paycheck. You can also see the withholding for Medicare...
