Letters to the Editor category, Page 232

A big shout-out to the men and women of our U.S. Post Office for helping us to vote safely and securely from our homes. My husband and I received our ballots Oct. 14, mailed them back Oct. 15 and had confirmation of their arrival at our county Election Bureau on...

Regarding Dorothy Shock’s letter “Why Electoral College works” (Oct. 11, TribLIVE): I firmly disagree! The U.S. is a country with individual states. The population in each state is different, and every person has the right to vote. It’s a free country. We should eliminate the Electoral College and let the...

I only have a few requests of Joe Biden supporters before this important election. 1. Please put your hate- consuming personal feelings aside and only look at the facts. 2. Know that riots, destroying statues, defunding and killing police solve nothing. You can rest assured these criminals are not MAGA voters....

“I never met a man I didn’t like.” — Will Rogers Born in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), part Cherokee, the former cowpoke and humorist died in a plane crash in 1935; thus he never met Donald Trump. Trump is easy to dislike, and had the two met, I’m...

We sometimes forget the importance of our state and local elections, which affect our day-to-day lives. State Rep. Joe Petrarca, a Democrat from Washington Township, is running to retain his seat. He took office in the state House on Jan. 3, 1995. When we vote, we hire someone to work...

What do we really know about Kamala Harris? She is on record to: • Repeal Trump’s tax cuts • Reduce military spending • Relax immigration rules • Institute tax increases, including a wealth tax and higher capital gains tax • Support reparations in some form for descendants of slaves in...

I don’t believe the reports about President Trump calling service members “suckers” and “losers.” Granted, he has put his foot in his mouth many times, but he is not that stupid to say that about our members of the military, even if he might think it. He wouldn’t say things...

I am a “no party affiliated” registered voter in Westmoreland County. While I do lean to the left of the aisle, I have voted for Republicans before — Tim Krieger, Bob Regola and even Justin Walsh once. But I cannot bring myself to vote for Guy Reschenthaler as representative for...

Unfortunately, lawmakers and fossil-fuel interests can still somehow frame environmental progress as being anti-jobs. Consider the article “Union members join industry groups to rally against state caps on power plant emissions” (Aug. 26, TribLIVE), which aired a one-sided, flawed argument against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a proven market-based...

With mail-in ballots being sent out to voters this month, it’s not too soon to suggest that Daryl Metcalfe, who has been “representing” District 12 in Harrisburg, is the best example I can think of someone who personifies what’s wrong with politics in the United States today. If you live...

I’ve watched the entire confirmation hearing that the article “Barrett tells doubtful Dems she’d keep open mind on court” discusses, and I am struck by one surprising realization. Judge Amy Coney Barrett appears to be a straightforward, kind, faithful, gracious, good, intelligent, hardworking person, a mother of seven who has...

President Trump’s new slogan could be “Keep America Dying.” Trump not only lied about covid-19, he knew in February how dangerous it was and intentionally kept it from the American people. More than 218,000 Americans have died. It seems to me Trump wanted this virus to spread. Why? Maybe he...

Longtime Democratic politician Don Walko wrote a letter bad-mouthing President Trump (“Backing Biden for president,” Sept. 24, TribLIVE). Kenneth Powell wrote a letter about several true American heroes (“Military heroes not losers, suckers,” Sept. 28, TribLIVE). The letters said “according to reports” and Trump “supposedly said” deceased veterans are “suckers”...

As we enter cold and flu season on top of continued covid-19 risks, Plant-Based Pittsburgh reminds everyone about the importance of nutrition in strengthening our immune systems and supporting overall health. Mortality data shows that over 90% of the people who have died from covid-19 suffered from preexisting medical conditions,...

Such a shame that the leader of our country (not the free world — I say that’s Angela Merkel; among our allies Xi and Putin are more trusted!) got booed at Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s funeral. Seems that the Dems aren’t very good at classless. For the best classless, the greatest...

I was raised as a “blue collar” Democrat. My parents were both children of immigrants. They have both gone to Christ’s kingdom, but if they were alive today, they would both be staunch Republicans, as it would be the only political party they would even still recognize. The Democratic Party...

Many scientists from many countries have many ideas as to the present-day climate change. As I was recently reading the papers and listening to the TV news, I was bewildered as to why the California wildfires did not penetrate into Canada or Mexico. Looking at the maps, there are no...

Mayor Peduto, this cancel culture is getting way out of hand, and your covering up of the Christopher Columbus statue continues to cower to the vocal minority and borders on embarrassing and hysterical (“Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto recommends removal of Columbus statue from Scheney Park,”). Where and when does this stop?...

This Nov. 3 will present a difficult choice for many folks. And it’s an election that promises to be for all the marbles. The radical left and one-world co-conspirators within the Democratic Party are using every trick in the book, including what I see as blatant video falsification, to prop...

I am appalled and outraged by the procrastination and delay of the officials of the Westmoreland County Board of Elections in ensuring that the voters of Westmoreland County who have registered to vote by mail receive their ballots in an appropriate and timely fashion (“Westmoreland County confirms that mail-in ballots...

You who display Trump signs might want to be careful what you wish for. We are in a pandemic, and many are out of work and in fear of losing their homes. Congress and President Trump should be passing a covid-19 relief package, but instead they are intent on jamming...

The war on coal and fossil fuels continue, in regulations molded by elected left-wing Democrats following progressive global climate change policies. Consider the French international banking group BNP Paribas, the worlds eighth largest by total assets, who said in May it will not accept new customers that derive more than...

Yet more letter-writers want to know why we aren’t receiving more help from the government. We are the government. We have borrowed ourselves almost into bankruptcy. The lack of personal and civic responsibility is staggering. We hold out our hands and whine for help. It’s time we man up and...

One recent morning when I let my dog out at 6:45 a.m., the air quality was so bad I had to shut the door right behind her. And then I thought, “maybe it’s not even safe for her to go out.” Looking at Allegheny County’s air quality website, I can...

The article “Republican fundraiser sparks criticism from candidate in 39th District state Senate race” (Oct. 7, TribLIVE) seems like nothing more than a cheap political stunt. Democrat Tay Waltenbaugh seems to be using the personal health crisis of a county commissioner to try and get his name in the paper,...