Letters to the Editor category, Page 14
Letter to the editor: Heartbreaking future of America
I was away from Westmoreland County for the two weeks traveling in South Africa. Our tour guide was a white South African who lived through apartheid. He is none too pleased with the U.S president, as he sees the kind of tyranny he lived with during apartheid. The disparity between...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh needs commuter rail line
When I visited Pittsburgh this summer I was very impressed with its public transportation network, Pittsburgh Regional Transit. However, I feel as though it is missing a key element: a commuter rail line. Said commuter rail line should replace the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway and run all the...
Letter to the editor: Trump and Hitler? No comparison.
As one whose parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors, I am offended by those writers and political pundits who use references to Hitler and Nazism as an anti-Trump talking point (“Republicans following orders,” Sept. 3, TribLive). By doing so they negate the actual horrors of those who suffered under the Nazi...
Letter to the editor: Decency matters
My father and four of his brothers fought in World War II. He was held as a prisoner of war for 21 months. Nazi officers, for their amusement, forced the POWs to fight each other gladiator style and to play Russian roulette under armed guard. My husband is a disabled...
Letter to the editor: Employers of undocumented should be punished, too
A big round of applause to the writer of the letter “Employers who hire the undocumented should be fined, jailed” (Aug. 13, TribLive). I couldn’t agree more. Try getting on a plane, flying to another country and seeking employment, and see if you don’t end up detained or possibly in...
Letter to the editor: Memories of Mayor Sophie Masloff
I enjoyed reading Tanya Panizzi’s article “Author Barbara Burstin details legacy of the late Sophie Masloff, Pittsburgh’s 1st female, 1st Jewish mayor” (Sept. 3, TribLive). It brings back a memory of me meeting her on the steps of Mellon One. It also brings back the memory of her and the...
Letter to the editor: Scottdale health care facility not closing
As the administrator of Scottdale Healthcare and Rehabilitation, I want to reassure staff, families and the community that the facility is not closing. The article “East Huntingdon facility among bankrupt nursing homes scheduled for auction” (July 24, TribLive) referred to the ownership process, not a closure. Ownership transitions are a...
Letter to the editor: Radical Democrats support insane policies
The radical left (new Democratic Party) refuses to deviate from the insane, failed policies of the past administration. They continue to support mainstreaming transgender ideology, biological men competing in women’s sports, forcing women and young girls to share dressing areas and bathrooms with biological males, and young children having access...
Letter to the editor: A Pirates quiz
Here are three Pirates questions. Answer “yes,” “no” or “maybe” to each, using an answer only once. 1. Will the Pirates get sold? 2. Will the Pirates move to Carolina or Tennessee? 3. Will Skenes and/or Chandler sue the Pirates for false representation or breach of the spirit, if not...
Letter to the editor: Why we voted for Trump
Now that the Trump administration has begun to dismantle the left-wing ruling class that has permeated our federal government, academia, media and our judicial and health systems, I feel TribLive editorial content has become extremely anti-Trump, critizing every action the president takes. Also, the barrage of letters to the editor...
Letter to the editor: Government purges echo Stalin
The firing of the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency echoes the USSR of 90 years ago. Throughout the 1930s, Joseph Stalin conducted purges of his military (among other agencies). There were firings, imprisonment, even executions, based not on the victim’s competence or honesty. Rather, they were people deemed not...
Letter to the editor: Bring on high school football
The crisp air on a Friday night and the sun glistening on the rustling leaves on a Saturday afternoon always brings back memories and the excitement of WPIAL high school football. Fall is my favorite time of year because it brings on the football season. I like high school football...
Letter to the editor: Stand up, speak out and vote
This current administration is pounding dangerous chaos on us: troops in our cities for no good reason; on-and-off-again tariff wars; loyalty-style governance; photo ops with a Russian dictator; voter suppression measures, including possible elimination of mail-in balloting; strong-arming our libraries, universities, media companies and private corporations; scare tactics of intimidation...
Letter to the editor: Society is unraveling
If you follow current events, I think it’s obvious to you that societal cohesion and cooperation are quickly unraveling. The thin veneer of civilization is peeling off like a bad paint job. When I was in grade school we said the Pledge of Allegiance and prayed every day. Students respected...
Letter to the editor: Solar facilities are not ‘farms’
Regarding the article “Derry Township residents object to proposed solar farm, cite concerns about health, water” (Sept. 3, TribLive), I suggest that using the term “solar farm” is inappropriate. There is no farm here. Instead, there is utility-scale solar energy generation. Please consider the phrase “solar energy facility” as an...
Letter to the editor: Trafford will become a transit desert
Trafford’s only fixed route bus service is on the chopping block — but it doesn’t have to be this way. You can help us save the Trafford bus. Trafford is in danger of losing its fixed route bus service unless Pittsburgh Regional Transit receives secure funding from the state. Westmoreland...
Letter to the editor: Mr. President, stop school shootings
Dear Mr. President, I’m sure many Americans appreciate the fact your administration is putting forth great effort to fight violent crime in our cities. Not sure we are very comfortable with armed National Guard troops being on patrol, since it seems it is a vague assignment as to what specific...
Letter to the editor: Trump reaches new low with Putin
There he stood on the red-carpeted tarmac of the U.S. military installation Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, dressed in his red tie, white shirt and blue suit uniform, awaiting his invited guest. Would an honor guard and flyover add to the pomp? President Donald Trump applauded the approach of...
Letter to the editor: Mankind endangered
Is mankind becoming an endangered species with this present generation of humanity being the last generation that can be termed pure humans? My opinion is yes. Consider: In the beginning of mankind’s creation, all things were clean, pure, unblemished and without fault. Since then, mankind has slowly and tumultuously progressed...
Letter to the editor: Is Trump’s National Guard takeover a diversion?
Taxpayer costs to repair damage to our Capitol from the Jan. 6 attack were nearly $3 million, with only 15% of the damage paid back by the offenders. There were 140 police officers hurt during the attack; one officer died from his injuries, and four officers died by suicide. Donald...
Letter to the editor: Governmental leaders should make public participation easier
I have some observations regarding public participation in local government. Based on my experiences attending local meetings, it seems that the current structure may inadvertently discourage broader community involvement. Public comment is typically limited to a slot before the meeting begins, with no opportunity for reaction or follow-up after votes...
Letter to the editor: A ‘village’ supports students in Latrobe
In 2025 the 50-year anniversaries of various momentous events of 1975 have been remembered. This is also the 50-year anniversary of high school graduation for those of us born in 1957, at the peak of the baby boom. In September I will gather with fellow graduates of the Greater Latrobe...
Letter to the editor: Republicans ‘following orders’
Hannah Arendt, philosopher turned political theorist, covered for the New Yorker the war crimes trial of Adolf Eichmann, the bureaucrat primarily responsible for organizing the Holocaust. Arendt’s assessment was that it was Eichmann’s lack of thought and his desire to be part of a movement that enabled his evil. During...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s billions
President Donald Trump has always enjoyed living high off the hog, but not necessarily with his own money. History shows he is a notorious cheapskate when it comes to paying his illegal immigrant workers, his lawyers and his subcontractors. Looking at Trump’s finances, it is difficult to determine who pays...
Letter to the editor: Did voters really want to ban hospital leg restraints on prisoners?
Here is what 308,784 voters saw on the November 2021 ballot, which banned the use of leg restraints in hospital emergency rooms: “Shall the Allegheny Code Chapter 205, Allegheny County Jail be amended and supplemented to include a new Article III which shall set forth standards governing conditions of confinement...
