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Cherry-picking facts doesn’t prove anything To the editor: This is a reply to Ken Schucht’s April 14 letter to the editor. OMG can it be true, Republicans are fiscally responsible? Do they really try to prevent excessive government spending? Do they really feel less government is better? What Mr. Schucht stated is no doubt true. Cherry-picking political votes and statements made by Republicans from history proves little. Just last year in the Build Back Better bill there was so much pork attached that no one with common sense was willing to vote for it. I am not going to ...

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Outrage over trans athletes is manufactured To the editor: Recently, I had the unfortunate experience of hearing Riley Gains display her lack of sportsmanship and outright ignorance and intolerance toward a competing athlete, Lia Thomas. These two swimmers tied for fifth place. As anyone that has been to a meet/match/race whatever you call these things (I don’t know the details of sports though I have been to watch my nephews compete) can understand that they do not have on hand duplicates of trophies on the off chance that there is a tie. Someone had to hold the sixth place ...

Spaghetti dinner to benefit family in need

To the editor: The Milroy Lions Club wishes to announce our April spaghetti supper fundraiser. The supper will be held on April 21 at the White Memorial Church Fellowship Hall, Main Street, Milroy. We will serve from 4 until 7 p.m. (Takeouts will be available.) The menu will be the same: spaghetti, meat sauce, salad, applesauce, bread, desserts and drinks. As always, we will donate the entire net profits to a worthy cause. This month’s recipient will be the family of 2-year-old Levi Spickler. He is the son of Alyshe and Shawn Spickler. Levi has health problems which are ...

Figuring out why I don’t qualify for free phone

To the editor: One recent morning, I phoned the White House at (202) 456-1111 to find out if I was eligible for a free cellphone like the ones the federal government is providing for the illegals coming across our southern border. Phone rang — no answer. So I called the White House switchboard at (202) 456-1414. The man that answered asked where I had obtained that information. When I said Fox News and CNN had both reported it, he said he was not aware of such a program. Eight years ago I was not eligible for a free “Obama phone” either. Then I realized I’m only a ...

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I wonder if I am living in a dream world today To the editor: I wonder if I am living in a dream world today. The southern border of the country is virtually open, with all manner of people from everywhere pouring in, with the probable expectation of free services of various kinds. I can’t think of any other country in the world that would let this happen. And, nobody seems to care. The Administration says nothing about it; the mainstream press say nothing about it, and even the right-wing press don’t question the administration’s spokespeople about the situation. There is ...

Commonwealth Court correct to put brakes on RGGI membership

Gas prices have risen, inflation has devalued our spending power and we’re seemingly — finally — exiting a pandemic that wrecked our economy. So what does Gov. Tom Wolf want to do? Recklessly destroy the state’s energy industry and drive up more of our costs by forcing Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multi-state compact that would require energy suppliers to pay for carbon emissions credits in order to keep producing energy. This, from the same guy whose economic master plan for the state during the pandemic was worse than most, and did little ...