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Letters To The Editor

Business park expansion progressing

The Fayette County Business Park Expansion Project is currently in the planning phase, with rapid progress being made monthly.The Redevelopment Authority of the County of Fayette (RDA) closed on the property in September 2021, acquiring almost 60 acres from Mount Saint Macrina in North Union ...

Where’s denunciation of violence?

It will be a while before the January 6 Committee resumes its work in September.Congress has left Capitol Hill for its annual August recess. Out of 261 available workdays, our U.S. senators and representatives generally spend just 145 days in session. (Granted, many of them may be working in ...

Kudos to bill passage

Kudos to President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and rank-and-file Senate Democrats for the narrow passage of a multi-faceted bill (The Inflation Reduction Act), which holds many benefits for the American people!Against all odds and the irrational unanimous opposition of ...

Times have changed

While growing up in my hometown of North Irwin in Southwestern Pennsylvania, I encountered many different political and religious views and persuasions. We still got along with each other for the most part, and I miss that.During my lifetime, I’ve seen civil rights afforded to Black men and ...

Democracy depends on your vote

Wow! I am impressed – sort of! Fayette County, Pennsylvania – yes, our Fayette County – made the national television news. You see, we are one of three Pennsylvania counties whose election officials have not yet certified the 2021 election results.Why, you ask? According to the news, ...

The votes should count

A Fayette County commissioner and election board member is tired of everything changing with elections. Issues like lack of good jobs and opportunity, violent crime, infrastructure are playing second fiddle at the moment to the headline-gaining lawsuit.The Fayette County Election Board has ...