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Return to toll booths would aid Turnpike

I read the article by John Finnerty, regarding Turnpike penalties. I can sum this up very quickly. To keep from losing all this money from turnpike fares from being lost, go back to toll booths. Someone in government thought that getting rid of all the toll booth operators to save the state money would be the way to go. The article even states that the state has been losing money for over 20 years. They have tried recouping the money by sending bills to the violators. That did not work. Why do they think that changing the penalties will provide incentive for the drivers to pay their ...

Try living within taxpayer means

I read with trepidation the recent article about the Hollidaysburg School board meeting. I read how the teachers association president decided to publicly confront the board regarding the recent contract negotiations for the teachers union. This sounds like a peat and repeat of the Mount Nittany Hospital negotiation fiasco. The union representative confronts the board with a group of (concerned) citizens to show how angry they are with the board. These folks should serve on a board to learn fiscal realities. I understand some say, “just increase taxes” makes it sound so simple. ...

Governor Garrity will benefit the youth

As a young adult, I firmly believe that Stacy Garrity would assist young Pennsylvanians across our Commonwealth. For one, her leadership as state treasurer has helped over 107,000 Pennsylvania families receive $1,000 bonuses to their PA 529 accounts, which help with education costs. Should she help Pennsylvania unleash its energy potential, our electricity rates could plummet. Pennsylvania currently pays much higher electricity rates per kWh than the bordering states of Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Delaware. Given Pennsylvania’s abundance of natural gas, increased drilling ...

Republicans still need to vote this November

As a three-time Trump voter, I often hear from fellow voters about how they are feeling, whether at the grocery store, the gas pump, or when opening their bills. This personally affects my friends, family, and me. With this in mind, I would find it wrong for Republicans and conservatives to cede their constitutional duty to vote and send Republicans to Harrisburg and Washington, D.C. Should Democrats win, they will raise taxes on all Americans. They will reignite the failed border policies of the Biden administration. They will bring back 9% inflation through their big-government ...

Top Court weakening voting rights

The U. S. Supreme Court has been weakening the Voting Rights Act of 1965, effectively giving conservative states the power to create Jim Crow Laws that had ended. The Supreme Court's first decision was Shelby County v. Holder, where they struck down Section 5 of the VRA, ending the federal requirement that jurisdictions with a history of discrimination get federal approval before changing voting laws. 2. Shelby County v. Holder section 2: The court's interpretation in this decision narrowed Section 2, which prohibits voting practices that dilute minority voting power, making it ...

Residents must turn out to vote

The USA, although not perfect, is the greatest country in the world. All the hardworking people across America love this country as the land of the free, one nation under God and respect the American flag that millions have fought and died defending. America is under attack, this time within our country, by the far-left Socialist Democrats and the New Communist wing of their party. People across the U.S. must stand united and vote out the elected officials running for offices in the blue states like Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania. We must turn these states red. We must elect ...