Your Letters
Develop incentive for youth
In response to John Wainright’s letter Thursday: It’s not residential development; the bureaucracy involved with that is a mess and appalling. But it’s development that will keep our youth here.
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Choosing the next hero
I have always thought of Penn State, my alma mater, as a solid rock. If the present trustees continue, I feel our rock could crumble.
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Editor’s pick: Not so democratic
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia recently said that what sets the United States government apart from banana republics is not the Bill of Rights but the separation of powers: legislative, executive, judicial.
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Mann’s ideology doesn’t belong here
On Thursday, Penn State sponsored an address by disgraced Climategate figure Michael Mann. The fact that this speech was allowed and tacitly endorsed by Penn State officials, via the university’s Forum Speaker’s Series, should serve as a red flag to taxpayers and voters of the commonwealth...
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Letter: Return dignity to PSU
Joe Paterno’s legacy is evident. What an inspiration. He was one of kind.
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Leadership is lacking
It is embarrassing living in a state where the governor is such a hypocrite.
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Missed opportunities
Like many residents concerned with educating our children and our workforce, we waited with dread for Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget to appear. This year, his decisions were even worse than expected.
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Projects are snowballing
At about 5 p.m. Monday and 5 a.m. Tuesday, a large PennDOT truck made its run past our place in both directions. This is not the first time this has occurred during decent weather. Are they making practice runs for when we get snow?
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Have a heart and jump
Fifteen years ago, one of the now retired elementary physical education teachers, Rebecca Robinson, started a jump-rope program in her classes. It has grown into an activity for all the elementary students from second to fifth grades in the State College Area school district.
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Traffic stopper
I’ve had a homemade, bright orange “Impeach Obama” sign on my car for a while now. I considered replacing it with a fancy model, but a friend advised that mine helped personalize the message.
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Development disappoints
Those who live in the existing quiet residential neighborhoods that will border the proposed student housing project, The Retreat, are dealing with a sense of shock and disbelief that the College Township Council would approve, by a 3-2 margin, the continuation of the process by the developer.


