Letters: Grateful for Filippelli’s leadership; Make ‘Time to Talk’ about cognitive concerns
Grateful for Filippelli’s leadership
A sincere thank you to Ron Filippelli as his term as State College mayor draws to a close.
Like so many others, we are grateful for the patience, tact, knowledge, wisdom and huge dose of common sense with which he has guided the Borough through exceedingly challenging times.
Make ‘Time to Talk’ about cognitive concerns
The Alzheimer’s Association announces a new campaign called “Time to Talk,” which focuses on the benefits of early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia.
More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, but only about half of those with the disease have a diagnosis. While Alzheimer’s cannot be cured, an earlier diagnosis allows the person living with the disease to be proactive and create an action plan with their families to manage disease-related challenges.
The holidays can be a time when family and friends notice changes in their loved ones. The Alzheimer’s Association offers a number of resources to help families recognize the signs and start a conversation about cognitive concerns. Early detection offers many benefits, including eliminating uncertainty, allowing more time for critical care planning and access to treatment options.
If something feels different, we encourage families to talk about visiting a doctor together. If families are ever in need of immediate assistance, they can call the Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline at 1-800-272-3900.
Complaints put party over people
There are times when the CDT prints amusing articles; times when the paper includes finely crafted cynicism; and times when the reader must question the veracity of the author. Such a farce was recently published as an opinion written by the leader of the Republicans who control the Pennsylvania legislature — Kerry Benninghoff. In it, he whined that the new legislative maps were an example “partisan politics.” This from the leader of the party that has for two decades drawn the map so that statewide minority party continues to control the legislature. For the last 20 years Pennsylvania has been on numerous lists as among the top five gerrymandered states. The gerrymandering was done to keep Mr. Benninghoff’s party in power — to keep many of us from having any voice in our state and federal government. Now he is so brazen to complain that new maps might actually be slightly more balanced.
It would be appropriate to have legislators in Harrisburg and representatives in Washington who represent all of the people — not just some national party and its cause. This nation cannot survive when the legislators take away the value and utility of the vote to solidify their jobs and their minority positions. Mr. Bennighoff’s party has done just that in Pennsylvania for the last 20 years. Perhaps they are afraid of an open election. Adherence to party rather than to representing all citizens, as evidenced by Mr. Benninghoff’s petulant article, can only continues to tear us apart.
From clown car to seditionist
Four months ago, I wrote a letter that appeared in this paper titled, “Corman jumps onboard Trump clown car.” That metaphorical car was driven by Rudy Giuliani with disgraced passengers like Sidney Powell and Mike “The Pillow Guy” Lindell. Corman earned his seat by perpetuating Trump’s big lie with his “forensic audit” of what has been termed a free and fair 2020 election by 60 courts and Trump’s own Department of Justice.
Recently, Corman appeared on the podcast of fellow seditionist Steve Bannon. Yes, there is nothing funny about Bannon and the other passengers in Trump’s car and should no longer be called clowns. By definition, they are dangerous seditionists attempting to overthrow our government. They must be stopped.
The House Committee is doing its part investigating the January 6 insurrection attempting to determine who planned and financed the attempted coup. We need to do our part keeping Corman out of the governor’s mansion. Perish the thought.