Community Letters
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Letters: Don’t Let Mall Casino Further Pa.’s Gambling Addiction; Bypassing Normal Government Processes; Flushing Democracy
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Pennsylvania Is Addicted to Gambling Last Sunday’s Super Bowl set a record with Americans wagering nearly $8 billion on the game. This dramatic increase is a direct result of the legalization of sports betting; the matchup between the Rams and the Bengals was the first Super Bowl of the online gambling era. Since online gambling and…
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Letters: Fix the Fundamentals, Penn State; Unhappy with Centre County Representatives
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Fix the Fundamentals, Penn State Dear Penn State Trustees, Considering proposals at this year’s first Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 17-18 to raise room and board? Don’t. Please do NOT raise room and board (or tuition, later this year) under any proposals by Penn State University administration. Both in-state an out-of-state parents are not…
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Letters: Remember Infrastructure Votes; Safely Store Firearms; Hats Off to Patton Township Supervisors
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Remember Infrastructure Bill Votes Congressmen Fred Keller and Glenn Thompson and most of the rest of the Republican Caucus proudly voted against last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill, even while knowing full well that Pennsylvania ranks fifth worst in the nation for bridge maintenance with more than 12,000 of the state’s bridges in need of repair.…
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Letter: Would a Casino Bring Problem Gambling to Happy Valley?
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Have you seen many local college students playing those PA Skills Machines at local convenience stores? Probably not. That’s surprising since the minimum age to play those machines is just 18. Are you hearing that now for the first time? Probably. Have you heard that PA Skills Machines aren’t considered to be gambling devices because an element…
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Letters: What’s the Hold Up on Gift Ban for Pa. Legislators?; Not Falling for ‘Alternative Facts’
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Kerry Benninghoff, Pennsylvania’s House Majority Leader, is now the only person standing in the way of the bipartisan and extremely popular gift ban bill for our legislators. This important anti-corruption measure was approved in October 2021, when the House State Government Committee approved House Bill 1009 out of committee. This bill restricts lobbyist gifts to legislators, and…
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Letter: Save the Last Remaining Haven From Land-Based Casinos in Pennsylvania
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It requires no courage to help the strong to prey upon the weak. In 2017, Gov. Wolf and the Republican-controlled state legislature expanded gambling in the state of Pennsylvania. They did so despite the availability of information indicating that the U.S. gambling industry was already nearing saturation and that its long-term economic and social impacts…
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Letter: Casino Will Be Unprofitable and Harmful
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State College is not a profitable location to build a casino. How do we know? In 2019, after five other mini-casino licenses had already been approved for other locations in Pennsylvania, no casino operator was willing to bid even $7.5 million for a license to build a casino in State College. Even in 2019, before COVID lockdowns…
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Letter: A Thank You to the Voters
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Dear Neighbors, I want to thank you for support during my campaign for State College Borough Council. While the results are not what we had hoped, our campaign showed that a message can transcend party lines. We brought many people together from across both parties to build a message of inclusivity, community safety, need for…
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Letters: Huff Will Bring Leadership, Key Perspective to State College School Board
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Back in the early spring, Jackie Huff set an ambitious goal of knocking on every door in the State College Area School District. In case you weren’t home when she knocked on yours, I’d like to take a moment to introduce her to you. Jackie moved to State College from Texas where she served as…
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Letters: Anderson ‘Highly Qualified’ for State College Area School Board; ‘Dubious’ Benefits of Proposed Casino
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As a parent with two children in the State College Area School District, I look at the Board of Directors to oversee welcoming and inclusive schools that provide a quality education, and to do it in the most fiscally responsible way. I feel like Deborah Anderson will be the right person for that job in…