Letters to the Editor
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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: 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…