Letters to the editor: Military service should not be path to citizenship
Military service should not be path to citizenship
To the editor:
Sen. Dick Durbin says that since the military can't meet their recruitment requirements, the USA should let illegal immigrants serve in our military to back-fill what American citizens won't do, with the promise of U.S. citizenship if they serve honorably. This is what the liberal left proposes, to reward those who have broken our immigration laws to illegally enter our country. Good grief, what a bunch of morons we have that are supposed to work for the American people. They work for themselves and the party and nobody else. Some of them I think hate America and the American people.
I am not anti-immigration, because I am a legal immigrant, and to pay my debt to the USA, my adopted country, I legally served six years in the U.S. Marine Corps. I asked for no quarters and none were given, everything that own, I worked for.
Mike Hébert,Hagerstown
About those who have pleaded to January 6 crimes
To the editor:
Over 800 terrorists have pleaded guilty to crimes on January 6th.
Not one Democrat.
Not one Atheist.
Not one Muslim.
Not one BLM.
Not one Antifa.
All of them were Christian, fascist republican terrorists — 100% of them.
Patricia Taylor,Williamsport
Speed cameras in work zones do little to slow drivers
To the editor:
The answer to any real or perceived problem of speeding in work zones is engineering countermeasures, not speed trap cameras. Although PennDOT credits speed cameras with a reduction in speeds and crashes where they are used, a review of the Annual Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement (AWZSE) Reports shows little to no safety benefit from the use of speed cameras in work zones.
According to the monthly Speed Statistics from each report from the beginning of the program in March 2020 through December 2022, there has been virtually no change in either the percentage of drivers traveling over the posted speed limit or the percentage of drivers traveling 11-plus mph over the speed limit (excessive speed).
Further, statistical analysis of the speed data found no statistical difference indicating that any variation in the measured speeds was due to random fluctuation, not due to the presence of ticket cameras — 2020 vs. 2021, 2021 vs. 2022, and 2020 vs. 2022.
Note: The reports do not provide data on injuries and fatalities. This is likely due to the fact injuries and fatalities to construction workers due to vehicles exceeding the speed limit in work zones is exceedingly rare. The vast majority of these injuries and fatalities are due to accidents involving construction activities and construction equipment, not passing motorists.
Speed cameras in work zones (House Bill 1284) are unnecessary except to raise revenue. Tell your state representative and senator to vote no on WorkZone Speed Trap Bill HB 1284.
Tom McCareyBerwyn, Pa.
Subsidies to factory farms should be redirected toward research
To the editor,The upcoming federal farm bill should provide increased funding for cultivated-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. It has the potential to dramatically limit our greenhouse-gas emissions, pandemic risk, and the suffering we inflict on animals.The government gives billions of dollars worth of subsidies to factory farms. We should redirect these funds toward the development of a more environmentally-friendly, healthy and compassionate food system. Our leaders should back this effort by including further money for cellular-agriculture research in the farm bill.Jon Hochschartner Granby, Conn.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Mail: Herald-Mail letters to the editor, Dec. 17, 2023
