Letters to the Editor  

TO THE EDITORS:
Property owners in Millersville Borough should be aware of a proposal to amend the Code of Ordinances pertaining to the sale of properties within the borough. The ordinance addresses various requirements for the seller from properly posting house numbers to requiring that sidewalks ...

TO THE EDITORS:
As an avid bowler , I have sympathy for the Kerchers regarding their insurance company's refusal to settle their claim for the terrible destruction of Garden Spot Bowl fire.
While reading the article, May 15, a picture showed that the only thing left from the fire was the sign.
I ...

TO THE EDITORS:
Is the America you grew up with still recognizable? If not, then you need to know why.
In the 1960s, America began a transition that followed an agenda that deliberately but ever so slowly instilled a cultural Marxism ideology, having its roots in the written ideas by the communist...

TO THE EDITORS:
In contrast to Mr. Jamie Mitchell's letter, April 23, and others, I wish to offer my opinion on the subject.
Amendment I of the U.S. Constitution reads as follows: "Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or...

TO THE EDITORS:
I am opposed to continued taxpayer spending on farmland preservation, am in support of Gov. Tom Corbett's proposal to move the cigarette tax to the general fund. I am also opposed to the Lancaster County commissioners borrowing $3 million for farmland preservation and applaud Commis...

TO THE EDITORS:
Following is an open letter that was sent to several corporations:
For some time, friends and I who own stock in large corporations have been concerned about the compensation of executives. It seems proper to express these concerns to the source of the decision.
At a time in our h...

Stopping tax hikes
As chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Commission, I would like to share a few thoughts in response to your editorial of May 13 regarding the legislative reserve.
While the populist call to spend the reserve appeals to some, the practical need for a reserve is a fact based...

 

Pennsylvanians have waited decades for some sort of relief from escalating school property taxes. Across the state, unsustainable property tax increases are hindering our present and future economic growth.
According to the Pennsylvania Coalition of Taxpayer Associations, more than 10,000 ...

To the editors:
I thank Daniel Jury for illustrating so well how a few carefully chosen numbers (i.e., his selective report of gas prices for his Buick Roadmaster) can be so misleading.
A check of gasoline prices for Lancaster posted at gasbuddy.com reveals that the Lancaster average was $2.04/gal...

TO THE EDITORS:
Lancaster County Commissioner Craig Lehman recently stated that he was opposed to prevailing wage reform because prevailing wages helped guarantee quality work on county projects.
This statement suggests that commissioner Lehman has no understanding of how free markets really work....