The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA Letters

Faith and public funds

2012-02-11T02:28:59-05:00

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Bad plan

2012-02-11T02:28:57-05:00

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Pay for home care

2012-02-10T02:28:59-05:00

On Dec. 15, President Barack Obama announced a proposed rule that would extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers. This is an exciting development for home care workers across the country.

Public investment

2012-02-09T02:28:59-05:00

Public investment? Pennsylvania's funding of our local schools is a crying shame. Sure, times are tough, but the state managed to come up with $10 million for Bucknell University, a private school, to have a new bookstore in downtown Lewisburg. I'm still not sure how Bucknell wrangled that deal or why a private university is entitled to public funding.

Ill-conceived measure

2012-02-09T02:28:57-05:00

Ill-conceived plan. It is imperative that motorists drive safely and courteously when approaching bicyclists. The only problem with the new bicyclist law requiring motorists to allow four feet of distance between their cars and the bicyclists is that this will place the car in the opposing travel lane or require it to cross the yellow line in a no-passing zone.

Heroic workers

2012-02-09T02:28:55-05:00

I was astounded when I saw Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011's headline "Workers tackle robber over $603".

Cell phone ban

2012-02-09T02:28:53-05:00

Last week I was reading "Cell ban tough to enforce" in The Daily Item and it was very controversial.

Worth $603?

2012-02-09T02:28:51-05:00

The article on Dec. 20 in the edition of The Daily Item about the Dollar Tree robber caught my interest.

Alarming ailment

2012-02-09T02:28:49-05:00

In the Dec. 20, 2011 issue of The Daily Item, I read the article "Childhood disorder bolsters research."

Public obligation

2012-02-08T02:28:59-05:00

As part of her argument for home schooling, "Studying in Pajamas", Jan. 20, Joanna Wert dismisses public schools and "the majority of American workers" with a few condescending generalizations. She goes on to extol her own children's virtues and accomplishments, and then lists famous people whom she claims were home-schooled.