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Vote Republican for one-man rule

Tim Mannello Williamsport In November, vote Republican if you are fine with: Policies that make groceries, rent, homes and medicine harder to afford every year. Tariffs that raise prices and crush small businesses. An administration pushing rapid, unchecked growth of massive data centers. A war that drags on long after leaders promised it wouldn’t. Foreign policy that creates more enemies than solutions. Energy spikes brushed off while Americans pay the price at the pump. Funding freezes, staff cuts and FEMA shake ups that weaken disaster response, food safety and ...

Renovo, Pa. goes “rustic”

Dave Dowling Wellsboro A year ago (3-01-25) I wrote a Letter to the Editor in the Lock Haven Express titled “Renovo, Pa — My Hometown.” The subject was based on the idea of having the Mail Pouch Tobacco on the side of the 11th street building repainted. At the time the sign was in poor, weather worn condition in need of a “professional” paint job. My letter was throwing hints (and Thank You) to all the nonprofit organizations that were responsible for the many awesome large Murals placed around town including the Renovo signs at each end of town and the town clock. Each ...

What have we become?!

Jim Hironimus White Hall In the world as we now know it, you may openly hate anyone for their political affiliation, their religion or lack of belief, the color of their skin, their sexual preferences and on and on. Our politicians are made up of people that stay in office to keep getting richer at the expense of their voters. We need term limits and age limits in both the government and the Supreme Court. Both parties basically “suck!” I didn’t like Biden for letting so many people in the country and not giving them a way to become citizens. I have far too many things ...

Trumppublicans

Robert Workman Lock Haven You read that correctly. They don't deserve the acronym of MAGA. They are doing the exact opposite. A war he can't get out of. A war that was unnecessary. High cost of living for all. Day one he was going to lower costs for everything. He was running on this and that. He was a president that doesn't want any war. Going to end the war with Ukraine and Russia on day one. Turning time backwards and making a laughing stock of our once great country. Excerpts from the New York Time's: “Over the weekend, President Trump rejected a return to full-scale ...

Affordability today

Arthur Keller Beavertown We continue to hear about the Trump administration’s affordability issues but are they as serious as reported? U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics April 29. 2026 price comparison Biden vs Trump — Bacon $6.84 vs $6.80, butter $4.79 vs $4.26, dozen eggs $3.65 vs $2.35 ( I just paid $1.20 for 1 1/2 dozen eggs), milk $4.14 vs $4.07, pasta $1.37 vs $1.31, potatoes $0.96 vs $0.85, … new homes $397,600 vs $400,500, inflation 4.9% vs 2.7%, 30-year fixed rate mortgage 6.8% vs 6.3%, average gas price $3.56 vs $3.26, average diesel $4.10 vs $3.77… (Even with the ...

Time for new representatives

Tim Mannello Williamsport It’s time for Representatives Meuser and Thompson to go, and here’s why. In Regime Change, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan show how loyalty inside Donald Trump’s second term orbit narrowed to one test: insisting the 2020 election was stolen. This claim became a requirement for influence in Trump’s circle, even though courts, audits and bipartisan reviews found no evidence of fraud that could have changed the result. Despite these findings, the stolen election narrative continued shaping Republican politics in Pennsylvania. Representatives ...