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Letters to the editor

Letter to the Editor: Think economics on new facility

At the Parkersburg City Council meeting on 7-25-23 I spoke about the exciting Recreation/Event Center that will be a great addition to our area. I would like to clarify that I was incorrectly portrayed in The Parkersburg News and Sentinel on 7-27-23 as saying I liked the concept but not the ...

Letter to the Editor: Pressure Congress on help for seniors

With inflation at a 41-year high, seniors are bearing the brunt of the hardship and Congress and the Biden administration aren’t listening. Instead, Congress gave the Ukraine another $45 billion in aid and Biden proposed a minimum of $1.2 trillion spending on climate change while pushing ...

Letter to the Editor: Leaders don’t understand common citizens

Just when you think you have heard it all, Biden comes up with a new one. He wants to ban all but the newest, most efficient air conditioners. Biden might be interested in knowing that most people who have had A/C installed in their home saved for years, worked extra jobs, took out a loan or ...

Letter to the Editor: Stop the land grab (continued)

Previously, I wrote about Biden’s 30x30 Plan, later renamed the America the Beautiful Plan. Here is more information I omitted due to lack of space. The 30x30 Plan is supported by George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, John Podesta, Julian Casto, Bill Gates, Stacy Abrams and other elitist liberals ...

Letter to the Editor: Replace broken poles

I travel all around our fair city and see ALL these phone poles hit by vehicles and broken. Most of them have a splint bolted to them to keep them from breaking completely in two. One I notice on St. Marys Avenue is completely severed at the bottom with nothing holding it up but the phone and ...

Letter to the Editor: CVB facility impressive

I recently had the opportunity to visit the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau while attending the opening of an exhibit by Michael Coker, featuring the lives of Parkersburg residents Cecil “Zeke” Gabriel and Louise Marsh and the letters between them during World War I. The ...