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Those dining out here are ill-served by county
"Roaches and rodents and germs, oh my!" Wake up, restaurant regulars. This isn't Oz, but Allegheny County can be just as scary.
Shame on our county health board for caving in to those restaurant owners who obviously have something to hide ("County Cancels Plan for Restaurant Grades," Sept. 8).
My family was in the restaurant business for many years and I had occasion to visit restaurant kitchens quite frequently. Some were fine -- clean and orderly. The majority were not so fine. They were dirty, cluttered and unsanitary -- ideal breeding grounds for germs and vermin.
Next time you visit your favorite restaurant, ask if you might see the kitchen -- good luck!
TED BRUNETTI
South Park
Obama's good plan
I am tremendously encouraged by President Barack Obama's jobs plan. The president's plan is good for job growth and good for our country.
President Obama's plans to invest in public education and infrastructure are critical for a thriving economy and for ensuring that America has a bright future. Our schools need the support, especially now, due to the extreme education cuts that Pennsylvania's children are enduring. And investing in infrastructure will be beneficial. Infrastructure improvements have contributed enormously to the safety and morale of my town, which previously had two frighteningly eroded bridges that have been replaced with safe, beautiful ones.
Further ensuring that America's future will be prosperous is the president's support for collective bargaining. Collective bargaining, as he said, equips us for a "race to the top," instead of a "race to the bottom."
Our president has a solid jobs plan for our country. When I was a child during the Great Depression, pervasive hopelessness swallowed our country because, initially, there seemed to be no plan for how to get America back to work. But the spirit of our country was revived with the election of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. because he had a plan. And his plan worked.
Unlike FDR's plan and unlike Mr. Obama's plan, extending corporate welfare is not a jobs plan. I echo the president's statement: Congress, "you should pass this jobs plan, right away!"
MURIEL GSCHNELL
Butler
Sensible concern
I am having a difficult time trying to understand this statement on Tuesday's front page of the Post-Gazette: "Republicans Balk at Cost of Jobs Bill." It seems like common sense that a "jobs bill" would create revenue, not require more costs. If the purpose of a jobs bill is to put people back to work, wouldn't that be a self-fulfilling prophesy of creating income for individuals and corporations, from which tax monies would be paid, and be a huge step in turning around a failing economy?
First Published September 15, 2011 12:00 am
