Well, the coal jobs of Western Pennsylvania are now beginning to depart with Maryland and West Virginia coal jobs soon following.
Those many lost generational coal jobs will not be replaced by the few temporary gas drilling related jobs. Four coal generated power plants in Pennsylvania are scheduled to close. More lost jobs.
With the ardent pursuit of natural gas in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, coal production will now decrease along with many, many good paying jobs.
Natural gas drilling is allowed in the aforementioned states except Maryland. And Maryland only has two counties that are underladen with Marcellus and Utica Shales.
Why, with all the large areas of natural gas drilling available, I ask, why are these two counties of such great importance? Money, that is the answer. Mineral rights owners getting royalty money and the State of Maryland getting tax money.
The “many cons and few pros” about hydraulic fracturing have been presented before the people.
Let the people of those counties being affected by this potential drilling make the final decision about drilling in their backyards, not the rest of Maryland.
As seen in the Sept. 27 Times-News, natural gas products derived from Western Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale, are now being shipped to a Philadelphia terminal and then to overseas customers (“Pipeline to ship Marcellus gas from Western Pa.,” Page 1B).
Oh gee, I live in Western Pennsylvania and do not have access to piped in natural gas. But overseas countries can get natural gas from under my feet!
Once the other pipelines are in place, natural gas products will be exported from this country.
And please note, the contract is a 15 year one, the same expectation life of the supply of natural gas from Marcellus Shale.
And our U.S. natural gas is $3 a unit vs. Russia’s natural gas is $10 per unit. We will be the suppler of cheap natural gas to then world.
Now for the Western Maryland Health System. Obamacare has nothing to do with lost jobs at WMHS. (“Health system story reveals what to expect from health plan,” Oct. 5 Times-News) It is bad management, pure and simple .
I am sure that Romney’s, “ you’re on your own” care will be much better. No protection from heartless insurance companies.
It is apparent that WMHS is the pattern for Republican health care.
Romney will perform like the Bain bully he is. It is “his way or the highway.” Just like in the debate, he enjoys “terminating,” like PBS, Big Bird and the Jim Lehrer.
I hope Mitt Romney’s “holy underwear” will keep him warm, for he is going to have a long cold winter, and may the one on Kolob shine down on him.
Now for Allegany and Garrett County jobs. Sgt. Tami S. Ramos’ letter to the editor is correct (“Cumberland must climb out of the black hole,” Aug 1 Times-News.)
Allegany County is very economically depressed, along with Garrett County. Those who make decent wages must travel east of Allegany County to make it. Those in Garrett County travel out of state to make a real living wage. This is something that the political officials of these counties clearly chose to be ignorant of.
Don Carns Jr.
Beans Cove, Pa.
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Help keep teen drivers safe during the summer months
Memorial Day marks the beginning of the 100 deadliest days of the year on our nation’s roads for teen drivers.
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Walk Smart
Many local residents will be visiting Ocean City this summer, so it is worth noting that the resort has launched a campaign that it hopes will keep pedestrians out of harm’s way.
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Trailer case bound to increase scrutiny on town of Piedmont
This letter is in response to the recent story concerning the guilty plea entered in federal court by Piedmont’s town foreman (“Piedmont town foreman Shingler enters guilty plea,” May 21 Times-News, Page 1A).
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Fixing community’s problems starts with your young people
I am writing this letter to the editor because I think our community really needs to work on plenty of issues. Some of them are:
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Maryland school officials on Tuesday put an exclamation point on the need to take student-athlete concussions more seriously.
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Why are there no answers to these questions?
We currently have the most corrupt administration in the history of the country. Every day more and more lies come from the Obama administration.
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Roaming dogs prove menace to some residents of LaVale
I am writing to inform your readers and the animal control staff of Allegany about a problem that is dragging on and unresolved, yet.
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These types should look to the Boy Scouts for an example
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Housing project will have bad effect on property in this area
I am writing to you to voice my opposition to a low income housing project that has been proposed for construction on a tract of land on Pine Swamp Road in Mineral County, W.Va. I am a registered voter and resident of Mineral County and live in the New Creek/Pine Swamp area.
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Why have the media been silent all this time?
When I read the Cumberland Times-News Editorial this morning, Friday, May 17, entitled, “Outrageous,” I laughed like a kid at a birthday party!
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