Double standard?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HSTV missed
(Editor’s note: This letter was written to Atlantic Broadband)
This is an upset cable customer of yours.
St. Anthony Friary has been a cable customer since cable TV came to Uniontown. And you have never had to dun us for payment. And to your credit, any problems have been settled rather quickly. What is our beef?
Our beef is this – the rate increase for HSTV is forcing them to discontinue their local service.
When a young priest teacher, I taught a basic course in Economics on the secondary level. Well do I know a balance sheet? Granted, Atlantic Broadband is not a charitable institution.
You have a fiduciary responsibility to your owners/stockholders.
However, have you not heard of a local business helping another local business or has the lust of greed/avarice/greater profit obliterated your concern for a fellow business?
In our friary some of my men have been advocating that we switch to Direct TV. So far their views have fallen on deaf ears.
And in the recent Newsweek, the article, “Why Comcast Bought NBC: Cable TV Pictures and Internet Future,” is causing me to rethink our relationship.
So, this is how one of your customers feels about the stab in the back for a local business. The ball is in your court.
Fr. Matthew R. Brozovic
Uniontown
Where is the justice?
When I was under investigation for allegedly using my legislative office for campaign purposes, I was told the Democrat Caucus could not pay for an attorney. Consequently, it cost me a lot of money to defend myself against ridiculous charges by my political opponent. Now I read that the caucus is paying all kinds of attorneys fees to defend others.
Is there a double standard? Maybe I was another one of those thrown under the bus!
But here is the best part. After a two-year indepth investigation that included confiscation of my computers and questioning numerous witnesses, it was found that my Harrisburg secretary made two phone calls to confirm a campaign breakfast and my local office secretary accepted the delivery of two campaign packages at the district office. That’s it.
Now those with egregious violations will most likely get off scot free while I had to pay a fine for almost nothing.
Larry Roberts
Uniontown
Health care not reformed
Dear Senator Sanders,
You seem to be the one Senator I agree with the most while watching you testify on C-Span and MSNBC concerning health care.
Since you’re a U.S. Senator, you represent the United States, not only Vermont.
I’m very disappointed in the elimination of the “public option” by lowering the eligibility of Medicaid to 55. The insurance companies couldn’t have asked for a bigger silver platter, since they’ll be avoiding the age group that cost insurance companies the most.
Now, the health care bill the Senate is proposing will only cover people 150 percent above poverty. Or, a family of two that makes more than $20,353 annually will not qualify.
Correct me if I’m wrong, children are health insured by SCHIP; people on welfare are health insured; elders are health insured by Medicare and Medicaid. What happens to the people between 15 and 55 with income between $20,000 – $100,000?
I also noticed no senator mentioned repealing the McKaren-Ferguson Act that prohibits anti-trust laws from being filed against insurance companies, allowing them to monopolize the health market. We didn’t seem to have any qualms when we filed anti-trust against Standard Oil or Bell Telephone; or are health insurance companies above the law?
Or, do health insurance companies require special treatment such as exclusionary rules? Such practices of exclusion of any company from anti-trust laws, no matter what purpose they serve, I find grotesque.
As far as I’m concerned, the Senate has walked into the open arms of health insurance companies and is hugging them while their CEOs put their legs on their desks and light up two-feet cigars while they smile from ear to ear while claiming victory again.
How can one pursue life, liberty and happiness without health?
Randy Warnick
Smock