Legislators need to address minimum wage, gun control, school shootings
Recent newspaper articles reveal constant political partisanship among our local legislators dealing with the Governor Wolf’s proposals on minimum wage and stricter background checks. They all agree with the Republican agenda of the Trump administration.
Minimum wage hasn’t increased for many years while inflation has. I’m disgusted with their rhetoric on how cost of good will increase by increasing the minimum wage.
There should be some negotiation between the present minimum wage and the Governor’s proposed $12 wage.
As for stronger gun control measures, I recall last year after the Parkland school, our federal and state elected officials preached we need to do more. What has been done? Nothing? The NRA controls our government. No one knows how the help control guns without losing votes.
Our local and state legislators are also lax when it comes to dealing with active shooters in schools. More armed security is not the only solution. What are our schools training our kids to do if they are threatened or attacked at the bus stop, on the bus, entering or exiting buildings. What do our students and staff members when they are confronted with an armed assailant? None of these events are demonstrated. They don’t know what to do. Their answer is DENIAL that something will happen. Who will be responsible and accept the blame when and if we have an active shooter event in one of our local schools? Cameras, alarms, and more police officers are only a part of the safety puzzle.
Bob Renzi
Connellsville