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The street lights at the Glasgow Street bridge off of Manatawny Street need some attention. They are never lit in the early morning hours making for a very dark crossing of the bridge in the a.m.

Many people do not agree with changing school start time. It would interfere with the working parents’ schedule. Parents need to make rules-of-school schedule. Go to bed with no phone and go to sleep.

I heard on KYW Tuesday morning that Bill Cosby performed a comedy act at a jazz club in Philadelph­ia on Monday night. He has some gall even showing his face in public. Who would even think he’s funny, especially the women he has sexually assaulted through the years? The owner of the club and Cosby should be locked up.

Vice President Pence needs to go hide in somebody’s closet and quit talking up for Trump and Trump’s activities. Pence is smart, a Republican, and he should realize to keep his mouth shut or he’ll never get elected as president which he wants so bad. A Senior Citizen

This is to No Snake Oil, you said Donald Trump foregoes his pay and volunteers it so could you possibly give me some people’s names that he has donated his money to? I’ve heard this before and it’s hogwash. Jay Miller

Lady Di, your statement better to have a rough talker than a smooth liar should more accurately read a rough talker and a smooth liar to describe Donald Trump. The man in the White House holds the record for history’s biggest liar and with statistics showing the latest count of 1,000 so far and he’s only been in office a year. Do you actually listen to the man? How could you help but know he is the originator of alternate facts? Frattbak

Obama supported the rich during and after election along with Jimmy Buffet, Soros, Winfrey and the rest of Hollywood, probably Carlos Slim from Mexico, the Arabs, the gays when he changed his mind about them, amongst others. His kryptonite was God, the flag and the military. By the way he treated an Arab soldier compared to an American soldier when they died, it sort of made me wonder. Joeon

I just want to thank the township manager of Lower Pottsgrove for his profession­alism and respect he gives the residents when dealing with our issues around our houses. Thank you very much.

When Illinois raised its personal income tax rate from 3.75 percent to 4.95 percent, a state legislator attempted to pass it off as a mere 1.2 percent increase, not the 32 percent hike that it was. Such individual­s would likely also fail to grasp that when GDP increases from 2 percent to 3 percent, it represents a 50 percent increase in quantifiab­le economic activity which, is huge. Mark Furlong

I’m not a football fan but I was glad to see the Eagles win but now I wish they would back off on the reporting about the Eagles. It’s Eagles this and Eagles that. For the next week I’ll be sick and tired of it. Back off, it’s overkill.

I just came up with a new source of heating for nearly every home in America. Place heating ducts in the floor of the U.S. Senate and House of Representa­tives and capture the unending supply of political hot air. However, you might need a heavy duty filter. For The People

I don’t know much about the Evangelica­l faith but one has to question their support for Donald Trump and someone like Roy Moore. I can understand their support for pro life but I question the morals of the people who are in the faith simply because they turn a blind eye to what is clearly immoral. Facts Matter

Wow Attorney General Jeff Sessions, our own government and the city of Philadelph­ia, all Philly does is cry about the drug epidemic but now they want to open up places where users can go and inject heroin. You are not stopping the drug activity, you are enforcing it, allowing it, encouragin­g it. That is against the law. You all should be arrested. Hey law enforcemen­t, do the job, arrest them. It’s called drug activity.

This is to the person who told us Republican­s to get our facts straight that they control the House and the Senate and they caused the government shut down. I hate to tell you but you need to get your facts straight. It’s true that they control the House and Senate but they do not have enough votes to pass a bill without Democratic support. Please get your facts straight first. No Snake Oil

Since it’s no longer taught in school, someday we old folks will be able to use cursive writing as a secret code. Jim Fitch

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