The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

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Take a look at what friends and neighbors have to say about local hot topics and join in on the conversati­on.

To the person who thinks that Owen J. Roberts School District has high taxes, whatever you do, do not move into Spring-Ford School District. They’re even higher.

I would like to know where Mr. Wolf is on getting rid of property taxes for everyone especially the seniors who are struggling. He’s got money for drugs and everything else when that’s people’s choices to do that which they do need help and facilities for but he just keeps taking more money. Let’s help some of the people. Let’s get rid of or lower these property taxes. It’s all greed. The $30 billion from playing the slots, where’s that?

This is a comment about Sanatoga Sam saying he’s being mistaken. Sounds like he’s being mistaken again. He said that the Second Amendment to the Constituti­on caused grief and pain for people. It wasn’t the amendment that caused the pain — it’s the idiots who use guns improperly and kill others. That’s what it is.

Boy, those two Starbucks guys really hit the jackpot. I’ll bet they make more money out of this incident than any alleged real estate meeting they were supposedly having.

I saw Tuesday that Meek Mill is released from jail. He’s been trying to get out since he was incarcerat­ed five months ago. He violated his parole. He deserved to be locked up. Then to top it off to celebrate his release the Sixers let him ring the Liberty Bell before the game. When I saw that I didn’t even bother watching the game. Just goes to show you if you’re a celebrity and you have money you get special treatment. Disgusting.

I want to remind all the readers, the primary election is coming. It is coming. It is coming. Pick a good candidate and vote, vote, vote. Night Light

Only in America can the president be treated like a criminal and a criminal treated like a president.

Scott Pruitt has turned the EPA into the energy and petroleum advocacy. He’s trying to roll back all of the protection­s that are on our water and air and he’s buying crazy stuff with our money — a bulletproo­f car, a bulletproo­f desk, a soundproof telephone booth. Is Pruitt one of Trump’s best of the best that he promised us? SN/MC

Martha, you stated that Trump’s wife would gladly speak for Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Clinton. However before you go speaking English, you need to speak the language clearly so everybody can understand what you are saying unlike her who you cannot understand. She’s a communistb­orn non-English speaking person. Fact

How come the borough and the railroad didn’t come up with a plan before they put the bike trail in on Industrial Highway? The bike trail is not open.

President Trump, here’s a good suggestion for all those illegals trying in caravans to get into our country. For all those who succeed getting in, bill all the liberals individual­ly, and only them, for all who enter and see how quickly their opinions change when their supporters have to pay their expenses solely. Bet you hear their real opinions change when they’re held responsibl­e for their big mouths and opinions.

I don’t think it’s fair that they let Meek Mill out of jail. Now they just have to leave all the rest of the parole violators out too.

I saw on the news where the Supreme Court of Pennsylvan­ia left a rapper out of jail early, the one who was arrested on guns and drug violations and he violated his parole. All the kids were happy and jumping up and down and I guess they were the same kids that last week walked out of school over gun violence. Also I see where the sanctuary city mayor of Philadelph­ia went to visit this guy in jail but it was all the cop’s fault.

We see in Wednesday’s Mercury the Montgomery County Commission­ers say they are going to begin rebuilding the Keim Street bridge, really the Madison Street bridge, in 2020. I got a question. Do you think they’ll be done by 2030? Just look at all the other bridges how long it’s taken. You all think about it.

Ever since they started arresting Meek Mill years ago everything he did was in violation of the law. He disobeyed probation several times with gun controls and went out of his restricted area. Why should he be let out? Put him in jail and throw the key away. Just because he’s a rapper he shouldn’t get away with it.

I believe the world’s shortest book is “Things I love about Bill” by Hillary Clinton.

Recently I found $20 in a parking lot and I thought to myself, What Would Jesus Do? So I took it and turned it into wine. Jim Fitch Sound Off is a forum to spur dialogue from residents of the communitie­s we serve on topics of interest in those communitie­s. Fair game are comments that raise issues of note or amplify ongoing debates. We will not publish comments that are potentiall­y libelous, slanderous, mean-spirited, vulgar or inappropri­ate. Publicatio­ns of Sound Off comments are at the sole discretion of the publisher.

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