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Our Opinion: Public wrongly left in dark when Pittston Area terminates ‘nameless’ school employee

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Mike Sullivan utilizing Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins talent for Pittsburgh’s Stanley Cup run

<p>According to the article titled &#8220;<a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/546283/pleas-unanswered-wba-teachers-futures-may-be-in-their-pasts" target="_blank">Teachers&#8217; futures in limbo</a>,&#8221; on May 25, Wilkes-Barre Area School District will lay off teachers due to budget shortfalls.</p><p>Property taxes are hurting us; we can&#8217;t afford any more! The state won&#8217;t give the money needed; it&#8217;s not there. This is sad and unfortunate.</p><p>As this article puts names and faces to these layoffs &#8211; and we all sympathize with these affected teachers &#8211; we need to be realistic and accept the fact that this country has a terrible economy. Our leaders have failed us.</p><p>According to CNBC, domestic companies announced plans to let go 65,141 workers in April, a 35 percent increase from March. In fact, in the first four months of the year, employers said they would hand out 250,061 pink slips, one-quarter of a million people! Each of these layoffs has a name and face. Although it isn&#8217;t exploited in this local newspaper, you can&#8217;t help but feel sorry for anyone who loses his or her job. How do you feed your family and pay the bills?</p><p>Which brings us to the answer to this problem: voting.</p><p>Do we stick to the same old, tired establishment candidates or go with fresh, independent, smart-idea candidates? Tens of millions of people support either Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump for president. They are opposite-minded, albeit extremist, candidates with the same promise: change and prosperity for all.</p><p>The citizens are disgusted with the status quo. We demand positive change, not the empty promises by that other candidate, not the same failed policies we saw in the last eight years.</p><p>I wish luck to the affected teachers: You have invested time, energy and resources pursuing your dream job. Hopefully you will find employment in your chosen field.</p><p>I also wish luck to all who are losing their jobs.</p><p>Research the candidates and vote smart, not partisan! America will be great again.</p><p><strong>Bill Dress</strong></p><p>Wilkes-Barre</p><style>
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Letter to the Editor: Job losses mount under status quo; vote for new approach in November