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Local “problems” small compared to others

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We live in a world of many problems. Terrorism abroad, gun violence and racial violence domestically. Mosquito-spreading viruses. A presidential campaign looms ahead. Our state has not yet passed a budget, going on seven months now without one. Many people are struggling day to day to put food on the table, pay bills, keep heat on, care for their elderly parents, pay off school and credit card debt … and on and on.

Yet, in the last few editions of The Almanac, there are consistent protests from residents of Mt. Lebanon about too many deer in their yards. Mt. Lebanon is in Pennsylvania, and most of the houses contain elaborate landscaping. It stands to reason that there would be deer present. What a travesty these poor people have to deal with! How do they make it through their terrible days when deer are all around their neighborhoods? It must be a miserable existence.

Then last week, I had to shake my head. A Peters Township resident took the time to write a very detailed letter about how people drive too slowly on Route 19! Wow! You mean to tell me that there is morning and afternoon rush hour traffic? In the greater metro Pittsburgh area? How will we ever survive such an atrocity?

There are bigger problems out there than deer and traffic. Many people would love to have those “problems.”

Mike Parkison

Bethel Park

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