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Letters to the Editor
can be dealt with
Philadelphia schools CEO Arlene Ackerman wants the public to think the union protects bad teachers. Not true. If principals would follow contractual procedures, which involve actually helping the teacher, and holding frequent remediating conferences and follow-up evaluations, then more ineffective teachers would either improve or receive appropriate consequences.
Ackerman needs to pressure her administrators to do their jobs.
R. Sarne
Holland
Don't hike taxes;
sell the liquor stores
Gov. Rendell says Pennsylvania has the nation's second-lowest state income tax. Of course, he is leaving out states with zero income tax. So, there is much more room for improvement than he lets on.
We know Rendell hates to raise our taxes. That's why he puts casinos in neighborhoods that don't want them. But now it looks as if Rendell is going to give us both casinos that we don't want and increased taxes that we don't need.
My vote is to bridge this onetime budget deficit by selling the state liquor stores. That would give a jolt to entrepreneurship, provide better customer service, and avoid some tax increases. Who can complain about that? Oh, the bureaucrats who control the state liquor stores!
Al Giacomucci
Philadelphia
