Editorials

There's every indication that this heated presidential race will go down to the wire when voters have their say in November.

The political caldron, destined to boil over by the end of summer, is already heating up.

A good indication of how polarizing the race for the White House is and will become occurred in a North Carolina classroom when a student and his teacher got into a verbal exchange over President Obama and his likely GOP opponent Mitt Romney. The faceoff was caught on tape, went viral, and the school district ended up suspending the teacher.

The Obama campaign's insistence to play the class warfare card in this presidential race is wearing a bit thin with voters who have the brains to recognize and see through such political games.

Vice president Joe Biden was in the crucial swing state of Ohio last week, a state by the way that has revived its economy, thanks to the job-creating principles set in motion by Gov. John Kasich's Republican administration.

An issue came up at Summit Hill Borough Council this week, with a basis that is common in most area communities. The garbage collector had a dispute with a resident because the resident's vehicle, parked in an alley, made it difficult for the refuse truck to get through.

The resident said there was a new driver on the truck; and that the previous truck driver had no problem navigating past where the passenger vehicle was parked.

The United State Postal Service has come up with a cost-savings plan that affects most small-town post offices.

It would reduce the operating hours of such post offices as Andreas, Parryville, Aquashicola, and even Coaldale.

While any reduction of hours immediately translates to some inconvenience, the plan is better that the one which has been announced last July by the USPS.

Last July, the Postal Service proposed closing 3,700 small-town post offices, including those in Parryville, MaryD, and Junedale.