Letters to the Editor

September 12, 2011

What about Sunoco workers?

Once again corporate America focuses on "determining the best way to deliver value to shareholders," as Sunoco plans to close or sell two refineries. Citing "tough decisions in the face of a challenging market environment," CEO Lynn L. Elsanhans has decided to throw 1,500 employees under the corporate bus so as to insure stockholders a profit.

I find it curious that whenever corporate America uses "profitability" as an excuse to lay off workers and close plants or outsource jobs, the ax is always swung at the bottom of the organization. Perhaps if Ms. Elsanhans' job were on the line, she and other CEOs would think twice about these decisions. But then, when CEOs fail they get multimillion dollar golden parachutes and move on to the next corporation. No wonder there is no employee loyalty left in America!

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Harold N. Boyer, Folsom

Sunoco site is key trail link

Walter Payne of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection may have doubts about building the Schuylkill River Trail through the soon-to-be-sold Sunoco refinery site ("When Sunoco leaves, what might go up at South Phila. site?," Thursday), but he is in the minority. Building trails through former industrial sites is common practice. It was done here in Philadelphia at the former Dupont-Marshall Lab site by the Schuylkill River Development Corporation and Parks and Recreation Department.

A trail connecting those parcels to Center City to the north and the airport to the south will create invaluable transportation and recreation connections and will help attract future commercial development into the Lower Schuylkill section of Philadelphia. More than 4,300 have signed a petition in support of a completed Schuylkill River Trail, which is an integral component of the City's 2035 Plan, Greenworks and Green2015 Plan. Extending the trail into the Lower Schuylkill section of Philadelphia makes good economic sense.

Sarah Clark Stuart, Campaign Director, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Ferris takes aim at wrong target

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