Letters: Remember the old post office?
Remember the old post office? Am I the only one who sees a parallel between County Executive Hein’s rush to rip up the U&D tracks and Mayor Garraghan’s scrapping of the old post office? Consider that both were/are motivated to grab a few easy bucks “now” for their respective budgets at the cost of destroying...
Letters: Kudos to Carrie, no new license for Indian Point
Kudos to Carrie Jones Ross Thanks to the great article by Carrie Jones Ross in the Kingston Times (Feb. 21 edition), a donation was made to our church by Sgt. George Gunning and the good folks at the Corrections Division of the Ulster County Jail. Denise Prendergast, the jail’s liaison, gave us the good news...
Letters to the editor: Jan. 10, 2013
Pastors: Ban fracking New York is debating the possibility hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), a method of natural gas exploration and extraction. Recognizing that this issue is heavy with disputed studies, emotional issues, and economic aspirations, we, the undersigned, active and retired pastors of the Hudson Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, stand with those...
Letter: Suggestions for HealthAlliance
Suggestions for HealthAlliance It’s been painful watching the HealthAlliance consolidation story unfold. Fingers are pointing, jobs are at stake, state dollars wasted and mistrust everywhere. And still no long-term community health care master plan for the future. While the HealthAlliance partnership remains the logical entity to lead countywide planning efforts, one begins to wonder if...
Letters: Don’t give up; Will we do what’s right?
Don’t give up Those of you who have read my previous letters know how critical I’ve been with the Kingston School District management, the lap-dog school board, and how reckless the district spent money (taxpayer money). Now I want to commend our new superintendent, Paul Padalino, for bring some fiscal thinking into the mix and...
Letter: Tyner’s the action candidate
Joel Tyner will fight for progressive values as he has been doing for 20 years. He is exactly what the progressive side needs now to combat the absurdity of Republican politicians whom Schreibman would be compromising with the way the president has over the past three and a half years. Enough slow deliberate get-nowhere thinking....
Letter: Only Schreibman can beat Gibson
Thank you to Brian Hollander for his article on the Schreibman/Tyner race (Kingston Times, June 14.) I think it made it clear that there are few, if any, differences in the candidates’ positions. Both candidates are progressive, so the question that Democrats need to consider is who can best beat the well funded Republican opposition....
Letter: I support Julian
To the editor: On June 26 there will be a Democratic primary election. While many of my progressive friends sport Joel Tyner buttons I stand strongly in support of Julian Schreibman for Congress in the 19th CD. Julian is progressive on all the issues that are important to this district — from women’s rights to...
Letter to the editor: A question
A question Q: What’s the difference between The Taliban Headquarters and Rifton? A: One’s a home to a fanatical bearded cleric with his own remote hilltop compound. The women members of his sect are required to wear simple long, plain, dresses and head coverings to protect their modesty. They are absolutists who adhere to rigid,...
Letter: Dear Mr. President
Dear Mr. President I am surprised and dismayed by your recent comments supporting same-sex marriage. As the lifelong union of one man with one woman, marriage is not a human or cultural institution, but one ordained by God. You yourself have attested to this fact clearly and publicly. You now say that your views have...
Letter: Waste of money
I am appalled that Tim Matthews is getting a $60,000 pension that is protected by law. I am surprised that there is not an uprising to this fiasco. He is a fairly young person and we taxpayers are going to be paying him this pension for the rest of his life. Think about the dollars wasted going to...
Letter: Why I’m running for Congress
Why I’m running for Congress Right now in Washington, the deck is stacked against the average American. While the privileged and well-connected receive special treatment, it’s getting harder for middle-class New Yorkers to get the opportunities they deserve. I’m running for Congress this year because we need someone with the values and the skills to...