No junior Rosenblum
I thank David Gordon and Saugerties Times for the wonderful article on the historical materials collection of Rosenblum and Lamb, PC. I would just like to clarify one part of it that may have left some confused. As the firm name references there was a Daniel Lamb, Sr. (1919 – 1998) and there is presently a Daniel Lamb Jr.; but there was only one Morris Rosenblum (1909 – 2004). This reminded me of a passage in one of the letters Morris wrote in his first year in the service. He was a bachelor and a baby girl had just been born to one of his brothers. Morris quipped that of the two married there were born five girls already, and wouldn’t anyone have the decency to have a boy to carry on the family name. Morris married when he came home from the war and they had one child; a girl. There is only one Morris Rosenblum and no Morris junior.
Michael Sullivan Smith
Saugerties
Shoveling scofflaws hit with thousands in fines
Response to article posted on Saugertiesx.com concerning the village ticketing owners that did not shovel their sidewalks after a recent snowstorm.
I’ve always said that this should be done, ignorance an laziness are one in the same! These property owners wouldn’t want a lawyer knocking on their door. This is a slap on the hand compared to a lawsuit! –Bill Washburn
Good! Shovel or pay! Saugerties sidewalks are bad enough without the snow. –Tracy Tort Whitaker
Maybe the plows should stop pushing the snow back onto the sidewalks right after people are done shoveling. I mean come on Saugerties, really? We have elders out there with nobody to help them shovel and now you’re going to charge them if they don’t shovel out what the plows just filled back in after they did all they could just to get the first load shoveled. Disgusting. –Jack Peeler
What if you’re disabled? –Patrick M. Shelton
If you don’t shovel, then someone falls and sues, you will pay a lot more. There are plenty of people who would be willing to help the disabled and elderly. They just have let somebody know they need help. Local churches and senior groups are a great place to start looking. The fine is there to deter lazy landlords and lazy people from not bothering. –Lora Hosie
You’d think some youngins would go around looking to make a few bucks and shovel for those who can’t or don’t like to. Those people would probably rather pay some kid a little money to do the job rather than a fine or worse… –Virginia D. Sylvester
You know being a parent and trying to push a stroller or being a disabled person and trying to walk where the sidewalk is not shoveled is harder. How about you don’t shovel the sidewalk in front of your house, I fall due to it and sue till your house belongs to me. If you own a home and are disabled pay someone for it, heck I am sure there are school kids that would love to earn a buck. I agree with this because the cost could be higher. –Dawn Kamerman
Experience that can’t be bought
Every voter in the 19th District should read George Will’s recent analysis of that congressional campaign. In his spot-on piece, the renowned columnist compares Chris Gibson with his “competitor.” However, it’s clear there is no competition as Chris’s journey to Congress is far more interesting, gritty, hard-fought and patriotic than that of instant fame and fortune relocating in search of a political seat to expand the reach of NYC “progressives.”
Mr. Will, in his Pulitzer Prize-winning style, paints a picture of a man enthusiastically shopping for political office with a fortune earned by his Facebook-founding husband. Sean Eldridge’s recent move to NY-19 and immediate decisions to run for Congress show that he’s motivated, but the 27-year-old’s motivations are suspect. We need a representative in Congress, not someone who is interested only in representing himself and his limited agenda.
Chris Gibson, on the other hand, is a life-long public servant. Since retiring from the Army and being elected to Congress, he has listened to his constituents and learned from his neighbors in order to represent them in Washington. He gauges how they think from their letters, emails and the hundreds of constituent events he attends when he is home. This is evident from the support he receives from across the district and across the political spectrum.
Chris represents the people of the 19th District so well because he grew up here, because he lives here and he knows us. That kind of experience and dedication can’t be bought. Don’t just take my word for it, read the opinion of one of the greatest political minds in America: A progressive battle in upstate New York by George F Will.
Mary Hamilton Howard
Kinderhook Lake, Valatie
New fracking film screening
On Wed. Feb 26 at the Rosendale Theater at 7 p.m. Frack Free Catskills, Catskill Mountainkeeper and Earthworks will host a screening of “Triple Divide,” a new, comprehensive and beautiful documentary about fracking and its effects in Pennsylvania.
Why come see another movie about fracking you might ask.
So far New Yorkers have been successful in keeping hydrofracking for natural gas out of the state. But as we know just across the state line in Pennsylvania the devastation from fracking wells continues and grows while the “byproducts” of fracking enter New York (pipelines, compressor stations, waste storage facilities, fracking wastewater on our roads, water withdrawal, etc.) . It would be easy to say we have won, but we have not yet won and without ongoing resistance, NY is vulnerable to being opened up to the gas industry.
“Triple Divide” is a well documented and beautiful film by skillful journalists. It will provide people with new facts to argue their case against fracking, change some minds and inspire people with both compassion for those impacted and fears for our own communities.
One review had this to say: “‘Triple Divide’ is a sophisticated film that takes its viewers on a journey to find the truth. Through the firsthand testimonies and overall structure of the documentary, viewers enjoy the fruits of meticulous research and high-quality investigative journalism. Although ‘Triple Divide’ covers one of the most serious and time-sensitive environmental issues of our time, it also offers many beautiful shots, ones that you would imagine seeing in a fine art film. That is the brilliance of ‘Triple Divide’: it captures our hearts and delights our tastes for aesthetic beauty while revealing the severity of an unjust reality, a reality that we can change for the better. We must collectively defeat and overcome the false promises, outright lies, and manipulations of the fracking industry, both in the United States and globally.”
Filmmakers Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic will be on hand for Q&A after the film. Please join us and bring your friends and neighbors. Suggested donation is $7.
Sue Rosenberg
Saugerties
