Saugerties Times letters (2/22-3/1)
Topics include: Gun control, protecting pollinators, the Assembly race, Dear Mr. Faso.
Letters
Letter: Diane Neal is a Congressional spoiler
This is a public appeal to actress Diane Neal who just announced that she will run as an Independent against Representative John Faso. We have six excellent contenders who have actively worked for months to win the Democratic Party’s nomination. You are said to be a registered Democrat, so why would you want to possibly divide the vote and weaken Democrats’ chances for success?
Kingston Times letters (1/18-24)
Cuomo’s frivolous lawsuit over property tax deduction; a response to the mayor’s state of the city address.
Kingston Times Letters: America’s soul; more about the airport
Selections from the Jan. 11 print edition.
Letter: Kingston police must do the right thing
“I appreciate and respect our community police. I just want those officers who disregard their duty and who harass, injure, and harm black members of our community to be held responsible.”
Saugerties Times letters (12/28-1/6)
Anti-Semitism, Mother Earth, and one too many Hinchey namesakes.
Saugerties Times letters (12/14-20)
Topics include: Doing the math on local homeless and foreclosures, Holiday in the Village, Faso and the tax bill, only Democrats are seeing consequences of sexual misconduct, Hudson Valley honor flights for vets.
Letter: Tuition-free college program should be expanded to cover housing and food
New York State’s Excelsior Scholarship fails to cover the majority of college costs, which come from room and board. According to NYPIRG, 48 percent of students experience some type of housing insecurity and 64 percent were food insecure. The numbers are higher among students of color.
Saugerties Times letters: 11/30-12/6
Remembering Hinchey; bag fees should benefit parks and historic sites; success of Scouting for Food; let’s watch the Brits; keep the individual mandate.
Kingston Times letters: Catskill Mountain Railroad’s alternate future history
Alternative future history I was sitting on the Catskill Mountain Railroad train looking at the sun sparkling on the Ashokan