Hugh Reynolds: Faso’s deciding health care vote?
Though the anti-Faso resistance is mobilizing in Ulster County, the congressman won the race thanks to the solidly Republican north, and it surely looked kindly on his health care vote.
Voices
Commentary: Ban on memorializing resolutions in Ulster County Legislature is undemocratic
Wednesday, March 22 at 7:05 p.m. in the legislative chambers at the County Office Building in Kingston, a public hearing will be held on a proposal to forbid the county legislature from considering “memorializing resolutions” – the body taking an official stance on sometimes-controversial issues. One legislator thinks a ban goes against the first principles of American democracy.
Some tips for staying married
This is a topic I am very familiar with, since I have been married for close to 47 years. To the same woman!
Letter: Dems should stop protesting and pitch in to help
I’m reminded of the old joke about the dog chasing a car — If it caught the car, could it drive? Democrats, calm down and try to help steer our country in a positive direction. The whole world is watching!
Kingston Times letters (3/16-23)
Climate change isn’t going away, health care plan is about controlling women, bridges not walls, Medicare plan under attack, cancer survivors know ACA’s value.
Letter: Our future is being stolen from us and given to the military
The USA spends more on its military than the next eight nations combined. President Trump wants to spend even more, while cutting other important discretionary spending.
Saugerties Times letters (3/16-23)
Fack-checking Aiello on town budget; Aiello to run for town office; Trump’s policies are cruel, inconsistent, overreaching; preventable skiing deaths, health insurance reform.
Kingston After Dark: True colors
Hey there, gang. By the time this is posted we will know if we all survived the Tuesday Snowpocalypse of March 2017 or whether we are but a frozen memory.
Hugh Reynolds: The watchdog, defanged
Personally, in choosing between the comptroller and the academic on one side and the rest of county government on the other, I find the angels on the side of Auerbach and Benjamin— but angels don’t vote.
My only sunshine
New innovations in solar panels and the grid come to the Hudson Valley.