Town halls, mainstays of constituent /representative dialog, have been being abandoned by many who claim the outpouring of citizen concern is “disruptive” or “unproductive.” Boisterous as some may become, the skilled and open politician will allow for intensity of expression, acknowledge concerns, engage the crowd thus create dialog, not just promote dogma.
CSX’s slow response to rail crossing concerns, wave of progressive protests, Faso should be paying attention, single-payer health care, protections for LGBTQ children.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Education rescinded Title IX transgender student guidance enacted by the Obama administration last year.
The event was organized by a local liberal activist group in response to the congressman’s decision not to schedule any town hall meetings of his own. While it was billed as an educational forum, the event had the flavor of a progressive rally, with songs, chants and action items.
The official ribbon-cutting and tour of the steel-framed, slate-clad two-story $48-million Science Building on the northeast corner of the New Paltz campus will celebrate what the invitation calls “the burgeoning enrollments in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields” at the school.
A Saugerties man has pleaded guilty to the May 2016 murder of his estranged wife’s lover.
Congressman Faso has decided that large town hall meetings are unproductive, staged and a waste of his own and everyone’s else’s time. I think he’s wrong on every count. These rallies may not represent all the voices of a bitterly divided people, but they are people and they have voices.
Saugerties Police revived a 37-year-old Saugerties man this morning, likely saving his life.
For Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame 2017 inductee Rick Andreassen, athletics have been a part of his life for all of his life.
The village water superintendent said there’s plenty available for outside the village.