Letters to the editor (5/12/21)
Topics include: Debt schedule & federal assistance for New Paltz; Satisfying our energy needs; Poisoning our democracy; Recognize our school nurses; and more.
Letters
Letters to the editor (5/5/21)
Topics include: Woodstock lacks accessibility for people with disabilities; Increasing empathy toward black people; Time to rethink our plastic use; Do not militarize Kingston schools; and more.
Letter: Woodstock lacks accessibility for people with disabilities
“The Town of Woodstock seems to be ignoring a large community of people with disabilities,” writes Jacqueline Manganaro of Woodstock.
Letter: Whom does Delgado work for?
“Last summer, representative Antonio Delgado was asked in an open letter to support HR 2407, the No Way to Treat a Child Act, which made our $3.8 billion in foreign aid to Israel contingent on their ending their flagrant military detention and abuse of children. Delgado’s response to the over 2,000 signatories was no response; he refused to meet with a coalition of local groups like Jewish Voice for Peace, Women in Black, MECR and Veterans for Peace. The groups were forced to send him a video appeal, which he too ignored,” writes Lisa Mullenneaux of West Hurley.
Letter: We will fight for the preservation of Woodstock
“The library that is in dire need of renovation or replacement or whatever would sit next to a hotel, a place where children play. But I suppose like Woodstock Way you would place NO TRESPASSING signs so the locals can’t enjoy the land like once before. Liability is so important,” writes Lisa Childers of Woodstock.
Letters to the editor (4/28/21)
Topics include: Thanks for helping in the beautification and greening of Saugerties; Grateful for Ashokan Rail Trail; Pollinator paradise garden & public compost bins in New Paltz; Woodstock town office project; and more.
Letter: DC may become a state
“So, Washington DC may become a state soon. Not sure how I feel about that,” writes Fawn Tantillo of Nw Paltz.
Letters to the editor (4/21/21)
Topics include: What best serves the Town of Woodstock; Village of Saugerties CCA concerns & Texas troubles; Delgado’s office responds to constituent’s needs; In praise of Elting Library; and more.
Letter: Delgado’s office responds to constituent’s needs
“A big thank-you to Delgado’s office and an appreciation that government can respond to a constituent’s needs,” writes David Held of Gardiner.
Letter: Overtly racist
“’I never really felt threatened…people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law.’ So spoke Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, on a radio show after the January insurrection that attempted to overturn the results of a democratic election in what is supposed to be the pantheon of peaceful government transfer of power,” writes Ted Reiss of New Paltz.