Kingston Times letters: A change for the good in the town of Ulster; Bring back Kate Smith
Selections from this week’s feedback section.
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Letter: Our local roots
“To be here, amongst sites I associate with my own childhood, and hear ‘Welcome, Representative Delgado’ is more than a feeling of coming full circle, it has given me a deeper love and sense of pride for this region than I ever imagined,” writes Lacey Schwartz Delgado. “It is a whole new feeling of being home.”
Letter: Terminally ill people who request medical aid in dying are not suicidal
An argument in favor of New York passing a law permitting assisted suicide.
Op-ed: The dangers of allowing assisted suicide
These laws also result in less choice for some patients because they create perverse incentives for health insurance companies to deny patients coverage for the care they deserve and offer assisted suicide instead. It has happened in Oregon, the state where assisted suicide has been legal the longest in the U.S., and it has started happening in states that recently passed assisted suicide legislation, like California.
Diane gets it done
Diane Reeder has a number of accomplishments that fall into the once-in-a-lifetime category. She is the current owner of the
A Kingston taxpayer vision for the State of the City 2019
A resident notes problems with Kingston’s economic development, housing and infrastructure (among other issues) and offers solutions.
Letters: Taking down the Pike Plan a bad idea
Two letter writers argue for keeping the Uptown Kingston canopies.
Letter: The landlord’s perspective
Local landlords respond to a recent article on the rise of housing activism in Kingston. “I don’t understand how with mortgages, taxes, utilities, insurance and maintenance, the City thinks local landlords are making so much money.”
Hein’s legacy and Ulster’s future
What’s next for Ulster? That’s a good question and a complicated one, with many possible answers. It could well end up a political knife fight for the ages, but it’s also a chance for the voters to take stock of where we are and think where we might want to head as a county.
Ulster’s next county executive
If you have unexpectedly found yourself, as I have, reflecting back on Mike Hein’s tenure as county executive, you might also find yourself jotting down a list of traits you’d like to see in his successor. Here’s mine.
