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keeps residents in the dark munism. My dad and I both witnessed the courage ai
s like the Asian To the Editor: of Republicans who stood against Richard Nixon, as
heir way into the On June 21, 1788,the Constitution of the United States estab- ahead to investigate the Watergate scandal without p
late and no doubt lished our system of government.Three years later,amendments blind party loyalty.
doors,the annoy- that became known as the"Bill of Rights"were added.One of the Today, somewhere in heaven my father weeps. Doi
Without. principles behind this document is that"An active and informed engages in raw,juvenile, hate-laced racism ("go bac
temperature.last citizenry is necessary to the effective functioning of our constitu- you came from"), and where's the outrage from RI
tion system."In other words, secrecy of government is not to be Nothing.
:corded.That fol-
ecord.It's a trend tolerated. Today, if you are a Republican, you are a coward
algal blooms and The Cortlandville Town Board does not'agree with this prin- ounce of integrity.You read and hear toxic racist lan
ciple.For a decade they have made it abundantly clear that input your president and you stay silent; or worse yet, yo
from the People is neither needed nor desired.Mr.Proud,on Feb- head in self-absorbed and ignorant agreement. Shai
ruary 21, 2017, stated directly to me that he thought that public Your enabling of an evil man will not be forgotten b;
rS participation in the town's business was to: secret(illegal)meet- by the God so many of you hypocritically worship.
ings during which decisions are made without public knowledge, R
• refusing to allow the People to address the Board, as well as in-
'ter at Solon have tentionally misleading the People concerning the scope and inten-
nd 22 leaders tak- tions for the projects they pursue. •
Flow t0 explain gas prlCeS?
:re are 13 cabins, The Hiawatha Landing debacle and the secret meetings com-
monly held before and after the board meetings show-their disdain To the Editor:
Margaret Spence, for the law. I was in Cortland July 11,to get gas for my car.As I
tria Stevens,Deb- Despite determined opposition by local residents, they have Clinton Avenue Extension I noticed that gas was $;
Jn Alexander,Ted consistently ignored environmental law as well as state guidelines, Port Watson Street and passed two more stations that li
ulton. relative to Planned Unit Developments in order to spot zone a par- price of$2.65.
cel to allow construction of large apartment buildings where only The price was the same as I drove down Tompkins S
single-family residences are legal. I finally stopped and filled up my car.
;ad of Skaneateles The Gutchess Sports Complex was first proposed as a land ex- On Saturday morning, July 12,I was back in the
lout the Northeast. change for Citizen's Park in order to allow Gutchess Lumber to ex- ing the same basic route and noticed that the price o1
:d over the beauti- pand their operation near their McLean Road site.Three years later, almost all the stations I passed yesterday had jumper
ng along.- their true intent became clear;to build a multimillion dollar sports $2.85(There was one station on Tompkins that had on
.eca Moon String complex.To date,they have only provided a rough estimate of the five cents).
and performance cost as being somewhere between$14 and about$20 million. I wondered what had happened to cause such a drast
of the meeting on Stephen B.Flatt increase?
Historical Society. Cortland Was there an emergency in the Middle East?Mayl
nce. fire down south?
Where are Republicans with integrity? After all, we all know how these emergencies
CE
r' price to rise on fuel that is already in the ground.
:ople with song is To the Editor: So I wondered what could possibly have caused thi
touching people's My father was an immigrant from Germany who fled the coun- It was when I drove past the Alumni House and
try before World War II.He was a proud Republican,because he welcoming SUNY Cortland alumni to town for thei
t and SUNY Cort- saw firsthand the destruction that nationalistic fervor and resultant union,that I realized what caused this sudden spike ii
mni reunion week- scapegoating of others would have on his homeland via the rise It was those former students who came to celebrate
of Nazism. school and spend time and money in Cortland.
ivision at the 2009 • You see, in 1940, the racist policies of segregation were em- What is really amazing to me is that I've been tot
ntial Center Sports , braced primarily by Democrats.But the Democratic Party slowly, . collusion between the different stations and that rais
but surely, eroded the influence of the hate-mongering policies by 20 cents when a special event is happening is not
s the first time this of the Southern Democrats. You see, the Democratic Party also ing,yet they all manage to raise the price at the same
n Award,"said the had leaders of integrity,such as John F.Kennedy,who spoke out I don't know there must some type of telepathic m
ing Grace,"to win against racism. ing on.
My dad saw such integrity within his Republican Party, as
well. Several rebuked Senator McCarthy in the 1950s when his
dry Despite a lackluster debate ! P ::rr. ..` i .. ' ., of concern to the I
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performance,former vice presi- � e'1 a cta b.i.lit_. . ; n deal with the 1
019.There are 166 dent Joe Biden is still holding . '• _ `I ;, .-- `-
on to his lead in the race for the ; < -'li, '~ - _ na less than two wi
vice president brc
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see him as the most electable '� A• w.::. -
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rater.Kennedy was ABC News poll finds that a 45 - • ' '% T y�'1- top prosecutor wi
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