Dear Commissioner Nagubandi, I appreciate the time you took to respond to my call for an impartial body to study the mounting tension we are experiencing in Rockland County; this situation requires our immediate and unified attention. Allow me to clarify in response to your comments: my proposal to examine the recent hate crimes was […]
Text of Astorino letter: Dear Madam/Sir, This letter is prompted by a grossly misleading television ad now being run on your stations by the Democratic State Committee on behalf of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding frivolous allegations in a lawsuit entitled The Westchester County Independence Party, et al. v. Robert P. Astorino, et al. […]
ROCKLAND TIMES EDITORIAL You may find yourself reading a Michael Hull blog. And you may find yourself wrapped up in his allegations against Frank Sparaco. The editorial board of the Rockland County Times was in the same boat not too long ago. After reviewing the available evidence, however, we no longer have that problem. Hull, who […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It has been a monumental, multi-layered tragedy of errors. Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black teen was shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer. A scuffle at the patrol car, which has still not been fully explained, sparked the deadly encounter. And immediately, various groups of people jumped to […]
BY CHRIS FAULKNER California, Nevada, and much of the southwest are experiencing major droughts. So when Golden State lawmakers killed a bill that would have banned the practice of hydraulic fracturing — or “fracking” — environmentalists cried foul. These “fractivists” claim the controversial drilling technique sucks up limited water supplies and exacerbates droughts. That claim […]
Dear fellow residents of Rockland, Pets are owned by at least 2/3 of all households in Rockland. Whether you are a pet owner, animal advocate or just a conscientious person, issues of stray or homeless animals present concerns for public health and safety of all who reside in this county. I believe that all pet […]