To the Editor, After yesterday’s news, it really hits home how bad our local government has become. I am not condemning all of our leaders, but enough have condemned themselves recently to cast our local government in a very dim light. All of the accused were voted into office by people who trusted them, believed […]
BY DIANE DIMOND I have sat in many courtrooms during my career and studiously watched the faces of jurors listening to evidence in cases ranging from murder and rape to assault and political corruption. I’ve strained to see if I could get a clue from them as to what their ultimate verdict might be. It […]
To the Editor, They say the best way to get out of a hole is to stop digging. I am deeply concerned that we are continuing to dig a deeper hole for the North Rockland Community. The current proposed budget of $206,330,813 with a proposed tax levy increase of 3.63 percent to educate 8,129 students […]
The Rockland County Times has learned that freshman Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Stony Point, Orange County) was one of only a handful of Assembly Democrats to vote against Governor Cuomo’s NY SAFE gun control act. Skoufis did not bow to political pressure at midnight and sign the bill, and instead chose to vote his conscience. This […]
To the Editor, This is about the article printed in RCT last week from Highway Super Ballard and Malone, another Highway Dept. guy. I am shocked they would have the brass to write what they did pertaining to road and highway equipment and the specialty machine the Menzi Muck. I have four photos of this […]
By Anthony Melรฉ RCT Contributor According to Reuters and A.P. field reports and the New York Times, the United States support of rebels in Syria is directly benefitting the Al Nusra Front, which is allied with Al-Qaeda. In fact, Al Nusra has become the de facto leaders of the entire rebel movement, international news media […]