Local political activist responds to Diane Dimond’s call for national ID EDITORIAL BY JEANINE VECCHIARELLI Last week’s column by Diane Dimond (re: National ID Cards) chilled me to the bone. Yes, we need a better system than we have now, but what Ms. Dimond suggests is truly unnerving. The biggest flaw in Ms. Dimond’s reasoning […]
BY DIANE DIMOND When I saw the headlines, my stomach lurched. The state of Georgia has issued an execution warrant for a retarded man? Oh, good grief, I thought, has America come to this? Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling more than a decade ago banning the execution of retarded citizens, Georgia was going to […]
Dear Editor, Is New York Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long crazy? I ask this as an over two decade Town Chair of the New Paltz Republican Party. Talk about the tail wagging the dog? I have known Janis Castaldi for many years. She & her spouse have been much-loved guests of the Historic Hotel I […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Gentlemen, grab your wallets. Ladies, look in your billfold. See the spots there for credit cards and your driver’s license? I bet there’s room for one more card in there, right? I propose we fill it with a national ID card. Now, wait, before you decide I’m some sort of proponent for […]
Filling the need for more water and new jobs BY MICHAEL DITULLO As the president of the Rockland Economic Development Corporation, I am compelled to respond to the recent news conference staged by a handful of activists who are against United Water’s Haverstraw Water Supply Project. Because of my commitment to help create jobs in […]
BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services The optimism and exuberance experienced during the first quarter of the year seems but a distant memory these days. While the S&P 500 gained nearly 12 percent in the first quarter, it has lost nearly 7 percent from April 2 through June 25. Moreover, market volatility […]