Mr. Skriloff, Just wanted to let you know that after being a Rockland Resident for 47 years, I have just found RCT online, and am thrilled with the information here! I wanted to say hello, and I tell you as someone who watches tear in eye at the downhill progress of this county, that I […]
Rockland Mayors Fight Illegal Guns BY NORAMIE JASMIN, MAYOR OF SPRING VALLEY, MICHAEL KOHUT, MAYOR OF HAVERSTRAW, AND JOHN RAMUNDO, MAYOR OF WEST HAVERSTRAW The Giants were not the only thing to root for on Super Bowl Sunday. You may have also seen a commercial for Mayors Against Illegal Guns. It’s a bipartisan coalition that […]
BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE Political parties should pay for their own primaries in New York. Why should taxpayers be responsible? Primaries benefit no one but the politicians. It’s their problem, so let them pay for it. The Republican and Democratic parties control our government. Each have their internal quarrels, and that’s fine. They don’t […]
To the Editor, Effective February 2, 2012, section 103(e) was added to the New York State Open Meetings Law. Government records to be discussed during open meetings are to be made available to the public prior to the meetings. This is an improvement as despite all that is positive in the governing of Rockland county’s […]
EDITORIAL BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Pro-choice demonstrators ought not to stop at forcing the Susan G. Komen Foundation to continue their financial commitment to Planned Parenthood, they should OCCUPY KOMEN until they give ALL available money to Planned Parenthood. After all, it’s clearly the business of the news media, and the pro-choice movement, to see that […]
BY DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN Submitted by author The Republican primary in Florida brought discussions of healthcare, particularly Medicare, back to the forefront of the national discourse. With its sizeable senior population, Medicare and Social Security were top of mind to Florida voters. It is certainly important that health care, and particularly Medicare, be debated thoroughly […]