BY COLIN SCHMITT, Candidate for NYS Assembly 99th District (Town of Stony Point, parts of Orange County) The revered General George S. Patton once said, “Better to fight for something than live for nothing.” This maxim is one that I have endeavored to carry out in my own life, and also in my campaign to be […]
BY DIANE DIMOND They’re all different, the men who come forward to tell their stories of childhood sexual abuse. But they all share a debilitating horror. Psychologists say it is difficult for any childhood victim of molestation to reveal what happened to them. But it is particularly tough for young males because it goes to […]
Rockland County Times Editorial Figures a former justice of the New York State Supreme Court would know if a lawsuit is frivolous or not. William Sherwood, a longtime state Supreme Court judge and one-term supervisor of the Town of Stony Point (2010-11), told Stony Pointers throughout 2011 that school tax equalization lawsuits being pursued by […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Our political system is all messed up. I won’t even couch that with an “allegedly” or a “reportedly” — it is just a mess, and our federal election laws are a joke. You want to know exactly where a candidate has gotten money to stage their expensive campaign? I sure do. I […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It is hard to believe or understand, but people confess to committing crimes — sometimes horrible crimes — when they are completely innocent. It happens more often than you can imagine. False confessions can be traced to unjust interrogation techniques, poor legal advice or even the mental illness of the suspect. That’s […]
BY DERRYCK GREEN, Project 21 Attorney General Eric Holder and his band of merry litigators at the U.S. Department of Justice have sued Jacksonville, Florida over its fire department’s promotion testing process. The Obama Administration contends that it discriminates against blacks. Less than a week later, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Jacksonville’s firefighters union […]