Bad Laws Make Bad Politics

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 […]

NEW LAW TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT

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 […]