ADA Fifth Anniversary Reflections On Accessibility Progress
The 1995 reflection notes the ADA's costs and benefits since its 1990 passage. Authorities cite multimillion-dollar compliance estimates, yet many stores offices and public buildings added ramps and access. Community leaders say the law, though costly, advances equal status for the disabled and remains the right course.
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Frederick County
Maryland School For the Deaf
Joe Adkins
Historic District Commission
ADA
Brad Guyton
Morgan Keller
Privatize the U S Postal Service, says G Lee Teets
G Lee Teets of Myersville argues for privatization after decades of perceived Postal Service inefficiency. He cites service delays, competing couriers, and the need for Congressional action, proposing a blue ribbon commission to dismantle the Postal Service and privatize its functions. He warns of ongoing subsidies and rural access issues. He references Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and predicts postal reform will outlast Clinton.
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Jefferson
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Middletown
Monrovia
Mount Airy
Myersville
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Thurmont
Tuscarora
Union Bridge
U.S. Congress
Roscoe Bartlett
Clinton
Postal Service
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Halcyon
U.S. Postal Service
Waterloo
G. Lee Teets
Tense U S China Talks Meet in Brunei Amid Strained Ties
Secretary of State Christopher visits Brunei to meet Chinese counterpart Qian Qichen as relations between the United States and China remain at a two decade low marked by mutual mistrust. Beijing accuses Washington of trying to split China while Washington cites human rights and trade concerns.
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Warren Christopher
Qian Qichen
Brunei
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Qian
U.S
Taiwan
Spratly Islands
Harry Wu
Scripps Howard News Service
China Faces Transition Crisis Shapes Payton Clinton Message
Warren Christopher and Qian Qichen meet in Brunei amid a fragile Beijing era. China's leadership transition means rigidity on diplomacy and trade while Taiwan and Spratly disputes test relations. Christopher brings patience and caution to fragile talks in a volatile climate.
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Christopher
China
Deng Xiao Ping
Beijing
World Trade Organization
Frederick leaders defer dog law clash two weeks
City officials at the May or and Board of Aldermen meeting kept the dog law enforcement at status quo for another two weeks while debating the best approach. Dogcatcher Raymond Keeney defended rounds of 30 dogs amid cautions from a local veterinarian about muzzling. Keeney’s nomination was confirmed despite criticism.
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Frederick
Raymond L. Keeney
Keeney
Raymond Keeney
Forgotten battalions and germ warfare satire
A reader disputes Roy Meachum’s column claiming Korea service, mocking germ warfare as a motive. The letter ridicules Meachum’s arches and OCS washout, lampoons a psychiatrist tester, and jokes about using Roy’s columns as a radiation free weapon to bore enemies.
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Roy Meachum
Roy
Korea
United States
Ole Roy
Residents rally as ducks face chemical risk at Culler Lake
Frederick readers defend Culler Lake ducks over plan to spray a lake area with a chemical feared to harm wildlife and residents. They question Alderman Jon Kreissig’s stance and criticize proposed actions while recalling fond memories of feeding the ducks.
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Jon Kreissig
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Letter to editor on ducks at Culler Lake in Frederick
Peggy Fraley from Walkersville expresses affection for the local ducks at Culler Lake and hopes readers share her view. She wishes to someday bring her grandchildren to feed the ducks and thanks the paper for publishing her opinion.
Unfair push to close street during Baker Park concerts
Timothy R. Ferguson R 4th notes opposition to William Alder Lee's July 26 letter calling for Second Street closure during Baker Park concerts. He argues a public street must stay open for motorcycles and all traffic, condemns rights-restraining views, and reflects on library staff and local governance.
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William Alder Lee
Baker Park
Second Street
Library tempest echoes in Senate office fears
A col umn titled Library tempest raises alarms about library system management. Anonymous and former employees share horror stories with Senatorial staff, echoing the adage that where there's smoke there is fire. The column supports concerns about 88 percent of the problem being management and questions how abusive authority taints government agencies.
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Roy Meachum
Senate
Library
Matthew Robb
Vexing legal question on unborn rights in Maryland
Letter from Bill and Peg Jeffers questions how law treats unborn fetuses as persons versus abortion rights. They note a fatal car crash where a pregnant woman and unborn child die and the driver faces two counts, pondering viability as a legal personhood benchmark and the conflict with religious beliefs about bodily intervention.
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Maryland
Letters to the Editor guidelines at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites reader letters with name address and phone number for verification. Due to high volume publication cannot be guaranteed and some letters are edited for space and taste. Poetry religious verse or letters to others are not published. Letters may be faxed to 642-8299.
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