Salt Dome Insurance Show Reveals City Hall Incompetence
The Syracuse Salt-dome fiasco shows a six month delay in discovering a $350,000 building was insured for $350,000. the site was bulldozed before adjusters could inspect. Council plans an insurance review and risk management plan as critics blame ongoing city mismanagement and a declining bond rating.
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Council
Matt Driscoll
City Hall
Kemper Insurance
Bernardi
Herald-Journal
Steve DeRegis
Rist
DeRegis
Roy Bernardi
Avenue of the Arts debacle sparks lawsuit by developer
Robert Herz and partners sue Syracuse and its school district for about 11 million, claiming losses from the failed Avenue of the Arts project. The six building renovation plan hinged on state funding, a lease-back scheme, and secrecy, with officials later denying need for extra space. Taxpayers were never on the hook, the author argues, as the project collapsed before finance details were settled.
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Robert Hera
Herz
Syracuse
State Education Department
Tarky Lombardi Jr
Avenue of the Arts
Opinion on Y2K risk prompts prep and caution
Rosann Leyden of Clay critiques a Herald American July 25 piece on Y2K risk, arguing even a small chance of disruption justifies preparedness. She cites personal med supply concerns, local trust in community planning, and condemns anti Kennedy sentiment after JFK Jr. death.
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Herald American
New York
DeWitt
John F. Kennedy Jr
Jfk Jr
Rosann Leyden
Budget Honoring Clowns on New York Quarter
Editorial laments a long delayed budget and criticizes legislators as incompetents, proposing the new state quarter feature images of Bozo the Clown an ostrich with head in sand and Curly Larry and Moe to mock the budget process and lawmakers.
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Bozo
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Senate
Curly
Larry
Moe
Woodstock generation blamed for slowing progress and racism today
A reader curses the Woodstock era blaming its antiestablishment mood for technological delays and social ills while praising pre boomers and today’s 20 somethings. The letter surveys civil rights, moon landing memory, and fears for the next generation. The writer questions the aging Woodstock cohort and their influence on society.
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