Pleading the Fifth City waits for reluctant police
An editorial urges Syracuse to empower its citizen review board for police complaints. It notes officers resist hearings, cites subpoenas and Fifth Amendment refusals, and argues boards reduce court cases, improve accountability, and bridge citizen and department gaps. It calls for compromise on compensation and legal support to advance the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Pole
Publc
Review Board
Police Benevolent Association
PBA
Cleveland
San Diego County
Calif
Social Security time bomb looms as budget talk ignores truth
A Washington opinion frames Social Security and Medicare as a ticking public policy time bomb. It argues that promises to cut taxes and boost defense without boosting the deficit rely on funds that may be unavailable. The piece cautions about trust fund illusions, government borrowing, and looming deficits around 2020, urging frank talk and honesty from officials. It notes Moynihan's failed proposal to lock taxes to benefits and ends with a warning that the explosion is coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Congress
Washington
Social Security
Medicare
Uncle Sam
Social Security Fund
General Fund
U.S
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N-Y
Moynihan
Reform urged in Albany and Syracuse critique
Readers pressure for major changes in New York state government and Syracuse University athletics. The Albany piece targets open budgets and public caucuses, while Syracuse's letter blasts coaching, leadership, and policy failures. It urges bi partisan action and accountability from leaders and administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nancy Larraine Hoffmann
Albany
Sen
Hoffmann
Bernard Mahoney
Sara Wood Tribute Concert Honors Greg Lake at Landmark Theatre
Central New York shows unity in December as Greg Lake of Emerson Lake and Palmer headlines the Sara Wood Tribute Concert at the Landmark Theatre. The benefit raised over 20000 with Lake donating proceeds from ELP’s song Daddy along with personal and professional support for missing and exploited children. Thanks go to radio station 95X for coordinating the event and to the Sara Wood Rescue Center and others aiding the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Wood
Landmark Theatre
Greg Lake
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Central New York
Elp
Daddy
Lake
95X
Sara Wood Rescue Center
Wood
Tree planted in memory of Rossi matriarch stolen from cemetery
Letter from Charles Rossi of Sterling Virginia explains a blue spruce planted near Katherine Putnam Rossi’s grave at White Chapel Memory Gardens in DeWitt was stolen. The family recalls her environmentalism and wish for evergreen life symbolism, hoping the thief reflects on the impact of the act during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Chapel Memory Gardens
DeWitt
St. Joseph's Hospital
Syracuse
Katherine P. Rossi
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Katherine Putnam Rossi
Readers urged to submit letters for publication
Readers are invited to submit letters. keep them succinct and legible. Include writer daytime phone number and verify authorship. unsigned letters are not published. Letters may be edited for length. Mailing address: P.O. Box 4915 Syracuse NY 13221. For questions call (315) 470-2235.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O. Box
Syracuse
N.Y
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Arthur Jenkins
Foueder
Herod
Hzrald
Chiron Square
Stephen Rogers
Stephen A Rogers
Timothy 0
Timothy P. Atseff
Mahoney
John C. Tameroni
Skaneateles Falls
Syracuse University
Paul Pasquaroni
Dick MacPherson
Miami
Boston College
West Virginia
Dan Conley
Rutgers
Jake Crouthamer
Crouthamel
Fila Proto
Charles Rossi
Sterling, Va
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