Local pride fuels sharing ideas for Syracuse area services
Geddes and Solvay remain distinct while Onondaga County towns cherish local control. A 1996 failed Syracuse Liverpool police merger underscored concerns about public impact and consultation. Syracuse Councilor Miles Bottrill proposes marketing city services to surrounding towns to cut costs without losing local autonomy.
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Solvay
Liverpool
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Lenis
Fatifi
Central New York
Impac
Miles Bottrill
Bottrill
Roy Bernardi
Ground the Osprey project to spare Marines
A 20 year effort to develop the V-22 Osprey is called a failure by critics. A GAO investigation cited skipped tests and waivers that could have shown risks including vortex ring state. Critics urge grounding the program and shifting testing to contractors to protect Marines.
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Beirut
General Accounting Office
GAO
Washington
Franklin Spinney
Secretary of Defense
Navy
John J. Shanahan
Potemkin village at Fort Benning masks old SOA crimes
The piece denounces the renaming of the U S Army School of the Americas to WHISC at Fort Benning Georgia as a Potemkin village. It argues the rebranding preserves the same aims and personnel, keeps Latin American client networks, and avoids accountability for past abuses while expanding a broader critique of U S militarism and foreign policy.
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WHISC
Benning
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SOA/ WHISC
Pentagon
U.S
Latin America
Congress
SGA
Potemkin Village
Paign
Vietnam
Don’t close Hutchings and respect patients
Gov George Patazi proposes closing the Hutchings inpatient psychiatric center in Syracuse to fund outpatient Medicaid and raise salaries for community mental health workers. Syracuse residents with psychiatric disabilities argue against budget cuts that pit institutions against community care, urging respect and against harmful “cough choices” in policy.
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George Patazi
Hutchings
Syracuse
Utica
Nursing home staffing crisis spurs Albany lobbying drive
Utica nursing home employee describes daily strain as residents wait for care. She states 1000 workers from across New York joined a Feb. 12 lobbying effort by SEIU Local 1199 Upstate to press for two bills mandating safe staffing levels. Citizens urged to call their Assembly and Senate reps.
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Utica
Albany
Service Employees International Union Local 1199
Upstate
State Assembly
Senate
Governor Pataki Budget Proposal Aims Tax Cuts
The proposal seeks to create tax surpluses to fund a budget that includes Hutchings inpatient services and raises salaries for community mental health care workers. The plan targets a revised budget ready for passage by April 1.
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Pataki
Hutchings
Nity
Readers urged to submit letters with full contact details
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