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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 2000
Page
4
Syracuse Herald text from 1877 and a modern masthead show a call to discuss public questions and advance people’s interests. Key figures include Arthur Jenkins, Stephen Rogers, Stephen A. Rogers, and several editors and department heads. The notice blends historical and contemporary names in a constitutional style.
A series of sexual abuse and official misconduct charges against corrections officers at Onondaga County Jamesville prison highlights a pattern of alleged misconduct on duty. Critics urge full disclosure, stronger discipline, and a clear policy of no inmate sexual contact, citing past cases and a 1997 law redefining such acts as rape.
Onondaga County Legislature chair Bill Sanford faced sharp criticism for politicizing committee appointments by removing Democrat Vicki Baker and longtime Ways and Means member Mark Stanczyk. Critics say the action undermines experience and advocacy and favors his party, urging a system where appointments reflect party balance and minority control.
A public message to Syracuse committees urges drastic Downtown Assessment District reforms to revitalize the area. Proposals include shifting taxes onto office and residential buildings excluding retail space, offering two years free rent to new retailers, and a phased net revenue tax. The note calls for parking-meter removal, free shopper parking, stricter employee parking rules, brighter street lighting, traffic policing at key intersections, and consolidation of city county services to cut costs.
The reader questions bias against historical cinema asking why big studio hits ignore period dramas. They note Joan of Arc flopped, a Civil War film delayed, and praise A&E for Washington crossing the Delaware while calling for diverse, well crafted historical works from modern producers and lamenting the lack of Cecil B. DeMille era originality.
Arie Scholten faults Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency for abandoning tire test burns, arguing winter timing would limit downwind contamination while critics demand better recycling markets and question landfilling as a viable alternative.
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