Automatic governance critique of lawmakers and budget rules
Opinion piece condemns automatic budget rules and a proposed balanced budget amendment as weak governance. It argues only congressional leadership can avert shutdowns and urges lawmakers to act with responsibility rather than rely on autocratic triggers. The piece warns against perpetual gridlock and calls for real bipartisanship.
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Congress
U.S
Washington
Gramma-Rudman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capitol
Conflict in Solvay residents crowd meetings
Citizens crowded Solvay village board sessions over a police merger plan, with doors locked at capacity and calls for a larger venue unanswered. Mayor Mario DeSantis faces political trouble as support wanes and protests continue despite arrests threats and officials sticking to the hall.
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Solvay
Police Department
Mario DeSantis
DeSantis
Public broadcasting cuts spark Upstate protest in New York
Gov. Pataki proposes a 2.4 million cut in state aid to public broadcasting with WNET held harmless at 5.09 million while stations like WCNY in Syracuse drop from 879,721 to 555,604 a 36 percent cut. Critics say the burden falls unfairly on upstate stations and urge equal sharing of cuts.
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New York City
WNET
WCNY
Syracuse
Upstate
Hillbrook Detention Center Pushed on Mental Health Policy
Dr Martin Irwin condemns Hillbrook Detention Center for denying psychiatric medications to children. He argues many youths suffer relapse when meds are stopped and urges county lawmakers to end the policy. He stresses advances in mental health care validate treatment and urges prompt reform.
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Hillbrook
Tapplaud
Hillbrook Detention Center
Mini horses and zoning clash in Ki bridge case
Gloria J. Higgins from Elbridge argues the Whitakers face unfair removal of their mini horses over barn location. She contends the animals are loved family members and nonthreatening, criticizing the court and zoning board for strict rules and unprofessional conduct.
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Kibridge
Whitakers
Bob Whitaker
Gloria J. Higgins
Elbridge
Abortion debate letter calls abortion murder and terrorism
Jonathan T J Wood argues abortion is murder and terrorism, equating clinics to demonic targets and claiming life begins at conception, asserting legalized killing harms human life and profits drive the practice.
Feds crackdown on hospices amid death threshold debate
Peter Moberg-Sarver, president of Hospice of Central New York, argues federal audits and cost cutting harm hospice care. He notes many patients enter hospice within a week of death, undermining comfort, caregiver relief, and home-based care benefits while opponents seek physician assisted death.
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Herald-Journal
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New York
Earker
Peter Moberg-Sarver
Hospice of
Central New York
Syracuse
Counties back tax holiday on clothing in 57 of 62
Clyde Ohl notes that 57 New York counties joined Gov Pataki in eliminating the clothing sales tax for one week while Onondaga County did not. The state initiative reportedly succeeded and leaders may expand the exemption next year.
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New York State
Clyde Ohl
Camullus
Readers urged to submit letters to the editor
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