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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 2000
Page
6
Stephen Rogers appointed President with Stephen A Rogers as Editor and Publisher and Michael J Connor as Executive Editor while Stan Linhorst serves as Senior Managing Editor in a leadership realignment at the newspaper.
City and county lawmakers move to approve a sales tax sharing plan that would funnel 70 percent of new revenue to Onondaga County and 30 percent to Syracuse, yielding roughly 171 million by 2010. PILOT terms remain to be finalized as leaders urge swift action.
The city faces rising overtime driven pension boosts as officers near retirement inflate salaries to boost pension checks. Overtime costs grow from 1.5 million in 1995 to 3 million projected, with private contracts reimbursing much of it. Spiking burdens taxpayers and could be checked only by policy reform.
Peter F. Sarver CHO of Hospice of CNY outlines partnerships with Island Hospice in Harare Zimbabwe and the Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa to mobilize funds and volunteers. He notes Lutheran and other churches divert resources to AIDS Orphans Funds and a Zimbabwean Lutheran Choir Tour to Upstate New York, urging action against the pandemic.
MARC ROMAIN reports on a CDC survey showing paradoxes in teen sex and drug use. Pornography availability online coincides with less activity while crackdown on drugs corresponds with higher use. The column ends with reader RIchmond Parker asking about parental piety and prayer.
The Iran regime is condemned as religious and repressive with reformists gaining limited support. President Khatami appears unable to rule as hard line ayatollahs maintain control, blaming scapegoats to quell anger amid a volatile political climate.
A reader from Skaneateles argues against capital punishment for dogs killed after attacking, noting dogs act on instinct and blaming owners rather than euthanizing animals. She questions death penalties for humans and urges safer, nonlethal solutions and owner responsibility.
Readers urge opposition to prison for alleged espionage and advocate sanctions against a hostile regime. A Syracuse commenter defends Rick Guy's right to speak, critiques hate crime definitions, and upholds equality under the Constitution while warning against overreach by media and authorities.
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