Drainage and Sanitation Audit Reveals $400000 Overpay
Onondaga County auditors found the Drainage and Sanitation Department overpaid Waste Stream Environmental by 400000 for sewage sludge disposal due to misread contract terms and a delayed start date. The comptroller urged full recoveries and reforms to prevent future oversights, detailing mischarged travel reimbursements and fuel losses in four drainage districts.
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Jeremiah T. Hayes
Waste Stream Environmental
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Records Tell the Tale Inauguration Funds and Favors
The piece exposes how 2.6 million raised by private inauguration groups funded state officials and appointees. It names several insiders paid by inauguration entities and notes campaign figures who later joined Pataki's administration. Critics say the affair hints at impropriety despite legal status.
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George Pataki
Pataki
New York
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New York Inaugural
Inc
Zenia Mucha
Associated Press
Michael Finnnegan
Finnegan
Stephen Mignano
Alfonso D'Amato
Pataka
Robert Ryan
Administration Econome Development Office
Davaia Deuce
Patani
Anthony Casale
State Liquor Authority
Virgil Conway
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Alexander Treadwell
Jerry Bilinski
State
Andrew Greenblatt
Common Cause
Greenblatt
Liverpool residents cry foul over police merger
Venting disbelief at the July 22 Liverpool meeting, residents accuse Mayor Fred Bobenhausen and trustees Martha Ours and Karen Murdock of ramrodding a merger of Liverpool and Syracuse police. They demand more time and a legally binding local vote to reverse the plan, citing taxation without representation and lack of prior village input.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Police
Syracuse Police
Syracuse
Fred Bobenhausen
Martha Ours
Karen Murdock
Onondaga County
Bobenhausen
Murdock
Ours
Dale Parsons Anderson
Curfew Debate Grows Over City Teen Safety
Residents urge curfews after ongoing shootings and late night groups. The caller blames teenager activity, loud music, and profanity for unsafe streets and asks government officials to act to restore city safety in Syracuse.
Affirmative action is needed and fair says Higgins letter
In a Herald Journal letter Jim McGregor criticizes affirmative action as unfair. Thomas F Higgins argues the opposite, noting past majoritarian exclusion of minorities from education and well-paying jobs and stating affirmative action helps capable individuals use their skills where they otherwise might not.
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Herald-Journal
Jim McGregor
McGregor
Thomas F. Higgins
Cato
Character to shape 1996 election says Elizabeth Dole
Patricia Mondore argues that character will drive the 1996 vote, but the piece contends voter ethics reflect society itself. Polls show Dole seen as honest yet voters favor Clinton for issues over character, signaling moral decay and accountability beyond any one candidate.
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Elizabeth Dole
Bob Dole
Clinton
Dole
Elizabeth Dale
Bill Clinton
Bob Dale
Patricia Mondore Jamesville
Distaste for pork fuels budget debate across state
A reader criticizes the state budget after its adoption citing pork barrel provisions. The letter argues for uniform opposition to pork across the board and references recent articles tracking budget allocations and earmarks.
Mack for the people challenged Walsh in upcoming race
A reader endorses Martin Mack as a candidate to unseat Rep. James Walsh, criticizing the incumbent as an aristocrat who votes with his party and lacks broad constituent support. The letter lauds Mack as prioritizing "the people" over elites and mocks pork politics highlighted in a Syracuse context.
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Haralld
James Walsh
Martin Mack
Rep. Walsh
Aerate Ue Waele Topas
Micung Mar
Mack
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