Hospitals should keep state reporting on patient safety
Hospitals face heavy state reporting, but critics urge keeping robust reports to protect patients. The Rome cancer drug death prompted reforms at Crouse Irving Memorial. officials say over 70 percent of incidents merit scrutiny, while over 30 percent are waste. Overall, hospitals invest under 1 percent of budgets in quality assurance, limiting prevention.
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State Health Department
Herald American
Roberto Vacarelli
St. Joseph's Hospital
Rome
Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital
Crouse
American Hospital Association
Walsh targets congressional caucuses to cut waste
Rep James Walsh proposes elimin ating most legislative caucuses to curb wasteful spending and restore trust in Congress. He cites the Congressional Arts Caucus costing 117402 in three months and 2.4 million across 30 caucuses, urging a lean Chevy government to address a 400 billion deficit and curb special interest influence.
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James Walsh
Congress
Washington
Congressional Arts Caucus
Rolls Royce
Retiring lawmakers and the $8 million windfall
Twenty eight of thirty three retiring congress members plan to donate their campaign funds to charity or parties, but history suggests many would keep the money. Much comes from PACs, and influence peddling taints the windfall. We hope conscience guides the 33 and note this ends with a legal limit.
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Congress
Reader letter urges new Syracuse Symphony director and revised hours
A Syracuse reader criticizes current leadership and proposes a new director based in New York state, reduced pay, and a leaner orchestra. The letter favors daytime and weekend matinee formats, greater discounts for seniors and poorer residents, and more local talent, with calls to trim visiting artists and adjust programming. The writer urges broader outreach including black audiences and a shift toward Syracuse and Central New York musicians.
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Syracuse Symphony
New York
Syracuse
Tokyo
Vancouver
Kaczuyoshi Akiyama
Christopher Keene
Calvin Custer
Akiyama
New York State
Hinsdale Volunteer Fire Dept. protest on consolidation
Michelle Culkin of the Hinsdale Volunteer Fire Dept. denounces merging fire departments arguing volunteers save money through pancake breakfasts and field days. She contends funds return to the firehouse for community service and questions using New York City as a equipment benchmark against Onondaga County.
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Tam
New York City
Onondaga County
Michelle Culkin
Hinsdale
Mattydale
Plaza Nursing Home Care Noted as Generally Strong
A longtime visitor recalls Plaza from 1991 to this January praising generally strong patient care despite staff shortages. The watcher urges future reporting to include voices from staff, administration, and families, and to observe daily patient interactions for balanced coverage.
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Plaza
Democrats respond to Bliven on broad appeal and special interests
A reader rebuts Gus Bliven's May 31 column based on Dennis Gorski's speech to the Democratic State Committee. The letter argues Democrats err by shunning labor, education, women, and minority concerns, insisting inclusive policy wins elections and broadens the electorate. It condemns overreliance on media marketing and vague promises as self serving and disenchanting voters.
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Gus Bliven
Dennis T. Gorski
Democratic State Committee
Bliven
Gorski
Democratic Party
Michael Dukakis
Franzen Bros Circus Draws Support in DeWitt Letters
In DeWitt June, two letters oppose the Franzen Bros Circus appearance while a longtime observer defends the show’s animal care. The writer notes U SDA oversight, strict care standards, and the circus’s good reputation and community sponsorship.
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Franzen Bros. Circus
DeWitt
Readers invited to submit letters for publication
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Syracuse
N.Y
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