NEA grants hit snag as decency rule overturned
An appeals court in Los Angeles overturned the NEA mandate to consider general standards of decency in grant decisions. Judge A Wallace Tashima ruled the standard too broad, criticizing political meddling in art. The ruling may be appealed, or Congress could rewrite the rule, a slippery slope feared by advocates of free expression.
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Los Angeles
NEA
A. Wallace Tashima
Tashima
Michaelangelo
David
Botticell
Verrus
Sistine Chapel
Congress
Elvis Stamp Upsets the Postal Service Revival
The U S Postal Service gains a financial boost from a Elvis Presley stamp on his birthday January 8. Officials expect about 20 million dollars in profit, while hints of Olympic athlete stamps could push up to 30 million. The agency faces ongoing challenges but shows progress and fanfare.
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U.S. Postal Service
Elvis Presley
Elvis
Postal Service
Cheers and recycling push spark lawmakers and markets
Assemblyman Joseph Crowley backs a bill to force doctors to report toy injuries to the Consumer Protection Board which would issue public warnings about risky toys. Chicago Board of Trade may add recyclables to its trading, boosting the Central New York recycling effort and industry adoption nationwide.
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Queens
State
Consumer Protection Board
Crowley
New York
The
Chicago Board of
Herald-Journal
Mark Lichtenstein
New York State Association of Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
Chicago
Lichtenstein
Sunday parkway questions raise for Onondaga Lake Park
Letter from OUGLASS SELOVER of Liverpool asks the Parks Commission and local authorities about the weekend test closing of Onondaga Lake Parkway. He questions traffic impact, parking, expansions, concessions, emergency response, and long term goals, and urges consideration of Lake Park planning.
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Onondaga Lake Parkway
Parks Commission
Onondaga Lake Park
Liverpool Village
Griffin Field
Syracuse University
Liverpool Road
Ouglass Selover
Liverpool
Two Death Penalty Cases Highlight Its Folly
The piece notes rising concerns over executing the innocent, citing 23 documented cases in 20th century America. It recalls Isidore Zimmerman, once slated for the chair in 1939, whose sentence was commuted, while co-defendants died in electric chair as new testimony emerged and he spent years on death row.
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America
New York State
New York
Isidore Zimmerman
Zimmermann
Lehman
Hight
Zimmerman
Thomas Bianco
Lip service from Bush prompts critique in East Syracuse
Frank Roger Sharp of East Syracuse questions which Bush lip promises apply to tax policy. He notes the contradiction between no new taxes and later tax increases, arguing if the revenue was needed it was not a mistake and if not needed there was a broken promise.
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Armory Square
Basta
Toronto
Canada
James Street
Niagara Mohawk
Kevin Wilson
Syracuse
Bush
George
Frank Roger Sharp
East
Call for Modest Onondaga County Justice Center
A statement to County Executive Nicholas Pirro urges scaling back proposed funding for a new justice center. The author argues against a costly jail, proposing a modest halfway facility to aid reentry and offer alternatives to incarceration while stressing humane, reconciliatory reforms. The note references Thomas Bianco and advocates against death penalty use.
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Nicholas Pirro
Onondaga County
Justice
Onondga County
IK Woolever
Syracuse
Readers urged to send letters for publication policy
The notice invites readers to submit letters, asks for day time telephone verification, and states unsigned letters are not published. It reserves the right to edit for length and provides mailing and phone contact details for Syracuse readers.
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P.O. Box
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Timothy P. Atseff
James. F. Kleenklaus
Thomas J. Heck
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Pugh
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