Walsh deserves a 6th term in 25th Congressional District
The Herald Journal endorses U S Rep James J Walsh R Onondaga for a sixth term. Opponent Yvonne Rothenberg runs on Liberal and Green lines with limited party support. Walsh favors campaign finance reform and closing the School of the Americas. He chairs funding for environmental and social programs and earned praise for Midwest and Irish affairs while focusing on Central New York constituents. He remains a pragmatic, diligent congressman.
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Herald-Journal
U.S
James J’. Walsh
R-Onondaga
Yvonne Rothenberg
Democratic Party
Walsh
Congress
Shays-Meehan
Senate
School of the Americas
Fort Benning
Central New York
House Appropriations Committee
New York
Syracuse-Onondaga County Drug and Alcohol Commission
Onondaga Lake
Vacco and Spitzer vie in New York attorney general race
Dennis Vacco touts expanded office power and high profile prosecutions while promoting death penalty and parole repeal. Eliot Spitzer counters with limited criminal experience and wealth for fundraising. Green Party Johann Moore calls for reform and a new approach to drugs and corporate crime.
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Dennis Vacco
Manhattan
Eliot Spitzer
Buffalo
Vacco
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Matthew Shepard
Spitzer
New York City
Green Party
Johann Moore
Nobel Prize Peace Winners Stir Ulster Debate
Ireland's John Hume and David Trimble are hailed as Nobel laureates for peace in Northern Ireland. The Syracuse Newspaper editorial cautions ongoing issues, praises deescalation, and urges Trimble to advance decommissioning and honor the Good Friday Agreement amid unresolved roots of the Troubles.
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Ireland
John Hume
David Trimble
Syracuse
Herald-Journal
Nobel Committee
Hume
Northern Ireland
F.W. de Klerk
Eamonn McCann
Garvaghy Road
McCann
Trimble
Britain
Ireand
Penny-pinchers for workers and County negotiators
A retired LPN criticizes Onondaga County wage policy and contract behavior. The letter highlights expired contracts for deputies and LPNs, warns about penny-pinching, and urges careful contract terms. It references a Herald-Journal piece about a dying woman and cautions workers to seek strong agreements or seek other employers.
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Onondaga County
Herald-Journal
Lpns
Sheriff's Deputies
LPN
Politicians urged to apologize over concert censorship talk
Steve Laws accuses Mayor Bernardi and County Chairman Sanford of mixing morality with policy over Marilyn Manson at Landmark Theater. He says threats to cancel permits and withdraw funding threaten free speech and waste tax dollars.
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Roy Serarat
Tam
Marilyn Manson
Billy Joel
Bob Seger
David Bowie
Alice Cooper
Ozzie Osborne
Manson
Kiss
Ray Bernardi
Bill Sanford
Jess
Bernardi
Landmark
Sanford
Steve Laws
Liverpool
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