Syracuse New Times - LETTERS

Carbon Tax Clarification -

Wed, 01 May 13 00:00:00 -0600

I am writing to make a correction to my position on the carbon tax {Sanity Fair, “Can We Afford to Wait for Consensus?” April 17}. Writer Ed Griffin-Nolan asked me about my stance on the carbon tax, a policy being promoted by our local chapter of Citizen’s Climate Lobby.

Triggering a Reaction -

Wed, 16 Jan 13 00:00:00 -0700

I always marvel at the fact that I disagree with about everything your senior writer, Ed Griffin-Nolan, writes about and believes in. He has this unwavering belief in big government, more taxes

Letter of the Year -

Wed, 02 Jan 13 00:00:00 -0700

On May 17, the Central New York-bred guitar prodigy Joe Bonamassa made his return to Syracuse for a show at the Landmark Theatre. Music editor Jessica Novak’s review of the show ran in the

LETTERS -

Wed, 31 Oct 12 00:00:00 -0600

Green Thumbs Down When you hear Ursula Rozum of the Green Party talk about environmental issues, it reeks of hypocrisy. Why is Rozum running for New York’s 24th Congressional District? Doesn

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Wed, 19 Sep 12 00:00:00 -0600

Twister of Fate” was an apt title for Molly English’s Sept. 5 interview with Sen. John DeFrancisco regarding his role in the Destiny USA saga...

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Wed, 22 Aug 12 00:00:00 -0600

Healthy Glow Of the three most significant events to affect our national life in the last decade, two hurt us badly, and one was good for us. The first event was the 9/11 attack, which justified

Rozum Responds -

Wed, 09 May 12 00:00:00 -0600

Editor’s note: Ursula Rozum is running for Congress on the Green Party line.Ed Griffin-Nolan’s May 2 Sanity Fair column “Game Changer” accurately describes 25th District Congress

Letters -

Wed, 01 Feb 12 00:00:00 -0700

Senior Class We are senior citizens from the Ida Benderson Senior Center, and we are writing in response to Patricia Kelly Waelder’s letter to The Post-Standard of Oct. 31 entitled “Senio

Letters -

Wed, 18 Jan 12 00:00:00 -0700

Oy Vey! On behalf of the Jewish Federation of Central New York, we would like to express some thoughts regarding the “Reynolds Unwrapped” Chanukah cartoon in the Dec. 28 issue of the Sy

LETTERS -

Wed, 19 Oct 11 00:00:00 -0600

First, the building was not ours. We were leasing the front space for the last six years, faithfully paying our rent when we were informed by the bank that holds the mortgage that they would be foreclosing on the owners, who had not been paying the mortgage.

LETTERS -

Wed, 21 Sep 11 00:00:00 -0600

Someone needs to let Ann Marie Buerkle know that she is “Washington” now. She is now an integral part of that bad ol’ Washington she derides. Her performance in Washington, D.C., as outlined the Aug. 10 Sanity Fair article “Loco Motion,” couldn’t illustrate that fact any more clearly.

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Wed, 17 Aug 11 00:00:00 -0600

My heart goes out to Bill and Debbie Fischer and the hundreds of thousands of other Pennsylvania residents whose lives have been torn apart by hydrofracking. Ed Griffin-Nolan’s “Shale Force” article (July 20) provides powerful testimony to the devastating human and environmental consequences of this foolhardy method of drilling for natural gas.

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Wed, 13 Jul 11 00:00:00 -0600

But after facing heated criticism they’re changing their tactics. Now, instead of attacking Medicare head-on, they’re calling for spending caps to disguise their plan to gut Medicare. Spending caps would actually trigger massive cuts to Medicare within a few years.

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Letters from readers

Low Power -

Wed, 19 Jan 11 00:00:00 -0700

Clear Channel has taken the urban radio format in Syracuse back to the 1950s. At the same time, it has kicked its urban audience to the back of the bus. The media giant did so when it banished the signal that carried the rhythm’n’blues programming of the now former WPHR-FM 106.

Letters -

Wed, 12 Jan 11 00:00:00 -0700

As artists and citizens, we are outraged by the censorship rearing its head in our nation. In a country founded on freedom of expression—the First Amendment—we find it shocking and senseless that some among us would deny the rest of us by silencing any voice they deem “different” or “other.

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Wed, 15 Dec 10 00:00:00 -0700

I’ve also been attending the frequent protests at the main gate of Syracuse’s Hancock Air Base. Hancock, home of the 174th Fighter Wing of the New York Air National Guard, is the national maintenance center for Reaper drone aircraft. Hancock facilitates the operation of these robotic killers over Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Fri, 29 Oct 10 00:00:00 -0600

Farm Team I am pleased to announce that the New York Farm Bureau has recently named Sen. David Valesky to our annual �Circle of Friends� list.

Letters 9/1 -

Wed, 01 Sep 10 00:00:00 -0600

Syracuse Pew Times

“Father Knew Best,” Ed Griffin-Nolan’s moving July 21 article on the late priest Frank Woolever and his contemporaries, displayed an accurate appreciation of the man and his passions. But one must rightfully also acknowledge that the companionship and shared vision of his wife, Meme, and the generous support of his daughters, Heidi and Amy, helped keep him going.

Additionally, there have been literally scores of “married clergy” serving in a wide variety of human and spiritual services locally. Perhaps the institutional Church can restrict the channels of the Spirit in its confines, but truly She moves wherever she will
. . . and continues to freshen the world with grace and hope.

—Dave Pasinski

Syracuse