To the Editor, The Hi-Tor Animal Shelter has been an indispensable part of this county since its inception, and more so now in this period of shrinking government budgets as a key partner with Rockland in both animal control and care of strays and lost pets. And yes, this is somewhat personal and should be […]
BY DIANE DIMOND I don’t pretend to know why Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. But I’m going to bet it had something to do with the constant drumbeat of scandal that marked his eight-year reign. Before he became pope, he was Joseph Ratzinger, a German cardinal. You […]
To the Editor, I feel the need to respond to Legislator Ed Day’s remarks concerning Harriet Cornell, Chairwoman of the Rockland County Legislature, specifically suggesting that Mrs. Cornell was in some way hostile to the law enforcement community. I can, without hesitation, state that as a legislator and as chairwoman, Mrs. Cornell has been a […]
Open letter to Frank Sparaco Legislator Sparaco, Thank you for standing up for the rights of individuals to protect themselves, and others, from harm. In addition to any other arguments to be made, I wanted to share the following from my personal perspective: One of the issues we are heavily involved in currently is tracking […]
By Anthony Melé A school safety plan that instructs children to sit in a room and wait for a psychotic killer or terrorist hostage taker to find them, is like locking them in a burning building so the firemen will know where they are. The narrative given to us by the media at Newtown, Ct. […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Don’t look now, but we have another new law on the books. This one has the soothing acronym “The Calm Act.” That’s short for The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act. In layman’s terms, it requires TV stations, cable operators, purveyors of satellite TV and other providers to make sure TV commercials aren’t […]