Opinion
- Opinion
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- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Internet tax would benefit local businesses
Let's suppose you're the owner of a bicycle business in our area, and a customer comes in to look at a new bike. He asks you questions about it, maybe even sits on it or takes it for a spin. He compares it with other models, looks at the color and checks out what would be the best size for him.
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Leadership lacking in Manor decision
Because sacrifice for American ideals was universal, a child born today inherits a turnkey country, most of which was built and paid for since 1940. Roads, bridges, schools, airports, weather equipment, the USPS, colleges, hospitals, communications, medical and commercial technologies -- enough to add 15 years to the average life, all local, county, state and national parks and buildings, and our military were added through citizen labor and taxes. Add war costs except President George W. Bush's.
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Extremists threaten our national security
Last Sept. 11, there was total lack of, and disregard for, security in Benghazi, and four American lives were lost at the American Embassy, for Pete's sake!
- Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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Cheers
To the city of Oneonta's tree giveaway, the town of Hartwick's "Clean Sweep" day, and Bassett Healthcare's patient-centered medical home program.
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Water a commodity worth protecting
Raised in the 1940s and 1950s, I never thought water would be such a hot commodity. Clean water, for the most part, was a given, but not anymore.
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Gibson must take action on guns
The following is a message I sent to my representative in Washington:
- Monday, May 6, 2013
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In our opinion: Take steps to prevent fire tragedy
Oftentimes it takes a tragedy to remind us to do the little things that may save our lives.
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Newman Development good for city
As a center city resident and landlord, I too am concerned about the Newman Development.
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Columnists' opinions were misleading
I urge that you publish a response to the misleading statements about the Social Security Disability program that were presented in your paper in the columns by Froma Harrop, so called "From the Left," and Pat Buchanan.
- Sunday, May 5, 2013
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Street Talk: May 6, 2013
Do you think the bombing in Boston will lead to more attacks in America?
- Saturday, May 4, 2013
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Collins deserves to be cheered
It's likely that unless you are a big basketball fan, you never heard of Jason Collins before Monday, when he became the first active player in any of the four major American professional sports to announce that he is gay.
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Manor's fate will be Otsego board's legacy
The Otsego County Boards (plural) of Representatives, more in the past than in the present, have negotiated the county into a financial corner leaving the present board between a rock â€" increased taxation and/or deficits â€" and a hard place â€" selling the Manor.
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How safe has the Afghan war left us?
It's hard to see any way we could have avoided Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. We couldn't, after all, just leave al-Qaida ensconced in the country's hinterlands while Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar sheltered its leaders. But in the back of our minds, we all probably had the same nagging worry: that regardless of how the Afghanistan effort went, it could never make the U.S. completely secure from terrorism.
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Government failed on background-check law
I have to give The Daily Star a ton of credit for giving everybody a fair chance to voice their opinion (opinions don't have to worry about fact checking), no matter how vicious or untrue they are. Tuesday's edition is a fine example of this (see Pinkey and the 'Mad Texan'). What bothers me than these two is the failure of the Universal Background Check to pass because half of our senators voted against it, knowing that 90 percent of the population is in favor of it.
- Friday, May 3, 2013
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College's amnesty policy can save lives
The statistics on overdoses among college-age Americans are downright sobering.
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Visit the Manor to see how special it is
Don't see any more letters supporting the Manor. We can't give up so quickly! I wish everyone could take one hour of their time and go visit the Manor -- walk up and down the halls, talk to the sweet residents (and the workers too.) See how worried they are and yet they still try to smile when a visitor comes.
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County board must learn from mistakes
Too bad the county board learned so little from their disastrous venture into solid waste management (MOSA) that it has become mired in yet another disaster.
- Thursday, May 2, 2013
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Reality of sequester is scary enough
"Scare tactics" was a phrase used frequently by President Barack Obama's critics about the sequester.
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Courage needed to fight sequester cuts
My anger and frustration with the sequester came to a head yesterday when I discovered that, due to the reduction in Federal grants funding Head Start, Oneonta Head Start will have to lay off eight people, and deny day care service to thirty two families, starting on July 1.
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Flag stands for rights we all should respect
I am writing in response to Ms. Popek's piece, "Stepping on the flag, and other memories" on behalf of all U.S. military veterans.
