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May
02
2008
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Amie Germain
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
 I am a resident of the Town of Lansing. My family and I enjoy frequenting Myers Park throughout the year, especially during the summer. We wish that the snack bar was open on a regular basis, offering snacks, small meals, ice cream, etc. Could you please do a piece informing the public of the status of the snack bar. Thank you.
From: Amie Germain
Lansing, NY 14882
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May
02
2008
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Marty Christopher
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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Your editorial was great(as usual)and really hit home... not only regarding the SPCA, but the subject of "positive issues" pushed too far, so they become "tarnished", so to speak. It happens often to all of us, but rarely addressed. Thanks. Great job.
From: Marty Christopher
Lansing, N.Y. 14882
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May
02
2008
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
 It's hard to believe that 63 years after World War II that genocide and war are still going strong on our world. I was brought up to believe we are civilized, but the evidence belies that. I was told that we learn from our mistakes and thus become better people. We have all seen that happen on an individual person basis. That is why I am surprised, as we approach Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) this Saturday, that there aren't more well publicized yoms (days) to remember other genocides such as those taking place in Africa as I write this. Apparently as a species we are as dumb as a post.
I remember when I was a kid my father warning us at the dinner table that what happened in Germany could happen here if conditions were right. If people were complacent in times when things were not going well -- a recession, an unpopular war, high property taxes -- that one group could be singled out to take the blame. And that could lead to laws changing to the detriment of that group, an increase in violence, and possibly the ultimate violence. He even talked about moving to Australia, though in retrospect I am not sure whether he was serious about that.
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Apr
18
2008
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
Every so often I see a plea for families to adopt a cat or a dog from the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). When it is a cat I am tugged until I remember that we already have four cats and a dog, and as families go I think we are doing our part to save animals and give them a loving home. All but one of the dogs and cats we have ever had have come from the SPCA. The one was a stray, a skinny little kitten that obviously was not good at fending for herself, and who has since decided that a nice warm house with free meals, no predators, ample petting, and clean litter is a much better deal.
The SPCA puts you through a screening before they will release an animal into your care, and I think that is a good idea. After all, what good would it do if they sent an animal to someone who would abuse it or let it go free, only to find itself back at the shelter? But in a time when it seems like there are more homeless animals, I was surprised at what a hassle it was to get our number three cat, despite our record of having happy, long lived pets, spayed or neutered, all from SPCAs.
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Apr
11
2008
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
I argue with myself about the Village of Lansing's way of electing its officials. I have to admit that I love a good election where candidates debate the issues facing a community in public. You don't often hear that kind of public debate unless somebody is really unhappy about something. So election time is the one time of the year when people can argue their vision of the community they live in. It is a way to step back and think about whether we are on the right track, and what the right track actually is. Voters then get to choose. That's where the two (or more) party system really shines, in my opinion.
The Village of Lansing has created its own party, comprised of about 100 residents of all political affiliations. Most years the Community Party puts up just the number of candidates needed to fill empty seats on the Board of Trustees, and those candidates are elected in a poorly attended April election. The debate takes place away from the public ear, and there is pretty much no choice. That seems to go against the American system, but I have to admit that the answer both of this year's candidates gave me when I asked them about it makes sense. 'It works,' they said. And the saying goes, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'
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