Letters to the Editor

By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013 - 9:45 pm
Dear Editor: In early April, we met with our Congressman, Chris Gibson, asking him to take positive steps to address the disease of gun violence that contributes enormously to the U.S.A.’s violent death rate running some 5-to-10 times higher than other... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013 - 9:42 pm
To the Editor I have begun to educate myself about the proposed Catskill Mountain Rail Trail and I think there are some very important issues people raise. First of all, there is confusion about what will happen to the existing railroad, which many people... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013 - 9:39 pm
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter as a Shandaken resident in favor of the use of the Ulster rail corridor as a rail trail in the sections not actively used by the Catskill Mountain railroad. This letter is in no way meant to undermine the hard work... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013 - 9:31 pm
Dear editor: I am Allen Shiner, a full-time resident of Big Indian. I have no investments in the area. I don’t own a business. I do not work in the area. I do not work for Windham Mt. I am not a paid lobbyist. I am a skier at Belleayre. My entire family... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013 - 9:16 pm
To the Editor: I, for one am tired of a hysterical few in the Catskill Heritage Alliance raising absurd, outdated complaints about the Belleayre Resort. The continue to bemoan the "behemoth" resort, despite the fact that the resort has been reduced by 62... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013 - 9:02 pm
To the Editor: The recently posted letter from Bob Axelrod concerning the Belleayre Resort is perplexing. Where has Mr. Axelrod been for the last six years? It was then, not the other day, that a public/private partnership agreement was announced between... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013 - 8:44 pm
To the editor: Regarding the resurrected Belleayre Resort, it doesn't take a nobel prize in economics to see the flaws in the developer's business model and projections. Yes, Belleayre needs more lodging options, but timeshares? They are not exactly the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 30, 2013 - 12:58 pm
Dear Editor: The Catskill Heritage Alliance has put out the call to their members to come to the Public Hearing May 29, to be bigger, better and, most of all, louder.  Just what we need—another circus.  Before they turn up the volume, I urge you to take a... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 29, 2013 - 2:08 pm
Dear Editor: Support for the Constitution and Leatherstocking Pipelines is based primarily on the false promise of affordable shale gas. False, since the price of this gas is too volatile to make it a reliable energy source in the future. With so much... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 29, 2013 - 2:05 pm
Dear Editor: Flying Cat Music recently hosted a concert at the Empire State Railway Museum in Phoenicia with Malcolm Holcombe, an extremely talented and nationally respected musician who resides in the Swannanoa Valley, outside of Ashville, North Carolina... Read more

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