Opinion
SOUND OFF: Published October 23
Another election is upon us. As citizens, it is important we take a good, long look at the candidates and make an informed, intelligent decision. We are deciding the course of North Tonawanda for the next few years. This is too important to waste. Attend the “meet the candidates” night at the high school next Wednesday. And when looking at a candidate, take note of those who are managing his campaign. These people will be involved should that candidate be elected. It’s not just one guy but his team you are voting for. Vote for the best person, not just along party lines. None of us can afford not to do this.
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Talk about bending over for the developers ... after reading Neale Gulley's article about the Oct. 20 North Tonawanda common council meeting, I was outraged that not only are city officials willing to spend taxpayer money on a DEC lawsuit that developers should be footing the bill for, but they're also proposing a tax exemption for converting non-residential property to mixed use (like the buildings on Oliver Street). I see lots of money going out and not much coming in.
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T-NT week is a week to be celebrated! It was chock full of activities of all kinds. Did anyone notice that the superintendent of North Tonawanda schools was absent from it all! Vecchiarella could not find the time to celebrate a tradition of the district he runs? How dare he have so little regard for the students and our community! This community has tolerated a lot from this man, only to be completely snubbed. His contract is done in September. It better not be renewed or extended.
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KEPPELER: Stranger in a strange land
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Sound Off published Thursday March 18
I’m a City of Tonawanda resident for most of my life and I see the recycling guys don’t want to put themselves out to do their jobs and we paid for their services. So please help, somebody get on their butt and get their job done the way they should.
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DUVALL: Spending cuts must be manageable
For as often as the media uses outsized, hyperbolic phrases to describe routine functions of government, we have going on in New Jersey right now a true ideological clash.
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Sound Off published Wednesday March 17
This is in response to the person who says there was a Jeffrey’s in the City of Tonawanda. The word is Zeffrey’s. It was an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. It was beautiful.
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LEFLER: The good life in Western New York
Oh look! Spring.Now, technically I know it’s not spring yet, but with the Ides of March and Buffalo’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in our rear-view, two of the indicators I use for spring have already passed. Throw in the nice weather we’re having and my body is ready to walk down Main Street in a T-shirt and shorts.
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CONFER: The census and your privacy
In his recent column, my friend Scott Leffler waxed poetic about how illogical — if not illegal — the U.S. Census has become as it asks questions that were unintended by our Founding Fathers. As with quite a few issues, I agree with Scott on this one and I will be one of those folks he mentions who will try their luck by filling out only one question on the 10-question form.
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DUVALL: News to relaunch its Web site this week
Times are changing, and so are we.
With that in mind, I’m pleased to announce that tonawanda-news.com, this paper’s Web site, will undergo a major overhaul. On Tuesday, our entirely new site will “go live” (just a fancy way of saying publish).
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TUCKER: Riveria tops this week's news
Here’s another reason to be glad you live in the Tonawandas: The Riviera Theatre.
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ADAMCZYK: Television besmirches 'The Boss'
The television emphasis, lately, has a new definition, the boss as Judge, and if a generation grows up assuming that the way to supervise is as draconian as television depicts it, I expect to see a few bumps in future labor relations.
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