Please tell me why the sidewalk in front of North Tonawanda High School is never shoveled. I had to help an elderly lady who slipped in front of the school last winter, and I see a snow-covered sidewalk today. I don’t know why my school tax dollars can’t go towards making walking safe for all pedestrians who walk down Meadow Drive past the school. What do the students of both the high school and Meadow Drive school do? Walk in the street?
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Jeff Mis falls into a judge position? He hasn’t been a criminal attorney. Real estate closings don’t equate to knowledge of the criminal justice system. A judgeship, one who decides the liberty of those accused of crimes, should be given to one capable of making those decisions. This has nothing to do with Democrat or Republican; it is all about competence.
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To the ignorant person who complained about putting a U.S. flag on a Japanese car: Chances are that the Japanese car you saw (Honda, Toyota, Acura) was assembled in the United States, putting Americans to work. Also, your Ford has more parts made in foreign countries than my Toyota, and your GM is now being built with government-loaned money financed by Communist China, also with few American-made parts. It is also the greed of the UAW that put your American car companies in jeopardy in the first place while ridiculous labor and benefit costs drove parts manufacturers oversees and put Chrysler out of business; no UAW factory worker has a skill that any other private industry would pay them $50,000-$70,000 for doing, complete with lucrative overtime, healthcare and pension benefits. I’ll fly my American flag — you and your “U.S.” driving pals should fly a white one.
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To the person who was upset about people putting American flags on Japanese cars. I have a Honda motorcycle that was assembled in this country, made by American workers. Some parts were actually made in Canada. I wear an American baseball cap made in China. I eat German food, my grandma’s Polish, but I’m still an American, aren’t I?
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I just received my paper today and on the top cover of the paper, there are pictures of Mr. Brick and Mr. Sommer leaving the council seats on the North Tonawanda board. I only have one word for all of them, or maybe two words: good riddance.
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SOUND OFF: Published January 1, 2010
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HOPKINS: Spills and thrills on the ice
Two quick steps and I’m flying through the air, arms outstretched like Superman, on my way to stop Lex Luthor from carrying out his heinous plot.
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KEPPELER: Celebrating the differences
Probably more than 99 percent of the time I write about my 5-year-old son, I treat him as if he’s perfectly, well, normal.
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Sound Off published Thursday, Sept. 9
Now that Spaulding Fibre has been knocked down, please put a Wegmans there. We need one really bad.
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DUVALL: Plenty to watch on Primary Day
Primary Day is right around the corner and I thought it might be fun for all those other political junkies out there to make a whirlwind trip through the handful of hot races in Western New York.
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Sound Off published Wednesday, Sept. 8
To the Tonawanda DPW, thanks for moving the stop sign to the corner of Tussing Lane and Delaware Street. It now makes sense.
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CONFER: Learning about our Constitution
In a recent column for the Greater Niagara Newspapers in which he addressed constitutional amendments that he’d like to do away with, Scott Leffler began a paragraph with this thought:
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LEFFLER: A job for the federal government
The Obama administration has bailed out Detroit. They’ve bailed out Wall Street.
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TUCKER: Where did summer go?
Wasn’t it just last week that the summer furniture came out, the new flowers were planted, the old deaf dog able to get around more easily?
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Sound Off published Saturday Sept. 4
Congratulations to the people who ran that Thunder on the Niagara. It was absolutely fantastic. Hope it’s bigger and better next year. Thanks for the entertainment!
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ADAMCZYK: They had never seen anything like this
Back in my day a television comedian named Harry Anderson had a magic act of sorts, more snappy patter and advantage taken of his audience’s good nature than any amazing display of the art form.
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