Editorial
School Consultants Come Up Short
      Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, according to an article in a daily newspaper, seems increasingly inclined to hire outside consultants for core management duties and functions. Most such outside consultants, we're sure, are more than capable of performing the duties they were hired to do. Some other...
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Say No To Gun Control
To The Editor:
      The shootings at Virginia Tech teach us that we cannot always depend on the police to protect us. It is obvious that if even a few of the victims had been armed, many innocent lives could have been saved. The problem is not the availability of guns nor the transport of guns across state lines.
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Benefits Weighed
To The Editor:
      Some letters have appeared in recent weeks attacking the concept and process of landmarking, most from the same author. In order for a building or a neighborhood (district) to achieve city landmark status, a lengthy and intense procedure must be followed.
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World Government Coming?
To The Editor:
      Zbigniew Brzezinski's 1970 book, Between Two Ages led David Rockefeller to create the Trilateral Commission in 1973. The goal of the new organization, as spelled out in this book, is piecemeal transition to world government.
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Hails Bryant H.S.
To The Editor:
      It was with the greatest of interest that I read the pages of the most informative issue of the Gazette of May 23. I am thrilled to learn that Bryant High School scored A Minus on the evaluation.
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Spend Surplus On Srs.
To The Editor:
      The city I think should spend a portion of this surplus on the people who gave so much to this great city of ours, and that is our elderly. They need better equipped senior citizens centers and they also should have better safety so they won't be constantly an easy target by muggers, and that mean...
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Mayor's PlaNYC2030
To The Editor:
      From the vantage of Kew Gardens Hills in the middle of Queens, Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg's PlaNYC2030 does not have much attraction for residents of the boroughs outside Manhattan. His prescription for reducing pollution is to impose a tax on accessing Manhattan, where pollution is no worse than ...
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Op-ed
Big A Is Big Business
BY AUDREY I. PHEFFER
      Aqueduct- the "Big A" as it is affectionately known by those who love it- is the only racetrack located in New York City. It is easily accessible by public transportation- it even has its own stop on the A train line. The racetrack was opened in 1894 and for almost 225 years has operated as one o...
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