Queens Deserves Marshall's, Bloomberg's Praise
      There is no shortage of reasons to be proud of Queens. Borough President Helen Marshall enumerated many of them in her State of the Borough address yesterday, and we concur. Leading the pack, however, was her emphasis on this borough's ability to reinvent itself.
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Governor Offers Buffet Menu
      To The Editor: In his second State of the State address to the New York state legislature [on January 9], Governor [Eliot] Spitzer presented a highly ambitious agenda for meeting some of the most important needs of New Yorkers.
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Wants Space For Pre-K
      To The Editor: As one of the original proponents of universal pre-k, I read with great interest the recent editorial titled, "Free Up Universal Pre-k $" [ Gazette, Jan. 9, 2008]. I certainly agree that the benefits a full-day pre-k program can have on a child are innumerable.
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Don't Support Illegal Aliens
      To The Editor: I have never written to your paper before. I usually support your opinions. However, the article written by John Toscano [Jan. 2, 2007, p. 8, "Many Fresh Direct Workers Facing Immigrant Status Test, Quit Jobs", quoting Congressmember Nydia Velazquez] really upset me.
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Con Ed, Raise Standards Before Raising Rates
Op- ed
BY CITY COUNCILMEMBER PETER VALLONE JR.
      Hearings have been convened to discuss a proposed rate increase by Con Edison, a prospect I find somewhat unsettling after their startling track record of irresponsibility and deception over the past two decades. I hope these public discussions will serve as a forum of truth to combat the oftenmis...
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Beg Pardon
      The Helen Marshall State of the Borough story that appeared in the Jan. 9, 2008 Queens Gazette was written in advance, based on a draft of an incomplete speech and should not have been published until Jan. 16, 2008. We apologize for any inconvenience or problems this may have caused.
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Dutch Kills Residents At Town Hall Oppose Development
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO
      A large and vocal contingent of Dutch Kills residents expressed mounting frustration and anger over unchecked development in their neighborhood at a town hall meeting last week.
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Spitzer's 'State Of State' Proposals Generally Well Received
BY JOHN TOSCANO
      Governor Eliot Spitzer drew high praise for many of the proposals he enunciated in last week's State of the State message- praise that was balanced by concerns expressed for meeting a huge budget deficit, to provide aid to seniors' high drug costs, and to cap property taxes for suburban school di...
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The Pulpit
Compiled by Susan Cleary
      Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. Jan. 19, Ashura; Jan. 20, World Religion Day; Jan. 21, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Jan. 22 Tu B'Shevat; Jan. 26 India Republic Day.
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