Term Limits Are New York City Law
      This newspaper was against term limits from the moment the idea was first proposed. Term limits have always existed, we argued. If you find you do not like an elected official, vote him or her out of office. Our opinion notwithstanding, in two referendums during the last decade, the people voted a...
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Columbus Was A Visionary
      Christopher Columbus was a man of vision, logic and drive. He sailed in pursuit of economic gain, it is true, but having once encountered what he thought were islands off the coast of what neither he nor anyone else at the time referred to as the Indian subcontinent,
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Con Ed Site For MSHQ
      To The Editor: Let "to whom it may concern" include everyone in the room connected in any way to issues concerning health, threats to health, quality of life, health care, air pollution, noise pollution, land use, development and the overall existence of a vital growing and dedicated community.
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Questions Contributions
      To The Editor: The political season is upon us once again. It always interests me as to who the major contributors are of the various candidates. To me, it gives an indication as to where allegiances may lie. Take, for example, the race for state senator in Northeast Queens between incumbent Fra...
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Shame On Desecraters
      To The Editor: Bounded by the Long Island Expressway on the north; the Van Wyck Expressway to the west; and Main Street to its east, lies a Jewish burial ground— the Mount Hebron Cemetery, an orchard of granite stones and bronze plaques wherein the seed of Abraham are laid to rest at life's...
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Oversight Committees
      To The Editor: I was astonished to hear Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, blame the Bush Administration for the current economic crisis. She made these statements during the discussion in Congress about the bailout of our financial institutions, which was to be...
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