Letters to the Editor

• Netti truly a gentleman quite difficult to measure
  During my mourning days, I reflect how special Steve Netti was to a lot people as well as how fortunate I am being his close sister.
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• Community must ask who needs charity?
  Call me old-fashioned, but I have always believed that people should seek assistance not because it is an easier path to take, but because seeking public or charitable assistance is a last resort. This is much more than just a moral platitude, because I am concerned that our charitable resources are being squandered and abused. All the buzz over who really “deserves” charity brings up some issues that really need to be addressed in our community.
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• Tops, employees make Easter dinner special
  First Love Ministries “Community Soup Kitchen” wants to thank Tops Friendly Markets for providing the fine Easter dinner served at our facility on March 15.
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• Cost to fix Clifford Field clubhouse off the wall
  I am not an accountant, but wouldn't it be less costly to hire more firefighters at regular pay than have the men and women receive time-and-a-half for working overtime?
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• Listen to those who have American interests at heart
  U.S. Rep. James Walsh writes in The Citizen, March 27, 2008, “Surge not a solution in and of itself.”
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• Pending bill opens records to adoptees
  Adoptees will have the same right to the birth records and early health histories as every other person has always had, under legislation pending in the state Senate and Assembly. Currently, eight other states offer this right and several others are considering it. Adoption records in Kansas and Alaska have never been sealed.
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• New Yorkers should have kept Spitzer
  After reading about the shenanigans our new governor has been in during his lifetime, we would have been better off keeping Eliot Spitzer -- the man with experience in government.
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• Investing in park system makes sense
  The state Legislature is currently considering a budget proposal that makes the revitalization of the state park system a key component a $1 billion plan to boost upstate's economy. Each year, more than 55 million people visit New York's state parks and historic sites. From the magnificent gorges in the Finger Lakes to the incomparable Niagara Falls, state parks help contribute to a thriving tourism industry.
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