Tuesday morning I was headed up Route 86, almost at the Trudeau Road turnoff, when I saw blue and red lights flashing in my rearview mirror. I immediately pulled over and a few minutes later the Rescue Squad ambulance flew by. The symbolism was painfully appropriate: Me driving to Cavu on one ...
I have spent years fighting for an all-of-the-above energy policy that protects both our environment and the pocketbooks of upstate New Yorkers. Yet, the more I watch Albany’s aggressive Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) and the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) ...
As the town of Tupper Lake supervisor, I feel the time has come for me to make a stand and set the record straight on a number of issues and accusations that have been leveled against me and the town of Tupper Lake. First and foremost, let me be clear that this conflict of interest issue is ...
“Too bad your columns aren’t as light as your drink,” a husky voice said. It was early o’clock at Nori’s as I added oat milk to my coffee. “Pardon?” I leaned toward him. He added sugar to his. “Your columns were fun, now it’s all a reflection on the state of the ...
To the editor: Republican politicians backing the Trump administration are once again trying to suppress voter and states’ rights. If it wasn’t bad enough that the right-wing lied about the need for ICE and bypassed governors’ rule in their own states, now the GOP is trying to use its ...
Speaking of American military personnel killed in the Iran War, Trump stated, “Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is...” But it was never that way for him. In 1997, the five-time Vietnam War draft dodger said the dangers he faced, possibly contracting ...