Letter: Saratoga Springs editorial prompts call for apology
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Letter writer says the Times Union Editorial Board owes an apology to Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton and Saratoga Springs Assistant Police Chief John Catone. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
The editorial It s not safety vs. justice, July 2, called for the resignation of both Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton and Saratoga Springs Assistant Police Chief John Catone for attempting to shut down speech they don t like. You cited Catone s rant filled with racist dog whistles and his threat to summon the collective forces of the city s historically white power establishment to put an end to what [Catone] called a narrative of lies and misinformation.
Letter: Catone s rhetoric using racialized fears
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League of Women Voters joins condemnation of Saratoga officials
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Letter: Climate and Community Investment Act would penalize retirees
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FILE. Letter writer says, It’s unconscionable to penalize retirees for driving to buy groceries, pick up life-saving prescriptions, visit family and friends and heat their homes activities that are not major contributors to carbon emissions. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
The Retired Public Employees Association, representing the interests of nearly 500,000 state and local government retirees, objects to the June 24 editorial “A ticking climate clock” about the Climate and Community Investment Act. This is not the best way to reduce carbon emissions, especially because it would tax the use of energy that retirees depend on for their health, safety and quality of life: gasoline and fuel for cooking and heating their homes.
Letter: Dismay over Saratoga Springs law enforcement officials
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Letter writers say, We were dismayed to read remarks attributed to Saratoga Springs Assistant Police Chief John Catone and Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton in the article Officials blame violence on racial justice advocates, June 29. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
We were dismayed to read remarks attributed to Saratoga Springs Assistant Police Chief John Catone and Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton in the article “Officials blame violence on racial justice advocates,” June 29.
A small group of us, mostly older white folks, have gathered every week since last fall in front of our church in downtown Albany to hold a vigil for racial justice. Our signs, in the spirit of the peace of Christ, proclaim that “Black Lives Matter.”