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Foss: Allowing pot shops a local decision | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS It all depends on who you think of as a typical marijuana user. “I wouldn’t want those people in my town,” Amsterdam Town Supervisor Thomas DiMezza said, when explaining his support for banning recreational pot sales within town borders. The response, on social media, was ridicule, with commenters wondering who DiMezza was objecting to, exactly – hipsters with disposable income? The implication was that the town had erred in imposing a 30-day moratorium on marijuana sales – that those traveling to dispensaries to...

Letters to the Editor Sunday, April 11 | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Politicians offering mixed tax messages The recent news about taxing the wealthy is a good example of ‘you can’t make this up.’ The federal and state governments want to raise the tax rates on the wealthy. At the same time, they want to eliminate the current restriction of $10,000 on deducting state and local taxes because it hurts the wealthy. Andy Beiniks GOP talking points are preprogrammed The Fox watching, Trump thumping Republicans of today remind me of Chatty Cathy, the pull string talking doll made by Mattel bac...