Mailbag

To The Editor:
Running for Delaware County Judge has been a humbling experience.  From the moment I declared my intentions to run I have been blessed with support from family, friends, neighbors and clients all freely giving of their time, money and talents.  Never in my wildest dreams did I envision walking down Main Street Margaretville to the kind of cheers we received during the Margaretville Fire Department’s 125th Anniversary parade in July.

To The Editor:
October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect, affecting about one out of every 1,000 newborns in the United States.

What is spina bifida? It’s a birth defect that results in the spinal cord protruding from a baby’s back. The back can be surgically closed before or after birth, but damage to the spinal cord can cause paralysis, hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain), bowel and bladder issues, and other challenges.

To The Editor:
Pushing ethical limits, 15 Delaware County supervisors, without public input, have published a resolution inviting Williams Pipeline Company of Oklahoma to run a high-pressure gas pipeline through Delaware County. Oddly, this decision was made without knowing what route the pipeline will take!

To The Editor:
This letter is for county residents not living in the Town of Middletown.
Here in the Town of Middletown, we have been blessed with Gary Rosa as one of our town justices for the last 20 years. Ask yourself what would make a good county judge?  

My guess some of the qualities you would want are fairness, open minded, knowledge of the laws, the ability to listen to both sides of a case and a respect of all parties involved.  Well, if these are some of the same qualities you would look for in a county judge, and then I just described Gary Rosa.  

To The Editor:
Thank you, thank you, thank you to the Good Samaritan who took the time to take my purse back into Freshtown last Thursday.

I had carelessly left it in the cart when I left the store. Your caring and thoughtfulness are certainly very much appreciated by me.
Please know how grateful and thankful I am to this Good Samaritan.

Barbara Finch,
Margaretville

To The Editor:
The Adirondacks have one; the Green Mountains have one; the Appalachians have one, and now we in the Catskills have one: our own hiking and outdoor club – The Catskill Mountain Club!
Formed in 2004, after our first annual Lark in the Park celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Catskill Park, we’re seeing interest build in outdoor activities not only in the park but also throughout our entire Catskill Region of six and-a-half (half of Albany) counties.

To The Editor:

To The Editor,
On November 6, the position of Delaware County Judge will be up for election. This is to call attention to facts which voters should be aware of when making their decision.

To The Editor:
Prior to Hurricane Irene the bridges in Fleischmanns did not receive high marks from the Delaware County Public Works Department engineers inspecting village bridges. According to the department’s own criteria, on a scale from 0-7, bridges in Delaware County are considered unsafe at a score of 4.5 or below.

In addition to several low marks for bridges in Fleischmanns, in 2009 the now missing Bridge Street bridge received an almost unacceptable mark of 4.567.  As low as the 2009 rating was, no work had been done to improve or replace this bridge.

To The Editor:
There is a dark side to the issue of the bridge replacement on Bridge Street in Fleischmanns. The county’s decision not to replace the bridge has sinister overtones, echoing the politics of the 21st century. All money that is earmarked for distribution is based on special interests and who carries the biggest stick. The concept of right does not matter.