Mailbag

To The Editor:
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the folks at Margaretville Central School who helped make our Veteran’s Day celebration possible.
I am sure that we are speaking for all the veterans who attended this event in thanking you for your hard work, patriotism, and dedication to our great country.
Perhaps next year one of our veterans will state our gratitude at the event.
Whether our sacrifice was small or large, it is always great to be appreciated.

Edmund Ludde,
Robert Carroll
and Dan Gaponiak,
Margaretville

To The Editor:
We in Halcottsville are suffering great financial pain from the unfair burden we are bearing with respect to the Roxbury School tax levy we are disproportionately saddled with.

Halcottsville properties are located in the Town of Middletown and are also located within the Roxbury School District. Roxbury’s school tax is levied to Halcottsville pro­p­erty owners by the Town of Roxbury based on assessed values that are determined by the Town of Middletown.

To The Editor:
We, as a community, should be very proud of what the Margaretville Central School girls’ and boys’ soccer teams accomplished this fall.

They both were winners in the Nelson Tournament, played in Margaret­ville instead of Fleischmanns, as usual, and the both tied the Delaware League Crossover game played in Oneonta to be league co-champions.

It just goes to show that with good effort and teamwork, good things will happen.
We must also not forget the fine coaching of girls’ coach Toni Smith and boys’ coach Jeremey Marks.

To The Editor:
Judge Carl Becker has been the sitting Delaware County Court judge for 10 years and has an exemplary record of activities and accomplishments.

Judge Becker is a graduate of Clarkson University and Albany Law School. He has been our County judge, Family Court judge and Surrogate Court judge for the last 10 years and has attended numbers of continuing education courses over that time to further improve and enhance the operation of these courts.

To The Editor:
In last week’s paper a letter writer expressed dismay at receiving what he perceived to be annoying and false information regarding Congressman Chris Gibson, sent by candidate Julian Schreibman. Gibson’s voting record is proof of what is being detailed in those mailings. I have actually gone into the Congressional voting record for Congressman Gibson and it is very clear where he stands on issues.

To The Editor:
The crisis of government in the United States has been building since World War II. The emergence of the imperial presidency and the atrophying of the legislative and judicial branches have deep roots in the post-war Military Industrial Complex. The interesting issue here is not the damage done by the Bush/Clinton/Obama oligarchy and their followers but how they were able to get away with it, given the barriers that exist in our constitution to prevent just the sorts of misuses of power for which they have now become notorious. How did this come about?

To The Editor:
In our November election we will be selecting the person to serve as judge at a very uncertain time, resolving matters in Delaware County for county court (civil and criminal), surrogate’s court (estate and inheritance matters) and family court (custody and parenting issues, abuse and neglect, domestic violence, adoptions, juvenile delinquency and support appeals).

For the past 20 plus years, I have practiced family law primarily in Delaware County.

To The Editor:
As an attorney who has practiced law for over 37 years in various federal, state and local courts as a prosecutor, defense attorney and trial counsel for litigants in a variety of civil cases, I have appeared before numerous judges.

I have seen Gary Rosa during the past 22 years as both a lawyer and judge. He is knowledgeable in the law, has an exemplary temperament and is the epitome of honesty and fairness.

To The Editor:
I’ve known Fritz Becker for quite a long time. When I first served, as a Democrat, on the Stamford Village Board of Trustees, he was our village attorney. Fritz really taught me how to be a public official. He impressed me with his thoughtfulness, integrity, and how carefully he considered possibilities before reaching decisions.

To The Editor:
It looks like all of the precautions scared Sandy away.  

Here are the specifics from Walnut Street in Margaretville.  The statistics from my Rainwise MK III weather station are as follows: From Sunday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. through Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 11 a.m. the cumulative rainfall was 1.71 inches.  The peak wind gust was 28 mph.  
Some predictions seemed more dire.

Tom Jeffers,
Margaretville