Clean
fuel needs governors’ support
Your editorial “Floating a new
idea” (May
5 edition) on the Broadwater Energy facility
in Long Island Sound is right on track. With a gallon
of gasoline at $4 and the cost of home-heating oil
also at $4 per gallon where does the Northeast turn
for relief? One source of relief comes in the form
of natural gas, which is less polluting than other
forms of fossil fuels and which displaces the consumption
of oil in a number of applications. read more
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Recent Letters:
Entergy
committed to safety, emergency planning
Dr. Ron Nutovits
There has been recent criticism
of Indian Point-operator Entergy's commitment
to public safety. This statement provides a different
point of view about Entergy's dedicated partnership
and sense of responsibility to public health
and safety.
Stewart
an economic force for Valley
John A. D'Ambrosio
In the 25 years that I've been president
of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce, the chamber
has actively promoted Stewart International Airport
as a strong regional airport and not a “fourth
major jetport” for the New York City metro area.
It is gratifying to see the airport's new owner,
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
appears to be in agreement.
Why
single out Ulster schools?
Martin Rabkin
Concerning your Sept. 10 issue and the
page 9 article titled “Ulster schools earn low
ranking,” while your facts are correct, perhaps
your headline and tone of the article are unfair
– to Ulster County. Read through to the bottom
third of the article and only then do you find
“Other Hudson Valley counties were also rated in
the (Forbes) study, none of which ranked particularly
well.” For example, according to Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/05/schools-taxes-education-biz-beltway_cz_cs_0705schools_2.html,
44th-ranked Rockland County spent $1,474 more per
pupil and had a graduation rate of 87 percent,
only three percentage points higher than Ulster's
rate at 84 percent. Similarly, Westchester County,
ranked 46th, spent $1,870 more and scored a graduation
rate only 1.3 percent higher than Ulster County,
while Putnam County, ranked 59th, spent $134 more
and, on the positive side, had a 4.8 percent higher
graduation rate. And yet you downplayed these counties'
less-than-stellar results, singling out Ulster
C
ounty.
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