Response to Editor's Desk
      Dear Editor, In his commentary, Howard Schwach asked New York State Education Department for parochial school report cards. When he did not receive them, he blamed the parochial schools. Wonder why? Didn't he say he asked New York State Department of Education? Maybe they don't want to compare p...
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RAA Photos
      Dear Editor, What's the story with the photos of every RAA event that is in The Wave. Photos of the back of heads in 90 percent of the shots - really great photo journalism! We don't get to see the great people or even the art work, come on!
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Mayoral Control and DOE
      Dear Editor, I am writing to voice my serious concern with mayoral control and the present NYC school governance system. Mayoral control sunsets in 2009 and I would like to see it eliminated. Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein have not used this authority to the betterment of our schools, nor...
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Mail Delivery
      Dear Editor, Lew Simon is doing a good job in the west end community of Rockaway in trying to solve the postal mail delivery problem that has beset the Rockaways of late and he should be commended for his persistence in taking on this government bureaucracy. I live in the east end of Rockaway and...
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The Boardwalk Lights Are On
      Dear Editor, Thank you for printing my letter in the March 14 edition of The Wave. A representative from Councilman Addabbo's office called me shortly after I contacted The Wave and by Monday March 10, the lights on the boardwalk between Beach 122 Street and Beach 126 Street were back on. I thank...
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Thanks Supporters
      Dear Editor, As the President of the 100 Precinct Community Council I wish to express my sincere thanks to the following merchants for their support of our newsletter. Their continued support has enabled us to offer our events through the year.
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Litter Is Not Prayer
      Dear Editor, I would never want to be a person who willingly interferes with the rights of any person to express him or herself through prayer. No one has the right to do that.
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Access-A-Ride Uses Too Many Minutes
      Dear Editor, Access-A-Ride is a godsend; it works and the MTAreally wants it to. Provisions are in place when delays occur that affect the arrival to our destination. We can be kept up-todate on the location of our assigned vehicle, and then, after a half hour delay, an authorization is granted f...
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The Best Principal in Rockaway
      Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to tell people what a good principal Ms. Logan is. She is at the Goldie Maple Academy. She is caring and loving; she takes time with and listens to the children; and she treats her kids like humans. There is no nonsense policy in her school.
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Lessons From the Bell Case
      Dear Editor, Thank you, Howard Schwach, for courageously and honestly laying out the facts about the Sean Bell case. The pain of the Bell and Paultre families upon losing Sean in such a sudden and untimely way is very real and deserves everyone's utmost respect.
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Cell Towers Pose No Threat
      Dear Editor, I am a trial lawyer, resident of the community for almost 50 years, and also one of the trustees at West End Temple who voted in favor of the Metro PCS contract. I would not have done so if there was any valid concern over radio frequency (RF) emissions affecting children or adults.
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DFTA Restructuring
      Dear Editor, The NYC Department for the Aging's (DFTA) plans to restructure how the city delivers services to the elderly will affect not only seniors themselves, but also their families, neighbors and friends. Queens Civic Congress is mindful that Queens has the highest concentration of elderly ...
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Traffic,Transit & Congestion Pricing
      Dear Editor, Perhaps no community can better understand this issue than people who live in the Rockaways. Politicians find it easy to take away, and hard to restore - kind of like the law of evolution - things evolve only in one direction, there seems to be no mechanism for reverse evolution, ...
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Calabro's Fishing Column
      Dear Editor, I'd like to express my congratulations to your paper for carrying Vinnie Calabro's column "Tales From the Wheelhouse." Besides his writing skills, Vinnie provides the only information on fishing in the Rockaways. For a community that's surrounded by the bay and the ocean to not have ...
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