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Letters March 19, 2010  RSS feed
Let’s Change The Subject
     Dear Editor, Well, first I wrote a letter to The Wave mentioning presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, but really talking about the recent Tea Party convention. Then naturally enough a reply to that letter appeared in The Wave.
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Why Treat Terrorists Like Israel Does?
     Dear Editor, I was very upset with the article which claimed our nation should treat terrorists with the same methods Israel uses.This would be a disaster. I was very upset with the article which claimed our nation should treat terrorists with the same methods Israel uses. This would be a disaster. For all the eye for an eye that Israel has taken there is no real sense of security or prospects for true peace in that troubled nation.
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Please Save Our Ferry
     Dear Editor,The following letter was sent to Mayor Michael Bloomberg regarding the termination of the Rockaway Ferry.Dear Mayor Bloomberg, I have been working with the Rockaway Ferry operators to encourage ridership to the Rockaways. We have art galleries in Fort Tilden and partner with the National Park Service, offering a beautiful setting for Manhattanites and Brooklynites to come for a day on our natural beachfront and enjoy a full arts and music experience.
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Wave Edited My Turn
     Dear Editor, Nice job, Howie! You chose to omit the last, and most important sentence of my article, which you know full well was “The Rockaway Ferry should be saved.”
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Elders Should Be Aware Of Scammers
     Dear Editor, My father, now in his 80s, has recently told me of three separate incidents of young men intimidating him at his front door in Neponsit. In each incident the men knocked on my father’s door following a snowfall, asked whether they could shovel his sidewalks, and when he said no they shouted obscenities.
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Fascism At Dayton
     Dear Editor, Given the pervasiveness and the depth of corruption in the Rockaways and South Queens – from the embezzlement of prime publicly-owned oceanfront property to the embezzlement of publicly-owned Aqueduct Racetrack to the privatization, profitplundering,
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A Devastating Effect
     Dear Editor, The following letter was written to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Dear Mayor Bloomberg: I am writing to you regarding New York City’s decision to terminate Ferry Service from Rockaway to Manhattan. This decision will have a devastating effect on the residents of Rockaway that utilize this service.
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Still Trying To Save The Ferry
     Dear Editor, A group of faithful riders of the Rockaway ferry are actively pursuing saving this strategic service to our communities.
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Outrage Over End Of Ferry Tale
     Dear Editor, The cancellation of the Rockaway- Manhattan ferry service as a result of purported “lack of funding” by the City of New York is just another slap in the face to the residents of the “sixth borough.”
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Shorefront Parkway Potholes
     Dear Editor, I don’t know how many people have driven on Shorefront Parkway since the snow storms, but the road is full of potholes.
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Postal Disregard
     Dear Editor, Good day, My name is Paula A. Ruble, I am a Site Property Manager in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. On the morning of January 29, 2010 mail was delivered to my office 22-45 Dix Avenue by our regular mail carrier, Randy Jenkins.
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Stop Abortions
     Dear Editor, I would like to respond to Frank Gerace’s letter of January 22, 2010 and to all those who believe we have to protect a women’s reproductive health care. (Abortion) May I please state a few factors.
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