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One Reason For A Change At The White House To The Reader’s Forum: To the powers that be, It seems that the “losing party” has not realized why “they” lost. Example being an article on Feb. 15 by “one from that side” written by someone that still doesn’t get it. The content and negative message from that writer was an example of why the White House now has a new resident. Larry Ostrander Zephyr Hills, Fla. School Choice Isn’t Only Way To Raise Achievement To the Reader’s Forum: As a public school teacher (Jamestown High School, 30 years), I was ...

‘Quid Pro-Quo’ From Trump Administration

To The Reader’s Forum: Here we go again! Here’s another example of a “quid pro-quo” from the Trump administration! This time it comes from within the United States instead of between Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, which led to Trump’s first impeachment. When Trump appointed Danielle Sassoon as the SDNY temporary federal prosecutor (she’s genuinely conservative, a member of the Federalist Society and clerked for the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia), the DOJ, led by AG Pam Bondi, figured Sassoon would do anything for the Trump ...

Mailman Goes Above And Beyond For Area Resident

To The Reader’s Forum: I would like to give a big thank you to the mailman who services Avalon Boulevard. He recently noticed my sister-in-law’s mailbox filling up and newspapers as well. Terrible snow and ice days. Knowing she lives alone he contacted the police to come and check on her. To her surprise two officers came to make sure she was OK. They collected her mail, had a chat and left. She was embarrassed but so appreciative of what took place. She couldn’t take the chance of falling. Now that was some great compassion and service. So thank you very much! Judy ...

We The People Have A Problem

To The Reader’s Forum: We the People have a problem. There is an unelected businessman, a private citizen-never even served as a public official in any capacity- who has breached part (USAID) of our US Government employment payment records and systems. Elon Musk’s team of college students his experts now access and can download all of the information. Snowden was found guilty of downloading and sharing US files and newspapers are found guilty and fined for invading an individual’s personal records. This isn’t a Republican/Democratic, left-right, ...

Trump Does Not Have A ‘Powerful Mandate’

To The Reader’s Forum: Well, contrary to the Trump claim that he had won a “powerful mandate” as a result of the 2024 election, he has no such “mandate” other than the fact he won the election. The reality, although small one, is that greater than 50% of voters actually voted for candidates other than Trump! Republicans claim the 2024 race was where they secured a “landslide” when the results reveal that this was one of the closest presidential elections of the post–World War II era. As to the Electoral College, Trump won in 2024 with 312, yet Biden won in 2020 with ...

You Get What You Pay For

To The Reader’s Forum: It’s been so long since I’ve seen a well-designed website, I don’t even remember that day. Most are cluttered and complex and show little sensitivity to the user interface or user experience. I often have to hunt for buttons or links that allow me to do the simplest things, but if the sites were designed properly, those tasks would be intuitive and seamless. In the designed world, there are two essential principles that are universal: “Less is more”, and “form follows function”. But I see little evidence of those in the design of ...