Letters to the Editor: TWU's Anti-Democratic Stance
To the Editor:
      I read with interest your article (Aug. 3 issue) on Roger Toussaint's refusal to allow a democratic vote to fill the Transport Workers Union Local 100 vice presidential vacancy in Private Lines. At first, I was stunned at the seeming ambiguity in the posted bylaws that specifically mandate vacancy elections only for division officers and executive board members.
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TWU BYLAWS CLEAR
To the Editor:
      Ari Paul (Aug. 3 story, "Toussaint Opposes Private Lines Vote") makes a small error of omission in regards to any executive board appointment of a vice president to Transport Workers Union Local 100.
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UNCIVIL TO GIULIANI
To the Editor:
      This letter is in response to Deputy Chief Jim Riches's essay on July 18, 2007, as excerpted in your July 27 letters column. Some years ago, Professor Stephen Carter of Yale University, a widely acclaimed author, wrote an insightful book called "Civility.
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FDNY PRUDISHNESS
To the Editor:
      Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta's predictable overreaction to Firefighter Michael Biserta's DVD overexposure reminds me of my Catholic school discipline: One kid misbehaves, so everyone in the class is punished. Why penalize all firefighters and their many fans for one foolish act by a firefighter years before he joined the FDNY?
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