TWU Punishment Excessive
      To the Editor: The decision by a State Appellate Court denying Transport Workers Union Local 100's right to dues check-off and a strong financial condition takes labor relations in New York State back into the realm of old-fashioned so-called "Right to Work State" injustice.
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A Gross Oversimplification
      To the Editor: The Chief should advise Paul D. Mannix that, regardless of the merits or lack thereof of his dispute with the Justice Department, none of its readers are stupid or racist enough to believe that the cause of the world financial crises "is simple — the Federal Government pressured institutions to lower standards so as to benefit certain groups of
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A Corrupt Power-Grab
      To the Editor: The City Council's 29-22 vote to extend term limits may seem like a victory for the Mayor and other (formerly term-limited) members of the City Council, but it might be the end of the line for some.
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Throw the Rascals Out
      To the Editor: Now that 29 pusillanimous City Council Members have pimped themselves to consort with a potent mayor, we should sense gestating within the chambers of local representative democracy an oligarchic tyranny that has no right to life.
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Outrageous Attacks
      To the Editor: This letter responds to Richard Steier's Sept. 19 column, "Pandora's In-Box: Housing Authority E-Mail War Could Cost" and Arthur Schwartz's Oct. 10 letter, both of which attack the character and credibility of David Marcinek, the Housing Authority's Deputy Director for Labor Relations and a dedicated 20-year employee.
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