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McLaughlin's Tangled Life To the Editor: There is much more to the Brian McLaughlin story than has been revealed so far. With its antenna in the right receiving position, The Chief (Sept. 19 issue) set out the important new information that former Central Labor Council President McLaughlin cooperated with U. S. More ... Name Jails for Fallen To the Editor: Concerning Wallace B. Cheatham's call (Sept. 26 issue) for naming The Tombs in memory of Ben Ward, it's my feeling that any Correction Department facility renaming should be done in the honor of members of the Correction Department who made the supreme sacrifice. More ... Time for a DC 37 Deal To the Editor: The Local 237 contract is done, and it looks like a good one, although I haven't seen all the details. Now is the time for District Council 37 and the city to get our contract done with similar terms. The city should not be stingy with DC 37 and offer the same terms. Let's get it ... More ... Albano's Side of Guild Vote To the Editor: I am writing in response to Richard Steier's column entitled "Dissident Calls the Cops, Guild Stacks the Deck" in THE CHIEF-LEADER of Sept. 19. You referred to the Tech Guild's election committee of 1998 as "hand-picked by Mr. Albano." In fact, I did not control who became members... More ... Buckley Would Approve To the Editor: In his letter (Sept. 26 issue) speculating on what William F. Buckley, Jr. would have thought about the selection of Sarah Palin as the GOP candidate for Vice President, Michael Gorman displays a profound ignorance of Mr. Buckley's life and worldview, as well as of Governor Palin'... More ... History Lesson, Part 2 To the Editor: William McKechnie's response (Sept. 26 issue) to Michael Gorman's Sept. 19 letter is, to employ McKechnie's language, "asinine rhetoric." Yes, Abraham Lincoln "who abolished slavery" was a Republican, but 150 years ago the Republicans represented much of the progressive, enlighte... More ... Democrats of a Feather To the Editor: Add "Ex-CO May Return to Jail Allege Influence-Peddling Got Seminerio $500G" (Sept. 19 issue) to the growing list of corrupt Democratic Party public officials. More ... |
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