A Fair Test Isn't Racist
      To the Editor: In his letter of July 17, Mike Gimbel of Local 375 AFSCME excoriates The Chief for supporting the very logical, appropriate and welcome Supreme Court ruling in the case of the New Haven firefighters, calling it a "racist, right-wing attack on affirmative action.
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Test Can't Fix Societal Ills
      To the Editor: In last week's paper, Mike Gimbel's letter lashes out at The Chief and at my letter (July 10 issue) for praising the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the New Haven Firefighters' lawsuit.
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Can't Justify Mgr. Raises
      To the Editor: Your editorial (July 17 issue) regarding managerial raises flatly misstates my recent announcement regarding this issue. I announced that my office, in fact, will provide raises to all of its managers earning less than $90,000 a year, or 109 individuals out of the office's 220 management staff.
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Et Tu, Il Bloomberg?
      To the Editor: Mayoral control of the New York City public school system is nothing but fascism. One person, Mayor Bloomberg, who has no education credentials whatsoever, wants total control, assisted by a sham rubber-stamp board, whose members serve at his pleasure.
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A Challenge From Mayor
      To the Editor: A fable: why we must take the time to learn about, appreciate, and participate in our representative institutions and processes, and why we must then take the time to preserve, protect, and defend them,
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TWU's McCarthyism
      To the Editor: John McCarthy (July 3 letter), and anyone else for that matter, who supported the United Invincible (UI) slate must have had blinders on for the last 8
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TWU's United Whiners
      To the Editor: I am writing to you in response to an e-mail I received from Ed Watt and the United Invincible team about how certain external forces are ganging up on Curtis Tate and his team of Roger Toussaint toadies to try to influence the upcoming TWU election.
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The Trouble With Toussaint
      To the Editor: The recent TWU Local 100 election for International delegates makes it abundantly clear to any unbiased observer that Toussaint's "iron grip" on Local 100 has been smashed to pieces. The Toussaint-backed United Invincible puppet slate is headed for defeat in December. It's now time for International President James Little to make a decision.
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