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Letters to the Editor

We live in an Authoritarian Regime

We’ve been hearing the word “regime” in the news quite a bit lately and I decided to look it up. I was shocked when I saw the definition because it sounded oddly familiar. Here is what it said: “Authoritarian regime” – a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people.

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Fulton Daily News

Arrests Made in Larceny From Former Nestles Plant

THIS JUST IN:  Fulton Police arrested two subjects attempting to steal scrap metal from the former Nestle building located at 555 S. Fourth St. in Fulton. Officers were aware of the activity after receiving a report the previous evening that someone had stolen a large amount of copper pipe from the property. On Friday at about 12:15 a.m., officers located two men inside a fenced in area on the property. Through the investigation, it was found that the two men were allegedly attempting to steal scrap copper pipe from large pieces of machinery that remain on the property.

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Community

Pulaski peer leaders ease transition for sixth graders

A special orientation time was coordinated on the first day of school where students were matched with high school student peer leaders who took students on a tour of the building, helped them find their classrooms, practice lockers and decipher their schedules as well as help with ice breaker activities to get to know each other in home rooms.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

New York in Need of New Tax Policies that Move State Forward

A discussion about tax reform has started in Albany which I am glad to see take shape.  Members of the State Senate Finance Committee have been holding hearings and asking the question – how do we improve our state’s tax policy? They have begun to gather testimony from business groups and other experts in tax policy in reaction to rankings that consistently rank New York’s tax burden as one of the highest in the country. The fact that New York state has high taxes is hardly a surprise to anyone living in the state.

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