BRONX TIMES REPORTER, S BTR EPT. 3-9, 2021 13
letters & comments
To the Editor,
Adding to the population
in our small neighborhood
equals overdevelopment and
nothing good can come of
it. Congestion on our roads,
parking daytime or overnight
is impossible. Schools are
overcrowded, our Police Department
is understaffed, and
additional population brings
more crime.
The present administration
both city and state have
shutdown the courts, canceled
bail for every crime
and have encouraged the
criminals. When will it end?
No neighborhood is safe anymore.
How can anyone even
think of adding high-rise
buildings in any neighborhood?
What will it accomplish?
We must correct conditions,
not make them worse.
We must keep our low density
zoning to protect our community
and preserve our quality
of life. Say “no” to Throggs
Neck Associates LLC., and
“no” to upzoning. We will
continue to hold rally’s and
collect signatures. Please
continue to attend rally’s until
this problem ends. Remember
we live here, the developers
don’t, and we know what’s
best for our community.
Andrew Chirico
To the Editor,
In a case book example of
psychological projection, this
week the hard-right columnist
castigates Progressives
for their alleged dishonesty,
a perfect example of the proverb,
“The pot calling the kettle
black.”
This from a man who on a
weekly basis engages in fallacious
arguments, character
assassination and sketchy
sourcing to prop up his brand
of extreme conservatism.
In the author of the
COMACTA column’s looking
glass world, suppressing the
vote is noble. Limiting voting
hours, locations and voting
by mail are effective tools
Photo Adrian Childress
in preventing working people
from exercising their right to
vote.
The author would have
us believe systemic racism
can’t possibly exist, since it
is not enshrined in law. Can
it be that the author is unaware
of the number of black
citizens unjustly killed by police?
Let me refresh his memory
by naming those wrongly
killed and the amounts that
their families received to
drop wrongful death lawsuits
against the municipalities:
Breonna Taylor $12 million;
Freddy Gray $6.4 million;
Eric Garner $5.9 million
and Tamir Rice $6 million,
to name a few. Racism was
the common denominator in
these needless deaths, and
somehow the columnist is
startled by reports that only
50% of Americans believe we
have liberty and justice for
all. Remove your head from
the sand and open your eyes,
sir!
The out of touch, hardright
ideologue is dismayed
and simply cannot comprehend
that millennials favor
socialism over capitalism.
These young Americans have
been buffeted by economic
uncertainty throughout their
careers, so this fact should
surprise no one. But wait, it
can’t be a failure of the system,
it must be a conspiracy.
Yes, it’s the liberal infi ltration
of academia and those
dastardly Chinese investors
that are causing millennials
to think approvingly of
socialism. When rational explanations
don’t support the
conservative narrative, the
remedy is to create a conspiracy
theory. Attaboy, Frank!
Pasqual Pelosi
To the Editor,
Happy Anniversary Bronx
Times and Bronx Times Reporter
for “Forty years in
the making: The story of
the Bronx Times Reporter,”
which ran online on Aug. 26.
The Bronx Home News
suspended publication in
1948. It was the last Bronxbased
daily newspaper. Many
years ago, the New York Daily
News once devoted several
pages to Bronx news stories.
Likewise, the New York
Times ended the Sunday City
Section which focused on
news from all fi ve boroughs.
Today, daily newspapers
such as the Times, New York
Post and Daily News concentrate
on international, Washington,
Albany, City Hall,
business and sports stories.
They have few reporters assigned
to cover local neighborhood
news stories. These
reporters have to compete
against colleagues for limited
available print space. As
a result, daily newspapers
miss signifi cant news and
political stories from Bronx
communities.
Weekly Bronx-based
newspapers such as the
Bronx Times and Bronx
Times Reporter provide more
in-depth coverage of local
news not found in major daily
newspapers.
We continue to be fortunate
to live in one of the few
remaining free societies,
with a wealth of information
sources available. Sadly, most
American cities and suburbs
are down to one local daily
or weekly newspaper. Newspapers
have to deal with increasing
costs for newsprint,
delivery and distribution,
along with reduced advertising
revenues and declining
readership.
Please join me along with
your neighbors who read
the Bronx Times and Bronx
Times Reporter and other local
weekly community newspapers.
Patronize their advertisers;
they provide the
revenues necessary to keep
them in business. Let them
know you saw their ad. This
is what helps keep our neighbors
employed, the local economy
growing and provide
space for your favorite or not
so favorite letter writers.
Larry Penner
Faithful reader
for decades!
To the Editor,
While I essentially agree
with Frank Vernuccio’s latest
column “The Left supports
socialism over capitalism,”
several items I must take issue
with.
While I agree capitalism is
the best system we have, it is
far from perfect. Our capitalistic
system sees people such
as athletes and musical performers
making more money
than they’ll ever know what
to do with, while those who
perform vital services such
as taxi drivers, deliveristas,
and social workers barely
making a living.
When I was a sophomore
in high school, we reviewed
the phrase “all men are created
equal,” the cousin of “liberty
and justice for all.” The
teacher said, “you got a guy
who can afford only a legal
aid lawyer, you got a guy who
can afford the best lawyer
money can buy, who’s going
to get more justice?”
If the Chinese are buying
more and more of this country,
who is at fault? The Progressives
or the people that
vote — or don’t vote — thus allowing
this to happen?
Nat Weiner
To The Editor,
When Trump campaigned
for president he said he would
eliminate ISIS and terrorism,
he did just that. Isis ran like
mice under Trump’s watch
and our adversaries feared the
United States’ defense, something
Obama failed to accomplish.
Now, with less than a year
in offi ce Biden, Harris and the
corrupt, power hungry and
misleading Democrats have
allowed the Taliban to go full
force as Americans are being
held in Afghanistan, along
with innocent Americans and
Afghans being brutally murdered;
infants also.
We miss you Trump. Our
country needs you, not a senile
Biden or a Vice President Harris
who when asked a serious
question just looks at us and
smirks and fails to address an
issue. Gasoline is skyrocketing
in price; border crimes are at an
all-time high and our allies are
viewing this current administration’s
pathetic, drunken
decisions in disbelief. Trump
made America great again,
Biden and Harris are making
America dangerous again. God
please help us, Amen.
Robert Tribuzio Jr.
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