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Here’s a real history lesson from the Ridgewood Times archives. That’s former Borough President
Claire Shulman reading to a class of fourth-graders at P.S. 88 in Ridgewood in February 1990.
Shulman, of course, made numerous visits to Queens public schools during her tenure as borough
president, from 1986 until 2001. Send us your historic photos of Queens by email to editorial@qns.
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THE REAL EMERGENCY
Trump is threatening to declare a
national emergency to build the wall he
said Mexico would pay for.
Climate change is a national emergency.
Healthcare and education are a
national emergency. Children in cages at
the border is a national emergency. TSA
workers calling in sick is a national emergency.
Th e EPA, FDA and the USDA not
being funded is a national emergency!
Th e idea that ordinary workers should
miss one payday for the sake of a political
statement is disgraceful. People are
going to lose their homes! People are
going to go hungry! We have a sitting
president that is using this wall to distract
people from the fact that he is a target
of an counterintelligence investigation
by the FBI!
National emergency? It began the day
Trump was elected.
Robert LaRosa, Whitestone
A TIME FOR COMPROMISE
Aft er listening to both President
Trump, Senator Schumer and House
Speaker Pelosi, the time has come for a
compromise from both sides to end the
government shutdown so that thousands
of workers will receive paychecks and be
able to return to work. Enough of this
political ballyhoo already!
One thing that both the president,
Republicans and Democrats do agree on
is that there is an enhanced need to greatly
improve border security. Th e problem
is that there continue to be very sharp differences
on just how this will be accomplished.
President Trump should come down in
the amount he is demanding in order to
build the wall — if he were to reduce the
amount to $2.5 billion, from his demand
of $5.6 billion, would that satisfy the
Democrats? Th ey are off ering $1.3 billion
for border security funding. Why can’t
they agree to pay $2.5 billion if the president
were to agree to that amount?
Th e American people are tired of the
inability of Congress to accomplish what
needs to be done, as well as the president
being so hard-nosed about the border
wall funding. Th e political infi ghting
needs to end right now!
John Amato, Fresh Meadows
SUPPORTING THE LEGION
I’m a member of the American Legion
and I believe it’s a good organization to
join or supporting the many good things
the American Legion does to help our
veterans.
Th e Queens County Committee is as
old as the American Legion itself. Th ey
were founded in 1919 and have provided
leadership and guidance to the posts
of Queens County and have been welcoming
veterans from all branches of
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our armed forces. Th e Queens County
American Legion consists of 26 posts with
1,760 members. Additionally, they have
Auxiliary units and Sons of the Legion
squadrons.
Th eir primary focus is that to service
veterans and their families. Th ey support
the St. Albans Veterans Hospital and the
New York State Nursing Veterans Home
through posts and individual eff orts. Th ey
continue to support active service veterans
currently serving in combat situations
as well as those in Walter Reed Hospital
in Washington, D.C. Th ey have a variety
of educational programs for schoolage
children on Americanism and fl ag
awareness.
The American Legion has over
2,000,000 members — men and women
— in 13,000 posts worldwide. Th ese posts
are organized into 55 departments —
one each for the 50 states, the District
of Columbia, Puerto, France, Mexico
and the Philippines. Furthermore, they
help wounded service members adjust
to life-altering injuries. Th ey also help
severely wounded soldiers during their
long hospital stays in military centers and
help veterans transition to civilian life
when they come home connecting them
to support services in their hometowns.
So please join or support the American
Legion. For more information you can go
to www.Legion.org.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.,
Glen Oaks Village
BE ENGAGED, WRITE
A LETTER!
In response to your Jan. 3 editorial entitled
“Don’t forget to write,” I was surprised
to learn that I am one of the few
people who regularly write letters to the
editor. While I’m not as prolifi c as some
of the others, I do write letters when I feel
the urge to voice my opinion about something
I’ve read or heard.
I’m not a fan of social media, as it’s
too vast and impersonal, but it should be
noted that recent letters printed in newspapers
appear when someone’s name is
Googled.
Letters to the editor keep you involved
with current events and your local community.
I urge people to participate, as it
is rewarding to see your letter in print and
your viewpoint expressed.
Linda Imhauser, Whitestone
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