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Published: October 01, 2008 06:14 pm
LETTERS: Keep your eyes on the road
Niagara Gazette
Keep your eyes on the road
Recently, a two-year resident of Niagara County who lives in Youngstown, wrote a letter complaining about the condition of the Robert Moses Parkway between Niagara Falls and Lewiston. He wanted to know why “it’s been neglected for so long,” and why we’re “destroying our beautiful resources which provide such scenic views and access to our cities.” He also wanted to know why efforts are not being made to “fix” it.
I would like to point out that the parkway isn’t a “beautiful resource,” providing scenic views. The scenic views are the gorge and river and some of the gorge rim, which has been destroyed in large part by the ugly parkway and its traffic. The gorge parkway should be totally removed, not “fixed.”
And access to what cities? People have been finding access to the only city in question, Niagara Falls, for hundreds of years, even before it was named Niagara Falls. They’ve been doing this without the gorge parkway and would continue to do so if the parkway were removed. What the parkway does now is detour traffic around the city.
The parkway’s present condition is the result of State Park lacking the courage to make the decision for it’s total removal and the restoration of natural landscapes along the gorge top. Kelly and other can learn more about this at www.niagaraheritage.org.
The letter writer says he commutes on the gorge parkway every day from Youngstown to his job in Buffalo. He’s been living in Youngstown for only two years so he probably doesn’t know that the I-190 is a more direct and sensible route.
Rebecca Lasher-Guarino
Niagara Falls
Bailout the taxpayers
I am writing this editorial about the Wall Street greed and corruption, the CEO’s special interests, lobbyists raiding the taxpayers’ wallets. If this is passed, there has to be four provisions to protect the taxpayer’s wallet.
n The taxpayer should at any time be able to check the books of Wall Street companies.
n Instead of using taxpayers’ money, Congress should demand these companies use their billion dollar assets.
n There has to be a cap on CEOs’ salaries — not owning three houses, any CEO raiding the cookie jar goes to jail.
n The companies that are involved in the 401(k)s and other pension plans should provide records proving they didn’t profit from the pension plans.
Finally, the taxpayer can’t afford a bailout and foreign aid to the economies of the world.
In conclusion, if passed, this proves that Congress has the interest of the lobbyists’ wallet, not the taxpayer’s wallet.
David Noretski
Sanborn
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