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Letters to the editor • Letters to the editor • Letters to the editor ^ i . < ' • '’V.. s -4 Freeport said NO to the children To *ny| Leader. . C o n (rttaU lion», Freepotleni You ' did id You de/eated the school budget The stogaa around tov ^ has changed from •Just say KO to drugs* to *3ost say N 6 to the children.\ 1 hope you're * proud o f yoirselves. 1 have always e n jo y ^ reading about ' the many aceompUshmeau and awards w o o by OUT F r e e p o r t children participating ia the many ipecial programs we have. 1 have a n ^ felt a sense of pride when Freeport Stood cut among the best In N assau County, among the best in New York S u t e / among the best in the country. What's to become o f our pcogranu dow 7 This budget w a s prepared by the Board o f Education and the administration o f this school district. Public hearing sessions «-ere held. This was the time to participate and help formulaie the fmal budget This atts ite lane to voice your opinions. Tb fail to participate in the process ^ then turn Hdown b toiany irrespen^te. The rta! problem. I'm sure, b taxes. Aren't you tired o f taxes? So am 1} But,, t ^ ' school taxes are an investment in our future. If you want to do something eonstnicUve. go after die teal cutpriis of excessive taxes - the politicians who w a ste o’ur t ix money. M ake them rtnalty, to all those who voted NO: Maybe you should make a vbii to t ^ . schools. Maybe theyll bold a s ^ i a l assembly program for you. M ayte you could stand on the stage in front of the children and explain to them why you think they're not worth it. Freeport, you turned your backs on the children. Shariw on you! Shame on you! Shame on you! EdEkncre, Avoid austerity To The Leaden. enough to sneak, them in, will be a t. equally resourceful In registering them where they l e p l t y belong; or a t least pay ihetr fair s h a ^ On what p o s s i ^ grounds could these thieves prevail'in court? T hen o f services b still a felony: and a school adm inistration that I t gnilt'driven to '\educate all the chitdrw'* b possibly less motivated than they claim. W ith a Jittje econom ic justice austerity In F roqtoit can b e avoided. . AlanJay (Editor's note: according to School District spokesperson Elyse David, ■ i I T l* «, be « . n i « d by p i 00. 00H e c ^ - . « A 4 9 « * f a p q y t..) Day and vote NO to those irresponsible pc^liciahs. Vbte them out o f oCTice. Put the pressure where U belongs. Don’t take it out on our children. iJllSt Write by Joan Delonq; H.-, ;.t. ON THEIR M E R IT S ..Jist week I attended the annual lu n c h ^ n for the Nassau Chapter o f the Committee for M o d e m C o u rts: T h is , s tatew ide, . n o n p rofit, nbnpahisan group is c o i x m t i wito t i i quality o f jd tice in New Yotk State and since 19SS h as devoted itse lf to im p roving the p e r f o m a n e e o f the court system . and giving toai apthoriQr to concerned ; iboa^iTul citizens and an accountable chief e x e c u tive, w ith the ultim a te i authority remaining whh the voters;'*! A chief e x eentive who appoints is accountable to voterr, the bead o f a • poli^eal party b no t In very basic terns, merit selectkn b a iiulc ^ like a parent giving a child throujgb projects d e s i r e d to n t h e r ; the droice \Would you like to wear the approprbto. infornatioo.which pioyides ) bitto o r r ^ shin.** Not only have the the b ^ for n e e d ^ reform. ‘ unsuitable choices been eliminated. One b f its best activities is court i More importanUy; only the best cfacnces m o n itoring where trained m o n itors i a rtevoionbred. ' . ' g r ^ to o M te a beCm court i y s ^ ; • : p g l ^ patty's c o u roj w s a e s that all result of an austerity iclxxd M g e t. b second only to the tragedy exiAo^g school taxes that reader many residenb* homes both untenable and unsaksble. - - If the shger o f frustrated parents and . students is not m isdirected toward those who had to reluctantly veto \Ob'* In defease o f their homea, bm rather a g a iw the coot canse o f the p ^ e m : the insatiable greed o f the fanatical educator onions, perhaps a solution inaytefoun^. I^ 't e a d m and administrators prove that their concern for children and education exceeds thdr lost for obscene wealth. They have only to return to the ttodents 20 peroeiA of dtoir excess over $2,000. jper week i n . combined remsDention for sabries. fringea and peostoDS, white still retaining 80 pereem of ihb windfall for theaselves. Since the .tenchers nctnally wedt'ahoot nljveslnf tharasssr WWW*-- wat iN» uf' prime legislative goals is to create a >litoatjoos merit sysein o f sdoaing judges. ,Mtny opponents o f th is system , prim a rily people involved in the . patronage system b f p v tog or receiving these p o r i t t o , it s ^ ihat wito . merit selccUcxi, some e lated omcial (gbveroor, mayor, counQr executive) u .simply g^ng to pull a name out o f a h a t They a b o make it seem,'that the .'new system o f merit sekcUoQ would be - a stqr down from a system whidi they describe as a selection o f judges th io u ^ democratic decdons. In reality, both descriptions are iheorrecL Right now. most of ns who cast our votm for those judges who are \ejected* know little or nothing about them . In many s ituadons; we vote along party lines and very little is w ritten in daily new spapers a b b o t judges when elecdoos t ^ pbce. Too oAen, once judges are la ofTIce, we ore stnek with them for a lengthy period o f t?rnA ' . ^ ' !n contrast, merit sekedoo of j u d ^ . would creme a tbree>step system. Tint judicial candkiates would be nomirated b y a broad>based,^. independent, nonpartisan nominaiting cbmmissioo composed o f lawyers and laypersms who seek out ihe b e st candidates and propose a fimiuxl number o f names for each vacancy. . . Tlten. the appropriate elected chief exeentive wotdd appoint a from t ^ limited list F i ^ y , ratinctokn or dis^prbval of the judge by the voters • «-0(dd take place a /ltf he or she hai been ' in ofEet Icng enough to be ev^hated. The com m ittee notes that \m e rit . selection means removing the selection of judges from poUdcal party bosses where all sons o f a tan e o u s criteria are em p h asized instead o f jucdctal and legal ccxnpetence.:: For those who (eel that a change to \Merit ScIectioQ'' wculd b e p i e f e ^ e , we suggest tfaat you write ’ t o yoiir local should be t t s y Ibr Btepon'i matMca^' to calculate rinanci^ relief from this painless adjustment that would make aostmty unbecessaiy. A lso; t l ihe M ay lO 'S O S C A Candidates Night it hecamb obvious that some o m l u t e d and nusdirected altruism is Inhibiting the sw ift Thanks to Levy, King TbIbeLeaden . It isn’t often that the average eithen can see (hat be o r she has m ade a difTerence, b u t it happen^ last w e e k . triiea the assault weapons ban passed in the House o f Reprekotatives by two votes. Per^Ie called Ccmgressional ofTices who had never c alled them before, because they were so angry about the • increasing violence around ns from . .'guns. The lo c a l, district. State and - Nadonal FTAs prbvided k ader^up and support for the ban as they did for the Bndy Bin. with i t o t e calls, k & tn and personal contacts. Whoi elected c ^ idals vote io ban a w e ^ x n needed only for war, they show eoncem for th e people and the • Qcaghbofboods they represent, enough Ito risk heavy pressure from the gun Jobby. and the loss of large f i ^ c i a l cootributioos in an e ketion year. I b ^ rfsr. > i Assembfyperson and ask that they back .ho« efforts w h i ^ u M ^ t o ® Our schools. We can rest assured that Stye. After all, many of us fea a ^ ^ U» d W icr a s w s s _ . From the PTA and Ml the other concerned citizens who voiced their opioioQS to Congressman David Levy Gcmgressman Peter King, we say thanks for the lives yon will save by your courigBOus vote. ' Sheila Cohen, Past P c e r i d ^ New YcA State PTA Sharing the beauty ToTbeLeader: As 1 read 'The, L e a d er this p a s t CsonOriuBd cn pq9« to Our Imacfe Exclusive - Our Prices Affordable . 199»U«rTfekRead.lierikk,KY-Phon«:5lM23-2219 I Wtfi Ms Id 'Menta Store only. Purchases ow $5000 onfy. Does not appfy to I I .. prwvtous martdttwa cr sale merchandbe. I . ** *Handba8$, Bafts and Hosiary not Included* * * \ . , h . < I { * ; ^ m •
