I really need you to explain how you came to the conclusion that less time in jail means that he has a better chance of rehabilitation. Hope Harris , Burlington Harris said she wrote on behalf of the Buchanan family. Majority rule often proves illogical In his Aug. 21 letter to The Daily Star, Mr. James Ainslie insists that because only 14 percent of taxpayers sent letters opposing the Cooperstown Tournament Village, these voices should be discounted in favor of opinions of the remaining 86 percent. Yes, it is said that the majority rules in this land. Yet most people agree that it's possible for a majority to be wrong, such as when a majority agreed that women shouldn't vote.
Every voice needs to be heard.
That 51 percent of them should agree, for example, that McDonald's makes good food does not necessarily make that true. It has meant that in order to build a new hotel in downtown Oneonta, the park on Main Street has been razed, leaving us with no public common area in which to congregate. I'm sure that whatever the hotel replaces it with will be aesthetically pleasing, but it will still be the entry to a hotel, no longer belonging to all the citizens of Oneonta. Solvei Blue, Oneonta State budget good for schools, kids It won't be long before yellow school buses begin picking up our students as schools begin another year. As students sharpen their pencils, taxpayers get their school tax bills in the mail.