Opinion Exchange http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com A conversation with the Editorial Board of The Journal News and LoHud.com Wed, 15 May 2013 22:36:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 lohudblogs/OpinionExchangehttp://feedburner.google.com FBI back in Ramapo, Rockland, New York http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/15/fbi-back-in-ramapo-rockland-new-york/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/15/fbi-back-in-ramapo-rockland-new-york/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 22:36:04 +0000 Nancy Cutler http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10531 As some 40 FBI agents wheeled out suitcases full of documents from Ramapo Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon, longtime critics of the town’s leadership — specifically, the leadership of Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence — started speculating. In  Facebook comments and email messages on a listserv, they gleefully cheered a federal... Read More →

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]]> http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/15/fbi-back-in-ramapo-rockland-new-york/feed/ 6 Fair housing in Westchester: The sky is falling … or maybe it isn’t http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/13/fair-housing-in-westchester-the-sky-is-falling-or-maybe-its-not/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/13/fair-housing-in-westchester-the-sky-is-falling-or-maybe-its-not/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:17:00 +0000 Herb Pinder http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10520 In case you missed them, Sunday we offered two contrasting views of Westchester’s housing settlement. The pieces — one from the fair housing group Westchester Residential Opportunities Inc. and the other from County Executive Rob Astorino — are like polar opposites on the settlement and what it means to communities.... Read More →

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]]> http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/13/fair-housing-in-westchester-the-sky-is-falling-or-maybe-its-not/feed/ 0 25 best political cartoons of the week http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/03/25-best-political-cartoons-of-the-week-8/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/03/25-best-political-cartoons-of-the-week-8/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 17:40:02 +0000 Anjanette Delgado http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10514 The 25 best political cartoons of the week from across Gannett, parent company of The Journal News and LoHud.com, take on Guantanamo Bay, prom, sequestration, Jason Collins, ricin, Tim Tebow, the Boston Marathon bombing and guns. More opinion from LoHud.com.

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]]> http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/03/25-best-political-cartoons-of-the-week-8/feed/ 1 Would you favor a user fee based on how far a motorist actually drives? http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/03/would-you-favor-a-user-fee-based-on-how-far-a-motorist-actually-drives/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/03/would-you-favor-a-user-fee-based-on-how-far-a-motorist-actually-drives/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 16:21:08 +0000 Anjanette Delgado http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10509

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]]> http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/03/would-you-favor-a-user-fee-based-on-how-far-a-motorist-actually-drives/feed/ 1 What do you think about Obama’s new push to close Guantanamo Bay? http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/01/guantanamo-bay-survey/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/01/guantanamo-bay-survey/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:22:34 +0000 Anjanette Delgado http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10504

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]]> http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/01/guantanamo-bay-survey/feed/ 0 Coming up: Bramson on Editorial Spotlight http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/30/coming-up-bramson-on-editorial-spotlight/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/30/coming-up-bramson-on-editorial-spotlight/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:36:41 +0000 Herb Pinder http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10501 Coming up … New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson is the Democratic Party leaders’ pick to run against Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the first-term Republican. Who is Bramson? How has he left his mark on New Rochelle? What would he do if elected county chief? Bramson addresses those questions and... Read More →

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]]> http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/30/coming-up-bramson-on-editorial-spotlight/feed/ 0 See who stood with Gov. Cuomo for Sandy aid announcement http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/29/sandy-aid/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/29/sandy-aid/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:45:35 +0000 Anjanette Delgado http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10488 Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan talk after Friday’s announcement of a $1.7 billion plan to help New York homeowners and businesses recover from a trio of destructive storms. Cuomo and Donovan, in... Read More →

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]]> http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/29/property-tax-levy-cap-survey/feed/ 1 Watch LIVE at 1 p.m.: Editorial Spotlight on disconnected youth http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/23/disconnected-youth-editorial-spotlight/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/23/disconnected-youth-editorial-spotlight/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:59:19 +0000 Anjanette Delgado http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10466 A new report concludes 15,000 people in Westchester County ages 16 to 24 are, or are at risk of becoming, disconnected youth — that is, they lack support in education, employment, housing and other basic necessities. Because of these detriments they “will find it difficult to make the transition to... Read More →

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]]> http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/23/disconnected-youth-editorial-spotlight/feed/ 0 What state Sen. Greg Ball tweets when he’s not talking about torture http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/22/greg-ball-tweets/ http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/22/greg-ball-tweets/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:19:12 +0000 Anjanette Delgado http://opinionexchange.lohudblogs.com/?p=10437 State Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, sparked controversy Friday when he tweeted about punishment for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing April 15: So, scum bag #2 in custody. Who wouldn’t use torture on this punk to save more lives? — Greg Ball (@ball4ny) April 20, 2013   The... Read More →

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