Faso evasive, dismissive

Vote for N.Y. to hold constitutional convention

Dear Editor: Election Day will be here before we know it and a question will be asked of all New Yorkers. That question is whether or not a constitutional convention should be convened.

I firmly believe that this is a great opportunity for “We the People” to come out in force and vote to conduct our own business instead of leaving it to politicians who take money from special interests. There is no law saying politicians must control this. In fact, anyone who is eligible to vote can run as a delegate to the convention. The issue of who gets elected as a delegate would be voted on in 2018 and the convention would be convened in 2019.

Many reforms are needed in our state (ethics, campaign finance, redistricting, etc.), and these are not going to be tackled by corrupt officials.

It also is important to note that any proposed changes will go to voters, and we ultimately decide whether to approve them.

I urge all voters regardless of party to stand up together, take the torch passed to us by the Founding Fathers at Philadelphia and vote “yes” on the state constitutional convention.

Timothy Scott Jr., Saugerties Dear Editor: As a member of the audience during the Aug. 31 town hall of U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, hosted by Move Forward New York, I was frustrated and angered by Faso’s evasive and dismissive responses.

Questions were deflected or neutralized by responses such as “we’ll have to agree to disagree” or “you can’t always get what you want,” concluding with “you are utterly uniformed.”

What was clear is that Faso will not denounce Donald Trump despite the president’s statement that there were “very fine people” marching alongside neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Faso will continue to take money from sources like the Mercer family with ties to white nationalists, and he is completely unrepentant about his two votes for the American Health Care Act, a destructive bill that is estimated to leave over 90,000 of his constituents in the 19th Congressional District without health insurance.

We deserve much better from our representative.

Jason Eckardt, Kerhonkson

Much ado about flags

Dear Editor: Re “LETTER: Show some respect to the flag, even at night,” by Marlin Klinger, Aug. 28, 2017: The writer is talking out of both sides of his mouth.

First he praises people for displaying the American flag. Then he condemns them for not lighting it up at night.

Maybe he should pay attention to the businesses and the people who are not flying the flag. The way things are in this country today, a light bulb is not the most important thing to bitch about.

What’s next, telling the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion to put light on all the flags that are on the graves of our fallen soldiers?

Maybe Klinger needs to find a hobby. Richard T. Cantwell Sr.

Saugerties