Editorial: Bridging differences
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The Issue:
The “Low bridge, everybody down” message just isn’t getting through, and the town of Glenville’s had enough.
The Stakes:
Here’s a lesson in physics, math, and governance, all courtesy of a pesky Glenville bridge.
First, the physics: The railroad trestle over Glenridge Road is very low too low for many big trucks to pass under it. It’s been hit about 40 times over the past three years, which doesn’t come out so well for the bridge or the trucks.
Or for the town. Dealing with the bridge strikes over the past few years has cost the town about $50,000, plus lost time and resources that could have gone to other local needs. Installing more signage hasn’t worked. Understandably, Glenville officials want the strikes to stop.
Editorial: Get going on broadband
Times Union Editorial Board
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Paul Hoovler from the Mid Hudson Cable Company installs cable for high-speed internet broadband in Prattsville, Greene County, on August 14, 2007. Times Union Photo by Steve JacobsDG
THE ISSUE:
THE STAKES:
If the need for universal, affordable high-speed internet service wasn’t apparent before the COVID-19 pandemic, it surely is now.
So why would Gov. Andrew Cuomo hold up a bipartisan legislative proposal to do one of the most fundamental things that needs to get done to achieve it find out where high-speed internet really is and is not available in New York?
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Go big, Washington
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Closed sign on gated business in Red Zone, Kew Gardens, Queens, NY. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Education Images, Contributor / Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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With the stock market running strong, millions of Americans finally getting vaccinated and winter about halfway through, it’s tempting to think America is turning the corner in the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if it is, however, Americans are not.
That’s why President Joe Biden and Congress need to, as the phrase goes, go big on a pandemic package one that provides not just relief, but stimulus. Mr. Biden’s pursuit of bipartisanship is all well and good, but it shouldn’t take precedence over the need for a strong and effective spending plan, especially when Democrats have the power in Congress to move forward.