TO THE EDITOR: I’ve hunted the woods in the Adirondacks for nearly 40 years, since I was a child learning from adults who taught me proper gun safety.
In all that time, I have never hurt a soul with a firearm, and I never will, but these politicians keep writing laws like I might.
The SAFE Act got rammed through in the middle of the night in 2013, no public hearings, no meaningful opportunity for public scrutiny. It treats every legal gun owner in this county like a suspect, and has never stopped criminals from doing what criminals do. That is not safety. What it is, is a government interfering with a right it was never handed permission to touch.
What I want to see is a politician who is going to fight for my Second Amendment in Washington. Anthony Constantino won my vote because I believe he will stand up for our constitutional rights. He strongly supports national reciprocity, so a legal permit doesn’t stop at the state line and I believe he has an honest commitment to challenge unconstitutional state laws like the SAFE Act from Washington instead of shrugging and calling it Albany’s problem.
That is the right person to represent us in NY-21.
DANNY GARNEAU
Saranac
TO THE EDITOR: With respect to the Aug. 22 article concerning the CCC campus redevelopment, I want to inform the readers of what to be concerned about.
Nowhere in several articles has the subject of the disposition of the iconic large former Bluff Point Hotel been discussed. Our area has few remaining large, historic, well-built structures such as this left. Said former hotel is visible from a great distance giving our region a visual landmark that is also used by boaters for orientation.
Certainly, the land needs road, water service, and sewer disposal considerations that the city will have to handle as additional. The state grant for this will relieve some of the financial burden that will face us taxpayers. Further, it is interesting that a 96-unit housing project of at least 10 units is the first major component expected to be redeveloped.
I wonder where they will be located and how visible up on the bluff they will be.
The major goal should be to build the redevelopment around the former hotel structure. Consider it possibly being converted to high-end condominiums with an assisted living portion. Persons with means could reside there when they “age-out” of their current residences. Tie in the lake, beaches, mountains, historic islands, close by airport, and history with a viable plan.
Make your position and thoughts known to the Clinton County Legislature who has jurisdiction over the Chamber and IDA. In the alternative, if you say nothing, a crane with a large iron wrecking ball could be seen in operation on a plan that is not in the county resident’s best interest.
GEOFFREY B. BARKER
Plattsburgh