Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, sewage treatment site, repaving roads
The Supreme Court's decision on presidential Immunity is an egregious mistake, a reader writes. Credit: AP/Alex Brandon
Court decision is in the wrong direction
The United States has never been perfect. Our Constitution says as much with the words “We the People . . . in Order to form a more perfect Union . . . ”
Another country’s leader once took power to commit not just felonies but crimes against humanity in the name of “official acts.” It appears many Americans are forgetting that.
That’s why the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity is such an egregious mistake [“Court’s decision draws feedback,” Letters, July 9]. It’s because it gives our president free rein to commit crimes as “official acts.”
And that, rather than moving us toward a more perfect union, makes us a far less perfect union.
— Leonard Cohen, Wantagh
Sewage plant site bad for environment
The article about a proposed sewage treatment plant to be built near Phillips Avenue Elementary School neglects to state exactly where the effluent will be deposited [“Protesting treatment plant plan,” Our Towns, June 26].
As it turns out, it’s to be pumped to a proposed wetlands area, which is next to the Peconic River. How is this environmentally acceptable? The Peconic River empties into the Peconic Bay, which has its own nitrogen and environmental problems.
— Regina Kennedy Anto, Baldwin
Spend more dollars on paving our roads
It’s laudable that Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state will repave five roads on Long Island [“State to repave parts of 5 major LI roads,” Long Island, June 30]. But what about other roads needing paving?
Sunrise Highway from Nicolls Road to William Floyd Parkway is a mass of potholes and ruts. From Route 112 east, we see shoddy repairs. The Sunrise Highway east exit to William Floyd Parkway south is a mass of patches.
Roadwork signs line these stretches, but work never seems to be done. And we pay some of the highest state taxes in the nation.
— Jeffery Liuzzi, Shirley
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