Breathing is essential; we cannot live without it. So, too, is reading essential for a democracy; a democracy cannot survive without an informed citizenry.
Since our democracy is a government of the people, her account provides a useful lesson on how messy democracy can be. Jackson’s story is one of citizens pushing for preservation, sometimes suing the government, so that, ultimately, preservation was embraced by the government.
We commend Albany County for a street psychiatry program launched as a pilot program last week and urge support to make it grow and flourish. The psychiatry program is the next step on the progressive path that Albany has chosen to stop the triple scourge of mental illness, drug addiction, and homelessness.
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