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Electronic registration is the key to getting more New Yorkers to vote

We need a system that would be inclusive for all New Yorkers. And we need it now. People have suffered and died for the right to vote.

Progress for the public good is mired when elected officials don’t work together

Berne's supervisor and highway superintendent need to set aside their differences and work together to honestly answer this question: Is it more productive to have the highway crew work four 10-hour days or five eight-hour days?

Food for thought: More students need to eat breakfast

Well under half the students in our schools who are eligible for free breakfasts eat this important meal. We need to change that.

Foxes should not be tasked with guarding the henhouse

Enforcement is needed to make laws and regulations work, and those who keep tabs on schools or nursing homes should not be the facilities themselves.

Think globally, act locally to encourage green energy

As we write this, human beings are dying prematurely — from respiratory disease, heart attacks, and lung cancer — due to carbon emissions. Local zoning can help.