To The Nyack Villager—
To The Nyack Villager
When will the village repave North Broadway? Main Street got the full makeover, Franklin Street is nice and smooth, but North Broadway is a disgrace. Huge potholes. It’s dangerous in spots, what will it take to get this fixed? This is a public safely issue, as cars swerve wildly to avoid the holes and drive in the middle of the road. This is not a pothole repair job; this road needs a complete resurfacing. Given the taxes we pay, is it necessary that our car suspensions get wrecked just driving to town?
Eric Parker, Nyack
Danger of meat-based diet
To The Nyack Villager
The new link between meat consumption and heart disease, discovered by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, is just the latest evidence linking meat consumption to killer diseases that cripple, then kill 1.3 million Americans annually. Hazen s study showed that carnitine, an amino acid contained in all meat products, is a major factor in heart failure.
Similarly, an Oxford University study of nearly 45,000 adults in last January s American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that vegetarians were 32 percent less likely to suffer from heart disease than people who ate meat and fish. A Harvard University study of 37,698 men and 83,644 women, in last April s Archives of Internal Medicine, concluded that meat consumption raises the risk of total, heart, and cancer mortality.
We have sacrificed the lives of 10,000 Americans and trillions of dollars in waging two wars to avenge the deaths of 2,600 Americans in the 9/11 attacks. When will we wage a bloodless, low-cost war on the killer meat-based diet, potentially responsible for as many as 1.3 million American deaths annually?
In the meantime, we have the power to raise our own life expectancy by adopting a meat-free diet. An internet search provides ample resources. Sincerely,
Wade Bulich, Nanuet
Cute Cake
To The Nyack Villager
I was reading the April issue of The Nyack Villager and in the section Reporter at Large was an small article on showing a welcome baby boy sheet cake and the writer wished to know who made it. Those sheet cakes can be ordered at Lolitos Catering/Deli & Bakery, 81 Interstate Shopping Center, Ramsey NJ (201-327-6066). My daughter-in-law has ordered several and they are as delicious as they look, although they are so beautifully done, you may not want to cut into them.
Peg Murphy, Orangeburg, NY
Concerns about local pollution
To The Nyack Villager
Do the people of the Hudson Valley realize how the desalination of Hudson River water will affect all of us who live in Rockland? It will affect our health, our children s health, our property values, and our businesses. Do you really want to drink water from a river with the Indian Point Nuclear Plant right upstream? Has everyone forgotten what happened to the Nuclear Plants in Japan? Or how about Three Mile Island? Or doesn t anyone remember what happened right before the triathlon? Didn’t a sewage plant empty into the river? Didn t that happen more than once? Do you want to drink, cook or wash in that? Or better yet, how about bathing your children or feeding them food prepared in it?
Currently, United Water is working on the streets of Upper Nyack. Do the streets really need this work or is the company getting ready for a desalination plant?
Are you concerned about air pollution? Then question why New York State didn t try to design a better way to commute than the new Tappan Zee Bridge? Did they even consider connecting the railways of Rockland County to the railways of Westchester? You want to cut down on traffic and air pollution? Then why is no one designing a state of the art way that will help the environment for years to come?
If money is the issue? Why doesn t the county stop buying items such as anti-terrorist tanks? Why not evaluate the amount of pay some individuals are making, and consider putting a cap on salaries? The police and firemen of NYC have a cap on their salaries. Can anyone please explain why that isn’t implemented statewide?
I’m sure all of NY State could look at different ways to save also. When are we going to start being proactive on the larger issues of life before the tragedies happen?
A Concerned Rockland County Resident