To the editor:
You've seen the headlines: Wall Street Firms Get H1N1 Flu Vaccine Before Hospitals and Doctors.
That's correct.
The same investment corporations and banks that brought you the financial crisis get a separate shipment of vaccine even before the hospitals and doctors offices. The top dogs of capitalism get the vaccine before children who are at risk and medically challenged.
Any problems with capitalism?
jack o'maley
Cherry Street, Gloucester
Yes, the Town Meeting is a virtually sacrosanct New England tradition. And yes, Rockport's Annual Town Meeting is traditionally held the first Saturday in April.
But that date is not cast in stone, as Town Clerk Pat Brown indicated last week. The selectmen have the authority to move the meeting date when they deem it necessary. And given that this year's initial date of April 7 falls in the middle of Easter weekend and within the Jewish marking of Passover, the selectmen, who initially backed the change last week, should follow through and set a new date for Saturday, April 14.
By appointing four new members of the city's Waterways Board, Mayor Carolyn Kirk last week didn't merely bring new voices to a panel that holds the keys to a number of important and creative projects.
Continued ...Are you a member of the Lost "T" Generation?
So many people are — including my twenty-something kids — but lots of older people are, too.
They seem to have grown up without being able to use the letter "T" in the middle of a sentence. What am I talking about?
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