LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Ithaca Gun Smokestack reminds some of a dark past

Iam a history bu . A supporter of the History Center. Past owner of a historical Ithaca business. And part of me loves the chimney. Another part of me remembers the rst visit to Ithaca from my Argentine relatives, who took a look at the chimney and said “In Argentina we all know the name Ithaca Shotguns. e police used them regularly to kill protestors on the streets. It is good to remember the hunting legacy of Ithaca Guns, but the harsh reality, which should be important to Ithacans, is that those guns were marketed to customers to kill people too.

Bruce Lane

Against the Proposed Gas Station/Burger King

Ilearned from reading Ithaca Times that there are plans afoot to expand the already unsightly gas station on the corner of Pine Tree Road and Mitchell street into an even bigger gas station with a Burger King wing included. Please! Our residential neighborhood deserves better.

e last thing we need is an all-night highway rest stop and an even bigger parking lot and bigger carbon footprint. How about repainting the scarred sign of the zero-service Mirabito station and planting some trees in the defunct Burger King lot? If there’s room for a food place,

Fifth Ward Candidates

continued from page 4 standing between Cornell and the City of Ithaca that will expire a er next year. So a big priority for me is making sure that the city has the resources that it needs to operate.”

When asked why he chose to run in the Fi h Ward instead of the Fourth Ward — where most of the Cornell students live — Lederman said “I live in the Fi h Ward.” He continued saying, “if you look how about a locally run and owned cafe or quality restaurant? e view of the horse farm is beautiful and it deserves better than a sordid, soulless highway pit stop.

Peter Lee

Don’t Forget the West End

In your “All About Ithaca 2023” addition the article “City of Villages’ ‘ you forgot about the west end. e article has information about the Northside, Fall Creek, Downtown, West Hill, Belle Sherman, South Hill, Southside, and Collegetown. In my opinion Northside and Fall Creek are hard to tell the di erence between, also Belle Sherman and Collegetown. But the West End is just as important to Ithaca as the rest. I know that the west end has more businesses than residential, but it is important.

Beaufort Bennett

Norfolk Southern put profits over people in East Palestine

This Norfolk train wreck in East Palestine Ohio has been in the news. ere’s a similarity in many of these incidents; in plain words is profits over people-short-term shareholder interest over goods and services. Norfolk has had record pro ts, while the railroad workers have had reason to strike. e same pinching that leads workers to strike has a ected the maintenance and safety procedures. In the ies, high taxes on high pro ts encouraged corporations to invest in people, products, and services instead of seeing how much money they could deliver to shareholders. e optimism and greatness that baby boomers remember comes in part from the high taxes on high pro ts that encouraged corporate loyalty to things that really matter.

Tom Wright

at the math, you’ll see that this Ward includes thousands of students.” Lederman says that the recent expansion of Cornell’s north campus has increased the number of students living in the Fi h Ward.

Lederman graduated from the Masters School, a private school located in Dobbs Ferry, New York in 2022. If elected, Lederman would be the youngest member of the Common Council at just 19 years old. Previously, the youngest member was former Mayor Svante Myrick. When Myrick was elected to the Common Council in 2007, he was 20 years old.