LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS…IN A RECENT COLUMN IN THE LEADER, THE MANAGING EDITOR JOE DUNNING WAS DISCUSSING WAYS TO ADDRESS CORNING’S SERIOUS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
IN THE COLUMN, HE OPINED THAT OPENING A CASINO WAS NOT AN OPTION AND SAID THAT HE WISHED I WOULD STOP ASKING THAT QUESTION. WELL, SEVERAL POINTS ARE IN ORDER. FIRST…I WANT TO THANK JOE DUNNING FOR MENTIONING MY NAME. SECOND, I REMEMBER ASKING THE QUESTION LAST OCTOBER AT THE MAYORAL DEBATE AT CORNING EAST HIGH SCHOOL WHEN REPUBLICAN RICH NEGRI AND DEMOCRAT FRANK COCCHO SQUARED OFF.
FRANKLY, I DON’T REMEMBER ASKING THE QUESTION SINCE THE DEBATE IN OCTOBER. PERHAPS MY MEMORY IS FAILING ME. MY THIRD AND FINAL POINT TO JOE DUNNING IS THIS: WHETHER YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF A CASINO IN CORNING OR NOT…DON’T YOU AND THE PAPER HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO YOUR READERSHIP AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY TO AT LEAST THOROUGHLY DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF CASINO GAMBLING IN CORNING?
SAY IT’S SO JOE…SAY IT’S SO. WITH COMMENTARY…I’M DR. STEPHEN HURRICANE COLEMAN THE THIRD…THAT’S MY OPINION…WHAT’S YOURS?
