Finding Ulysses

Yesterday, the Ulysses Democratic Committee sent a letter to our U.S. Representative, Michael Arcuri about his vote for the FISA Amendments Act. The Ulysses Democratic Committee also sent letters to senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Barack Obama has declared that he will vote for the FISA Amendments Act, even if amendments are not passed to improve the law.

Today may be the last chance you have to make a difference. Please help Senator Clinton decide upon a clear opposition to the FISA Amendments Act. Call her office at (202) 224-4451 and ask her to vote NO on retroactive immunity and NO on the entire FISA Amendments Act.

I’d like to know what the Village plans to do about the underinsured. Our community is not just divided up into insured and uninsured. There are a lot of self-employed people in Trumansburg and Ulysses, and we tend to have pretty bad medical insurance, because we don’t belong to the big employment pools that can negotiate special rates. What’s the Village willing to do for the underinsured, when it comes to ambulance service?

The following news has been sent out about the Comprehensive Planning board by Town Board member Liz Thomas: What will the Town of Ulysses look like in 20 years? What can you do to help ensure it is an attractive and vibrant place to live? A public input meeting with the Ulysses Comprehensive Plan Committee [...]

Over the last week, I’ve enjoyed going through town seeing how lush people’s gardens have become with almost daily doses of rain combined with good, strong sunshine. It’s reassuring to see things flourish, when in another year, we might already be entering a time of crispy brown grass. I thought the time would be appropriate [...]