Governor Cuomo wants to raise money for the state, so he's proposing a hike in fines and fees for traffic tickets:

Excellent idea...I pay less tax, in theory.

Landis Janeway
from email

This state is turning to a suck you dry state.

Candice Sayers Zeller
from Facebook

It's simple. Don't break the law and you don't have to worry about paying.

Kimberly Tanner
from email



A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy took an open bottle of alcohol out of a fellow deputy's patrol vehicle and threw it into a field. That's according to reports about the Sheriff's Department's handling of Deputy Adam Hallett's case. The reports give no indication that Sheriff John Burns ordered that Hallett be tested for drunk driving:

I am ashamed at the poor judgment of the sheriff.  Burns should be sanctioned for allowing what amounts to a free pass for that deputy.

Theodore Keyes
from email

If this had been any other private citizen, they would have been arrested and in jail.  Yes, they need to look into the Sheriff's Department!

Liz Doner
from email

Burns should rewrite that Eric Clapton song, "I shot the Sheriff." The new lyrics could be, "I shot the deputies (or at least I wanted to), so leave the Sheriff alone..."

Gary Trombley
from email
 

Overcrowding in the Jefferson County Jail is getting worse. A record number inmates is being housed at other jails at a cost of 100 dollars a day per inmate:

Why don't we build a much bigger jail and bring inmates in from other counties? Let's make money in stead of spending money!

Aj Baker
from Facebook

Is it possible we are putting too many of our population in prison?

Ric Marzano
from email

The best thing to do is to lower the crime rate.

C. K. Grooms
from email

Think about putting some locks on the doors of each room of the Mercy Hospital and utilize that for the criminals.

Kim Gordon
from Facebook