In January, it was announced by CREATE Council on the Arts that Greene County was appointing its first-ever poet laureate. The role of a poet laureate was meant to promote poetry throughout the county. The history-making appointment was to go to Esther Cohen, who was selected "for her work as a poet and poetry teacher as well as her commitment to Greene County." Tomorrow, April 11, Cohen was to be honored in a ceremony celebrating National Poetry Month.
Today, however, it was reported by The Overlook that Cohen's appointment has been revoked by the chairman of the Greene County legislature: "Greene County Rescinds Poet Laureate Appointment Due to Facebook Posts." Greene County legislators discovered two posts on Cohen's Facebook page that "appeared to celebrate the prospect of President Donald Trump's death."
Maybe some year, if we're lucky, we will get even better overnight parking news, mirroring what Ithaca does: When there is no street sweeping there is no ticketing. If we can emulate (or try to) their sidewalk improvement district idea, we can do the same with their sane, sensible and friendly approach to overnight ticketing. Don't count on it happening anytime soon, though! We'd need some sort of an intervention at HPD first! They're addicted to ticket funds.
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