As the scandals surrounding the corrupt permitting process for the toxic, unnecessary CPV power plant emerge, one fact we all should remember is that Gov. Cuomo, whose top aides are implicated in this corruption, is a Democrat, and was also the Working Families candidate. This underscores the reality that both Dems and GOP tend to promote the agenda of plutocrats. Both parties have so much in common (bankster bailouts, trade deals that kill U.S. jobs and worker rights, GMOs and pesticide foods) that they are like two wings of the same pro-plutocracy party.

Media promote the falsehood that there are only two parties, and that so-called third party candidates cannot win. Actually, such candidates can win if voters vote for them. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate, denies climate change and stands for international trade deals that hurt our economy. Jill Stein, the Green candidate, is the only candidate promoting human rights, public health, and safe sustainable energy. Columnist Lisa Ramirez ridicules Stein for polling low. If anyone is to be ridiculed, it should be those who support candidates like Trump and Clinton, who promote injustice and ecological devastation.

Barbara Kidney

Newburgh