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D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor
From Hudson to Winsted

APRIL 17, 2005 --

LPR was again in Hudson, New York April 15. While in this charming city, two hours north of The Bronx, last summer, LPR noticed that Hudson's parking meters
were a true expression of a common good/Federalist 57 approach -- five cents for an hour and a dime for two hours.


View of Hudson, NY.


A Hudson parking meter.


And, that is still the way it is 100 miles north of PVBville. Once again, LPR says,
"Hooray for Hudson."

The Millerton Diner.


The Oblong bookstore.


Next stop was Millerton, New York, mentioned in LPR, last week, as Sandy Berger's hometown. LPR stopped at the Oblong bookstore, on the site of the clothing store owned by Mr. Berger's father -- purchasing "Courting Justice," by
David Boies, who recently had an op-ed article in The Wall Street journal concerning his client "Hank" Greenberg, of AIG.

Saperstein's

 

LPR also stopped at Saperstein's, the large clothing store in Millerton, before
continuing east on Route 44 to Winsted,
Connecticut. Route 44 is a two-lane country road along most of its path in Connecticut.

Route 44 on the way to Winsted - a 2 lane rural highway.


Route 44 as Main Street in Winsted.


In Winsted, however, it becomes a four lane thoroughfare, the legacy of the great flood of 1955, that destroyed Main Street (as Route 44 is known in Winsted) and took seven lives on August 19, nearly 50 years ago.

Gas prices at a Winsted Gulf gas station


In Winsted, LPR noticed a Gulf gas station whose prices stand in Federalist 57-style contrast to prices LPR spotted in Armonk, New York, a few hours earlier.

Gas prices in Armonk NY (same day)


How bright indeed the economy if we simply followed the "common good" counsel of the Founding Fathers.