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Long time Schroon Laker Emily Rossi-Snook provides a detailed chronology to the events leading up to the Town’s new Diversity Resolution in the following letter to the Editor of the Sun Newspaper. The paper has extensively covered the story in their print and on-line editions.

To the editor:

In regards to the article in the July 25, issue of The Sun, "Schroon Passes Diversity Pledge Following Flag Incident”, it is reported that the school banner in question “was hastily removed" when actually the town was resistant to its removal.

On June 5, all involved organizations; Mountainside Bible Chapel, Schroon Lake Central School, Schroon Lake Town Board, were contacted about the offending image. Nothing was done. On June 16, a Mountainside representative said that there would be an adjustment to the photo. So, why wasn’t it done? Who blocked this correction? After several emails and still no action, Supervisor Subra said in a phone call on June 19, that the town resources would not be used in the adjustment of the banner.

I do not call 6 weeks, multiple emails, a refusal by Supervisor Subra to remove the banner a “hasty removal”. I call this stonewalling. I call this a lack of leadership. I call this supporting racist imagery.

At the July 13, Town Board meeting, when Town Board member Roger Friedman presented a drafted diversity resolution, Supervisor Subra told a resident that he found her Black Lives Matter sign offensive (See p.8 of July 25 issue of The Sun).

In the July 24 online issue of The Sun, there is a photo of another sign stating Black Lives Matter. It is reported that Supervisor Subra singled out this sign, made by an eight-year-old child, as offensive. Please read this right: a sign of acceptance and inclusion, made by a child, is publicly called offensive by our elected town leader.

To the Schroon Lake Town Board: Your diversity pledge is a fine start, but you have more work to do. Let’s start by demanding the resignation of Jeff Subra as supervisor of the Town of Schroon.

Emily Rossi-Snook, Schroon Lake

In what will potentially go down as one of the biggest news days in Schroon Lake history -- beside the closing of the Severance Store, and the barely mentioned incident involving a former Town Board member wearing a too tight pair of Speedos on a 100 plus degree day at the beach – Schroon is enacting drastic new restrictions on alcohol consumption and will be re-introducing Prohibition.

And there is huge outrage from those impacted by this new law, passed by the Town Board last night. Chief among them is Paul Mrocka, co-founder of the Paradox Brewery, who told Schroon Laker today he now will be forced to turn the brewery into a milkshake bar.

Paul Mrocka's jaw hit the ground  today when he learned of the news — Paul Mrocka's jaw hit the ground today when he learned of the news

“We are trying to figure out ways to keep that hoppy taste, but in a milkshake. It's gonna be a little weird, but we are game," Paul said.

Meanwhile, Schroon Laker has learned that a silent partner in the business, Saul Mrocka, has devised a devious plan to keep part of the brewery going.

We have also confirmed with producers from CNN the cable news giant is preparing a report on this draconian step backwards. It is scheduled to be broadcast on Anderson Cooper’s show tonight, barring Donald Trump putting his foot into his mouth.

Read more about the new Prohibition, more about the secret Paradox Brewery plan and how Sticks and Stones are dealing with this catastrophe from the Schroon Lake Region Facebook page by clicking here.