To the Editor:

Over breakfast Saturday morning, I picked up a copy of The Altamont Enterprise and read with great interest the editorial on the inside front cover regarding the money being spent on Albany County’s anti-bullying program.

Being someone who has been in recovery for 41 years, I have seen many sides of many issues.  I spend much of the school year working with the Choices 301 program in Altamont.

When I am not there, I visit with inmates at the Schenectady County jail and, while in Florida, I attend Drug Court to speak about recovery.  After dealing with so many different people with many different issues, all I can hope is that what David Soares is doing may prevent the next addict and also instill in these young people that these leaders are within reach if the kids need help.

We will never have enough money to fight addiction; I think we have to try and break the cycle.  Bullying is just one thing that may cause a kid to turn to drugs to eliminate the pain, so having such a program as this can only be a plus.  So what’s the big deal that David Soares is having his picture taken with kids that are doing positive things with kindness.

Also thank you for coverage of Assistant District Attorney Mary Tanner-Richter’s award, also someone out of David Soares’s office, when she was named 2015 National Traffic Safety Prosecutor of the year in Chicago on July 17.

Edward G. Biittig Sr.

Duanesburg