AS CONGRESS VOTED TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT CLINTON SATURDAY, THE TIMES UNION CONTACTED A CROSS SECTION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM THE CAPITAL REGION TO REFLECT ON THE HISTORIC EVENT.(CAPITAL REGION)

JAMES COYNE Former Albany County executive ``Iknow perjury is wrong . . . but there's different levels of perjury, too. If the President is a spy for Russia or Iraq, that's high crimes; that's treason. If he says `No, I didn't have an affair' to avoid hurting his family or embarrassment, I don't know if that's on the same level. If that's the worst Bill Clinton did, he's far better off than some of the ones I've seen in Washington.''

ANGELA DIXON Executive director, Albany Police Community Relations Board ``Am I to understand that our leaders thought it was punishment for him to take us through this for the next several months? That is my question. Where are we with …