DEAR READERS:
LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT FIRST, I KNOW HOW BUSY THIS TIME OF YEAR IS FOR YOU. THE SHOPPING, THE PLANNING FOR WHO IS GOING OR COMMING FOR THE CHRISTMAS (YES I SAID CHRISTMAS) AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY. THE MEALS AND WHERE THEY WILL BE, THE DECORATING, AND YES, FOR THOSE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, THE VISITING OF SANTA LAND. THEN THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE IN CERTIAN JOBS THAT HAVE THE END OF THE YEAR RECONCILIATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE ON TIME. SO WHO CARES ABOUT POLITICS, AND ELECTION THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT NOVEMBER AND THE NOVEMBER AFTER THAT? WHO HAS THE TIME TO PAY ATTENTION? THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE DONE, RIGHT?
WELL, THOSE PEOPLE IN ELECTIVE OFFFICE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO BE DISTRACTED. THEY PRAY THAT YOU WILL FEEL AS I HAVE JUST DISCRIBED, AND THEY ARE RIGHT, FOR THE MOST PART YOU ARE. I HAVE PEOPLE TELLING ME TO QUIT, GIVE UP THE FIGHT. NO ONES GOING TO CARE. NO ONES GOING TO WRITE.
PROBLEM IS YOU SEE, BY DOING MY MONTHLY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND WRITING THIS BLOG, I HAVE ALREADY CROSSED THAT BRIDGE AND BURNED IT BEHIND ME. SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND SEE HOW YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE COUNTING ON YOU NOT TO CARE UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.
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IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE SPANO TO ANNOUNCE HE WAS GOING TO RAISE TAXES. SEVEN DAYS TO BE EXACT. A POINT IN HISTORY, HE DID THAT THREE YEARS AGO ALSO. LUCKILY WE HAVE OUR COUNTY LEGISLATOR WHO IS THE MINORITY LEADER GEORGE OROS, WHO IS FIGHTING TO KEEP A ZERO TAX INCREASE. IT WOULD BE WISE FOR LEGISLATOR OROS TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR EXPLAINING HIS STANCE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, SO WE THE VOTING PUBLIC CAN VOICE OUR SUPPORT FOR HIS POSTION TO OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE. I KNOW IF HE DID WRITE SUCH A LETTER, I WOULD MAKE SURE THE READERS OF THIS BLOG GOT A COPY IN CASE YOU MISS THE ISSUE IT APPEARS IN. I KNOW FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF YOU READERS THAT YOU WOULD BE GLAD TO FIGHT TO KEEP YOUR MONEY WERE THE ISSUES EXPLAINED TO YOU BY YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATOR. I AGREE WITH MANY OF YOU THAT THE SNIPPETS THAT THE LOCAL PAPERS HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO OUR LEGISATOR IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION. WE WOULD LIKE AN UNEDITED VERSION OF HIS POSTION.
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LIKE MANY OF YOU I AM TIRED OF BEING REPRESENTED BY MEDIOCRITY, YET THOSE ARE SOMETIMES THE ONLY CHOICES WE HAVE TO VOTE ON. I FIND THE EXPLINATION IN THE FACT THAT THE POWERS THAT BE, WHO NOMINATE THOSE FOR WHOM WE VOTE, MIGHT THEMSELVES BE MEDIOCRE. I SAY THIS WHEN I READ IN THE NORTH COUNTY NEWS THAT THE HEAD OF THE YORKTOWN REPUBLICAN COMMITEE SAYS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT LINDA COOPER HAD SUCH A CLOSE CALL WERE FACTORS OUT OF THE SUPERVISORS CONTROL. WEAK CANDIDATES ON OTHER LINES AND NEGATIVE BACKLASH AGAINST BUSH (NORTH COUNTY NEW 11/23/05). HEAVEN FORBID THE FACT THAT PEOPLE MIGHT ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE LOCAL ISSUES CONCERNING THEM. HEAVEN FORBID THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL WON BY AN ALMOST TWO TO ONE MARGIN, WHICH MIGHT BE A CRITISISM OF THE CANDIDATES THE COMMITEE NOMINATED, NO, IT WAS BUSH'S FAULT. JUST MABY THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVED IN THE MESSAGE THAT CANDIDATE PETERS WAS VOICING, AND THAT TOWN GOVERNMENT WAS GETTING TOO INTRUSIVE. MABY THE REPUBLICAN COMMITEE IS GETTING OUT OF TOUCH WITH THEIR CONSTITUANCY. MABY THE COMMITTEE SHOULD LOOK TO THEMSELVES, THEIR PLATFORM, AND THE PEOPLE THEY PUT ON THE BALLOT, RATHER THAN BUSH BASHING, THEN MABY INTHE NEXT YEARS ELECTION THEY MIGHT NOMINATE CADIDATES WHO CAN GET ELECTED. THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY LISTEN TO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. BOTH THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTE AND THE DEMOCRAT COMMITEE (WHICH ALMOST GOT IT RIGHT) MIGHT COME TO THE SAME REALIZATION THAT I CAME TO LONG AGO, THAT THE PRESENT OFFICIALS REPRESENTING US IN ALBANY AND WASHINGTON NO LONGER REPRESENT US, BUT ONLY REPRESENT THEMSELVES AND WHAT WILL KEEP THEM ON OFFICE AND IN THE GOOD GRACES OF THE PARTY LEADERSHIP. THAT WE THE PEOPLE WANT CANDIDATES THAT WILL NOT REMAIN SILENT ON ISSUES THAT CONCERN US IF IT WILL UPSET THEIR LEADERS (IE: THE SCHOOL TAXES BEING LEFT UP TO AN UNELECTED JUDGE, THE ON GOING COURT CASE REGARDING 100 MILLION OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, THE INSULT TO THE PUBLIC THAT WAS PROPOSITION ONE IN THE LAST ELECTION) WE WANT CANDIDATES THAT WILL PUT US, THE PEOPLE ABOVE PERKS. THOSE CANDIDATES ARE OUT THERE, THE BILL SCHMIDTS, THE DIANA BURRUSS', THE DOMINIC VOLPES, THE DON PETERS, THE DAVID FRITZ'S, THE RUTH WELLS, THE JAMES MARTORANOS, THE BEN SHULDINERS. THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENTS OF THEIR POLICY STANCES, AND/OR PUBLIC STATEMENTS, BUT RATHER AN ENDORSEMENT OF THEIR CHARACTER, IN THE BELIEF THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT IN THEIR ACTIONS EITHER IN OFFICE OR IN THEIR PUBLIC INTERACTIONS, THEY WOULD PUT US, THE PEOPLE, ABOVE PARTY AND PERKS. I HAVE PURPOSELY LEFT OUT THOSE ALREADY IN OFFICE IN THE BELIEF THEIR PLATE IS ALREADY FULL. WE THE VOTING PUBLIC WILL NO LONGER SETTLE FOR MEDICOCRITY. WE THE PEOPLE WANT BETTER, AND DESERVE BETTER THAN WHAT YOU IN THE LEADERSHIP HAVE HOISTED UPON US IN THE PAST. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT FIRST RATE PEOPLE HIRE FIRST RATE PEOPLE, SECOND RATE PEOPLE HIRE THIRD RATE PEOPLE.
WE THE VOTING PUBLIC ARE FIRST RATE PEOPLE AND DEMAND FIRST RATE CANDIDATES. THOSE ALREADY IN ALBANY AND WASHINGTON HAVE OVER STAYED THEIR WELCOME, WE THE PUBLIC ARE READY TO VOTE THEM INTO RETIREMENT. I KNOW THAT THE UNSEATING OF A SITTING INCUMBENT IS DIFFICULT, BUT WITH THEIR PRESENT VOTING RECORD AND THEIR DEAFENING SILENCE ON THE ISSUES THAT CONCERN US, IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE, IN FACT IT IS QUITE DOABLE. TO DO GREAT THINGS REQUIRES GREAT EFFORT. WE EXPECT THOSE IN PARTY LEADERSHIP TO EXPEND THAT EFFORT ON OUR BEHALF. IT IS NOW TIME TO SHOW THAT YOU IN THE LEADERSHIP ARE FIRST RATE PEOPLE.
BAZZO 12/03/05
Friday, November 25, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
REFLECTIONS ON THE ELECTIONS
DEAR READERS:
THE ELECTION RESULTS AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING SHOWS THAT THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR YORKTOWN TOWN COUNCIL RECIEVED ALMOST TWICE THE VOTE AS THEIR REPUBLICAN COUNTER PARTS. THIS IS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO ME, FOR I PREDICTED THIS IN MY ENTRY " I WENT TO THROW MY HAT INTO THE RING"(MAY 2005 ARCHIVE). SO MUCH FOR TEAM PLAYERS. SO MUCH FOR "CHALLENGER LIGHT". SO MUCH FOR TOWING THE PARTY LINE. I SAID BACK THEN THAT THE PARTY NEEDED TO SPEAK TO THAT PART OF THE PARTY WHICH I ADVOCATE. THE MORE CONSERVATIVE LESS INTRUSIVE INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PRIVATE BUSINESS RIGHTS. I SAID THAT THESE VOICES CROSS PARTY LINES AND YOU NEEDED THEM TO BEAT SITTING INCUMBENTS. REPUBLICAN TURNED DEMOCRAT DON PETERS SPOKE TO THOSE PEOPLE AND LOOK AT THE VOTES HE GOT. THOSE VOTES SHOULD HAVE GONE REPUBLICAN. I HOPE IN TWO YEARS WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE LOCAL AGAIN, AND I GO BEFORE THE POWERS THAT BE, SEEKING THEIR NOMINATION, THEY WILL REMEMBER THIS LESSON AND THAT I HAVE WRITTEN AND BEEN ON RECORD FOR THESE VALUES. THAT THESE VALUES, LESS GOVERNMENT INTRUSION AND MORE ACCESS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE A WINNING FORMULA ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
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I BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT DOMINIC VOLPE WON SO HANDILY IN PEEKSKILL AND HAD SUCH A STRONG SHOWING (EVEN THOUGH HE LOST) IS THAT AS A LOCAL BUSINESS MAN
HE HAD THE ABILITY TO MEET MORE PEOPLE IN A WEEK THAN GEORGE OROS COULD MEET IN A MONTH. THIS TOO, I WROTE ABOUT IN MY ENTRY " IWENT TO THROW MY HAT INTO THE RING"(MAY 2005 ARCHIVE), THAT THE PARTY NEEDED TO RECRUIT BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE DAILY CONTACT WITH PEOPLE EVERY DAY. ONE OF THE MANY FEED BACKS I GOT WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CANDIDATES WENT DOOR TO DOOR SEEKING VOTES, THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE CARED MORE ABOUT THE MESSAGE HAD THEY (THE CANDIDATES) COME TO THEM WHEN THEY DIDN'T NEED SOMETHING. IN OTHER WORDS NEXT YEAR WHEN THE CANDIDATES AREN'T SEEKING ELECTION, THEY SHOULD ONCE AND A WHILE GO TO THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES AND ASK WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND.
IF THE OFFICE THEY HOLD AND WISH TO CONTINUE TO HOLD IS SO IMPORTANT, AND THEY REALLLY HAVE THE NEED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE RETENTION OF THIER OWN OFFICE, THEY SHOULD MAKE THE TIME TO GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE AND SHOW THEY ARE LISTENING. THEY SHOULD MAKE A POINT OF WRITNG TO THE LOCAL PAPERS (ONCE A MONTH) ABOUT ISSUES CONCERNING THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT, NOT JUST RELY ON THE PUBLIC TOWN, CITY, OR COUNTY MEETINGS. TO THOSE POWERS THAT BE, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE RESULTS, SEE HOW CLOSE THE CHALLENGERS (DON PETERS AND DOM VOLPE, BUSINESSMEN BOTH) GOT.
DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE FACT THAT AS BUSINESS MEN THEY HAD THE CONTACT YOU DON'T, AND NEED TO HAVE. SHOULD YOUR OPPOSTION TAKE MY ADVICE, AND RECRIUT BUSINESS PEOPLE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE VICTORY NEXT TIME. REMEMBER THOSE BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE TWO YEARS TO MAKE (AND SECURE) THOSE CONTACTS, WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE NEXT ELECTION.
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IN PEEKSKILL THE SPLIT OF THE VOTE SHOWS THAT THE VOTERS ARE NOT INSTICTIVLY PARTY LINE VOTERS. THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT CROSS PARTY LINES AND THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN OR DEMORATIC WAY TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY THE PEOLPLE LIKE THE DIRECTION AND THE VISION THE MAYOR HAS TAKEN THE CITY, AND THEY WISH TO CONTINUE THAT DIRECTION. BUT A MORE AGRESSIVE AND ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CODES ARE NECESSARY. I LOOK AT THE POSITIVE MESSAGES THE PARTIES RAN ON (CONTINUED GROWTH ON THE REPULICAN SIDE, AND MORE ENFORCEMENT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE) AS OPPOSED TO THE NEGATIVE ATTACKS BY SURRAGATES, THAT INFLUENCED THE VOTE. LIKE I SAID IN THE RUN UP TO THE ELECTION, BOTH SIDES HAD A VISION, THE PEOPLE BY SPLITTING THE VOTE CHOSE THE BEST (IN THEIR OPINION) OF THOSE VISIONS. I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE PREFER TO VOTE POSITIVE THAN NEGATIVE. THE PARTY THAT ENCOMPASSES BOTH THOSE MESSAGES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS HAS IN MY OPINION THE BEST CHANCE OF GAINING ON THE OTHER. IT WOULD BEHOOVE THOSE WHO WISH TO RUN IN TWO YEARS NOT TO BE SEEN AS PARTY FIRST, BUT TO BE SEEN AS CITY FIRST. THE PEEKSKILL VOTER WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY, AND THEY SHOWED IT. IT IS NOT FOR ANYBODY TO AGRUE WHAT THEY SAID, BUT TO ACT ON WHAT THEY SAID. STAY POSITIVE, MOVE FOWARD AND STAND FOR THE CITY.
BAZZO 11/12/05
THE ELECTION RESULTS AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING SHOWS THAT THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR YORKTOWN TOWN COUNCIL RECIEVED ALMOST TWICE THE VOTE AS THEIR REPUBLICAN COUNTER PARTS. THIS IS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO ME, FOR I PREDICTED THIS IN MY ENTRY " I WENT TO THROW MY HAT INTO THE RING"(MAY 2005 ARCHIVE). SO MUCH FOR TEAM PLAYERS. SO MUCH FOR "CHALLENGER LIGHT". SO MUCH FOR TOWING THE PARTY LINE. I SAID BACK THEN THAT THE PARTY NEEDED TO SPEAK TO THAT PART OF THE PARTY WHICH I ADVOCATE. THE MORE CONSERVATIVE LESS INTRUSIVE INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PRIVATE BUSINESS RIGHTS. I SAID THAT THESE VOICES CROSS PARTY LINES AND YOU NEEDED THEM TO BEAT SITTING INCUMBENTS. REPUBLICAN TURNED DEMOCRAT DON PETERS SPOKE TO THOSE PEOPLE AND LOOK AT THE VOTES HE GOT. THOSE VOTES SHOULD HAVE GONE REPUBLICAN. I HOPE IN TWO YEARS WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE LOCAL AGAIN, AND I GO BEFORE THE POWERS THAT BE, SEEKING THEIR NOMINATION, THEY WILL REMEMBER THIS LESSON AND THAT I HAVE WRITTEN AND BEEN ON RECORD FOR THESE VALUES. THAT THESE VALUES, LESS GOVERNMENT INTRUSION AND MORE ACCESS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE A WINNING FORMULA ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
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I BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT DOMINIC VOLPE WON SO HANDILY IN PEEKSKILL AND HAD SUCH A STRONG SHOWING (EVEN THOUGH HE LOST) IS THAT AS A LOCAL BUSINESS MAN
HE HAD THE ABILITY TO MEET MORE PEOPLE IN A WEEK THAN GEORGE OROS COULD MEET IN A MONTH. THIS TOO, I WROTE ABOUT IN MY ENTRY " IWENT TO THROW MY HAT INTO THE RING"(MAY 2005 ARCHIVE), THAT THE PARTY NEEDED TO RECRUIT BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE DAILY CONTACT WITH PEOPLE EVERY DAY. ONE OF THE MANY FEED BACKS I GOT WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CANDIDATES WENT DOOR TO DOOR SEEKING VOTES, THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE CARED MORE ABOUT THE MESSAGE HAD THEY (THE CANDIDATES) COME TO THEM WHEN THEY DIDN'T NEED SOMETHING. IN OTHER WORDS NEXT YEAR WHEN THE CANDIDATES AREN'T SEEKING ELECTION, THEY SHOULD ONCE AND A WHILE GO TO THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES AND ASK WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND.
IF THE OFFICE THEY HOLD AND WISH TO CONTINUE TO HOLD IS SO IMPORTANT, AND THEY REALLLY HAVE THE NEED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE RETENTION OF THIER OWN OFFICE, THEY SHOULD MAKE THE TIME TO GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE AND SHOW THEY ARE LISTENING. THEY SHOULD MAKE A POINT OF WRITNG TO THE LOCAL PAPERS (ONCE A MONTH) ABOUT ISSUES CONCERNING THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT, NOT JUST RELY ON THE PUBLIC TOWN, CITY, OR COUNTY MEETINGS. TO THOSE POWERS THAT BE, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE RESULTS, SEE HOW CLOSE THE CHALLENGERS (DON PETERS AND DOM VOLPE, BUSINESSMEN BOTH) GOT.
DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE FACT THAT AS BUSINESS MEN THEY HAD THE CONTACT YOU DON'T, AND NEED TO HAVE. SHOULD YOUR OPPOSTION TAKE MY ADVICE, AND RECRIUT BUSINESS PEOPLE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE VICTORY NEXT TIME. REMEMBER THOSE BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE TWO YEARS TO MAKE (AND SECURE) THOSE CONTACTS, WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE NEXT ELECTION.
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IN PEEKSKILL THE SPLIT OF THE VOTE SHOWS THAT THE VOTERS ARE NOT INSTICTIVLY PARTY LINE VOTERS. THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT CROSS PARTY LINES AND THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN OR DEMORATIC WAY TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY THE PEOLPLE LIKE THE DIRECTION AND THE VISION THE MAYOR HAS TAKEN THE CITY, AND THEY WISH TO CONTINUE THAT DIRECTION. BUT A MORE AGRESSIVE AND ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CODES ARE NECESSARY. I LOOK AT THE POSITIVE MESSAGES THE PARTIES RAN ON (CONTINUED GROWTH ON THE REPULICAN SIDE, AND MORE ENFORCEMENT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE) AS OPPOSED TO THE NEGATIVE ATTACKS BY SURRAGATES, THAT INFLUENCED THE VOTE. LIKE I SAID IN THE RUN UP TO THE ELECTION, BOTH SIDES HAD A VISION, THE PEOPLE BY SPLITTING THE VOTE CHOSE THE BEST (IN THEIR OPINION) OF THOSE VISIONS. I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE PREFER TO VOTE POSITIVE THAN NEGATIVE. THE PARTY THAT ENCOMPASSES BOTH THOSE MESSAGES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS HAS IN MY OPINION THE BEST CHANCE OF GAINING ON THE OTHER. IT WOULD BEHOOVE THOSE WHO WISH TO RUN IN TWO YEARS NOT TO BE SEEN AS PARTY FIRST, BUT TO BE SEEN AS CITY FIRST. THE PEEKSKILL VOTER WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY, AND THEY SHOWED IT. IT IS NOT FOR ANYBODY TO AGRUE WHAT THEY SAID, BUT TO ACT ON WHAT THEY SAID. STAY POSITIVE, MOVE FOWARD AND STAND FOR THE CITY.
BAZZO 11/12/05
Thursday, October 20, 2005
THE ELECTIONS ACCORDING TO ME.... LOCAL ELECTIONS CONTINUED
DEAR READERS:
I RECENTLY DID WHAT YOU AND I SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF, I WENT TO THE LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS IN THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN AND CITY OF PEEKSKILL. BOTH WHICH HAVE IN COMMON TWO TIMES IN WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN STAND BEFORE THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OPINE ON WHATEVER CONCERNS THE PUBLIC HAS. IN BOTH MEETINGS THE PUBLIC TURNOUT WAS NEGLIGABLE. THIS IS TO THE SHAME OF YOU AND ME. THESE ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AT A
PUBLIC FORUM, WHICH OUR TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR, WHERE WE THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK BEFORE THOSE WE ELECTED AND TELL THEM WHAT FORE. THESE MEETING WHICH HAVE MORE AFFECT ON OUR EVERYDAY LIVES THAN ANY OTHER ELECTED
BODY HAS. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE JOBS AND FAMILIES TO RAISE, YET SO DO THESE PEOPLE, FOR THESE POSITIONS ARE PARTIME JOBS (ONLY REQUIRING A HUNDRED HOURS A WEEK). YET INSTEAD OF WATCHING TV, ON THAT ONE NIGHT EVERY TWO WEEKS, YOU THE VOTER, YOU THE TAX PAYER SHOULD MAKE TIME TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS THAT AFFECTS THE VERY PROPERTY YOU SO DEARLY CARE ABOUT. INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING AFTER THE FACT, HERE IS YOUR BY-WEEKLY CHANCE TO COMPLAIN BEFORE THE DAMAGE IS DONE (AND MAYBE STOP THAT DAMAGE). IT IS AFTER ALL, THESE OFFICIALS WHO WORK FOR YOU, WHO REQUIRE YOUR IMPUT INTO HOW TO BEST DO YOUR BIDDING. IT IS UP TO YOU TO HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD AT THOSE MEETINGS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. BY YOUR INACTION, YOU HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELVES WHEN
THESE BOARDS IN FRINGE ON THOSE RIGHTS. THE POWER IS YOURS IF YOU WISH TO WEILD IT. STOP LEAVING IT UP TO SOMEONE ELSE.
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IF WHAT I READ IN THIS WEEKS NORTH COUNTY NEWS (10/20/05) IS CORRECT,
THAT THE REPUBLICANS IN YORKTOWN ARE COMPLAING ABOUT ELECTION SIGNS BECAUSE OF SOME HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES(YEARS AGO) NOT TO USE THEM, THEN I SAY A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES FOR EVEN CONSIDERING AND/OR AGREEING TO ANY MEASURE THAT WOULD STIFLE FREE POLITCAL SPEECH, ESPECIALLY ON THE GROUNDS THAT SOME PEOPLE FIND THEM UNSIGHTLY. ONE OF OUR MOST SACRED AND PROTECTED RIGHTS, ONE THAT SEPARATES US FROM MOST OF THE WORLD, IS THE FREE EXERCISE OF SPEECH (ESPECIALLY THAT OF A POLITICAL NATURE). IF SOMEONE RUNNING FOR OFFICE WISHES TO ADVERTISE THAT FACT WITH A LAWN SIGN, I SAY LET THEM AND HOORAY FOR THE HOME OWNER WHO WISHES TO PARTICIPATE. TO THE DEVIL WITH THOSE WHO WISH TO SILENCE THAT FORM OF SPEECH. CENCORSHIP IN ANY FORM IS BENEATH CONTEMPT.
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IF WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN TODAY'S JOURNAL NEWS (10/20/05) IS ALSO TRUE,
THAT DEVLOPER MARTIN GINSBURG IS TRYING TO FORCE A WATERFRONT PROPERTY OWNER IN PEEKSKILL INTO SELLING THAT PROPERTY AT AT SMALL PRICE ($120,00 FOR A HALF ACRE) WITH THE THREAT OF USING EMINENT DOMAIN WITH THE HELP OF THE LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERMENT, I SAY TO YOU PEEKSKILL RESIDENTS WHO READ THIS,
LET YOUR ELECTED OFFICALS KNOW THIS WILL NOT STAND. I DON'T CARE HOW GLORIOUS THE PLANS FOR THE PEEKSKILL WATER FRONT ARE. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE SUPREME COURT SAID. JUST BECAUSE THE COURTS GAVE YOU(OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS) THE RIGHT TO DO THIS(THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN), DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT. NO AMMOUNT OF DEVELOPEMENT IS WORTH THE SACFIFICING OF SOMEONE'S PROPERTY RIGHTS. IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF PEEKSKILL AND THE COUNTY TO INSTEAD PREASURE GINSBURG INTO MAKING A MORE REASONABLE OFFER. ON THIS ISSUE THE ELECTED OFFICALS DUTY IS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
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IF YOU READ THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OR WATCH THE LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS ON TV, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THOSE RUNNING FOR OFFICE OR RE-ELECTION ARE RECKLESS REPROBATES BENT ON RUNNIG THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES BACK TO THE DARK AGES OF FISCAL RUIN. WERE THESE CHARGES MADE BY PARTY SURAGATES TRUE, WHAT PERSSON RUNNING FOR OFFICE WOULD NOT THEMSELVES USE THOSE CHARGES AS A STAKE TO DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH THEIR OPPENTS CHANCES. AS THE ACTUAL CANDIDATES HAVE NOT THEMSEVES UTTERED THESE INVECTIVES IT WOULD BE WISE FOR YOU THE VOTER TO DISCARD THEM. WHAT YOU HAVE ARE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON WHERE THEY WISH TO LEAD THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. IT IS UP TO YOU THE VOTER TO
DECIDE BY (IF THEY ARE ALREADY IN OFFICE) VOTES THEY HAVE MADE, IS THIS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR COMMUNITY TO GO. IF IT IS A CANDIDATE WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, AND DECIDE IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT. IF ALL THE CANDIADTE IS DOING IS COMPLIANING, BUT OFFERS NO ALTERNATIVE, THEN I SAY YOU CANNOT REPLACE SOMETHING WITH NOTHING. IT IS THESE CRITERIA THAT I USE IN DECIDING WHO I SIDE WITH. THE ONE THING A SITTING INCUMBENT CANNOT DO IS RUN AWAY FROM THEIR ACTUAL VOTE ON ANY GIVEN ISSUE. I WOULD BE WISE FOR YOU THE VOTER NOT TO REFLEXIVELY VOTE PARTY LABLE, YOU DO YOURSELF A DISERVICE THAT WAY. HOPEFULLY AS THIS ELECTION DRAWS NEAR, MY RECENT LETTERS, AND BLOG UPDATES HAVE POINTED OUT TO YOU THE STANCE THESE RESPECTIVE CANDIATES HAVE TAKEN. HOPEFULLY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP YOU SORT OUT SOME THE ISSUES. WHAT YOU DO WITH THE INFORMATION IS UP TO YOU. WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, DO NOT SIT OUT THIS ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8,
DOING NOTHING IS THE WORSE THING YOU CAN DO.
BAZZO 10/21/05
I RECENTLY DID WHAT YOU AND I SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF, I WENT TO THE LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS IN THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN AND CITY OF PEEKSKILL. BOTH WHICH HAVE IN COMMON TWO TIMES IN WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN STAND BEFORE THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OPINE ON WHATEVER CONCERNS THE PUBLIC HAS. IN BOTH MEETINGS THE PUBLIC TURNOUT WAS NEGLIGABLE. THIS IS TO THE SHAME OF YOU AND ME. THESE ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AT A
PUBLIC FORUM, WHICH OUR TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR, WHERE WE THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK BEFORE THOSE WE ELECTED AND TELL THEM WHAT FORE. THESE MEETING WHICH HAVE MORE AFFECT ON OUR EVERYDAY LIVES THAN ANY OTHER ELECTED
BODY HAS. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE JOBS AND FAMILIES TO RAISE, YET SO DO THESE PEOPLE, FOR THESE POSITIONS ARE PARTIME JOBS (ONLY REQUIRING A HUNDRED HOURS A WEEK). YET INSTEAD OF WATCHING TV, ON THAT ONE NIGHT EVERY TWO WEEKS, YOU THE VOTER, YOU THE TAX PAYER SHOULD MAKE TIME TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS THAT AFFECTS THE VERY PROPERTY YOU SO DEARLY CARE ABOUT. INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING AFTER THE FACT, HERE IS YOUR BY-WEEKLY CHANCE TO COMPLAIN BEFORE THE DAMAGE IS DONE (AND MAYBE STOP THAT DAMAGE). IT IS AFTER ALL, THESE OFFICIALS WHO WORK FOR YOU, WHO REQUIRE YOUR IMPUT INTO HOW TO BEST DO YOUR BIDDING. IT IS UP TO YOU TO HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD AT THOSE MEETINGS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. BY YOUR INACTION, YOU HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELVES WHEN
THESE BOARDS IN FRINGE ON THOSE RIGHTS. THE POWER IS YOURS IF YOU WISH TO WEILD IT. STOP LEAVING IT UP TO SOMEONE ELSE.
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IF WHAT I READ IN THIS WEEKS NORTH COUNTY NEWS (10/20/05) IS CORRECT,
THAT THE REPUBLICANS IN YORKTOWN ARE COMPLAING ABOUT ELECTION SIGNS BECAUSE OF SOME HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES(YEARS AGO) NOT TO USE THEM, THEN I SAY A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES FOR EVEN CONSIDERING AND/OR AGREEING TO ANY MEASURE THAT WOULD STIFLE FREE POLITCAL SPEECH, ESPECIALLY ON THE GROUNDS THAT SOME PEOPLE FIND THEM UNSIGHTLY. ONE OF OUR MOST SACRED AND PROTECTED RIGHTS, ONE THAT SEPARATES US FROM MOST OF THE WORLD, IS THE FREE EXERCISE OF SPEECH (ESPECIALLY THAT OF A POLITICAL NATURE). IF SOMEONE RUNNING FOR OFFICE WISHES TO ADVERTISE THAT FACT WITH A LAWN SIGN, I SAY LET THEM AND HOORAY FOR THE HOME OWNER WHO WISHES TO PARTICIPATE. TO THE DEVIL WITH THOSE WHO WISH TO SILENCE THAT FORM OF SPEECH. CENCORSHIP IN ANY FORM IS BENEATH CONTEMPT.
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IF WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN TODAY'S JOURNAL NEWS (10/20/05) IS ALSO TRUE,
THAT DEVLOPER MARTIN GINSBURG IS TRYING TO FORCE A WATERFRONT PROPERTY OWNER IN PEEKSKILL INTO SELLING THAT PROPERTY AT AT SMALL PRICE ($120,00 FOR A HALF ACRE) WITH THE THREAT OF USING EMINENT DOMAIN WITH THE HELP OF THE LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERMENT, I SAY TO YOU PEEKSKILL RESIDENTS WHO READ THIS,
LET YOUR ELECTED OFFICALS KNOW THIS WILL NOT STAND. I DON'T CARE HOW GLORIOUS THE PLANS FOR THE PEEKSKILL WATER FRONT ARE. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE SUPREME COURT SAID. JUST BECAUSE THE COURTS GAVE YOU(OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS) THE RIGHT TO DO THIS(THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN), DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT. NO AMMOUNT OF DEVELOPEMENT IS WORTH THE SACFIFICING OF SOMEONE'S PROPERTY RIGHTS. IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF PEEKSKILL AND THE COUNTY TO INSTEAD PREASURE GINSBURG INTO MAKING A MORE REASONABLE OFFER. ON THIS ISSUE THE ELECTED OFFICALS DUTY IS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
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IF YOU READ THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OR WATCH THE LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS ON TV, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THOSE RUNNING FOR OFFICE OR RE-ELECTION ARE RECKLESS REPROBATES BENT ON RUNNIG THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES BACK TO THE DARK AGES OF FISCAL RUIN. WERE THESE CHARGES MADE BY PARTY SURAGATES TRUE, WHAT PERSSON RUNNING FOR OFFICE WOULD NOT THEMSELVES USE THOSE CHARGES AS A STAKE TO DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH THEIR OPPENTS CHANCES. AS THE ACTUAL CANDIDATES HAVE NOT THEMSEVES UTTERED THESE INVECTIVES IT WOULD BE WISE FOR YOU THE VOTER TO DISCARD THEM. WHAT YOU HAVE ARE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON WHERE THEY WISH TO LEAD THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. IT IS UP TO YOU THE VOTER TO
DECIDE BY (IF THEY ARE ALREADY IN OFFICE) VOTES THEY HAVE MADE, IS THIS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR COMMUNITY TO GO. IF IT IS A CANDIDATE WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, AND DECIDE IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT. IF ALL THE CANDIADTE IS DOING IS COMPLIANING, BUT OFFERS NO ALTERNATIVE, THEN I SAY YOU CANNOT REPLACE SOMETHING WITH NOTHING. IT IS THESE CRITERIA THAT I USE IN DECIDING WHO I SIDE WITH. THE ONE THING A SITTING INCUMBENT CANNOT DO IS RUN AWAY FROM THEIR ACTUAL VOTE ON ANY GIVEN ISSUE. I WOULD BE WISE FOR YOU THE VOTER NOT TO REFLEXIVELY VOTE PARTY LABLE, YOU DO YOURSELF A DISERVICE THAT WAY. HOPEFULLY AS THIS ELECTION DRAWS NEAR, MY RECENT LETTERS, AND BLOG UPDATES HAVE POINTED OUT TO YOU THE STANCE THESE RESPECTIVE CANDIATES HAVE TAKEN. HOPEFULLY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP YOU SORT OUT SOME THE ISSUES. WHAT YOU DO WITH THE INFORMATION IS UP TO YOU. WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, DO NOT SIT OUT THIS ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8,
DOING NOTHING IS THE WORSE THING YOU CAN DO.
BAZZO 10/21/05
Thursday, October 06, 2005
INSULTING OUR INTELEGENCE.....WHEN OUR ELECTED LEADERS SHOW THEIR CONTEPMT OF THE VOTER......
DEA READERS;
THERE IS AN INSIDEOUS MOVE AFOOT BY OUR LEADERS IN ALBANY TO SEPARATE US FROM OUR MONEY UNDER THE GUISE OF REFORM. IT IS CALLED THE" BUDGET REFORM ACT", AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS MEASURE THIS NOVEMBER. THIS INISITIVE IS 300 WORDS LONG AND YOU WILL ONLY HAVE MINUTES TO DESIPHER THIS MUMBO-JUMBO. YOU WILL HAVE NO HELP FROM THE LOCAL MEDIA, AND THERE WILL BE NO PANPHLET TO HELP YOU. FEAR NOT, I WILL. SIMPLY BROKEN DOWN THIS MEASURE EXTENDS THE BUDGET DEADLINE BY 30 DAYS, FROM APRIL FIRST TO MAY FIRST. THE ONLY THING THIS REFORM ACOPMPLISHES IS SHORTENING BY 30 DAYS HOW LATE OUR STATE BUDGET WILL BE. IT ALSO STATES THAT IF THE BUDGET IS LATE, THE STATE USES LAST YEARS BUDGET TILL A NEW ONE IS IN PLACE. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL REFORM TAKES PLACE. WHEN THE OLD BUDGET IS ACTIVATED THEN ONLY THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE SIT DOWN AND HAMMER OUT A NEW BUDGET WITH OUT THE GOVENOR. NOW WHATEVER YOU MAY THINK OF THE GOVENOR, HE IS THE ONLY STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL WE HAVE TO WATCHOUT AND ACT IN OUR BEHALF WHEN IT COMES TRO THE BUDGET. TO LEAVE THE BUDGET UP TO THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE, WHO ACT LIKE LITTLE FIFEDOMS, BEHOLDEN UPON SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS TO STAY IN POWER, TO LEAVE THIS PROCESS UP TO OUR LOCAL STATE AND ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES WHO TAKE THEIR MARCHING ORDERS FROM THEIR LEADERS IN THE ASSEMBLY OR SENATE, OUT OF FEAR OF LOOSING THIER COMMITEE CHAIRMANSHIPS OR STIPENDS THEY USE TO BUY OUR VOTES, IS TO SANCTION A RAID ON OUR WALLLETS UNSEEN IN OUR TIME. THIS MEASURE MUST BE VOTED DOWN IN THE NAME OF FISCAL SANITY. ONLY YOU THIS NOVEMBER CAN STOP THE FOX FROM RUNNING THE HEN HOUSE.
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I HAVE TO LAUGH AT OUR ELECTED LEADERS AS THEY POINT TO BIG OIL AS THE BOOGEY MAN IN THE RECENT SPIKE IN OIL PRICES. SURE, I BELIEVE THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US, YET, TO HEAR OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND THOSE WHO WISH TO BECOME OUR REPESENTATIVES SPEAK, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WERE ONLY BYSTANDERS. WE HAVE NOT HAD A NEW REFINRERY BUITL SINCE 1976. WE HAVE NOT HAD A NEW PIPELINE BUILT ON OVER 25 YEARS. WE HAVE 50 STATES AND 40 DIFFERENT BLENDS OF GAS AND HEATING OIL. IT IS THEIR HINERING THE BUILDING OF THOSE REFINERIES AND PIPELINES THERE BYE STIFLING THE SUPLY OF GAS AND HEATING OIL THAT HAS A PROFOUND AFFECT ON PRICES. IT IS THEIR OVERREGULATION OF THE OIL INDUSTRY THAT DRIVES UP THE COST OF PRODUCING AND DELIVERING THAT OIL AND GAS THAT DRIVES UP PRICES. IT IS THEIR ENACTING ONOURUS TAXES, FEES AND SURCHARGES ON GAS AND OIL THAT DRIVES UP PRICES. FOR THEM TO ACT AS IF THEY ARE VIRGINS IN THE FLEECING OF OUR DISPOSABLE INCOME IS AN INSULT TO THE INTELEGENCE OF EVERY VOTER. NOT ONE OF THEIR PROPOSALS WILL PRODUCE ONE BARREL OF GAS OR OIL THAT WILL INCREASE SUPLY AND THERBYE LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS. UNTIL THEY START ACTUALLY ADRESSING THE REAL NEEDS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM OF SUPLY AND DISTRIBUTION, THEY SHOULD SIT DOWN, SHUT UP AND STAY OUT OF THE WAY OF THE MARKET PLACE AND STOP PANDERING FOR VOTES.
BAZZO 10/06/05
THERE IS AN INSIDEOUS MOVE AFOOT BY OUR LEADERS IN ALBANY TO SEPARATE US FROM OUR MONEY UNDER THE GUISE OF REFORM. IT IS CALLED THE" BUDGET REFORM ACT", AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS MEASURE THIS NOVEMBER. THIS INISITIVE IS 300 WORDS LONG AND YOU WILL ONLY HAVE MINUTES TO DESIPHER THIS MUMBO-JUMBO. YOU WILL HAVE NO HELP FROM THE LOCAL MEDIA, AND THERE WILL BE NO PANPHLET TO HELP YOU. FEAR NOT, I WILL. SIMPLY BROKEN DOWN THIS MEASURE EXTENDS THE BUDGET DEADLINE BY 30 DAYS, FROM APRIL FIRST TO MAY FIRST. THE ONLY THING THIS REFORM ACOPMPLISHES IS SHORTENING BY 30 DAYS HOW LATE OUR STATE BUDGET WILL BE. IT ALSO STATES THAT IF THE BUDGET IS LATE, THE STATE USES LAST YEARS BUDGET TILL A NEW ONE IS IN PLACE. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL REFORM TAKES PLACE. WHEN THE OLD BUDGET IS ACTIVATED THEN ONLY THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE SIT DOWN AND HAMMER OUT A NEW BUDGET WITH OUT THE GOVENOR. NOW WHATEVER YOU MAY THINK OF THE GOVENOR, HE IS THE ONLY STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL WE HAVE TO WATCHOUT AND ACT IN OUR BEHALF WHEN IT COMES TRO THE BUDGET. TO LEAVE THE BUDGET UP TO THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE, WHO ACT LIKE LITTLE FIFEDOMS, BEHOLDEN UPON SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS TO STAY IN POWER, TO LEAVE THIS PROCESS UP TO OUR LOCAL STATE AND ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES WHO TAKE THEIR MARCHING ORDERS FROM THEIR LEADERS IN THE ASSEMBLY OR SENATE, OUT OF FEAR OF LOOSING THIER COMMITEE CHAIRMANSHIPS OR STIPENDS THEY USE TO BUY OUR VOTES, IS TO SANCTION A RAID ON OUR WALLLETS UNSEEN IN OUR TIME. THIS MEASURE MUST BE VOTED DOWN IN THE NAME OF FISCAL SANITY. ONLY YOU THIS NOVEMBER CAN STOP THE FOX FROM RUNNING THE HEN HOUSE.
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I HAVE TO LAUGH AT OUR ELECTED LEADERS AS THEY POINT TO BIG OIL AS THE BOOGEY MAN IN THE RECENT SPIKE IN OIL PRICES. SURE, I BELIEVE THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US, YET, TO HEAR OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND THOSE WHO WISH TO BECOME OUR REPESENTATIVES SPEAK, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WERE ONLY BYSTANDERS. WE HAVE NOT HAD A NEW REFINRERY BUITL SINCE 1976. WE HAVE NOT HAD A NEW PIPELINE BUILT ON OVER 25 YEARS. WE HAVE 50 STATES AND 40 DIFFERENT BLENDS OF GAS AND HEATING OIL. IT IS THEIR HINERING THE BUILDING OF THOSE REFINERIES AND PIPELINES THERE BYE STIFLING THE SUPLY OF GAS AND HEATING OIL THAT HAS A PROFOUND AFFECT ON PRICES. IT IS THEIR OVERREGULATION OF THE OIL INDUSTRY THAT DRIVES UP THE COST OF PRODUCING AND DELIVERING THAT OIL AND GAS THAT DRIVES UP PRICES. IT IS THEIR ENACTING ONOURUS TAXES, FEES AND SURCHARGES ON GAS AND OIL THAT DRIVES UP PRICES. FOR THEM TO ACT AS IF THEY ARE VIRGINS IN THE FLEECING OF OUR DISPOSABLE INCOME IS AN INSULT TO THE INTELEGENCE OF EVERY VOTER. NOT ONE OF THEIR PROPOSALS WILL PRODUCE ONE BARREL OF GAS OR OIL THAT WILL INCREASE SUPLY AND THERBYE LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS. UNTIL THEY START ACTUALLY ADRESSING THE REAL NEEDS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM OF SUPLY AND DISTRIBUTION, THEY SHOULD SIT DOWN, SHUT UP AND STAY OUT OF THE WAY OF THE MARKET PLACE AND STOP PANDERING FOR VOTES.
BAZZO 10/06/05
Monday, July 25, 2005
TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS FIVE....PLUS OTHER NUMBERS THAT DON'T ADD UP
DEAR READERS:
I RECENTLY CAME ACROSS A STUDY BY THE LABOR MARKET STUDIES AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. THEY REPORT THAT BETWEEN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2001 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2005 THE N.Y.S GOVERNMENT HOUSEHOLDEMPLOYMENT SURVEY SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 148,000 JOBS. YET THE SAME NUMBER OF BUSINESS REPORTED HIRING AS PART OF THE PAYROLL FELL
BY 188,00. SO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF 336,000 PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY ARE
WORKING VERSUS BUSINESS THAT SAID THEY HIRED PEOPLE. OR IN SIMPLER TERMS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BUSINESES HIRING OFF THE BOOKS. AS ANYBODY IN BUSINESS CAN TELL YOU THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE UNDERGOUND ECONOMY AS A WAY OF BUSINESES TO SKIRT THE PUNITIVE TAXES
THAT N.Y.S. BURDENS THOSE BUSINESES WITH. TO LIVE IN N.Y.S IS TO BE PUNNISHED FOR SUCCESS, AND TO BE BURDENED WITH THE WHIMS OF POLITICIANS WHO WISH TO SOCIAL ENGINEER WITH WITH THE PROFITS OF BUSINESS. OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IS SOCIALISM, AND THAT IS THE PRICE FOR LIVING IN A "BLUE" STATE. THESE POLITICIANS WHO HAVE NEVER CREATED WEALTH BY HARD WORK AND INVESTING THEIR OWN MONEY, ARE ONLY TOO GLAD TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE WEALTH CREATING POPULICE THE FRIUTS OF THEIR LABORS, DREAMS, AND INVESTMENTS AND REDISTRIBUTE IT
TO THOSE WHO THINK LIFE IS UNFAIR AND THE WORLD OWES THEM SOMETHING.
SO YOU CREATE A CLIMATE IN WHICH BUSINESS FEELS THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING JUST TO STAY COMPETATIVE AND SURVIVE. THIS IS NOT A JUSTIFICATION JUST AN EXPLINATION. I SAY THIS BECAUSE THE OPTION THEY HAVE CHOSEN IS NOT ONLY ILLEAGAL, BUT PLACES AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON THOSE BUSINESES THAT STAY WITHIN THE LAW. THEY AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE FORCED TO PAY HIGHER TAXES AN BUSINESES HAVE LESS MONEY TO REINVEST
AND HIRE MORE PEOPLE. THIS ALSO GOES FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HIRE DOMESTIC HELP AND PAY THEM OFF THE BOOKS IN ORDER TO AVOID PAYING PAYROLL TAXES.
IT IS TIME FOR OUR REPRESTATIVES TO START DEMANDING THE PROPER
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO START LOOKING INTO THOSE BUSINESS THAT HAVE A
PROPENSITY TO HIRE OFF THE BOOKS. IT IS NOT REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TYPE OF BUSINESES THEY ARE. HELL, I COULD TELL THEM WHICH TYPE TO LOOK OUT FOR WITH MY EYES CLOSED. IT IS TIME HONEST BUSINESES AND EMPLOYEES NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY HIGHER TAXES AND FEES TO MAKE UP THE SHORTAGES CAUSED BY THESE CHEATS. IT IS TIME FOR OUR LOCAL OFFICIAL TO STOP COMPLAING ABOUT THE LACK OF MONEY AND THE NEED TO INCREASE TAXES(WHICH I KNOW IS A LOT EASIER THEN DOING SOMETHING) AND TAKE THE LEAD IN
FINDING THESE CHEATS AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE. ONLY THEY CAN GET THE NECESSARY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOVLED. IT IS TIME THE HONEST
WERE NOLONGER PUNISHED FOR THE GUILTY.
BAZZO 07/24/05
I RECENTLY CAME ACROSS A STUDY BY THE LABOR MARKET STUDIES AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. THEY REPORT THAT BETWEEN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2001 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2005 THE N.Y.S GOVERNMENT HOUSEHOLDEMPLOYMENT SURVEY SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 148,000 JOBS. YET THE SAME NUMBER OF BUSINESS REPORTED HIRING AS PART OF THE PAYROLL FELL
BY 188,00. SO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF 336,000 PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY ARE
WORKING VERSUS BUSINESS THAT SAID THEY HIRED PEOPLE. OR IN SIMPLER TERMS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BUSINESES HIRING OFF THE BOOKS. AS ANYBODY IN BUSINESS CAN TELL YOU THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE UNDERGOUND ECONOMY AS A WAY OF BUSINESES TO SKIRT THE PUNITIVE TAXES
THAT N.Y.S. BURDENS THOSE BUSINESES WITH. TO LIVE IN N.Y.S IS TO BE PUNNISHED FOR SUCCESS, AND TO BE BURDENED WITH THE WHIMS OF POLITICIANS WHO WISH TO SOCIAL ENGINEER WITH WITH THE PROFITS OF BUSINESS. OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IS SOCIALISM, AND THAT IS THE PRICE FOR LIVING IN A "BLUE" STATE. THESE POLITICIANS WHO HAVE NEVER CREATED WEALTH BY HARD WORK AND INVESTING THEIR OWN MONEY, ARE ONLY TOO GLAD TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE WEALTH CREATING POPULICE THE FRIUTS OF THEIR LABORS, DREAMS, AND INVESTMENTS AND REDISTRIBUTE IT
TO THOSE WHO THINK LIFE IS UNFAIR AND THE WORLD OWES THEM SOMETHING.
SO YOU CREATE A CLIMATE IN WHICH BUSINESS FEELS THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING JUST TO STAY COMPETATIVE AND SURVIVE. THIS IS NOT A JUSTIFICATION JUST AN EXPLINATION. I SAY THIS BECAUSE THE OPTION THEY HAVE CHOSEN IS NOT ONLY ILLEAGAL, BUT PLACES AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON THOSE BUSINESES THAT STAY WITHIN THE LAW. THEY AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE FORCED TO PAY HIGHER TAXES AN BUSINESES HAVE LESS MONEY TO REINVEST
AND HIRE MORE PEOPLE. THIS ALSO GOES FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HIRE DOMESTIC HELP AND PAY THEM OFF THE BOOKS IN ORDER TO AVOID PAYING PAYROLL TAXES.
IT IS TIME FOR OUR REPRESTATIVES TO START DEMANDING THE PROPER
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO START LOOKING INTO THOSE BUSINESS THAT HAVE A
PROPENSITY TO HIRE OFF THE BOOKS. IT IS NOT REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TYPE OF BUSINESES THEY ARE. HELL, I COULD TELL THEM WHICH TYPE TO LOOK OUT FOR WITH MY EYES CLOSED. IT IS TIME HONEST BUSINESES AND EMPLOYEES NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY HIGHER TAXES AND FEES TO MAKE UP THE SHORTAGES CAUSED BY THESE CHEATS. IT IS TIME FOR OUR LOCAL OFFICIAL TO STOP COMPLAING ABOUT THE LACK OF MONEY AND THE NEED TO INCREASE TAXES(WHICH I KNOW IS A LOT EASIER THEN DOING SOMETHING) AND TAKE THE LEAD IN
FINDING THESE CHEATS AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE. ONLY THEY CAN GET THE NECESSARY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOVLED. IT IS TIME THE HONEST
WERE NOLONGER PUNISHED FOR THE GUILTY.
BAZZO 07/24/05
Sunday, June 26, 2005
THE SUPREME COURTS' TAKING AWAY THE FIFTH MAY WANT YOU REACHING FOR A PINT....
DEAR READERS:
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE READ THAT THE PRESENT SECESSION OF THE SUPREME
COURT HAS MADE A FEW RULINGS THAT HAVE IN EFFECT PUT YOUR PROPERTY
IN JEOPARDY OF STATE SEIZURE NO LONGER FOR "PUBLIC USE" AS OUR FOUNDERS
LIMITED IT TO, BUT NOW FOR"PUBLIC GOOD" WHICH IS OPEN ENDED, AND CEEDES
MORE POWER TO THE STATE THEN OUR FOUNDERS BELIEVED THE STATE
SHOULD HAVE. IF YOU READ THE PREVAILING STORIES ON THEESE RULING,
YOU WOULD BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL IS LOST, AND YOU HAVE
NO POWER TO SAVE YOUR PROPERTY FROM THE WHIMS OF THE STATE.
..........NOT TRUE.....NOT TRUE...NOT TRUE.......
AS ABHORENT AS THEESE RECENT RULINGS ARE TO A FREE PEOPLE, AND
AS MUCH AS THEESE RECENT RULING HAVE OUR FOUNDERS TURNING OVER
IN THEIR GRAVES, THESE RULINGS ALSO HAVE THE EFFECT OF GIVING THE
STATES BACK THEIR RIGHT OF SELF- DETERMINATION. THIS STATE RIGHT
PUTS BACK INTO YOUR HANDS THE THE POWER YOU HAD LOST TO THE
JUDICIARY. IN OTHER WORDS YOU, BY YOUR VOTE, CAN NOW FORCE
YOUR STATE AND LOCAL LEGISLATORS TO TIGHTEN THE RULES OF EMINENT DOMAIN
OF YOUR STATE AND LOCALITY. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN BACK YOUR POWER OF REDRESS
AT THE VOTING BOOTH. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE WAY THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVT. IS
EXERCISING IT'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, BY LIMITING THE POWER
OF THE FEDERAL GOVT. TO INTERFERE IN STATE BUSINESS, THE COURTS
HAVE NOW LIMITED HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NECESSARY TO EFFECT CHANGE.
ON A STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, YOU NEED FAR LESS PEOPLE TO GET GOVT.
ATTENTION ON A STATE OR LOCAL LEVEL THEN YOU WOULD NEED ON A FEDERAL LEVEL. ALSO BY GIVING
BACK TO THE LEGILATOR THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, IT TAKES POWER
AWAY FROM JUDGES IN WHICH THEIR WOULD BE NO REDRESS SHOULD YOU
FEEL ABUSED BY EMINENT DOMAIN.
SO PEOPLE, LETS TKAE THIS LEMON OF RULINGS AND MAKE
LEMONADE. PREASURE YOU LOCAL AND STATE REPRENTATIVES AND
DEMAND THAT THEY TIGHTEN THE RULES OF EMINENT DOMAINE OR THEY
WILL RISK YOUR WRATH AT THE VOTING BOOTH IN NOVEMBER. IT IS
WELL TO REMEMBER IT IS YOUR PROPERTY THAT IS IN JEOPARDY IF ON THIS
ISSUE YOU REMAIN SILENT.
BAZZO 06/26/05
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE READ THAT THE PRESENT SECESSION OF THE SUPREME
COURT HAS MADE A FEW RULINGS THAT HAVE IN EFFECT PUT YOUR PROPERTY
IN JEOPARDY OF STATE SEIZURE NO LONGER FOR "PUBLIC USE" AS OUR FOUNDERS
LIMITED IT TO, BUT NOW FOR"PUBLIC GOOD" WHICH IS OPEN ENDED, AND CEEDES
MORE POWER TO THE STATE THEN OUR FOUNDERS BELIEVED THE STATE
SHOULD HAVE. IF YOU READ THE PREVAILING STORIES ON THEESE RULING,
YOU WOULD BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL IS LOST, AND YOU HAVE
NO POWER TO SAVE YOUR PROPERTY FROM THE WHIMS OF THE STATE.
..........NOT TRUE.....NOT TRUE...NOT TRUE.......
AS ABHORENT AS THEESE RECENT RULINGS ARE TO A FREE PEOPLE, AND
AS MUCH AS THEESE RECENT RULING HAVE OUR FOUNDERS TURNING OVER
IN THEIR GRAVES, THESE RULINGS ALSO HAVE THE EFFECT OF GIVING THE
STATES BACK THEIR RIGHT OF SELF- DETERMINATION. THIS STATE RIGHT
PUTS BACK INTO YOUR HANDS THE THE POWER YOU HAD LOST TO THE
JUDICIARY. IN OTHER WORDS YOU, BY YOUR VOTE, CAN NOW FORCE
YOUR STATE AND LOCAL LEGISLATORS TO TIGHTEN THE RULES OF EMINENT DOMAIN
OF YOUR STATE AND LOCALITY. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN BACK YOUR POWER OF REDRESS
AT THE VOTING BOOTH. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE WAY THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVT. IS
EXERCISING IT'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, BY LIMITING THE POWER
OF THE FEDERAL GOVT. TO INTERFERE IN STATE BUSINESS, THE COURTS
HAVE NOW LIMITED HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NECESSARY TO EFFECT CHANGE.
ON A STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, YOU NEED FAR LESS PEOPLE TO GET GOVT.
ATTENTION ON A STATE OR LOCAL LEVEL THEN YOU WOULD NEED ON A FEDERAL LEVEL. ALSO BY GIVING
BACK TO THE LEGILATOR THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, IT TAKES POWER
AWAY FROM JUDGES IN WHICH THEIR WOULD BE NO REDRESS SHOULD YOU
FEEL ABUSED BY EMINENT DOMAIN.
SO PEOPLE, LETS TKAE THIS LEMON OF RULINGS AND MAKE
LEMONADE. PREASURE YOU LOCAL AND STATE REPRENTATIVES AND
DEMAND THAT THEY TIGHTEN THE RULES OF EMINENT DOMAINE OR THEY
WILL RISK YOUR WRATH AT THE VOTING BOOTH IN NOVEMBER. IT IS
WELL TO REMEMBER IT IS YOUR PROPERTY THAT IS IN JEOPARDY IF ON THIS
ISSUE YOU REMAIN SILENT.
BAZZO 06/26/05
Monday, June 20, 2005
REFLECTIONS AT FIFTY
DEAR READERS:
ON SATURDAY JUNE 18 I TURNED 50. I THINK AS A LIFE LONG RESIDENT
OF YORKTOWN, A LITTLE PERPECTIVE IS IN ORDER. WHEN I GREW UP, YORKTOWN
AND CORTLANT WERE BUGALOW COMMUNITIES. YOU WANTED TO BANK, YOU WENT
TO PEEKSKILL. YOU WANTED TO SHOP FOR FOOD OR CLOTHING OR EVEN SHOES,
YOU WENT TO PEEKSKILL. PEEKSKILL WAS THE CITY. ROUGHLY 60 PERCENT OF
YORKTOWN AND CORTLANT DISSAPEARED FOR THE WINTER, AS MOST HOMES
WERE ONLY SUMMER HOMES. THE POLICE KNEW WHO YOU WERE AND THERE
WAS A PERSONAL RELATIOSHIP BETWEEN THE LAW AND THE PEOPLE. YOU
COULD FIND YOUR LOCAL GOVT. OFFICIAL WHENEVER YOU WANTED, AS THEY
WERE MOSTLY LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR
A MEETING. MOST IMPORTANT, YOUR LOCAL GOVT. PRETTY MUCH STAYED
OUT OF YOUR WAY WHEN IT CAME TO YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PRIVATE
BUSINESS. THEY DID NOT PRETEND TO KNOW BETTER THEN YOU, HOW YOU
SHOULD LIVE YOUR LIFE, RAISE YOUR CHILDREN, RUN YOUR BUSINESS.
THEY DID NOT PUNISH SUCCESS, NOR DID THEY LIVE TO SEPERATE YOU
FROM YOUR MONEY. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, THIS HAS CHANGED.
AS PEOPLE FROM THE N.Y.C. MOVED UP TO THE AREA, THEY BROUGHT WITH
THEM THE CITY MENTALITY OF GOVT. KNOWS BEST. AS LONG TIME RESIDENTS
HAVE EITHER MOVED AWAY OR DIED, AND WITH THEM RESISTANCE TO THIS
NANNY MENTALITY, LOCAL GOVT. HAS BECOME MORE INTRUSIVE, AND
DISREPECTIVE OF THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PRIVATE BUSINESS.
NOW LOCAL GOVT. BELIEVES THAT BECAUSE THEY COLLECT TAXES ON SAID
PROPERTIES AND BUSINESS, THEY ARE ALSO PARTNERS. THAT THEY WITHOUT
PUTTING UP A DIME OR TIME OF INVESTMENT, HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL
THE OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY OR BUSINESS, WHAT TO DO FIRST. THAT
SAID OWNERS IF THEY WISH TO DO ANYTHNG, MUST COME BEFORE THEM,
THE GOVT. AND ASK EITHER PERMISSION OF GET A PERMIT, NO MATTER HOW
MENIAL THAT, WHICH THE OWNER MIGHT WNAT TO DO MIGHT BE. THE
OWNER MUST GENUFLECT BEFORE GOVT. OFFIALS OR WORSE, UNELECTED
BEAUROCRATS, BEG AND PLEAD FOR WHATEVER THEY WISH, THEN AFTER
THEY GOVT. HAS REQUIRED THEM TO GRAB THEIR ANKLES, THANK THEM
FOR ALOWWING THEM TO LIVE.
NOW IF THE GOVT. DOES NOT LIKE WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO WITH
YOUR LIFE OR PROPERTY OR BUSINESS, THEY WILL PASS A LAW, OR TAX YOU
INTO THAT WHICH THE GOVT. THINKS IS BEST. THE GOVT. DOES NOT LIKE
YOU TALKING ON THE PHONE WHEN YOU DRIVE...PASS A LAW. THE GOVT.
DOES NOT LIKE THE ADDS BEFORE A MOVIE...PASS A LAW(THIS IS NOW
BEFORE THE N.Y.C. COUNCIL AS WE SPEAK). THE GOVT. DOES NOT LIKE
SMOKING IN BARS...PASS A LAW.....THE GOVT. DOES NOT LIKE SMOKING
IN YOUR HOME...PASS A LAW(THIS IS BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY AS WE SPEAK....
RIGHT KNOW THEY ARE LIMITING IT TO COLLEGE DORMS AND PUBLIC
HOUSING, BUT IT WILL NOT STOP THERE). TO STOP DRINKING AND
DRIVING BY A FEW...PASS A LAW TO MAKE ALL CARS COME WITH A DEVICE
THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE TO BREATH INTO BERFOE DRIVING( THIS IS ALSO
BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY). LAWS MANDATING CHILD SEAT FOR UP TO
SEVEN YEARS OLD, LAWS THAT YOU MUST WHERE HELMETS WHEN YOU
RIDE A BIKE, NO MATTER HOW OLD, SEATBELT LAWS FOR ADULTS IN
THE BACK SEAT OF CARS...ON AND ON AND ON. SCREW YOUR RIGHTS, SCREW
YOUR PRIVACY, THE GOVT. KNOWS BEST.
THIS ONLY CHANGES WHEN TOUGH DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE.
SEVEN YEARS OF A TRAFFIC STUDY, ALL TO AVIOD DOING SOMETHING,
BUT IT ALLOWS THE GOVT. TO CONTINUE TO TRAMPLE ON THE RIGHTS
OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS BY CONTINUING THIS TEMPORARY BUILDING
MORITORIUM(WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATING IT'S FOUTH YEAR OF TEMPOARY)
AFTER ALL, THERE IS AN ELECTION COMMING UP AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE
ANY DECISSIONS TILL AFTER NOVEMBER. YOU WANT SEWARS, YOU'VE WAITED
SEVEN YEARS, WELL YOU HAVE TO WAIT LONGER TILL WE CAN FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO DUMP IT ON PEEKSKILL, INSTEAD OF UPGRADING OUR OWN
TREATMENT PLANT.
YES, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN LOCAL GOVT. DID NOT THINK THEY WERE
YOUR MOMMY OR DADDY OR GOD. THEY PRETTY MUCH LEFT YOU ALONE,
THINKING YOU COULD WALK AND TALK AND BREATH WITHOUT OUT THEIR
INTERFEARENCE. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN LOCAL GOVT. DID NOT KICK
THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND MADE TOUGH DECISIONS WITHOUT HIDING
BEHIND ENDLESS TAX WASTING STUDIES. THESE TOWNS WOULD NOT HAVE
GROWN TO BE WHAT THEY ARE WITHOUT THE LEADERS WE HAD IN THE PAST
WHO BELIEVED IT WAS THE GOV'TS DUTY TO INVOLVE ITSELF ONLY WITH
THE IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE TOWNS...AND STAY OUT OF THE
PRIVATE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.
I AM NOW 50 YEARS OLD, AND I MISS THOSE LEADERS, AND TO TELL THE
TRUTH, I SURVIVED QUITE WELL WITHOUT THE NANNIES.
BAZZO 06/20/05
ON SATURDAY JUNE 18 I TURNED 50. I THINK AS A LIFE LONG RESIDENT
OF YORKTOWN, A LITTLE PERPECTIVE IS IN ORDER. WHEN I GREW UP, YORKTOWN
AND CORTLANT WERE BUGALOW COMMUNITIES. YOU WANTED TO BANK, YOU WENT
TO PEEKSKILL. YOU WANTED TO SHOP FOR FOOD OR CLOTHING OR EVEN SHOES,
YOU WENT TO PEEKSKILL. PEEKSKILL WAS THE CITY. ROUGHLY 60 PERCENT OF
YORKTOWN AND CORTLANT DISSAPEARED FOR THE WINTER, AS MOST HOMES
WERE ONLY SUMMER HOMES. THE POLICE KNEW WHO YOU WERE AND THERE
WAS A PERSONAL RELATIOSHIP BETWEEN THE LAW AND THE PEOPLE. YOU
COULD FIND YOUR LOCAL GOVT. OFFICIAL WHENEVER YOU WANTED, AS THEY
WERE MOSTLY LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR
A MEETING. MOST IMPORTANT, YOUR LOCAL GOVT. PRETTY MUCH STAYED
OUT OF YOUR WAY WHEN IT CAME TO YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PRIVATE
BUSINESS. THEY DID NOT PRETEND TO KNOW BETTER THEN YOU, HOW YOU
SHOULD LIVE YOUR LIFE, RAISE YOUR CHILDREN, RUN YOUR BUSINESS.
THEY DID NOT PUNISH SUCCESS, NOR DID THEY LIVE TO SEPERATE YOU
FROM YOUR MONEY. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, THIS HAS CHANGED.
AS PEOPLE FROM THE N.Y.C. MOVED UP TO THE AREA, THEY BROUGHT WITH
THEM THE CITY MENTALITY OF GOVT. KNOWS BEST. AS LONG TIME RESIDENTS
HAVE EITHER MOVED AWAY OR DIED, AND WITH THEM RESISTANCE TO THIS
NANNY MENTALITY, LOCAL GOVT. HAS BECOME MORE INTRUSIVE, AND
DISREPECTIVE OF THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PRIVATE BUSINESS.
NOW LOCAL GOVT. BELIEVES THAT BECAUSE THEY COLLECT TAXES ON SAID
PROPERTIES AND BUSINESS, THEY ARE ALSO PARTNERS. THAT THEY WITHOUT
PUTTING UP A DIME OR TIME OF INVESTMENT, HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL
THE OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY OR BUSINESS, WHAT TO DO FIRST. THAT
SAID OWNERS IF THEY WISH TO DO ANYTHNG, MUST COME BEFORE THEM,
THE GOVT. AND ASK EITHER PERMISSION OF GET A PERMIT, NO MATTER HOW
MENIAL THAT, WHICH THE OWNER MIGHT WNAT TO DO MIGHT BE. THE
OWNER MUST GENUFLECT BEFORE GOVT. OFFIALS OR WORSE, UNELECTED
BEAUROCRATS, BEG AND PLEAD FOR WHATEVER THEY WISH, THEN AFTER
THEY GOVT. HAS REQUIRED THEM TO GRAB THEIR ANKLES, THANK THEM
FOR ALOWWING THEM TO LIVE.
NOW IF THE GOVT. DOES NOT LIKE WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO WITH
YOUR LIFE OR PROPERTY OR BUSINESS, THEY WILL PASS A LAW, OR TAX YOU
INTO THAT WHICH THE GOVT. THINKS IS BEST. THE GOVT. DOES NOT LIKE
YOU TALKING ON THE PHONE WHEN YOU DRIVE...PASS A LAW. THE GOVT.
DOES NOT LIKE THE ADDS BEFORE A MOVIE...PASS A LAW(THIS IS NOW
BEFORE THE N.Y.C. COUNCIL AS WE SPEAK). THE GOVT. DOES NOT LIKE
SMOKING IN BARS...PASS A LAW.....THE GOVT. DOES NOT LIKE SMOKING
IN YOUR HOME...PASS A LAW(THIS IS BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY AS WE SPEAK....
RIGHT KNOW THEY ARE LIMITING IT TO COLLEGE DORMS AND PUBLIC
HOUSING, BUT IT WILL NOT STOP THERE). TO STOP DRINKING AND
DRIVING BY A FEW...PASS A LAW TO MAKE ALL CARS COME WITH A DEVICE
THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE TO BREATH INTO BERFOE DRIVING( THIS IS ALSO
BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY). LAWS MANDATING CHILD SEAT FOR UP TO
SEVEN YEARS OLD, LAWS THAT YOU MUST WHERE HELMETS WHEN YOU
RIDE A BIKE, NO MATTER HOW OLD, SEATBELT LAWS FOR ADULTS IN
THE BACK SEAT OF CARS...ON AND ON AND ON. SCREW YOUR RIGHTS, SCREW
YOUR PRIVACY, THE GOVT. KNOWS BEST.
THIS ONLY CHANGES WHEN TOUGH DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE.
SEVEN YEARS OF A TRAFFIC STUDY, ALL TO AVIOD DOING SOMETHING,
BUT IT ALLOWS THE GOVT. TO CONTINUE TO TRAMPLE ON THE RIGHTS
OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS BY CONTINUING THIS TEMPORARY BUILDING
MORITORIUM(WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATING IT'S FOUTH YEAR OF TEMPOARY)
AFTER ALL, THERE IS AN ELECTION COMMING UP AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE
ANY DECISSIONS TILL AFTER NOVEMBER. YOU WANT SEWARS, YOU'VE WAITED
SEVEN YEARS, WELL YOU HAVE TO WAIT LONGER TILL WE CAN FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO DUMP IT ON PEEKSKILL, INSTEAD OF UPGRADING OUR OWN
TREATMENT PLANT.
YES, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN LOCAL GOVT. DID NOT THINK THEY WERE
YOUR MOMMY OR DADDY OR GOD. THEY PRETTY MUCH LEFT YOU ALONE,
THINKING YOU COULD WALK AND TALK AND BREATH WITHOUT OUT THEIR
INTERFEARENCE. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN LOCAL GOVT. DID NOT KICK
THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND MADE TOUGH DECISIONS WITHOUT HIDING
BEHIND ENDLESS TAX WASTING STUDIES. THESE TOWNS WOULD NOT HAVE
GROWN TO BE WHAT THEY ARE WITHOUT THE LEADERS WE HAD IN THE PAST
WHO BELIEVED IT WAS THE GOV'TS DUTY TO INVOLVE ITSELF ONLY WITH
THE IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE TOWNS...AND STAY OUT OF THE
PRIVATE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.
I AM NOW 50 YEARS OLD, AND I MISS THOSE LEADERS, AND TO TELL THE
TRUTH, I SURVIVED QUITE WELL WITHOUT THE NANNIES.
BAZZO 06/20/05
Monday, May 09, 2005
I WENT TO THROW MY HAT INTO THE RING....AND DIDN'T STAY LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE IT OFF....
DEAR READERS:
LAST MONDAY (05/02/05) I DECIDED TO PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH IS.
I WENT TO MEET WITH THE YORKTOWN G.O.P. NOMINATING COMMITEE TO BE
INTERVIEWED FOR A POSSIBLE NOMINATION TO RUN FOR YORKTOWN TOWN
COUNCIL. I SUBMITTED AS MY RESUME ALL MY PRINTED WRITINGS (WHICH
INCLUDED ALL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND ALL ENTRIES INTO MY BLOG
UP TO 04/O8/05). I THOUGHT THAT THE COMMITEE SHOULD KNOW I WAS
SOMEONE WHO HAD TAKEN SOME STANDS THAT I BELIEVED THE PARTY
NEEDED TO ADRESS, AND I WAS THE ONE TO ADRESS THEM. I HAD THE
PRECONCIEVED NOTION THAT CHARACTER AND CONVITION IN A CADIDATE
MATTERED. IT DOES, IF YOU WISH NOT TO RECIEVE A NOMINATION. PARTY
LINE AND TEAM PLAYER ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN INDEPENDENT
THOUGHT. I WAS TOLD THIS IN ADVANCE BY SOMEONE IN ELECTED OFFICE
WHOSE ADVISE I SOUGHT. I WENT ANYWAY. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I WAS
LAST TO BE INTERVIEWED, THE OTHER CANDIATES HAD AT LEAST 25 MIN.
I HAD 10 MIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES TOLD THE
COMMITEE, BUT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, I FOUND THEM TO BE
THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD THAT ARE ALREADY REPRESENTING YOU, ALL
READY TO TOE THE PARTY LINE. IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T THINK THEY
CAN BEAT A SITTING INCUMBENT. I WENT INTO THIS MEETING BELIEVING
THAT THERE ARE A BLOCK OF VOTERS ACROSS PARTY LINES WHO'S VOICES
AND CONCERNS ARE NOT BEING HEARD, AND THAT SOMEONE OF THAT
GROUP NEEDED TO BE REPRESENTED ON THE BALLOT. ON TO THE MEETING....
THE FIRST QUESTION ASKED OF ME WAS WHY DID I WANT TO RUN?
I ANSWERED THAT I WANTED TO RUN TO STOP THE PARTY I GREW UP WITH
FROM THEIR CONTINUED SLIDE INTO THE INTRUSION IN THE THE LIVES
OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNERS. I USED THE
OLD STONE CHURCH AS AN EXAMPLE. THEY THEN ASKED MY WHY I THOUGHT I
COULD BE ELECTED. I TOLD THEM THAT AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED
I BUSINESS IN THIS TOWN THAT DEALT WITH PEOPLE EVERYDAY SINCE I WAS
14, I COULD REACH PEOPLE THEY COULD ONLY DREAM OF. THAT I HAD A FEEL
FOR WHAT WAS ON THIER MIND, THAT THEY AND THE OTHER CANDIATES
ALREADY ELECTED AND SEEKING ELECTION DON'T REALLY HAVE AS THEY ONLY
MEET WITH THE PEOPLE AT MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EVENTS. I WAS THEN
MENTIONED THAT I DON'T REALLY TRUST POLITICS AND I POINTED OUT
THAT I WAS NEVER GIVEN A REASON TOO, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY
I WANTED TO RUN. I WAS THEN ASKED IF I WAS WILLING TO GO DOOR TO DOOR?
I SAID I WOULD DO THAT AS I THOUGHT WAS NECESSARY. I WAS THEN CUT OFF
BEFORE I COULD POINT OUT THAT BECAUSE OF MY TAXI BUSINESS I HAVE
THE VOTERS IN MY CAR BEFORE THEY GET TO THEIR DOOR. AGAIN MY
EVERYDAY ACESS TO PEOPLE THEY DON'T HAVE. THEY THEN POINTED OUT THAT
I WOULD HAVE TO RUN AS A TEAM PLAYER AND WOULD I DO THAT? THIS IS
WHERE I LOST THEM. I TOLD THE THAT IF IT MEANT GOING AGAINST WHAT
I ALREADY SAID IN PRINT, THAT IF IT MEANT THAT I HAD TO STAND FOR THAT
WHICH I BELIEVED THE TEAM WAS WRONG, I COULD NOT DO THIS. I COULD NOT
GO BACK AND DISAVOW WHAT I ALREADY HAD SAID. IT WAS AT THIS POINT,
EXACTLY 10 MIN. INTO THE MEETING I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE. I WAS NOT EVEN
INVITED TO STAY FOR COFFEE. I WAS SHOWN THE DOOR. THIS IS WHY I
BELIEVE THE POWERS THAT BE WOULD PREFER A CANDIATE WHO PLACED
MORE EMPHISIS ON PARTY LINE AND BEING A TEAM PLAYER, THEN ON
A CANDIDATE WHO COULD REACH OUT TO THE PART OF THE PARTY WHO
STILL BELIEVES IN A LESS INTRUSIVE GOVT. THE PART OF THE PARTY
WHO STILL BELIEVES IT IS THE ELECTED OFFICALS JOB TO HELP BUSINESS
GET STARTED, TO HELP CREATE PRIVATE SECTOR, TAX PAYING JOBS.
THAT IN DOING THIS, A BUSINESS DOES IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT SITS. THAT IT IS NOT THE GOVT.
JOB TO MAKE PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GET
STARTED. I BELIEVE THERE ARE ENOUGH OF YOU VOTERS WHO BELIEVE THAT,
TO BE ELECTED, AND DEFEAT A SITTING INCUMBENT. I BELIEVE THERE ARE ENOUGH
OF YOU WHO BELIEVE A CANDIATE SHOULD STAND FOR PEOPLE ABOVE AND
BEFORE PARTY AND POLITICS. THAT SAD PART IS THE POWERS THAT BE WOULD
RATHER PLAY IT SAFE, THEN TRUST IN YOU AS I DO. I TRIED, I FAILED, AND
FOR THIS I AM TRULY SORRY I LET YOU DOWN.
BAZZO 05/09/05
LAST MONDAY (05/02/05) I DECIDED TO PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH IS.
I WENT TO MEET WITH THE YORKTOWN G.O.P. NOMINATING COMMITEE TO BE
INTERVIEWED FOR A POSSIBLE NOMINATION TO RUN FOR YORKTOWN TOWN
COUNCIL. I SUBMITTED AS MY RESUME ALL MY PRINTED WRITINGS (WHICH
INCLUDED ALL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND ALL ENTRIES INTO MY BLOG
UP TO 04/O8/05). I THOUGHT THAT THE COMMITEE SHOULD KNOW I WAS
SOMEONE WHO HAD TAKEN SOME STANDS THAT I BELIEVED THE PARTY
NEEDED TO ADRESS, AND I WAS THE ONE TO ADRESS THEM. I HAD THE
PRECONCIEVED NOTION THAT CHARACTER AND CONVITION IN A CADIDATE
MATTERED. IT DOES, IF YOU WISH NOT TO RECIEVE A NOMINATION. PARTY
LINE AND TEAM PLAYER ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN INDEPENDENT
THOUGHT. I WAS TOLD THIS IN ADVANCE BY SOMEONE IN ELECTED OFFICE
WHOSE ADVISE I SOUGHT. I WENT ANYWAY. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I WAS
LAST TO BE INTERVIEWED, THE OTHER CANDIATES HAD AT LEAST 25 MIN.
I HAD 10 MIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES TOLD THE
COMMITEE, BUT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, I FOUND THEM TO BE
THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD THAT ARE ALREADY REPRESENTING YOU, ALL
READY TO TOE THE PARTY LINE. IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T THINK THEY
CAN BEAT A SITTING INCUMBENT. I WENT INTO THIS MEETING BELIEVING
THAT THERE ARE A BLOCK OF VOTERS ACROSS PARTY LINES WHO'S VOICES
AND CONCERNS ARE NOT BEING HEARD, AND THAT SOMEONE OF THAT
GROUP NEEDED TO BE REPRESENTED ON THE BALLOT. ON TO THE MEETING....
THE FIRST QUESTION ASKED OF ME WAS WHY DID I WANT TO RUN?
I ANSWERED THAT I WANTED TO RUN TO STOP THE PARTY I GREW UP WITH
FROM THEIR CONTINUED SLIDE INTO THE INTRUSION IN THE THE LIVES
OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNERS. I USED THE
OLD STONE CHURCH AS AN EXAMPLE. THEY THEN ASKED MY WHY I THOUGHT I
COULD BE ELECTED. I TOLD THEM THAT AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED
I BUSINESS IN THIS TOWN THAT DEALT WITH PEOPLE EVERYDAY SINCE I WAS
14, I COULD REACH PEOPLE THEY COULD ONLY DREAM OF. THAT I HAD A FEEL
FOR WHAT WAS ON THIER MIND, THAT THEY AND THE OTHER CANDIATES
ALREADY ELECTED AND SEEKING ELECTION DON'T REALLY HAVE AS THEY ONLY
MEET WITH THE PEOPLE AT MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EVENTS. I WAS THEN
MENTIONED THAT I DON'T REALLY TRUST POLITICS AND I POINTED OUT
THAT I WAS NEVER GIVEN A REASON TOO, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY
I WANTED TO RUN. I WAS THEN ASKED IF I WAS WILLING TO GO DOOR TO DOOR?
I SAID I WOULD DO THAT AS I THOUGHT WAS NECESSARY. I WAS THEN CUT OFF
BEFORE I COULD POINT OUT THAT BECAUSE OF MY TAXI BUSINESS I HAVE
THE VOTERS IN MY CAR BEFORE THEY GET TO THEIR DOOR. AGAIN MY
EVERYDAY ACESS TO PEOPLE THEY DON'T HAVE. THEY THEN POINTED OUT THAT
I WOULD HAVE TO RUN AS A TEAM PLAYER AND WOULD I DO THAT? THIS IS
WHERE I LOST THEM. I TOLD THE THAT IF IT MEANT GOING AGAINST WHAT
I ALREADY SAID IN PRINT, THAT IF IT MEANT THAT I HAD TO STAND FOR THAT
WHICH I BELIEVED THE TEAM WAS WRONG, I COULD NOT DO THIS. I COULD NOT
GO BACK AND DISAVOW WHAT I ALREADY HAD SAID. IT WAS AT THIS POINT,
EXACTLY 10 MIN. INTO THE MEETING I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE. I WAS NOT EVEN
INVITED TO STAY FOR COFFEE. I WAS SHOWN THE DOOR. THIS IS WHY I
BELIEVE THE POWERS THAT BE WOULD PREFER A CANDIATE WHO PLACED
MORE EMPHISIS ON PARTY LINE AND BEING A TEAM PLAYER, THEN ON
A CANDIDATE WHO COULD REACH OUT TO THE PART OF THE PARTY WHO
STILL BELIEVES IN A LESS INTRUSIVE GOVT. THE PART OF THE PARTY
WHO STILL BELIEVES IT IS THE ELECTED OFFICALS JOB TO HELP BUSINESS
GET STARTED, TO HELP CREATE PRIVATE SECTOR, TAX PAYING JOBS.
THAT IN DOING THIS, A BUSINESS DOES IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT SITS. THAT IT IS NOT THE GOVT.
JOB TO MAKE PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GET
STARTED. I BELIEVE THERE ARE ENOUGH OF YOU VOTERS WHO BELIEVE THAT,
TO BE ELECTED, AND DEFEAT A SITTING INCUMBENT. I BELIEVE THERE ARE ENOUGH
OF YOU WHO BELIEVE A CANDIATE SHOULD STAND FOR PEOPLE ABOVE AND
BEFORE PARTY AND POLITICS. THAT SAD PART IS THE POWERS THAT BE WOULD
RATHER PLAY IT SAFE, THEN TRUST IN YOU AS I DO. I TRIED, I FAILED, AND
FOR THIS I AM TRULY SORRY I LET YOU DOWN.
BAZZO 05/09/05
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Sunday, April 24, 2005
HOW LONG WILL YOU REMAIN SILENT????????
DEAR READERS:
LAST YEAR ON JULY 6 I WROTE IN MY LETTER TO THE JOURNAL NEWS,
AND ON THE SAME WEEK IN THE NORTH COUNTY NEWS, MY BELIEF THAT
EVEN THOUGH OUR PARTICULAR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
REPRESTATIVES WERE NOT THEMSELEVES CORRUPT, THEY WERE IN FACT
GUITLY OF BEING ENABLERS, AND IN THE PROCESS DOING US THE VOTERS,
AND CITZENS OF THIS STATE A DISERVICE BY BEING SILENT ABOUT THE
CORUPTION ARROUND THEM. DURING THE GUY VELLLA SAGA, WE HEARD NOT
ONE PEEP FROM OUR REPS. AT ANY LEVEL. DURING THE SEXUAL HARRASMENT
SAGA OF ASEMBLY LEADER SHELDON SILVER'S AIDE, AND OF THE ASSEMBLY
LEADERS OWN TROUBLE ABOUT HIS STAY IN LAS VEGAS(WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO
THAT INVESTIGATION?) AGAIN OUR REPS. AT ALL LEVELS SILENCE IS AND HAS
BEEN DEAFENING. WE ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATIO INTO REP.
CLARENCE NORMAND OF BROOKLYN FOR SELLING JUDGESHIPS(AGAIN THE PRESS
HAS KEPT US IN THE DARK ABOUT THAT) AND OUR REPS. ARE SILENT. IN THE
N.Y.C. COUNCIL , COUNCILMAN JENNINGS IS CENSURED AND FINE $5000.00
FOR HIS BEHAVIOR TWARDS WOMEN ON HIS STAFF. BACK TO THE GUY VELLLA
SAGA, EVEN AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED, THE STATE SENATE BOOSTED HIS PAY,
THERE BYE ALLOWING HIM TO COLLECT AN EVEN HIGHER PENSION. YES, I DID
SAY HE WAS ALLOWED TO COLLECT HIS PENSION, EVEN THO HE WAS CONVICTED
OF TAKING BRIBES. CITY CONCILMAN JENNINGS WAS STILL ALLOWED TO KEEP
HIS COUNCIL SEAT. IF YOU REMEMBER, STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOL
WATCHLER, EVEN THO HE WAS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO JAIL, WAS ALLOWED
TO KEEP HIS PENSION, AND IS NOW A PAID STATE LOBBIEST. ALL THIS, AND OUR
REPS. AT ALL LEVELS ARE SILENT. SURE THEY TALK ABOUT REFORM, BUT NOBODY
REFORMS THE FACT THAT STATE OFFICIALS WHO VIOLATE THE LAW CAN ESCAPE
ALL PUNISHMENT BY RESIGNING. THEY CAN BE CONVICTED OF CRIMES AND STILL
BE ALLOWED TO KEEEP THEIR STATE PENSIONS THAT WE THE TAXPAYERS PAY!!!
TRY THAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR! NOBOBY AT ANYLEVEL OF GOVT. SPEAKS UP,
OR CHANGES THIS!!!! I BELIEVE THEY REMAIN SILENT FOR THREE REASONS.
1) NOBODY ON THE STATE SIDE WILL SPEAK UP OUT OF FEAR OF LOOSING THEIR
COMMITEE ASSIGNMENTS AND THE STIPPEND THAT COMES WITH IT.
2) ON THE LOCAL LEVEL THEY ARE AFRAID OF LOOSING STATE GRANT MONEY
BY EMBARASSING THEIR COLLEAGES BY TALKING ABOUT THIS TO THE PUBLIC.
3) YOUR SILENCE EMBOLDENS THEM TO REMAIN SILENT, FOR BY NOT SPEAKING
OUT BY E-MAIL OF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, THEY BELIEVE (AND RIGHTLY SO IT
SEEMS) YOU DON'T CARE. AFTER ALL YOU KEEP RE-ELECTING THEM.
THIS IS ALL ON THE ELCECTED REPRESENTATIVE SIDE, IN A FUTURE BLOG I WILL
SHOW HOW THIS HAPPENS ON THE JUDICIAL SIDE FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN
JUDICIAL FIAT. I BELIEVE IT IS BOTH A DISERVICE AND ETHICALLY WRONG
FOR ELECTED REPS. CHARGED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUST, TO REMAIN SILENT
IN THE WAKE OF THE CURUPTION ARROUND THEM OUT OF POSSIBLE FEAR
OF RETAILIATION, LOSS OF MONEY, OR EVEN LOSS OF ELECTED OFFICE. I
BELIEVE WHEN EXPLAINED TO THE VOTING PUBLIC , THEY WILL ALWAYS SIDE
WITH THE OFFICIAL WHO KEEPS THE PUBLIC TRUST. ANOTHER "BAZZOISM"
"WHEN YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT THE POLITICS WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF."
I BELIEVE THAT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL DOES NOT LOOSE HIS FIRST
AMMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEACH BY VOICE, LETTER OF E-MAIL THEIR
OUTRAGE WHENEVER ABUSE OF THE PUBLIC TRUST TAKES PLACE. I BELIEVE WITH
THEIR VOICE ALONG WITH THE VOTERS AND THE PRESS , CHANGE CAN TAKE
PLACE. THAT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IT IS THEIR DUTY TO VOICE THE
OUTRAGE OF THE VOTERS THAT PUT THEM IN OFFICE.
I KNOW THIS SOUNDS "PIE IN THE SKY", BUT I ALSO BELIEVE PUBLIC OFFCIALS
SHOULD APPEAL TO OUR AND THEIR BETTER ANGELS, THEN SIDE WITH
CYINISISM. POLITICS AND PUBLIC SREVICE SHOULD BE A NOBLE ATTAINMENT,
AND COULD BE WHEN ELECTED OFFICIALS PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE PEOPLE.
THE SAD FACT IS THAT NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WHLE YOU THE VOTER, YOU
THE TAXPAYER, YOU THE CITIZEN REMAIN SILENT. IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT, POWER COMES FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED, AND
SO WHATEVER ACTIONS THE ELECTED REPS. CHOOSE, IT IS WITH YOUR CONSENT,
BY VOICE, BY VOTE OR BY SILENCE. IT IS UP TO YOU TO CHOOSE THE POWER
YOU WISH TO YEILD.
BAZZO 04/24/05
LAST YEAR ON JULY 6 I WROTE IN MY LETTER TO THE JOURNAL NEWS,
AND ON THE SAME WEEK IN THE NORTH COUNTY NEWS, MY BELIEF THAT
EVEN THOUGH OUR PARTICULAR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
REPRESTATIVES WERE NOT THEMSELEVES CORRUPT, THEY WERE IN FACT
GUITLY OF BEING ENABLERS, AND IN THE PROCESS DOING US THE VOTERS,
AND CITZENS OF THIS STATE A DISERVICE BY BEING SILENT ABOUT THE
CORUPTION ARROUND THEM. DURING THE GUY VELLLA SAGA, WE HEARD NOT
ONE PEEP FROM OUR REPS. AT ANY LEVEL. DURING THE SEXUAL HARRASMENT
SAGA OF ASEMBLY LEADER SHELDON SILVER'S AIDE, AND OF THE ASSEMBLY
LEADERS OWN TROUBLE ABOUT HIS STAY IN LAS VEGAS(WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO
THAT INVESTIGATION?) AGAIN OUR REPS. AT ALL LEVELS SILENCE IS AND HAS
BEEN DEAFENING. WE ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATIO INTO REP.
CLARENCE NORMAND OF BROOKLYN FOR SELLING JUDGESHIPS(AGAIN THE PRESS
HAS KEPT US IN THE DARK ABOUT THAT) AND OUR REPS. ARE SILENT. IN THE
N.Y.C. COUNCIL , COUNCILMAN JENNINGS IS CENSURED AND FINE $5000.00
FOR HIS BEHAVIOR TWARDS WOMEN ON HIS STAFF. BACK TO THE GUY VELLLA
SAGA, EVEN AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED, THE STATE SENATE BOOSTED HIS PAY,
THERE BYE ALLOWING HIM TO COLLECT AN EVEN HIGHER PENSION. YES, I DID
SAY HE WAS ALLOWED TO COLLECT HIS PENSION, EVEN THO HE WAS CONVICTED
OF TAKING BRIBES. CITY CONCILMAN JENNINGS WAS STILL ALLOWED TO KEEP
HIS COUNCIL SEAT. IF YOU REMEMBER, STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOL
WATCHLER, EVEN THO HE WAS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO JAIL, WAS ALLOWED
TO KEEP HIS PENSION, AND IS NOW A PAID STATE LOBBIEST. ALL THIS, AND OUR
REPS. AT ALL LEVELS ARE SILENT. SURE THEY TALK ABOUT REFORM, BUT NOBODY
REFORMS THE FACT THAT STATE OFFICIALS WHO VIOLATE THE LAW CAN ESCAPE
ALL PUNISHMENT BY RESIGNING. THEY CAN BE CONVICTED OF CRIMES AND STILL
BE ALLOWED TO KEEEP THEIR STATE PENSIONS THAT WE THE TAXPAYERS PAY!!!
TRY THAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR! NOBOBY AT ANYLEVEL OF GOVT. SPEAKS UP,
OR CHANGES THIS!!!! I BELIEVE THEY REMAIN SILENT FOR THREE REASONS.
1) NOBODY ON THE STATE SIDE WILL SPEAK UP OUT OF FEAR OF LOOSING THEIR
COMMITEE ASSIGNMENTS AND THE STIPPEND THAT COMES WITH IT.
2) ON THE LOCAL LEVEL THEY ARE AFRAID OF LOOSING STATE GRANT MONEY
BY EMBARASSING THEIR COLLEAGES BY TALKING ABOUT THIS TO THE PUBLIC.
3) YOUR SILENCE EMBOLDENS THEM TO REMAIN SILENT, FOR BY NOT SPEAKING
OUT BY E-MAIL OF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, THEY BELIEVE (AND RIGHTLY SO IT
SEEMS) YOU DON'T CARE. AFTER ALL YOU KEEP RE-ELECTING THEM.
THIS IS ALL ON THE ELCECTED REPRESENTATIVE SIDE, IN A FUTURE BLOG I WILL
SHOW HOW THIS HAPPENS ON THE JUDICIAL SIDE FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN
JUDICIAL FIAT. I BELIEVE IT IS BOTH A DISERVICE AND ETHICALLY WRONG
FOR ELECTED REPS. CHARGED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUST, TO REMAIN SILENT
IN THE WAKE OF THE CURUPTION ARROUND THEM OUT OF POSSIBLE FEAR
OF RETAILIATION, LOSS OF MONEY, OR EVEN LOSS OF ELECTED OFFICE. I
BELIEVE WHEN EXPLAINED TO THE VOTING PUBLIC , THEY WILL ALWAYS SIDE
WITH THE OFFICIAL WHO KEEPS THE PUBLIC TRUST. ANOTHER "BAZZOISM"
"WHEN YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT THE POLITICS WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF."
I BELIEVE THAT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL DOES NOT LOOSE HIS FIRST
AMMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEACH BY VOICE, LETTER OF E-MAIL THEIR
OUTRAGE WHENEVER ABUSE OF THE PUBLIC TRUST TAKES PLACE. I BELIEVE WITH
THEIR VOICE ALONG WITH THE VOTERS AND THE PRESS , CHANGE CAN TAKE
PLACE. THAT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IT IS THEIR DUTY TO VOICE THE
OUTRAGE OF THE VOTERS THAT PUT THEM IN OFFICE.
I KNOW THIS SOUNDS "PIE IN THE SKY", BUT I ALSO BELIEVE PUBLIC OFFCIALS
SHOULD APPEAL TO OUR AND THEIR BETTER ANGELS, THEN SIDE WITH
CYINISISM. POLITICS AND PUBLIC SREVICE SHOULD BE A NOBLE ATTAINMENT,
AND COULD BE WHEN ELECTED OFFICIALS PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE PEOPLE.
THE SAD FACT IS THAT NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WHLE YOU THE VOTER, YOU
THE TAXPAYER, YOU THE CITIZEN REMAIN SILENT. IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT, POWER COMES FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED, AND
SO WHATEVER ACTIONS THE ELECTED REPS. CHOOSE, IT IS WITH YOUR CONSENT,
BY VOICE, BY VOTE OR BY SILENCE. IT IS UP TO YOU TO CHOOSE THE POWER
YOU WISH TO YEILD.
BAZZO 04/24/05
Friday, April 01, 2005
THE BAZZO MANIFESTO
RECENTNLY I HAD SOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE WHOSE OPINION
I GREATLY RESPECT ASK WHY I DO THIS? THEY TELL ME I AM WASTING
MY TIME NOTHING WILL CHANGE. I DO THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEM TO
BE WRONG. THAT KIND OF THINKING IS WHAT THE POWERS THAT BE IN
GOVT. AND THE MEDIA ENCOURAGE. WHAT I BELIVE TO BE THE ROSSETTA
STONE OF POWER, IS THAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE IS FREE ACCESS
TO INFORMATION AND OPINION WHICH THEY DON'T CONTROL.
EVEN THE MEDIA WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH YOU
KNOW AND WHEN YOU SHOULD KNOW IT. WHAT THEY WANT YOU IS TO BE SO
FUSTRATED AND HELPLESS THAT YOU WON'T DO ANYTHING, EVEN VOTE,
UNLESS THEY TELL YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR, SO THOSE IN POWER CAN RETIAN IT.
AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHAT POWER IS ALL ABOUT, THE GROWTH AND RETENTION
OF IT. THE MEDIA, WHICH OPERATES ON A FOR PROFIT BASIS CAN BE
PREASURED TO COVER WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW BY YOUR ABILTY TO CONTACT
THEM VIA LETTERS AND E-MAIL AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE TO DIRCT THEIR
RESOURCES FOR YOUR BENEFIT OR ELSE YOU WON'T BUY THEIR PRODUCT.
THERE- BYE THEY CAN'T SELL ADVERTISING. BOYCOTTING ADVERTISERS WON'T
WORK AS WELL AS BOYCOTTING THE PAPER. ALSO REMEMBER THERE ARE MORE
VOTERS THAN SPECIAL INTERESTS. MORE VOTERS THAN CONTRIBUTORS.
IT IS YOUR VOTE THEY NEED MORE THEN MONEY, WITHOUT YOUR VOTE
THE CANNOT STAY IN OFFICE. THIS IS WHY I AND OTHER BLOGGERS EXIST.
TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION WHEN YOU WANT IT, NOT WHEN THEY DEEM
YOU SHOULD HAVE IT. DON'T LET THEM FOOL YOU WITH THE CANARD THAT
YOU WILL ONLY LOOK FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO RE-ENFORCE YOUR PREDJUSES.
WHEN THEY DO IT, IT IS TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE, WHEN YOU DO IT,
IT FOR YOUR PREDJUCE. BULL....YOU ARE ALSO EXPANDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
A BAZZOISM: AN EDUCATED AND ACTIVE CONSTITUANT IS THE BEST VOTER.
BELIEVE IT...DON'T FORGET IT...IT IS WHAT PEOPLE IN POWER FEAR MOST.
BAZZO 04/01/05
I GREATLY RESPECT ASK WHY I DO THIS? THEY TELL ME I AM WASTING
MY TIME NOTHING WILL CHANGE. I DO THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEM TO
BE WRONG. THAT KIND OF THINKING IS WHAT THE POWERS THAT BE IN
GOVT. AND THE MEDIA ENCOURAGE. WHAT I BELIVE TO BE THE ROSSETTA
STONE OF POWER, IS THAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE IS FREE ACCESS
TO INFORMATION AND OPINION WHICH THEY DON'T CONTROL.
EVEN THE MEDIA WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH YOU
KNOW AND WHEN YOU SHOULD KNOW IT. WHAT THEY WANT YOU IS TO BE SO
FUSTRATED AND HELPLESS THAT YOU WON'T DO ANYTHING, EVEN VOTE,
UNLESS THEY TELL YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR, SO THOSE IN POWER CAN RETIAN IT.
AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHAT POWER IS ALL ABOUT, THE GROWTH AND RETENTION
OF IT. THE MEDIA, WHICH OPERATES ON A FOR PROFIT BASIS CAN BE
PREASURED TO COVER WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW BY YOUR ABILTY TO CONTACT
THEM VIA LETTERS AND E-MAIL AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE TO DIRCT THEIR
RESOURCES FOR YOUR BENEFIT OR ELSE YOU WON'T BUY THEIR PRODUCT.
THERE- BYE THEY CAN'T SELL ADVERTISING. BOYCOTTING ADVERTISERS WON'T
WORK AS WELL AS BOYCOTTING THE PAPER. ALSO REMEMBER THERE ARE MORE
VOTERS THAN SPECIAL INTERESTS. MORE VOTERS THAN CONTRIBUTORS.
IT IS YOUR VOTE THEY NEED MORE THEN MONEY, WITHOUT YOUR VOTE
THE CANNOT STAY IN OFFICE. THIS IS WHY I AND OTHER BLOGGERS EXIST.
TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION WHEN YOU WANT IT, NOT WHEN THEY DEEM
YOU SHOULD HAVE IT. DON'T LET THEM FOOL YOU WITH THE CANARD THAT
YOU WILL ONLY LOOK FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO RE-ENFORCE YOUR PREDJUSES.
WHEN THEY DO IT, IT IS TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE, WHEN YOU DO IT,
IT FOR YOUR PREDJUCE. BULL....YOU ARE ALSO EXPANDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
A BAZZOISM: AN EDUCATED AND ACTIVE CONSTITUANT IS THE BEST VOTER.
BELIEVE IT...DON'T FORGET IT...IT IS WHAT PEOPLE IN POWER FEAR MOST.
BAZZO 04/01/05
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
LET ME INTRODUCE MY SELF
MY NAME IS BAZZO AND THIS IS THE BAZZO MANIFESTO. WE WILL PAUSE HERE FOR
FIVE SECONDS WHILE YOU SAY WHO CARES AND THEN PROCEEDE.
THIS PAGE WILL OPERATE ON THE PREMISE THAT FEDERAL GOVT. AFFECTS YOU ONLY IN A PERIFIAL WAY, WHERE AS STATE AND LOCAL GOVT.'S AFFECT YOUR EVERY DAY LIFE.
NOT JUST IN PROPERTY TAXES AND SCHOOL TAXES, BUT ON YOUR ELECTRIC BILL, CELL PHONE BILL, CABLE BILL,THE GAS YOU PUT IN YOUR CAR ETC.
EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN N.Y, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL START PAYING ATTENTION IN YOUR STATE AND WHAT GOES ON UNDER THE RADAR AFTER YOU READ MY UPDATES.
I WILL TRY ON A REGULAR BASIS TO PUT THINGS ON YOUR RADAR THAT YOU ARE MISSING WHILE GOING ABOUT YOUR DAILY LIVES. MAYBE TOGETHER WE CAN HAVE AN AFFECT ON LOCAL LEGISLATION AS MOST OTHER BLOGS TRY TO GET YOU
TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON NATIONAL POLICY. UNLIKE NATIONAL POLICY,
WHERE YOU NEED THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO BRING ABOUT
CHANGE, ON THE LOCAL LEVEL ONLY HUDREDS OF VOICES CAN DO THE SAME
THING. TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. ALSO I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED WHEN MY MONTHLY LETTERS APPEAR IN THE LOCAL PAPERS.
BAZZO 3/29/05
FIVE SECONDS WHILE YOU SAY WHO CARES AND THEN PROCEEDE.
THIS PAGE WILL OPERATE ON THE PREMISE THAT FEDERAL GOVT. AFFECTS YOU ONLY IN A PERIFIAL WAY, WHERE AS STATE AND LOCAL GOVT.'S AFFECT YOUR EVERY DAY LIFE.
NOT JUST IN PROPERTY TAXES AND SCHOOL TAXES, BUT ON YOUR ELECTRIC BILL, CELL PHONE BILL, CABLE BILL,THE GAS YOU PUT IN YOUR CAR ETC.
EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN N.Y, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL START PAYING ATTENTION IN YOUR STATE AND WHAT GOES ON UNDER THE RADAR AFTER YOU READ MY UPDATES.
I WILL TRY ON A REGULAR BASIS TO PUT THINGS ON YOUR RADAR THAT YOU ARE MISSING WHILE GOING ABOUT YOUR DAILY LIVES. MAYBE TOGETHER WE CAN HAVE AN AFFECT ON LOCAL LEGISLATION AS MOST OTHER BLOGS TRY TO GET YOU
TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON NATIONAL POLICY. UNLIKE NATIONAL POLICY,
WHERE YOU NEED THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO BRING ABOUT
CHANGE, ON THE LOCAL LEVEL ONLY HUDREDS OF VOICES CAN DO THE SAME
THING. TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. ALSO I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED WHEN MY MONTHLY LETTERS APPEAR IN THE LOCAL PAPERS.
BAZZO 3/29/05
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