DEAR READERS:
I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT TO BE IN OPPOSITION TO PROGRESS HISTORY BEGINS EVERY MORNING. IT ISN'T ENOUGH THAT FOR MOST PEOPLE HISTORY BEGINS THE DAY THEY WERE BORN, (UNLESS YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, THAN HISTORY BEGAN ON JANUARY 17, 2001). I APPARENTLY AM OF THE RARE BREED THAT BELIEVES THERE WAS A HISTORY EVEN BEFORE I WAS BORN (OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO). I BRING THIS UP AS A STARTING POINT AFTER SEEING AND READING OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS THE UPROAR OVER THE PROPOSED PEEKSKILL DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION (BROAD STREET TO BANK STREET.....MAIN STREET TO PARK STREET). SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN TWO HIT PIECES IN THE PAPERS DESIGNED TO INFLAME THE POPULACE WITH SCARE TACTICS IN ORDER TO HALT THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND SCARE THE POPULACE THEY DID. THERE IS A NEFARIOUS PLOT TO SCARE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE EVIL REPUBLICANS ON THE PEEKSKILL CITY COUNCIL ARE GOING TO TAKE THERE BUSINEES AND HOMES THROUGH THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. THEY WILL BE THROWN ON THE STREET WITH NO WAY TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ARE GOING TO INSURE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE SICK BY TAKING AWAY THE PEEKSKILL HEALTH CENTER. I WATCHED THE PEOPLE OF PEEKSKILL BERATE THE COUNCIL OVER THESE UNFOUNDED FEARS.
LAST ELECTION CYCLE, THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR OFFICE USED AS ONE OF THEIR MAIN PLANKS THE SAME DEVLOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN PEEKSKILL. THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO PROMINENT ARTICLES IN THE RUN UP TO THE ELECTION ON HOW THE EASTERN ENTRANCE TO PEEEKSKILL NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED. SO THE FIRST QUESTION ONE MUST ASK IS IF THAT DEVLOPMENT WAS SO GOOD BEFORE THE ELECTION, WHY IS IT SO TERRIBLE NOW? EASY ANSWER IS THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING IT. SO NOW THERE IS A STUDY BEING DONE ON THIS AREA TO SEE WHAT MUST BE DONE INCLUDING A BLIGHT STUDY. THIS IS WHAT HAS SCARED PEOPLE, THIS STUDY, SHOULD IT CONCLUDE THAT PARTS OF THE AREA ARE BLIGHTED, WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN. NOW LAST ELECTION CYCLE THIS SCARE TACTIC WAS USE BY THE OPPOSTION REGARDING THE RIVERFRONT DEVLOPMENT. YET, NO EMINENT DOMAIN HAS BEEN USED TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FOWARD.
NOW YOU WHO READ ME REGULARLY KNOW MY POSITION ON EMINENT DOMAIN AND THE SUPREME COURT DICISSION EXPANDING THE GROUNDS GOVERNMENT CAN USE. ANY MAYOR WOULD BE DERILIC IF HE OR SHE DID NOT KEEP ALL THEIR LEGAL OPTIONS OPEN. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY WOULD USE THIS OPTION. HAVING THE RIGHT TO DO SOMETHING DOES NOT MEAN IT IS RIGHT TO DO. SO FAR THE MAYOR HAS SAID HE HAS NO PLANS TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN, AND AS HISTORY HAS PROVEN, HE IS A MAN OF HIS WORD. UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE I WILL TAKE HIM AT IT. SHOULD THE LAST ELECTION HAVE COME OUT DIFFERENT, THE NEW MAYOR WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME STUDIES, AS NOT TO DO SO, WOULD BE A DISSERVICE. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU HAVE IS AN OPPOSTION THAT IS USING SCARE TACTICS TO PUT POLITICS OVER THE BEST INTERESTS OF PEEKSKILL.
RIGHT NOW I WILL RESERVE JUDGEMENT UNTIL THESE STUDIES ARE COMPLETE. IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THOSE IN OPPOSTION TO REFRAIN FROM THIS DEMONIZING UNTIL THEN. SCARING PEOPLE IS A NASTY WAY OF STOPPING PROGRESS. IT LOWERS THOSE WHO USE IT, AND BREEDS CONTEMPT FOR GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO GETS CREDIT, AS LONG AS THE CITY BENIFITS.
BAZZO 05/23/06
democratic primary for congress update:
peekskill resident and democratic candidate DARREN RIGGER has won the putnam county convention. JOHN HALL came in second. town of cortlant resident BEN SHULDINER AND yorktown councilman JAMES MARTORANO tied for third...worth noting, money leader JUDY ADYELOTT came in last.
A.J.B. 05/24/06 democratic primary for congress update:
the orange county convention:
JOHN HALL was first, peekskill resdident DARREN RIGGER and yorktown councilman JAMES MARTORANO tied for second, cortlant resident BEN SHULDINER came in third, finally again
JUDY ADYELOTT came in last. show you in this election where you stand on the great isssues before us counts more than money
A.J.B 05/25/06
democrat primary for congress update:
the westchestercounty convention:
yorktown councilman JAMES MARTORANO first, peekskill resident DARREN RIGGER second, JUDY ADYELOTT third, JOHN HALL fourth and cortlant resident BEN SHULDINER fifth. peekskill resident DARREN RIGGER seem to have consistantly strong showings, keep an eye on him.
A.J.B.
05/26/06
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Thursday, May 18, 2006
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTLY ANDY
DEAR READERS:
I THINK WE ALL OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO FORMER PEEKSKILL COUNCILMAN BILL SCHMIDT WHO, EVEN THOUGH IS PRESNTLY OUT OF OFFICE, CONTINUES TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD BY BRINGING TO LIGHT VIA THE JOURNAL NEWS THE DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THE BEAR MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. BY HAVING THE JOURNAL NEWS SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE HAZARDOUS CONDITION OF THE PARKWAY, THE REPAVING OF IT HAS BEGUN. ALL DRIVERS AND THEIR CARS UNDERCARRIGE SHOULD APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF BILL SCHMIDT. THAT AT THIS PRESENT TIME HE IS NOT IN PUBLIC SERVICE IS A LOSS THAT I HOPE WILL SOON BE RECTIFIED.
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I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IN THIS YEARS CONGRESSIONAL AND SENATORIAL ELECTIONS THE POLLS, TALKING HEADS AND POLITICIANS ARE TOTALLY MISREADING THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WILL DETERMIN THESE ELECTIONS THAT THE VOTING POPULACE HAS ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS ABOUT, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, AND FOR THOSE RUNNING FOR ELECTION RISK THE WRATH OF THE ELCTORATE SHOULD THEY USE THESE ISSUES FOR POLITICAL POSTURING INSTEAD OF SHOWING LEADERSHIP.
ISSUE ONE) THE IRAQ WAR. I BELIEVE THAT THE LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN THE PROGRESS OF THIS WAR IS THAT WE HAVE NOT TRULY USED OUR MILITARY MIGHT TO ERADICTE THE TERRORISTS WHO CONTINUE TO WRECK HAVOC. ARMIES ARE DESIGNED TO KILL PEOPLE AND BREAK THINGS, NOT TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT IN HOW THIS IS ACCOMPLSHED. WARS ARE NOT NEAT NOR ARE THEY MEANT TO BE. THEY ARE MEANT TO BE DISTRUCIVE AND MESSY AS TO BE AN OPTION TO BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER ONCE ENGAGED THEY SHOULD BE FOUGHT TO FINALITY, WITH THEIR FULL DISTRUCTIVE FORCE BROUGHT TO BARE. ONCE THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED (LIKE GERMANY AND JAPAN) THE REBUILING CAN BEGIN IN EARNEST.
ISSUE TWO) PETROLIUM. MY PREVIOUS BLOG (PASSING GAS) EXPLIANED MY CASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE POINT TO THE DISCUSSION. WHY WE MUST HAVE DOMESTIC DRILLING. THE TALK OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IS WONDERFUL FOR THE FUTURE, BUT GETTING TO WORK, LIGHTING AND HEATING OUR HOUSE IS NOW. WE ARE NOW AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AN OIL BASED ECONOMY AND MUST ACT ON THAT FACT. THERE ARE AT PRESENT ONLY FOUR STABLE DEMOCRACIES THAT PRODUCE OIL, THE REST ARE RUN BY NUTTY DICTATORS YELLING DEATH TO AMERICANS. THE FUTURES MARKET THAT AT THE MOMENT DICTATES THE COST OF A BAREEL OF OIL IS IN FLUX OUT OF FEAR OF DISRUPTION OF THIS COMMODITY. IT IS IN OUR NATIONAL AND ECONOMIC INTEREST TO DRILL DOMESTICALLY TO INSURE THAT IF THERE IS A DISRUPTION IN OUTSIDE SOURCES THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY CAPABILITY TO INSURE THE CONTINUES FLOW OF OIL FOR THIS COUNTRY. IT IS A DAMNABLE LIE THAT IT WOULD TAKE TEN YEARS TO PRODUCE DOMESTIC CAPABILITIES, ASK ANY ONE INVOLVED IN THE INDUSRTY, IT IS THREE YEARS MAX. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE GAS LINES OF 1973 AND 1979, BUT I DO, AND YOU COULD NOT GET GAS AT ANY PRICE. I FOR ONE WOULD NOT WISH TO RELIVE THOSE DAY AGAIN.
ISSUE THREE) ILEAGAL IMAGRATION. THE MEDIA AND POLITICIANS PANDERING FOR FUTURE VOTES WISH YOU TO CONFUSE ILEAGAL IMAGRATION WITH LEGAL IMAGRATION BY SAYING WE ARE A NATION OF IMAGRANTS. WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS INCLUDING IMAGRATION LAWS. OUR FOREFATHERS IMAGRATED HERE LEAGALLY FOR THE MOST PART AND ASSIMILATED INTO OUR CULTURE. THOSE HERE NOW DO NOT WISH TO ASSIMILATE, ONLY FIND WORK AND SEND THAT MONEY HOME. WE HAVE A CULTURE, WE ARE AMERICIANS. PROTECTING NATIONAL SOVERIENTY IS NOT RACIST. WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT IS BORDER SECURITY FIRST, THEN WE WILL HANDLE THE ISSUE OF WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE ALREADY HERE LATER. NOBODY EXPECTS US TO DEPORT 12 MILLION PEOPLE, HOWEVER IT IS THE DUTY OF THOSE WHO SWORE TO UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS. UNENFORCED LAWS ONLY BEEDS CONTEMPT FOR ALL LAWS. RIGHT NOW AS OF THIS WRITING THE SENATE VOTED DOWN AN AMMENDMENT TO DO BORDER SECURITY FIRST, THEN GUEST WORKERS SECOND. OUR OWN SENATORS CLINTON AND SCHUMER VOTED DOWN THIS AMMENDMENT. THIS BRINGS US TO 1986 AGAIN WITH AMNESTY AND NO CONVITION TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS. THIS IS IIN DIRECT CONTRIDICTION OF THERE SWORN DUTY. THERE IS A DIRECT CORALATION BETWEEN THE BULGING EXPENCES OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND SCOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE INFLUX OF ILEAGALS. THERE IS A NET LOSS OF OVER 30 BILLION OF OUR STATE TAX DOLLARS ALONE IN THIS STATES DON'T ASK DON'T TELL POLICY REGARDING THESE ILEAGAL IMAGRANTS. THINK OF THE NET LOSS NATION WIDE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. OUR COMPASSION DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO BE TAXED OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THOSE NOT HERE LEAGALLY.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE SENATE VOTED FOR AN AMMENDMENT TO BAR FELONS AND THOSE CONVICTED OF THREE MISTERMEANORS FROM BEING ELEGIBLE
FOR CITIZENSHIP, MEANING THAT TO ORIGINAL BILL ALLOWED THEM TO BE. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT IN 1996 THE CONGRESS AND SENATE PASSED A BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON TO BAR THOSE HERE ILAEGALLY FROM GETTING INSTATE COLLEGE TUITION. OUR STATE LEGISLATORS PASSED A RESOLUTON TO IGNORE THIS FEDERAL LAW. THIS MEANS IN N.Y.S. THOSE HERE ILEAGALLY GET CHEAPER COLLEGE TUITION THEN AN AMERICAIN CITIZEN.
BOTH PARTIES BY MISSREADING THE PUBLIC RESOLVE ON THESE ISSUES RISK A RUDE AWAKENING ON ELECTION DAY. THIS POLITICAL PANDERING AND POSTURING WITH PUBLIC BE DAMNED ATTITUDE WILL NOT STAND. THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE FOOLED BY EMPTY WORDS ON THESE ISSUES. THE PEOPLE INSIST ON ACTION NOT PABLUM. COME ELECTION DAY THERE WILL BE A RECKONING AND THE PEOPLES WILL BE DONE. THOSE WISHING ELECTED OFFICE RISK LOSS BY IGNORING THIS FACT.
BAZZO 05/18/06
I THINK WE ALL OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO FORMER PEEKSKILL COUNCILMAN BILL SCHMIDT WHO, EVEN THOUGH IS PRESNTLY OUT OF OFFICE, CONTINUES TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD BY BRINGING TO LIGHT VIA THE JOURNAL NEWS THE DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THE BEAR MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. BY HAVING THE JOURNAL NEWS SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE HAZARDOUS CONDITION OF THE PARKWAY, THE REPAVING OF IT HAS BEGUN. ALL DRIVERS AND THEIR CARS UNDERCARRIGE SHOULD APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF BILL SCHMIDT. THAT AT THIS PRESENT TIME HE IS NOT IN PUBLIC SERVICE IS A LOSS THAT I HOPE WILL SOON BE RECTIFIED.
*************************************************************************************
I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IN THIS YEARS CONGRESSIONAL AND SENATORIAL ELECTIONS THE POLLS, TALKING HEADS AND POLITICIANS ARE TOTALLY MISREADING THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WILL DETERMIN THESE ELECTIONS THAT THE VOTING POPULACE HAS ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS ABOUT, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, AND FOR THOSE RUNNING FOR ELECTION RISK THE WRATH OF THE ELCTORATE SHOULD THEY USE THESE ISSUES FOR POLITICAL POSTURING INSTEAD OF SHOWING LEADERSHIP.
ISSUE ONE) THE IRAQ WAR. I BELIEVE THAT THE LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN THE PROGRESS OF THIS WAR IS THAT WE HAVE NOT TRULY USED OUR MILITARY MIGHT TO ERADICTE THE TERRORISTS WHO CONTINUE TO WRECK HAVOC. ARMIES ARE DESIGNED TO KILL PEOPLE AND BREAK THINGS, NOT TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT IN HOW THIS IS ACCOMPLSHED. WARS ARE NOT NEAT NOR ARE THEY MEANT TO BE. THEY ARE MEANT TO BE DISTRUCIVE AND MESSY AS TO BE AN OPTION TO BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER ONCE ENGAGED THEY SHOULD BE FOUGHT TO FINALITY, WITH THEIR FULL DISTRUCTIVE FORCE BROUGHT TO BARE. ONCE THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED (LIKE GERMANY AND JAPAN) THE REBUILING CAN BEGIN IN EARNEST.
ISSUE TWO) PETROLIUM. MY PREVIOUS BLOG (PASSING GAS) EXPLIANED MY CASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE POINT TO THE DISCUSSION. WHY WE MUST HAVE DOMESTIC DRILLING. THE TALK OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IS WONDERFUL FOR THE FUTURE, BUT GETTING TO WORK, LIGHTING AND HEATING OUR HOUSE IS NOW. WE ARE NOW AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AN OIL BASED ECONOMY AND MUST ACT ON THAT FACT. THERE ARE AT PRESENT ONLY FOUR STABLE DEMOCRACIES THAT PRODUCE OIL, THE REST ARE RUN BY NUTTY DICTATORS YELLING DEATH TO AMERICANS. THE FUTURES MARKET THAT AT THE MOMENT DICTATES THE COST OF A BAREEL OF OIL IS IN FLUX OUT OF FEAR OF DISRUPTION OF THIS COMMODITY. IT IS IN OUR NATIONAL AND ECONOMIC INTEREST TO DRILL DOMESTICALLY TO INSURE THAT IF THERE IS A DISRUPTION IN OUTSIDE SOURCES THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY CAPABILITY TO INSURE THE CONTINUES FLOW OF OIL FOR THIS COUNTRY. IT IS A DAMNABLE LIE THAT IT WOULD TAKE TEN YEARS TO PRODUCE DOMESTIC CAPABILITIES, ASK ANY ONE INVOLVED IN THE INDUSRTY, IT IS THREE YEARS MAX. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE GAS LINES OF 1973 AND 1979, BUT I DO, AND YOU COULD NOT GET GAS AT ANY PRICE. I FOR ONE WOULD NOT WISH TO RELIVE THOSE DAY AGAIN.
ISSUE THREE) ILEAGAL IMAGRATION. THE MEDIA AND POLITICIANS PANDERING FOR FUTURE VOTES WISH YOU TO CONFUSE ILEAGAL IMAGRATION WITH LEGAL IMAGRATION BY SAYING WE ARE A NATION OF IMAGRANTS. WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS INCLUDING IMAGRATION LAWS. OUR FOREFATHERS IMAGRATED HERE LEAGALLY FOR THE MOST PART AND ASSIMILATED INTO OUR CULTURE. THOSE HERE NOW DO NOT WISH TO ASSIMILATE, ONLY FIND WORK AND SEND THAT MONEY HOME. WE HAVE A CULTURE, WE ARE AMERICIANS. PROTECTING NATIONAL SOVERIENTY IS NOT RACIST. WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT IS BORDER SECURITY FIRST, THEN WE WILL HANDLE THE ISSUE OF WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE ALREADY HERE LATER. NOBODY EXPECTS US TO DEPORT 12 MILLION PEOPLE, HOWEVER IT IS THE DUTY OF THOSE WHO SWORE TO UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS. UNENFORCED LAWS ONLY BEEDS CONTEMPT FOR ALL LAWS. RIGHT NOW AS OF THIS WRITING THE SENATE VOTED DOWN AN AMMENDMENT TO DO BORDER SECURITY FIRST, THEN GUEST WORKERS SECOND. OUR OWN SENATORS CLINTON AND SCHUMER VOTED DOWN THIS AMMENDMENT. THIS BRINGS US TO 1986 AGAIN WITH AMNESTY AND NO CONVITION TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS. THIS IS IIN DIRECT CONTRIDICTION OF THERE SWORN DUTY. THERE IS A DIRECT CORALATION BETWEEN THE BULGING EXPENCES OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND SCOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE INFLUX OF ILEAGALS. THERE IS A NET LOSS OF OVER 30 BILLION OF OUR STATE TAX DOLLARS ALONE IN THIS STATES DON'T ASK DON'T TELL POLICY REGARDING THESE ILEAGAL IMAGRANTS. THINK OF THE NET LOSS NATION WIDE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. OUR COMPASSION DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO BE TAXED OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THOSE NOT HERE LEAGALLY.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE SENATE VOTED FOR AN AMMENDMENT TO BAR FELONS AND THOSE CONVICTED OF THREE MISTERMEANORS FROM BEING ELEGIBLE
FOR CITIZENSHIP, MEANING THAT TO ORIGINAL BILL ALLOWED THEM TO BE. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT IN 1996 THE CONGRESS AND SENATE PASSED A BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON TO BAR THOSE HERE ILAEGALLY FROM GETTING INSTATE COLLEGE TUITION. OUR STATE LEGISLATORS PASSED A RESOLUTON TO IGNORE THIS FEDERAL LAW. THIS MEANS IN N.Y.S. THOSE HERE ILEAGALLY GET CHEAPER COLLEGE TUITION THEN AN AMERICAIN CITIZEN.
BOTH PARTIES BY MISSREADING THE PUBLIC RESOLVE ON THESE ISSUES RISK A RUDE AWAKENING ON ELECTION DAY. THIS POLITICAL PANDERING AND POSTURING WITH PUBLIC BE DAMNED ATTITUDE WILL NOT STAND. THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE FOOLED BY EMPTY WORDS ON THESE ISSUES. THE PEOPLE INSIST ON ACTION NOT PABLUM. COME ELECTION DAY THERE WILL BE A RECKONING AND THE PEOPLES WILL BE DONE. THOSE WISHING ELECTED OFFICE RISK LOSS BY IGNORING THIS FACT.
BAZZO 05/18/06
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