DID YOU EVER SIT AND PONDER AS YOU WALK ALONG THE SAND......THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

DID YOU EVER SIT AND PONDER
AS YOU WALK ALONG THE SAND,
THAT LIFE'S A BITTER BATTLE AT THE BEST.
AND IF YOU ONLY KNEW,
AND LENT A HELPING HAND,
THEN EVERYONE COULD MEET THE FINAL TEST.
THE WORLD IS BUT A STAGE, MY FRIEND,
AND LIFE IS BUT A GAME,
AND HOW YOU PLAY IS ALL THAT MATTERS IN THE END.
FOR WHETHER A PERSON IS RIGHT OR WRONG,
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE TO BLAME,
AND YOU ARE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND.
********groucho marx
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DREAR READERS:

THERE ARE NOW JUST FOUR CANDIDATES LEFT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO SEE WHO GETS TO CHALLENGE SUE KELLY. DARREN RIGGER OF PEEKSKILL, BEN SHULDINER OF CORTLANT, JOHN HALL OF DOVER PLAINS AND JUDY AYDELOTT OF KATONAH. BOTH JOHN HALL AND JUDY AYDELOTT , AFTER READING THEIR STANCES ON THE ISSUES SEEM TO THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO REPRESENT THE UPPER WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN. AS THE UPPER WEST SIDE HAS THEIR OWN CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, I DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO VOTE FOR ANOTHER ONE. THAT LEAVES DARREN RIGGER AND BEN SHULDINER. TOUGH CHOICE. BEN HAS THE NECESSARY CREDENTIALS TO ADRESS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AS HE HAS BEEN BOTH A TEACHER AND A PRINCIPAL, YET DARREN HAS THE EXPIERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. BEN HAS HIS HEADQUARTERS ON RT. 6 ACROSS FROM MOHEGAN BEER AND SODA BEFORE THE CORTLANT MALL. DARREN'S HEADQUARTERS IS ON NORTH DIVISION STREEET ACROSS FORM THE WORKMAN'S COMP. BUILDING IN PEEKSKILL. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS THAT THIS IS A GERRYMANDERED RED DISTRICT(DO NOT DISCOUNT THE 19,000 ROCKLAND COUNTY RESIDENTS), THERFORE IT IS NECESSARY FOR A DEMOCRAT TO APPEAL TO REPBULICANS TO CARRY THIS DISTRICT. I SUBMIT THAT BOTH JUDY AYDELOTT AND JOHN HALL CANNOT DO THIS. THEREFORE THE ONLY DEMOCARTIC HOPE TO UNSEAT SUE KELLY ARE EITHER DARREN RIGGER OR BEN SHULDINER. AS BOTH ARE EASILY ACCESABLE IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU TO VISIT THEM AND SPEAK TO THEM YOURSELVES. BOTH UNDERSTAND THE DISTRIC THEY ARE TRYING TO REPRESENT AND ARE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES THAT CONCERN YOU. TO BE A BETTER EDUCATED VOTER GO TALK TO THEM YOURSELF, DON'T RELY ON THE LOCAL MEDIA TO HELP YOU.
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THE VOTE ON STEM CELL RESEARCH IN THE SENATE THAT THE PRESIDENT VETOED ONLY MEANS THAT THE GOVERMENT WILL NOT FUND THE RESEARCH, NOT THAT THERE CANNOT BE PRIVATELY FUNDED RESEARCH.
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THE RECENT RULING REGARDING GAY MARRIGE IN N.Y. ONLY MEANS NOW THE LEGISLATORS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE. THAT IS AS IT SHOULD BE. OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERMENT IS SET UP SO THAT YOU THE VOTER CAN HAVE A SAY ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES OF THE DAY, THROUGH REDRESS AT THE BALLOT BOX. THE JUDICARY IS NOT A LEGISLATIVE BODY, NOR SHOULD IT BE. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL IT IS UP TO YOU TO LET YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES KNOW HOW YOU FEEL, DO IT!!!!!
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I DON'T THINK THE TAXPAYERS OF CORTLANT SHOULD BE PAYING $91,000 OR $75,000 OR EVEN $50,000 FOR A DOG WALK BEHIND THE MOVIE THEATRE AT THE CORTLANT MALL. IF THE DOG OWNERS OF CORTLANT WANT A WALK BAD ENOUGH, AS THE MALL IS DONATING THE LAND, AND HOME DEPOT IS DONATING THE FENCING, LET THEM FUND IT THEMSELVES, OR BETTER YET DON'T TAKE YOUR DOG SHOPPING.
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DISCUSSION OF THE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEEKSKILL WATER FRONT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE NEXT PEEKSKILL COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY AUGUST 21 7:30PM AT CITY HALL. IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD BE THERE!
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THE COUNTY LEGISLATORS PASSED AN UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT REQUIRED THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO PAY FOR A TIE IN LINE TO THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SEVICES AND DISPACH HEAD QUARTERS IN VALHALLA. THIS COSTS THE MOHEGAN FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT $8,000.00 A YEAR(MONEY THEY COULD USE TO OFFSET THE INCREASE IN ENERGY COSTS). AS THE FIRST DUTY OF ANY GOVERMENT IS THE SAFETY OF ITS CITIZENS AND COUNTY LEGISLATOR GEORGE ORO'S UNDERSTANDS THAT, HE IS TRYING TO GET THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR THIS NOW UNFUNDED MANDATE. HE NEEDS YOUR HELP IN GETTING THE DEMOCRATS ON BOARD. LET HIM KNOW HE HAS YOUR SUPPORT, AND LET COUNTY LEGISLATOR DAVID KALPOWITZ KNOW YOU DON'T APPRECIATE HIM BEING A ROADBLOCK. ON THIS ISSUE, COUNTY LEGISLATOR GEORGE OROS IS RIGHT. LET HIM KNOW YOU KNOW THAT TOO. IF THIS COUNTY CAN WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY ON STATUES AND TRIPLICATING SERVICES ALREADY PROVIDED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEN FINDING THE MONEY TO FUND THIS MANDATE SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM.

BAZZO 07/25/06