DEAR READERS:
THE FOLLOWING LETTER WAS SUBMITTED TO THE NORTH COUNTY NEWS AND NOT PRINTED. I SUSPECT THAT IT IS BECAUSE IT POINTS OUT THE HYPOCRISY OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD. I AM SUBMITTING THIS FOR YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT ALSO POINTS TO THE DEAFENING SILENCE BY THE LOCAL DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE BEEN INSISTING I TALK ABOUT THE RECENT CARTOON ON A LOCAL REPUBLICAN WEB-SITE IN WHICH THE DEMOCRATS HAVE EXPRESSED OUTRAGE. AS LONG AS LOCAL DEMOCRATS(ONLY TWO HAVE PUBLICY SHOWN SUPPORTFOR PUTNAM VALLEY SUPERVISOR SAM DAVIS AND HIS ASSISTANT DAWN POWELL, THEY ARE KEN HARPER AND DARREN RIGGER) REMAIN SILENT ON THIS ISSUE I MUST CONCLUDE THAT THIS OUTRAGE IS VERY SELECTIVE AND/OR JUST A RUSE TO GET MORE VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS. THIS LETTER IS WRITTEN BY DAWN POWELL, ASSISTANT TO PUTNAM VALLEY SUPERVISOR SAM DAVIS..I RE-PRINT THIS UN-EDITED.
DEAR EDITOR:
I READ WITH INTEREST YOUR FRONT PAGE ARTICLE AND COMMENTARY REGARDING THE REPUBLICANS DEROGATORY DEPICTIONS OF (ED. PEEKSKILL) CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DREW CLAXTON AND MARY FOSTER. MIGHT IT NOT SEEM THAT YOUR NEWSPAPERS "LOW BROW" CARTOON THE PRIOR WEEK WAS EQUALLY SEXIST AND DEMEANING? I FOUND YOUR NEWSPAPERS CHARACTERIZATION OF ME TO BE "UNTOWARD AND TAWDRY", AND IT FOLLOWED ON THE HEELS OF A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE I WHICH I WAS DESCRIBED AS HAVING "NO QUALIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER".
I HAVE A DEGREE FROM SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE AND A DOCTORAL DEGREE THAT WAS RIDICULED BY MR. APAR IN HIS NOVEMBER COMMENTARY. I ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT SUPERVISORY, MANAGERIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE. HAVE YOU FIRED YOUR CARTOONIST AND YOUR INACCURATE REPORTER? I HAVEN'T DISHED OUT ANY NASTINESS, BUT CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO IT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE COUNCILWOMEN CLAXTON AND FOSTER ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, I AM NOT.
YOUR COMMENTARY, CARTOON, AND MISREPORTING FOLLOW ON THE HEELS OF PUBLIC ABUSE OF ME BY THE PUTNAM VALLEY TOWN BOARD AND ETHICS BOARD. POSSIBLY, WOMEN SHOULD GO BACKTO THEIR PROPER PLACE AS UNPAID SERVANTS OF MEN. OR PERHAPS YOUR NEWSPAPER SHOULD PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.
SINCERELY,
DAWN POWELL D.C.
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HISTORY DOES NOT START EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP. NOR DID IT START WHEN GEORGE BUSH WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT. NOR DID IT START THE DAY YOU WERE BORN.TO ACT AS THOUGH A NEW POLITICAL ATTACK IS THE WORST EVER, FORGETTING THE PAST ATTACKS TWO YEARS AGO IN WHICH THEY WERE JUST AS GUILTY AS THAT WHICH THEY NOW VILLIFY, FOR ELECTED OFFICALS AND THEIR MINIONS (THOSE WHO WRITE THOSE "PLANT" LETTERS TO THE EDITOR) TO SPEAK OUT AND/OR BEHAVE SO WITH OVERACTIVE HYPERBALLY DOES A DISSERVICE TO THE VOTERS WHO ONLY WISHES TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISSION. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I BELIEVE RIGHT OR WRONG DOES NOT MATTER AS THEY ARE AT TIMES SUBJECTIVE. HOWEVER TRUTH DOES MATTER AND SO DOES CHARACTER, AND THEY ARE NOT SUBJECTIVE. MORAL EQUIVILANCY DOES NOT EXCUSE THE ABDICATION OF YOUR DUTY TO TRUTH AND CHARACTER. ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 22, 2006 STATE CONTROLLER ALAN HEVESI PLEADED GUITY TO A FELONY, WAS BOOKED AND RESIGNED. TURNED OUT HE WAS A BIGGER CROOK THEN HE LEAD PEOPLE(EXECPT ME) TO BELIEVE WHEN HE RAN FOR RE-ELECTION. HE WON BY 59% OF THE VOTE. WHEN I CONFRONTED PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM, ALL HAD TO TWIST LOGIC ON THEIR HEAD TO EXPLAIN THEIR VOTE, INCLUDING THE USE OF MORAL EQUIVILANCY(LIKE WELL, HE'S NOT LIKE BUSH WHO LIED US INTO WAR). LIKE THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, EXCEPT TO EXCUSE THE ABDICATION OF
YOUR PRIMARY DUTY AS A VOTER TO FIRE THE CROOK. THERE ARE NO DEGREES OF ABUSE OF PUBLIC TRUST, AGAIN EXCEPT TO EXCUSE THE ABDICATION OF PRIMARY DUTY. THEN THEIR WAS THE CANARD OF "CALLAHAN IS NOT QUALLIFIED". THIS SAID BY PEOPLE AND EDITORIAL PAGES WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST OFFER OF PROOF(OTHER THAN HE IS A REPUBLICAN). YOU WILL NOTICE THIS "NOT QUALIFIED" WITHOUT PROOF ALSO REARED IT'S UGLY HEAD IN THE ABOVE SECTION REGARDING DAWN POWELL. THEY SAID PREVIOUS STATE CONTROLLER H. CARL MCALL WAS QUALIFIED AND HE LOST MONEY IN STATE PENSIONS(EXCEPT HE WAS A DEMOCRAT). THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR HEVESIE BECAUSE IT WAS MORE ABHORENT TO VOTE FOR AN HONEST REPUBLICAN(THERE WAS NO OFFERED PROOF HE WAS NOT) THAN A CROOKED DEMOCRAT. TRUTH, CHARACTER MATTERED NOT, JUST THE RETENTION OF POWER. AS LONG AS THIS MENTALLITY PREVAILS IN THE MINDS OF VOTERS OF EITHER PARTY AND THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, THEN YOU THE VOTER WILL BE CONDEMNED TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT YOU DESERVE. WE ARE NOW ENTERING A YEAR WHEN LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS(TOWN, CITY AND COUNTY) ARE UP FOR RE-ELECTION. PARTY AFFLILIATION SHOULD NOT MATTER MORE THAN THE CHARACTER OF THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING. YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE CANDIDATES AND ASKING IF THEY ARE LEADING AND VOTING IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE TOWN, CITY OR COUNTY IN WHICH YOU RESIDE. IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN REGARDLESS OF PARTY THEY SHOULD BE VOTED OUT AND NEW BLOOD WITH NEW IDEAS VOTED IN. IT SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH FOR A CHALLENGER TO SAY "VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE I AM NOT THEM".. IF THOSE RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION ARE DOING THE JOB YOU THE VOTER ARE SATISFIED WITH, THEN REGARDLESS OF PARTY, YOU SHOULD RE-ELECT THEM. DO NOT LET PERSONAL CHARACTER ASSASINATION BE PART OF THE DEBATE, AND IF IT DOES REAR IT'S UGLY HEAD, I WOULD LOOK MORE NEGATIVELY AT THE ASSASIN THEN THE TARGET, FOR TO RESORT TO THIS KIND OF POLITICING MEANS SOMEBODY HAS RUN OUT OF IDEAS. ELECTIONS ARE TIMES OF IDEAS AND VISION, AND THOSE WHO CAN BEST ARTICULATE AND PERSUEDE THE VOTERS THEIRS ARE THE BEST SHOULD WIN. REMEMBER THIS ELECTION SEASON, TRUTH, CHARACTER, IDEAS AND VISION, NOT PARTY AFFILIATION SHOULD RULE THE DAY AND GUIDE YOUR VOTE. SO, UNDER THOSE RULES...LET THE GAMES BEGIN.
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THERE IS A NEW LOCAL PEEKSKILL BLOG THAT HAS LISTED MY BLOG LINK TO THEIRS. I SUGGEST YOU CHECK IT OUT. THE NAME OF THE NEW BLOG IS
THE PEEKSKILL GUARDIAN
THE LINK IS: http://peekskillguardian.blogspot.com/
I HAVE ALSO LINKED TO PLAN PUTNAM SO YOU MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PUTNAM VALLEY AND THE COUNTY OF PUTNAM.
THE LINK IS: planputnam@yahoogroups.com
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THE MANIFESTO SENDS IT'S HEARTFELT CONGATS. TO PEEKSKILL DEMOCRAT PARTY CHAIRMAN(I GUESS NOW FORMER) MIKE MOREY ON HIS ASSENTION TO THE STAFF OF SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER AS HIS NEW HUDSON VALLEY COORDINATOR. THE SENATOR COULD NOT HAVE MADE A BETTER CHOICE. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, MIKE AND I HAVE HAD OUR POLICY DISSAGREEMENTS, HOWEVER I COULD NEVER SAY A BAD WORRD ABOUT HIM AS A PERSON OR THE JOB HE HAS DONE FOR THE PEEKSKILL DEMOCRATS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHEN HE STARTED THE GROUP "TAKE 19" FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFEATING CONGRESSWOMAN SUE KELLY, HE(MIKE) WAS AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN ACTUALLY BELIEVING IT COULD BE DONE . GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW POSITION.
BAZZO 01/01/07
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