Saturday, February 25, 2006

SEWER DIVERSION.....THE ONLY TIME A FLUSH BEATS A FULL HOUSE

DEAR READERS:

IN MY ENTRY "POLITICS OVER PEOPLE...." I MENTION THAT THE DIVERSION OF YORKTOWNS SEWERAGE TO PEEKSKILL IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I CREDITED MAYOR JOHN TESTA, THE PEEKSKILL CITY COUNCIL AND LEGISLATOR GEORGE OROS FOR THIS VICTORY FOR THE CITY OF PEEKSKILL. I HAD WRITTEN ABOUT THIS LAST MAY(2005) , AND AS THIS IS NOW OVER, I FIGURED I WOULD MOVE ON. YET WHEN EVER I WANT TO GET OUT, THE DEMOCRATS PULL ME BACK IN (A LITTLE GODFATHER LINGO THERE...LOL) . THERE IS AN ADDAGE THAT SUCCESS HAS MANY FATHERS BUT FAILURE IS AN ORPHAN. WELL, IN THIS WEEKS JOURNAL NEWS AND NORTH COUNTY NEWS THERE WERE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BY THE DEMOCRATS THAT TOOK THIS ADDAGE FURTHER, THAT SUCCESS IS AN IMACULATE CONSEPTION, ACHIEVED BY DEMOCRATS ALONE. NOT TO DIMINISH ANY OF THE WORK THAT "CEEP" (CITIZEN FOR EQUAL ENVIORMENTAL PROTECTION) DID, THE TRUTH IS THAT THE FIGHT STARTED WHEN FRAN GIBBS WAS MAYOR OF PEEKSKILL, AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PLAN IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN 1997. SHE THEN SENT OFF A LETTER TO THE COUNTY (A LETTER THAT LEGISLATOR GEORGE OROS STILL HAS) STATING SHE WAS AGAINST THE IDEA AND THAT PEEKSKILL AT THAT POINT WAS NEVER IN CLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION. THE DEMOCRATIC LETTERS SHOW THE EVEN WHEN PEEKSKILL WINS, THEY(THE DEMOCRATS) ARE SORE WINNERS, YET WHEN YOU TALK TO LEGILATOR OROS OR MAYOR TESTA THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE COALITION (FROM YONKER TO YORKTOWN) NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS VICTORY FOR PEEKSKILL HAPPEN, GRACEFUL IN VICTORY, WILLING TO SHARE CREDIT. THEIR(THE DEMOCRATS) LETTER ALSO FAILS TO MENTION THAT THEIR DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUE ON THE COUNTY, LEGISLATOR MIKE KAPLOWITZ WAS IN FAVOR OF DIVERSION. THE REASON THAT I LEAD THE CONGATULATIONS WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNTY LEGISLATOR WAS THAT THEY WERE IN CHARGE WHEN VICTORY WAS ACCOMPLISHED, IT WAS ON THEIR WATCH, AND THEY DID FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. IF THEY HAD FAILED, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN ANY LETTER BY THE DEMOCRATS TOUTING THEIR WORK. NO, THE LETTERS YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN (BY THE DEMOCRATS) WOULD BE LETTERS OF BLAME, CITING THE FAILURE OF MAYOR TESTA AND LEGISLATOR GEORGE OROS . LIKE ALL ELSE IN POLITICS...TO THE VICTOR GOES THE SPOILS, FOR AS I LIVE AND BREATH, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BLAMED FOR ANY FAILURE.

AS FOR THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN, THEY FOUGHT FOR SEVEN YEARS TO PROTECT THE PRACTICE OF N.I.M.B.Y. WITH THE HELP OF COUNTY LEGISLATOR MIKE KAPLOWITZ. ALL THE WHILE THE RESIDENTS OF HALLOCK HILLS PAID SEWER TAXES ALL THE WHILE HAVING NO SEWERS, AND FAILING SEPTICS. NOW YORKTOWN HAS TO START AGAIN, FIGHTING THE FIGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT SEVEN YEARS AGO(WHICH IF THEY HAD, THE PEOPLE OF HALLOCK HILLS WOULD NOT BE SUFFERING TODAY) (MORE GODFATHER LINGO), YET THIS TIME THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN HAS TO FIGHT WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND THERE BACK, HAVING SIGNED OVER LAND RIGHTS TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1997. NOW THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN HAS TO PURSUADE THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO GRANT THEM MORE LAND TO EXPAND THE HALLOCK HILLS SEWER TREATMENT PLANT TO ACCEPT THE ADDITIONAL SEWAGE. F.Y.I THE CITY OF PEEKSKILL AND LEGISLATOR GEORGE OROS ARE HELPING YORKTOWN IN THIS FIGHT. HOPEFULLY IN WON'T BE SEVEN MORE YEARS OF SUFFERING AND PAYING TAXES BEFORE THE RESIDENTS OF HALLOCK HILL WILL SUFFER NO LONGER.

BAZZO 02/25/06

Saturday, February 18, 2006

THE PLAY BOOK OF THE FLAT EARTH PEOPLE....WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE FACTS....DEMONIZE

DEAR READERS;

I WANT TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF COMMENTS SENT TO MY LAST BLOG AND TO MY E-MAIL RESPONDING TO MY BLOG. FIRST, TO THOSE WHO WISH TO AMMEND MY BLOG PLEASE USE THE COMMENTS SECTION. YOU MAY USE AN ANONOMOUS SEUDONYNM. I HAVE DEBATED WHETHER TO PRINT COMMENTS TO MY E-MAIL, HOWEVER MY EDITOR( YES, I ACTUALLY HAVE AN EDITOR, MY PARTNER TOMMY, WHO UNLESS HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN, NOTHING GETS POSTED) HAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THE FACT THAT THE WRITER THEN CAN CHARGE I TOOK THOSE COMMENTS OUT OF CONTEX, OR THEY DID NOT MAKE THOSE COMMENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. RATHER THEN DEAL WITH UNNECESSARY GRIEF, I WILL REFRAIN FROM MAKING ANY COMMENTS TO MY E-MAIL PUBLIC UNLESS THEY ARE ALSO POSTED ON THE COMMENTS SECTION WHERE THE READERS CAN SEE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID.
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TO THE COMMENTS POSTED ON MY LAST BLOG, LET ME SAY THAT MAKING THE BOOGEY MAN OUT OF EITHER BIG OIL OR BIG BOX STORES DOES NOT CUT IT WITH ME. IF YOU HAVE A POLICY DIISAGREEMENT WITH A CERTIAN BOX STORE, DON'T SHOP THERE, THAT IS YOUR RIGHT. HOWEVER YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PREVENT OTHERS FROM BENEFITING FROM EITHER WILLING TO WORK OR SHOP AT THOSE STORES. IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER NOT SHOPPING OF STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND COMPETING IN THE FREE MARKET PLACE AND SETTING YOUR OWN STANDARDS. AS A PERSON WHO HAS OWNED NUMEROUS SMALL BUSINESES, I HAVE DONE THIS. IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK YOUR SELF, THEN I SUGGEST YOU REFRIAN FROM TRYING TO SUPLANT YOUR WILL OVER THOSE WHO DID RISK THEIR CAPITAL AND TIME IN THESE CAPITILISTIC VENTURES.
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AS FOR DEMONIZING THE "EEEEEVIL" OIL COMPANIES, THE PROFITS THAT ARE PRINTED ARE DESIGNED TO INFLAME THE CASUAL OBSERVER. TO THE INFORMED,
THE NET PROFIT ON A GALLON OF GAS IS ABOUT 14 CENTS. HOWEVER THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAXES ON THAT SAME GALLON IS 46 CENTS. THE EXPLOITER IS THE GOVERNMENT. THE ONLY ANSWER WE GET FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THERE WILLING FLAT EARTH HACKS IS TO INCREASE THOSE TAXES, OR SIMPLY PUT, INCREASE THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS TO THE CONSUMER, THOUGH IT DOES WHAT THE SCOCIALIST LIKE TO DO, WHICH IS SCOCIAL ENGINERING THROUGH TAXATION. THIS EMPOWERS THE GOVERNMENT AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR FREEDOMS. HOWEVER BAD YOU MAY THINK OF BIG OIL, BIG GOVERNMENT IS AN EVEN GREATER DANGER. AFTER WATCHING GOVERNMENT HANDLING OF THE DMV, SCOCAIL SERVICES AND EVEN FEMA, THE THOUGHT OF GOVERNMENT CONTROLING OIL IS NIGHTMARISH. SO UNTIL THERE IS A FREEMARKET SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, I WOULD RATHER LEAVE IT ALONE THEN TO GROW GOVERNMENT EVEN MORE..
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HOWEVER THE DEMOCRATS WISH TO DEFEAT SUE KELLY FOR CONGRESS, LYING
TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS IS A PITIFUL WAY TO DO IT. IF YOU CAN NOT BEAT HER ON HER RECORD (WHICH SHE CAN BE BEAT ON) THEN YOU BRING DISGRACE TO YOU AND YOUR PARTY BY DEMONIZING AND LYING ABOUT THE FACTS. AS SHE HAS A 93 PERCENT RATING BY THE SIERRA CLUB, HARDLY MAKES HER A TOM DELAY PUPPET.
FYI, TOM DELAY IS NO LONGER THE MAGORITY LEADER, THAT IS OLD NEWS. THAT SHE ACTUALLY VOTES MOST OF THE TIME WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MIGHT BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE IS A REPUBLICAN. HOW MANY NEW YORK DEMOCRATS VOTE THE REPBULICAN LINE? THEY MORE THAN NOT VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC LINE AS THEY ARE DEMOCRATS. THERE IS NOTHING EVIL, OR DISHONSEST IN VOTING THE PARTY LINE IN WHICH YOU AGREE, IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU A PUPPET. HER INSISTANCE IN TAKING OUT DRILLING IN ANWAR (WHICH WAS AGAINST THE PARTY LINE) FROM THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, SHOWS THAT ON PRICIPAL SHE IS NO PUPPET. ALSO FOR THE RECORD THERE WERE NO CUTS IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON SCOCIAL PROGRAMS. THE CUTS WERE IN THE PROJECTED RATE OF GROWTH. ALL THOSE SCOCIAL PROGRAMS WILL BE RECIEVING MORE MONEY IN THIS BUDGET THAN IN THE LAST, AND MORE THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION. THIS SCARING OF THE IGNORANT, THAT THEY WILL STARVE, BE FORCED OUT INTO THE COLD AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL REMAIN FOREVER INGNORANT LIKE THOSE WHO KEEP YELLING CUTS TO PROGRAMS SPENDING, IS DAMNABLE AND ANYBODY RESORTING TO THOSE TACTICS SHOULD BE SOUNDLY DEAFEATED. IT DOES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NO HONOR TO RESORT TO THIS KIND OF POLITICS.
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FOR THE RECORD THE MANIFESTO IS ROOTING FOR THE CANDIDACY OF BEN SHULDINER IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE SUE KELLY FOR CONGRESS. I FIND HIM TO BE THAT RARE BREED OF DEMOCRAT THAT STICKS TO THE ISSUES OF RELEVENCE, AND AT ALL TIMES MAINTIANS HIS HONOR IN THE PROCESS. THAT HE HAS BEEN BOTH A TEACHER AND A PRINCIPAL MAKES HIM MORE THAN QUALIFIED TO ADRESS THE ISSUE OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS A PRIMARY ISSUE. HE HAS CONSENTED TO DO A QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR THE MANIFESTO SO THAT YOU MAY SEE AN UNEDITED VERSION OF HIS VIEWS.

BAZZO 02/18/06

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

POLITICS OVER PEOPLE INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY ARROUND

DEAR READERS:

"TARGET" WANTS TO COME TO PEEKSKILL. "TARGET" WILL EMPLOY ABOUT 300 PEOPLE. "TARGET" WILL PAY A TON OF MONEY IN PROPERTY TAXES, GENERATE A TON OF MONEY IN OTHER BUSINESS TAXES. "TARGET" WANTS TO LOCATE AT LOUISA STREET IN THE IDUSTRIAL SECTION OF PEEKSKILL RIGHT DOWN FROM THE TRAIN STATION. PEOPLE WILL COME TO PEEKSKILL AND STAY IN PEEKSILL INSTEAD OF TAXING A CAB OR BUS TO THE CORTLANT TOWN CENTER. YET THE FLAT EARTH-NO PROGRESS PEOPLE WISH TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE NAME OF TRAFFIC. THEY INTIMATE THAT "TARGET", AN EEEEEVIL BOX STORE WOULD NOT BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YET IN THAT SAME AREA IS INDIAN POINT. TRAINS THAT RUN 24/7 WHEN YOU INCLUDE CARGO TRAINS. A GARBAGE RECYCLYNG CENTER IS ALSO THERE. NONE OF THESE NEIGHBORS STOPPED PEOPLE FROM PAYING UP TO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THOSE RIVERBEND TOWN HOUSES. STILL, A "TARGET" STORE IS NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC. THE MYOPIC SMALL MINDNESS OF THE OPPOSTION TO THIS PROPOSED ENTERPRISE IS BEYOND COMPRHENSION.THESE SAME ANTI-PROGESS PEOPLE DISPARAGE THE WAGES THAT TARGET PAYS ITS EMPLOYEES, IGNORING THAT FACT THAT THOSE 300 PEOPLE WOULD GLADLY TAKE THOSE JOBS RATHER THAN GOVT. HAND-OUTS. THESE SAME PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THAT AN ENTRY LEVEL JOB SHOULD FURNISH SUFFICENT INCOME TO SUSTAIN A FAMILY, AND BY GOD IF IT DOESN'T THEN NOBODY SHOULD GET THAT JOB, THEY SHOULD STAY ON THE GOVT. DOLE INSTEAD. THESE SAME FLAT-EARTH, ANTI-PROGESS PEOPLE ALSO WISH TO STOP THE BUILDING UP OF THE REST OF THE RIVERFRONT WITH PROPOSED TOWNHOUSES, A MARINA, NUMEROUS SMALL BUSINESS, UPGRADED INFRASTRUTURE, UPGRADEDED PARKING FACILITIES, AND NEW PARKLAND. ALL IN ALL, NEW TAX PAYING AND FEE GENERATING ENTITIES WHERE FEW EXIST NOW. THESE SAME FLAT-EARTH, ANTI-PROGRESS PEOPLE WHO WISH FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY AND PROVIDE ALL SORTS OF SERVICES, WISH TO STOP THESE POTENTIAL INCREASES IN THE TAX BASE, INSTEAD THEY WOULD INCREASE THE TAXES OF AN ALREADY OVERTAXED POPULACE. UNLESS MAYOR TESTA HAS A PRINTING PRESS IN HIS BASEMENT THAT PRINTS MONEY, A COMMUNITY NEEDS TO INCREASE EITHER ITS TAX BASE OR INCREASE TAXES ON ITS CITIZENS TO PAY FOR ALL THOSE GOVERNMENT SERVICES THE PEOPLE OF PEEKSKILL WISH TO HAVE. THIS IS BASIC ECONOMICS 101, A NO BRAINER.
I FOR ONE WOULD RATHER INCREASE THE TAX BASE THAN TAXES. THE FLAT-EARTH PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE IT THE OTHER WAY ARROUND. TO BE AGAINST PROGESS IS TO BE IN FAVOR OF TAX INCREASES. THIS SMELLS LIKE POLITICS AND THE PEOPLE BE DAMNED. THIS OPPOSITION DOES NOT EXIST IN A VACUME. YOU CANNOT SCARE PEOPLE AGAINST PROGRESS AND PROMISE THEM MORE GOVERNMENT SREVICES AT THE SAME TIME. SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE, AND IT WILL BE YOUR WALLET. IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF PEEKSKILL TO GET BEHIND BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS AND STOP THE FLAT-EARTH PEOPLE PEOPLE FROM SCARING PEOPLE FROM THIS NECESSARY GROWTH.
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FOR ALL THOSE WHO WERE AGAINST SEWER DIVERSION FROM YORKTOWN TO PEEKSKILL LIKE I WAS IN A LETTER TO THE NORTH COUNTY NEWS LAST MAY(2005)
(A LETTER THAT PROBABLY COST ME ANY CHANCE OF RUNNINGFOR LOCAL OFFICE
IN YORKTOWN...SEE " I WENT TO THROW MY HAT INTO THE RING" MAY ARCHIVE 2005). YOU WILL BE HAPPY TOP KNOW THAT THAT DIVERSION WILL NOT HAPPEN.
KUDOS TO MAYOR TESTA WHO LEAD THE PEEKSKILL COUNCIL IN THAT FIGHT, AND TO COUNTY LEGISLATOR OROS WHO RISKED POLITICAL DEFEAT BY SIDING AGAINST DIVERSION. GOOD JOB BY ONE AND ALL.

BAZZO 02/07/06