DEAR READERS:
I RECIEVED A COMMUNICATION (01/13/07) FROM THE PUBLISHER OF THE NORTH COUNTY NEWS IN WHICH HE STATES THAT THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR FROM DAWN POWELL THAT LEAD OFF MY LAST ENTRY (LET THE GAMES BEGIN 01/01/07) NEVER CROSSED HIS DESK. AS ANYONE WHO OWNS A COMUPTER KNOWS, THIS IS A REAL POSSIBILITY. UNLESS I ACTUALLY CATCH SOMEONE IN A LIE, I BELIEVE THAT WHAT THEY SAY IS THE TRUTH (IT MAY BE FOOLISH, BUT THAT IS HOW I FEEL, NO STRANGER SHOULD BE PUNNISHED FOR THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS, EVERYONE SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS). SO IN LIGHT IF THIS, I RETRACT MY ASSUMTION REGARDING THE MOTIVES OF THE NORTH COUNTY NEWS REGARDING DAWN'S LETTER I SUGGESTED IN MY LAST POST.
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I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN I HAVE BEEN SILENT. IF YOU GO TO : http://planputnam.blogspot.com/
AND ARCHIVE THE JANUARY POSTS (FRIDAY JAN. 12, SAT. JAN..6, AND FRI.JAN. 5) YOU WILL FIND THAT ON THE TOPICS OF SUSAN SPEARS (CONGRESMAN JOHN HALL'S NEW DISTRICT LEADER), ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERVISOR DAWN POWELL,
THE ETHICS OF THE PUTNAM VALLEY TOWN BOARD AND/OR SUPERVISOR DAVIS YOU WILL SEE MY POSTS ON THOSE ISSUES. I HAVE DONE THERE WHAT I STRIVE TO DO HERE WHICH IS TELL THE SIDE OF THE STORY THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE LOCAL NEWS, TO GIVE EACH ISSUE A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE.
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PEEKSKILL:
DARREN RIGGER, WHO YOU WILL REMEMBER I SUPPORTED FOR CONGREESS IN LAST YEARS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY HAS BEEN ELECTED BY THE LOCAL DEMOCRATS TO CHAIR THEIR PARTY. THIS IN MY OPINION BODES WELL FOR YOU THE VOTER, FOR KNOWING DARREN AS I DO, THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE ORIENTED CAMPAIGN. INSTEAD OF SLINGING MUD, WHICH DOES NOT HELP YOU IN DECIDING WHO WILL LEAD PEEKSKILL IN THE FUTURE, I PREDICT A CAMPAIGN WITH CLEARLY DEFINED ISSUES FOR WICH YOU TO CHOOSE THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN BEST ARTICULATE THEIR VISION. ONE ISSUE BROUGHT UP ON THE PEEKSKILL GUARDIAN BLOG: http://peekskillguardian.blogspot.com/
WILL BE DAY LABOROR SITES, AN ISSUE WORTHY OF DISCUSSION AND ONE I WILL TACKLE IN AN UPCOMMIG BLOG ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. IN THE MEAN TIME, THE MANIFESTO CONGRADULATES DARREN RIGGER, THE DEMOCRATS COULD NOT HAVE MADE A BETTER CHOICE.
IN SATURDAY'S JOURNAL NEWS (01/13/07) THEIR WAS AN ARTICLE ON DARREN'S RECENT ELECTION TO PEEKSKILL DEMOCRAT CHAIR. AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE FORMER GOVENOR PATAKI'S OPENING AN OFFICE IN PEEKSKILL IS BROUGHT UP. DARREN IS QUOTED AS SAYING "THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT PATAKI IS IN TOWN, I HOPE HE DOES FOR THE PEEKSKILL REPUBLICANS WHAT HE DID FOR THE STATEWIDE REPULICANS AND THAT IS RUN THEM INTO THE GROUND AND LOSE EVERY ELECTION." BEFORE EVERYONE GETS THEIR HACKLES UP, LET ME SAY THAT WHILE THIS IS A GRATUITOUS SLAP AT THE EX-GOVENOR, IT IS NOT THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN SAID BEFORE. ON THE EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE N.Y.TIMES, THE DAILY NEWS, THE NEW YORK POST IN THE CLOSING DAYS OF DECEMBER, THESE EXACT SAME SENTIMENTS WERE EXPRESSED REGARDING EX-GOVENOR'S PATAKI'S LEADERSHIP OF THE STATEWIDE REPULICAN PARTY. WHILE THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO WELCOME A NEW MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, IF/AND /OR WHEN THE EX-GOVENOR TAKES A HAND IN THE LOCAL ELECTIONS, IT THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR THE LOCAL DEMOCRATS NOT TO PROVOKE HIM TO DO SO. IN THE CITY OF PEEKSKILL THEY EX-GOVENOR STILL HAS WIDE SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD. SAY WHAT YOU WILL OF THE EX-GOVENOR'S TENURE IN OFFICE, WHILE IN OFFICE HE NEVER NEGLECTED PEEKSKILL AND THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
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CONGRESSMAN HALL:
IF YOU HAVE KEPT UP WITH THE PAPERS, YOU WOULD THINK THE FIRST THING THE NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITY IN CONGRESS PASSED WAS THE MINIMUM WAGE BILL. NOT TRUE!!! THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA PASSED WAS ON TAXES, YOUR TAXES IN PARTICULAR. A BIT OF HISTORY: IN 1994 WHEN THE REPUBLICANS TOOK OVER CONGRESS, THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT REQURED A 3/5 MAJORITY ON ANY INCREASE IN TAXES. THIS WAY YOU NEEDED BY-PARTISIAN SUPPORT BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT PICKED YOUR POCKETS. HOWEVER THAT HAS NOW ALL CHANGED. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THAT THIS NEW CONGRESS TACKELED WAS THE RECINDING OF THAT RESOLUTION, TO NOW READ JUST A MAJORITY IS NEEDED TO INCREASE TAXES. YES, THE PARTY OF TAXES HAS NOW MADE IT EASIER TO PICK YOUR POCKETS AND CONGRESSMAN HALL VOTED IN FAVOR OF THAT. SO HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLETS, FOR YOU ARE THE RICH ALWAYS ALLUDED TO.
THE NEXT ITEM PASSED WAS THE MINIMUM WAGE BILL, WHICH INCREASES THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $7.25 A HOUR OVER TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS. WHAT WAS NOT MENTIONED HOWEVER WAS THAT THE ONLY EXECPTION TO THIS BILL WAS AMERIACAN SAMOA WHERE THE MINIMUM WAGE IS $3.15 AN HOUR. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER THERE IS STARKIST TUNA (IT EMPLOYS 75% OF THE PEOPLE, THE REST ARE EMPLOYED BY BUMBLE BEE)
STARKIST IS OWNED BY THE DELOMTE CORP. WHOSE MAIN OFFICE IS LOCATED IN SAN FRANCISCO WHOSE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE IS HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. (BUMBLE BEE'S HOME OFFICE IS ALSO LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA) CONGRESSMAN HALL VOTED FOR THIS ALSO. THE REASONS WHY A NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE WAS ENACTED HAS NOT EXISTED IN DECADES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A STATE BY STATE ISSUE AS THE COST OF LIVING IN EACH STATE VARRIES. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ONE SIZE FITS ALL ISSUE. THE MYTH OF THE PERSON TOILING AWAY AT MINIMUM WAGE TO FEED A FAMILY OF FOUR IS JUST THAT A MYTH. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE GOVERNMENT BENFITS (HOUSING ALLOWENCES, FOOD ASSITANCE AND MEDICAID,WHICH OUR TAXES ALREADY PAY FOR) THAT A MINIMUM WAGE WORKER WOULD BE ENTITLED TO SHOULD THEY APPLY. NO, MOST MINIMUM WAGE JOBS ARE ENTRY LEVEL JOB AND AS SUCH NOT DESIGNED TO NOR USED BY PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES AS THEIR SOLE SOURCE OF INCOME. TO FORCE BUSINESS TO PAY MORE THAN WHAT A PARTICULAR JOB IS WORTH IS INSANE. OH, SURE, WE CAN ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS, BUT LAST I LOOKED PEOPLE DO NOT START BUSINESS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OTHERS TO FEED THIER FAMILIES. THEY START BUSINESS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES, TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM OF SUCCESS. OUR CONSTITUION GUARENTEES US EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, NOT EQUAL OUTCOME. IT GUARENTEES THE PERSUTE OF HAPPINESS, IT IS UP TO US TO CATCH UP TO IT. THE BIGGEST COST OF BUSINESS IS LABOR, AND WHEN THAT COST IS ARBITRARILY RAISED THEN BUSINESS WILL CUT COST BY FIRING EMPLOYEESS AND/OR RAISING PRICES. EITHER WAY THE CONSUMER OR THE EMPLOYEE THAT IS FIRED DOES NOT BENEFIT.
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SITES TO LINK UP TO:
PLAN PUTNAM: planputnam@yahoogroups.com/
PLAN PUTNAM BLOG: http://planputnam.blogspot.com/
PEEKSKILL GUARDIAN: http://peekskillguardian.blogspot.com/
NORTH COUNTY NEWS: http://northcountynews.com/
THE JOURNAL NEWS: http://thejournalnews.com/
PEEKSKILL DEMOCRATS: http://www.peekskilldems.com/
BAZZO 01/13/07
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