Help us raise money for community recreation by joining us on Columbus Day -- please RSVP by September 28 ...
Hole sponsorships, player slots and reception/dinner tickets still available for ...
October 8 Columbus Day Harrison Apar Rock n Cops YAC PBA Golf Tournament sponsored by
Yorktown Athletic Club, Yorktown Police Benevolent Association, Club Fit, North County News, Yorktown Pennysaver, First Nighters of Yorktown, Doral Arrowwood, Genesis Jewelers, Doc James Cigars + Golf, and Yorktown Rotary.
Proceeds go to improve community recreational facilities and other local activities that benefit our families, especially children.
To sign up online for the
Golf and After-party (including Reception & Dinner & Open Bar) ... or
After-party only ... or
Hole Sponsor
Visit www.yacsports.org. You can do it all online! (Or reply to this email).
We also welcome donations for our gift bag or raffle prizes.
Even if you're not a golfer, join us for the after-party, including full reception and seated dinner at Putnam National Golf Club, Mahopac, New York (www.putnamnational.com). Includes open bar, silent auction of sports memorabilia, music, cigars courtesy of Doc James (outdoor patio overlooking course), and more.
As always, proceeds from this YAC PBA fundraiser benefit public recreation and education facilities through Harrison Apar YAC PBA Fund.
Harrison Apar Field of Dreams Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) incorporated in State of New York.
** $200 Golf Fee includes Golf, BBQ Lunch, Open Beverage Cart, & After-Party with Open Bar Beer + Wine, Reception + Full Course Dinner, and more. $100 for non-golfers $150 for hole sponsor signage
Thanks for your consideration. For more information: harrisonapar@optonline.net; (914) 275-6887.
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A MESSAGES FROM WESCHESTER CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY LEGISLATOR VOLPE:
MESSAGE ONE:
Domenic Volpe -Westchester County Legislative candidate is having a ' Meet and Greet" fundraiser at the Paradise Restaurant in Verplanck on Tuesday October 2, 2007- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Donations will be accepted but is not mandatory. The rest of the Democratic slate in Cortlandt has been invited and should be on hand, including Supervisor Linda Puglisi, Councilman Frank Farrell, Council candidate Dr. Rich Becker and Town Judge candidate Anthony Giordano.--
Domenic Volpe
MESSAGE TWO:
Good Morning on this crisp New York day.
The climate has shifted from the "dog days of summer " to warm, dry afternoons and clear and cold autumn nights. Concurrently the political scene is starting to heat up and voters will now begin to pay much more attention to upcoming elections. I am pleased to announce that the Building and Construction Trades Council of Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York ( Affiliated with the A.F.L.-C.I.O.) has been weighing in on which candidate they would endorse in this year's election for legislator in the Peekskill/Cortlandt/Yorktown area. In a letter dated September 12, 2007 --Ed Doyle, President of the combined unions stated" I am pleased to inform you that the Building and Construction Trades Council of West.-Putnam has endorsed your candidacy for Westchester County Legislator in 2007". The council represents the interests of over 35,000 Union construction workers of which a majority live in Westchester County. This is just another example of why my current campaign continues to build momentum and how working with people of this district, understanding problems and having the vision to motivate has produced a constant movement of people away from the 'status quo' legislator and join me. As a side note, the Working Family party of New York has also given me their endorsement as just another testimonial that I truly represent the middle class in this area.
Domenic Volpe
MY COMMENTS ON THIS: a communication between Domenic and I
BM:When did the WF party give you the nomination.....I thought they screwed up....either way congrats.
VOLPE: They gave me their endorsement from the beginning. The problem is because of their clerical error with the authorization letter not being done, I will not show up on the ballot. However their website shows that they still endorse me and for all intensive purposes, they will send out info to the party members stating such fact.
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A MESSAGE FROM PUTNAM COUNTY LEGISLATOR SAM OLIVERIO:
RE: Sam O.'s continued fight to lower the taxes for Putnam County
HI Andy,
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner but I was away for the weekend and we never resolved the budget mess at the Thursday night meeting. As it stands we have taken a little over a million dollars out of the budget, but we are still coming in at around 35% (instead of Bondi's 40%). The 35% equates to a monetary tax hit to our home-owners of about $180.00 on the average assessed property of $550,000. Not good enough so we are again meeting tomorrow night (Monday, 9/24) to try and lower the budget even more. This would be (if the meeting goes the 3 hours we're predicting) a total of 22 hours of deliberation strictly on the budget. Absolutely unheard of in the history of Putnam County Charter Government...but very necessary. This unacceptable budget is the result of keeping our previous budgets artificially low by spending down our surplus. Over the past 8 years we have depleted our surplus by over $13,000,000 to artificially keep taxes low. This would be a fine thing to do if the "piggy bank" surplus were a bottomless pit of money. It was and is not!!!!! Now that that make believe revenue source has dried up through false tax deductions, here we are trying to make up the missing $13,000,000 (i.e. a 40% tax hit). I will get back to you Andy after tomorrow night's meeting to give you the latest info on this scandalous budget and the problems that occur when individuals play politics with a monetary surplus.
Thanks, Andy!
Sam O.
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A MESSAGE FROM CANDIDATE FOR PUTNAM VALLEY SUPERVISOR BOB TENDY:
http://www.bobtendyforsupervisor.com/
Anthony:
above is my website address. I checked your website out and it looks very familiar! Good taste.
I went campaigning a lot this weekend and I met a man in Putnam Valley who creates the most amazing and unusual art work out of wood. He's created "sticks" for George Bush (first) and Margaret Thatcher. You have to see this stuff and his house. It's... well, you have to see it.
He's also a great photographer. Anyway, I'm going back to his house in a few days to ask permission to let people in our town know what he does--because no one knows it, and he apparently has very few visitors.
Talk to you soon.
BT
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A MESSAGE FROM YORKTOWN COUNCILMAN NICK BIANCO:
Andy
Can you list on your blog that reisents will be getting (I got mine on Saturday) a letter from NYS Tax office about the Middle Class Tax Rebate program. They have to be in by Nov. 30, 2007 and is based upon the 2005 NYS tax return. This rebate is based upon the school district and amount of income for that year.
I can only tell you that a Yorktown resident in Lakeland that has an income of less than $120,000 will receive $1,100. Income of $120,000 to 175, 000 938.00 and $175,000 to 250,000 $636.00. Over $250,000 the amount is O.
I am afraid that some residents would not know about it.
Thanks
Nick Bianco
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A MESSAGE FROM PEEKSKILL FIRST.NET:
RE: Fund raiser for Bill Schmidt Republican candidate for Mayor
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Host:
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Location:
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When:
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Phone:
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FYI: CONGRESS TO TAX INTERNET...A MESSAGE FROM FREEDOM WORKS:
From the Leader's Desk: Armey's Plan to Beat the Email Tax Again
While taxes may be one of life’s certainties, the internet has, so far, miraculously managed to escape the clutches of revenue-hungry government tax collectors. That may change if Congress doesn’t get its act together – and fast.
Back in 1998, when I was the House Majority Leader in Congress, we passed the Internet Tax Freedom Act, imposing a three-year moratorium on state and local taxes on internet access. The moratorium came just as some local governments began to extend their very high telecommunications taxes to internet access. State and local governments want to tax your cable modem or DSL bill, as well as internet services, and the internet backbone, but our bill stopped them cold. Our goal was simple: encourage the spread of the internet by preventing government from strangling it in its crib with high taxes.Since then Congress has passed multiple extensions of the internet tax moratorium, the latest of which expires this November. This time around, Congress should make the ban on internet taxes permanent. Two bills, S. 156 in the Senate and H.R. 743 in the House, would do just that, but movement thus far has been stagnant and the clock is ticking. [Take Action] State and local internet access taxes could add 20 percent to 25 percent to the average internet consumer’s bill – a tax hike of about $150 per year. That may not sound like much in Washington, D.C., but it could strand millions of low-income Americans on the wrong side of the digital divide. And higher internet charges could hinder small business from gaining access to the technology they need to compete with larger companies. Schools, libraries, and other educational and research institutions with limited budgets would also take a hit. Supporters of new internet taxes make the case that Congress’ “Hands Off the Internet” strategy has served its purpose. The internet is no longer an infant technology, they say. After all, internet use in the United States has soared from about 36 percent of the population at the end of 1998 to over 70 percent today. But in the warp-speed world of the internet, that’s yesterday’s news. America still lags far behind our economic competitors when it comes to wiring homes and businesses with high-speed internet access or broadband. Even though the internet was largely invented here (but not by Al Gore!), America still ranks 16th in the world in terms of broadband deployment, behind countries like South Korea and Japan. Widespread broadband deployment is the key to unleashing a new round of internet-driven gains in productivity and entrepreneurial activity. Respected economists estimate that 1.2 million new jobs would be generated by the broadband build-out, enough growth to generate more in taxes than states and localities hope to raise by taxing your internet access, e-mail, and other online services. So why not just extend the moratorium for another two years or so? Because making broadband available on a near-universal basis will require billions in private investment by technology companies willing to build next generation networks like fiber-to-the-home. And companies are hesitant to put that capital at risk as long as the tax man keeps lurking right around the corner, always threatening to milk consumers and potentially destroy a good portion of the mass market for broadband. Members of Congress have a choice to make. They can give the green light to state and local governments to saddle internet users with myriad new taxes and fees. Or they can lock the tax man away permanently and throw away the key. That should be a pretty easy call. Contact your U.S. Representative and Senators and let them know how you feel about taxes on your email. Thanks in advance for taking action!Take Action!
Sincerely,
Dick ArmeyChairman
MY COMMENTS ON THIS:
Dear Readers:
While your Fedaeral Officials are beating the drums of "Bush Sucks" they ARE trying to tax your internet by letting this moritorioum (a type of moritorium I endorse) elapse. Call, write or e-mail your favortie tax and spend Democrat, either Rep. Hall or Senator's Schumer and Clinton(if you can get her to do OUR work instead of campaigning) , and demand they do not tax our internet. Do not let them tax you by the back door while at the front door they carry the mantra "Bush Sucks".
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FYI: THIS WAS IN THE JOURNAL NEWS:
Court officials warn of jury-duty scam
By JONATHAN BANDLERTHE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: September 13, 2007)
WHITE PLAINS - Court officials are warning residents in the Lower Hudson Valley to be aware of an identity-theft scam in which callers pretending to be court employees seek personal information by telling people they have failed to appear for jury duty.
The FBI warned of such scams two years ago, and they continue in more than a dozen states across the country. In New York, the scam has recently centered on the Rochester and Buffalo areas. However, officials in the Ninth Judicial District, which covers Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Dutchess and Orange counties, said yesterday that they fear the callers are starting to target this area.
"There are waves of this. We had it a couple of years ago," said Tomme Berg, executive assistant to Administrative Judge Francis Nicolai.
Berg said court officials never call for personal information.
A Dutchess County woman reported last week that a man claiming to be a court employee called her cell phone and told her she had failed to appear for jury duty. She said she had not received a notice of jury duty. When the caller told her an arrest warrant would be issued if she did not provide certain personal information - her address, date of birth and last four numbers of her Social Security number - she did so. She grew concerned later and reported the call to the inspector general of the state Office of Court Administration.
Officials said law-abiding, civic-minded residents are most likely to be suckered by the scam because they are mortified that they might have missed a jury-duty notice in the mail.
The state Attorney General's Office and U.S. Marshals Service are investigating the latest scam calls. People who have received such calls should contact the court inspector general at 646-386-3500 or their local police department.
Reach Jonathan Bandler at 914-694-3520
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THIS WAS IN THE JOURNAL NEWS:
Spitzer to let illegal immigrants get driver's licenses
By LEAH RAETHE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: September 22, 2007)
New Yorkers will soon be able to get driver's licenses regardless of their immigration status, Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced yesterday in a follow-up to a campaign pledge.
Immigrants will be able to show foreign passports and other identification documents to qualify for licenses - and no longer be denied for lack of Social Security numbers. The policy will start phasing in by year's end.
The decision is a big turnaround at the Department of Motor Vehicles, which under Gov. George Pataki tightened the rules for foreign-born applicants. The DMV barred people from renewing their licenses without valid Social Security numbers, something illegal immigrants would not be able to present.
For at least six years, activists have debated whether to offer licenses to illegal immigrants, as eight states currently allow. Yesterday, both sides framed the argument as a matter of security.
"I think that people should really think about the dangers of having uninsured and unlicensed drivers on the road," said Graciela Heymann, an advocate for the new policy and executive director of the Westchester Hispanic Coalition. State officials said the new policy would reduce the risk posed by drivers who have no insurance and never passed a road test.
But the opponents - who raise the prospect of giving a driver's license to a potential foreign terrorist - said the matter is far from settled.
"I'm going to fight this tooth and nail," Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Carmel, said. "I think it's unconscionable that the governor of the state of New York would allow for the liberalization of driver's license requirements in the very same state that was devastated on 9/11. This is a matter of national security, homeland security, for New York. ...
"We're just making it easier for those who would wish to harm us to game our system."
State officials said the wider eligibility rules would be accompanied by stronger anti-fraud measures. New document scanners will check the validity of foreign passports and compare an applicant's photo with the ones already in the system. To ensure that illegal immigrants don't flood into New York for licenses, the governor would seek state legislation to make applicants prove that they live within the state. Most changes would be made administratively.
"This proposal is actually going to increase the security of the driver's license that is going to be issued in New York state," said Michael Balboni, the deputy secretary for public safety.
Under the plan, about 152,000 New Yorkers who haven't been able to renew their licenses under the Pataki-era rules would be allowed to do so in December. Then, in April, the new eligibility requirements would apply to all New Yorkers seeking driver's licenses. More than 300,000 people are expected to apply.
State officials did not specify the 14 additional types of documents that would be accepted toward the "six points of ID" application requirement.
Spitzer rejected criticism from those he said "want to live in a world of make-believe" and ignore the presence of an estimated 500,000 undocumented immigrants in New York. He said current policies only encourage people to get false documents.
"We want to live in the world of real, not in the world of rhetoric," he said. "We want to make the state a safer place to live in."
Peter Gadiel, president of 9/11 Families for a Secure America, issued a statement saying, "Terrorists here illegally used licenses to kill my son and thousands of others in the World Trade Center; if they do it again using New York licenses issued by this governor, the blood of the victims will be on Mr. Spitzer's hands."
The 9/11 Commission called for ensuring the reliability of government-issued documents, but stopped short of saying they should be withheld based on immigration status.
Margaret Stock, an associate professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, said there's an advantage to getting more immigrants into the license system, along with their photos and addresses. "This is actually a really useful law enforcement database," she said.
License records were used to investigate the Sept. 11 hijackers "to figure out where the terrorists had been, to arrest friends of theirs, to figure out what apartments they'd lived in," she said.
"People seem to think that not having a driver's license stops you from getting on an airplane, but today you can use a passport to get on an airplane," she said. "And anybody who's a foreigner can get a passport."
One complication in the governor's plans could be the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, which will require states to verify immigration status if driver's licenses are to be used for federal purposes.
Asked about that prospect yesterday, the governor said, "We will wait and see what REAL ID requires of us ... and at some point we will get an answer to that."
Reach Leah Rae at 914-694-3526 or lrae@lohud.com.
MY COMMENTS ON THIS:
Dear Readers:
As I am commited to do my column for the next issue (09/27/07) Of the North County News on Putnam Valley's politics after Davis, I will comment on this for the following issue(10/03/07) of the North County News.
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FYI: WHAT'S NEW FOR OCTOBER AT SUSAN'S ON N. DIVISION STREET:
Fri., Sep 28 Carmen Leggio Quartet
Sat., Sep 29 Richard Benetar Quartet
Fri., Oct 5 Susan's House Band
Sat., Oct 6 Reegal Beegal
Fri., Oct 12 Peggy Stern Trio Featuring Giulio Martino
Sat., Oct 13 UpSouth Twisters ( Formerly Known as Lucky 7)
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Fri., Oct 19 Susan's House Band
Sat., Oct 20 From Long Beach California ~ Vocalist Ellen Johnson with NYC's Center Search Quest with Christopher Dean Sullivan
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Sat., Oct 27 Bennet Harris Blues Band http://www.blogger.com/
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Tuesdays - Prime Rib Dinner $19.95 Classical Guitar with Tom Goslin
Wednesdays - Jazz Jam Hosted by Bob Meyer 8:30 PM *** Prix Fixe Dinner Available $25 With Wine $35***
Thursdays - Open Mic with Leah Quinn 8:00 PM Half Priced Bottles of Wine
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Late Night Menu until 12:00 Midnight Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
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Fall Wine Dinners Tue., Sep 25 Hungarian Theme with John Wood of Matt Brothers
Tue. Oct 23
Tue., Nov 27
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FYI: THE FORMER CHEF FROM LEONARDO'S IN MOHEGAN IS BACK:
Dear Readers:
Louie called and said he is back at the old Leonardos , now Cafe Pizzazz. He asked us to let you guys know. He is there Friday & Saturday nites. Hope to see you guys in the near future.
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THIS WEEKS "IN MY OPINION COLUMN" IN THE NCN:
Dear Readers:
This week I advocate for negative campaigns, yes, I really do. You can read my column on this topic exclusively in this weeks NORTH COUNTY NEWS on sale now. I am worth the seventy-five cents. Look for my column IN MY OPINION(page 10) in the editorial section. Better yet as this column is exclusive to the North County News on a regular basis and will be covering the local political scene, take out a subscription. Click on the North County News link below and go to Subscribe. Between this blog and The North County News you will have all the information to make a vote based on substance.
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FYI: ATOM TAXI INC. AIRPORT SERVICE:
Dear Readers:
This gives me a chance to plug my business ATOM TAXI INC. Instead of the headache of trying to find Airport parking, we do Airport Service to The Westchester County Airport(and ALL other airports) 24/7. Just call 1(914)879-6121 and my partner Tommy, will be glad to take you in our Airport Taxi. You will also be provided with a free copy of your local paper of record The North County News. If this is a business trip we also provide a professional receipt, just tell Tommy at the time of booking. The cost of a one-way trip to the Westchester County Airport is seventy dollars. To LaGuardia Airport the cost is Ninety-four dollars which includes all tolls. The cost to JFK and Newark Airports is one hundred-twenty-five dollars which also includes all tolls. We do not take credit cards, sorry.
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E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR COMMENTS:
Dear Readers:
It has come to my attention the difficulty in posting a comment on this blog. If you wish to comment, e-mail me at the link posted below, putting "Manifesto Reader" in the subject matter, and I will "cut and Paste" your comments myself. If you DO NOT wish your comments posted, but just wish to communicate with me, please make your wishes known in the e-mail.
LINKS: atom_taxi@yahoo.com(as this a yahoo address make sure you put an underscore (-) between atom and taxi)
For immediate reply: atomtaxi@aol.com
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SITES TO LINK TO:
ON THE OTHER HAND W/ FORMER PEEKSKILL COUNCILMAN SCHMIDT: http://peekskillperspectives.blogspot.com/
YORKTOWN COUNCILMAN NICK BIANCO: http://www.electbianco.com/
PLAN PUTNAM: planputnam@googlegroups.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/
PEEKSKILLREPUBLICANS:http://peekskillgop.com/
YORKTOWN CANDIDATE FOR SUPERVISOR DON PETERS: http://www.donpetersforyorktown.com/
YORTOWN CANDIDATE FOR SUPERVISOR ROSE MARIE PANIO: http://www.rosemariepanio.com/
PUTNAM VALLEY CANDIDATE FOR SUPERVISOR BOB TENDY:
http://www.bobtendyforsupervisor.com/
PEEKSKILL FIRST: http://www.peekskillfirst.net/
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CABLE SHOWS TO WATCH
ON POINT ON PEEKSKILL: Every Tuesday at 8PM channel 15 (Peekskill only)
Hosted by:DARREN RIGGER
DON PETERS AND YORKTOWN: Every Tuesday at 10PM channel 74
Hosted by: DON PETERS
YORKTOWN WATCHDOG: Every Friday at 9:30 PM on channel 74
Hosted By: ED CHIFFON
LEGISLATORS REPORT: Saturday and Sunday at various times on chanel 20
Hosted By: COUNCILMEN NICK BIANCO AND LOU CAMPISI
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EDITOR'S NOTE:All articles re-printed in this blog from the North County News are with the permission of Bruce Apar Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
BAZZO 09/22/07
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