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Harrison Apar Rock n Cops Golf Tournament + Dinner -
Oct 8, 2007by Eric Wenzel
posted 08/18/O7

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Putnam National Golf ClubHill Road, Mahopac (off 6N)1 PM Shotgun Start - $200 per player6 PM Reception and Dinner - $100 per person (non-golfers)(Reception and Dinner included in $200 player registration)Awards, Prizes + Silent Auction of sports memorabiliaclick here for the promotional flier with more details.click here to register online or become a sponsor for this charity event.
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A MESSAGE FROM CANDIDATE FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY LEGISLATOR
DISTRICT ONE DOMENIC VOLPE:

Greetings to the readers of the Bazzomanifesto:

Allow me to introduce myself. Domenic Volpe, resident of Cortlandt Manor and business owner in Peekskill and Cortlandt. I am married to MaryAnn (Shubert) a high school sweetheart of mine from my days at Peekskill High School and father to four children-Danielle, Nicholas, Alyssa and Michael. I decided to run for County Legislator in 2005 and proceeded to run what I thought was a very vigorous campaign. Even though my opponent was a 10 year incumbent at the end of the day it was the closest race in Westchester County (17 Legislative races in all) with a 54-46% disadvantage on election night. A breakdown of the race shows that my opponent had 3 lines and I had one. Now in 2007, after 2 years of hard work, not only have I secured the Democratic line but the Independence party has decided to back me instead of a 12 year incumbent for this year's race. I applaud the wisdom and guts the Independence party has because as a challenger it is tantamount that there is a level playing field for any challenger to not only put up the "good fight" but to have a reasonable shot on election night to pull out a victory. I once again plan to run a good and clean campaign and will talk more next week about the significance of the Independence party's support and what it means to you as a voter.

Thanking you--
Domenic Volpe
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A MESSAGE FROM PEEKSKILL MAYOR TESTA

Andy,

I am sending this personally to your readers.

J.T.


PEEKSKILL'S FINANCES ARE THE STRONGEST IN THIRTY YEARS

GOP's Plan for Smart Growth Redevelopment is Reaping DividendsMayor Testa Proposes Creation of Fund Balance Policy to ProtectCity's Fiscal Health and Lower the Cost of Long-term Borrowing

"The City of Peekskill's finances are stronger than they have been in more than thirty years," Comptroller Marcus Serrano commented, after reviewing the results of the annual audit of City finances. Once again, the City spent no more than was budgeted and took in more in revenue than was spent. The City is current on all its liabilities, and created reserves for known future expenses. City officials meet with Moody's rating agency on September 17th to discuss the City's credit rating. "With fund balances at their healthiest levels in decades," Serrano noted, "the City is well placed to reduce the cost of long-term borrowing, which will save taxpayers money for many years to come.” Nick DiSantis from the city’s independent auditing firm, O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, proclaimed in the recent audit presentation that “the City of Peekskill is in excellent financial condition.” “The conservative budgeting approach by the city has really paid off,” DiSantis added. "This proves our model for smart growth redevelopment is working," Mayor John Testa applauded the City's strong financial position. "Projects the Council majority has advanced have generated more than $2.4 million in additional annual revenue. This has enabled us to deliver back-to-back budgets with no tax increases. If the Common Council Democrats had had their way and stifled economic progress, residents would have seen double digit tax increases to support the same level of services." Instead, with the benefits of GOP-led smart growth redevelopment, the City has a police force which is at its highest deployment in history, with three new officers added last year, as well as an overall increase in the quality of City services, all with no tax increase. "This also underscores the importance of finishing our plans for Downtown Revitalization, Waterfront Redevelopment, and the extreme makeover of Louisa Street, complete with a Target store," Deputy Mayor Cathy Pisani added. "These projects, if completed, will add an unprecedented $11 million in additional tax revenue, and promise fiscal stability for years to come." "Now that our City's finances are the strongest they have been in decades," Mayor Testa continued, "I'd like us to take measures to protect and ensure the City's fiscal health for years to come. Accordingly, I am proposing a new Fund Balance Policy for the City. The gist of the policy is that the City will set aside a portion of the unreserved fund balance and designate it for emergency purposes only. This money can only be spent with the approval of 6 members of the Council. This will protect taxpayers from politically-expedient measures, solidify our financial position, and help us earn a higher credit rating for the City." "The reason for the policy couldn't be clearer," stated Mayoral Candidate Bill Schmidt, who has participated in eight City budget negotiations. "Last year was the first time Councilwoman Mary Foster participated in City budget discussions. In the course of negotiations, and this was reported in the Journal News, Foster recommended the City drain its unreserved fund balances to $1 million. This was rash and irresponsible. I applaud the Mayor's proposal, and urge the Common Council to adopt it."
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MESSAGES FROM PEEKSKILL CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR BILL SCHMIDT:

Andy,

I am personally sending this to your readers. This is the text of my acceptance speech for the Peekskill Republican nomination for Mayor.

WKS

Schmidt Mayoral Pledge: Protect Peekskill Homeowners and Taxpayers

It's an honor and a privilege for me to accept the nomination of our party for Mayor of Peekskill in 2007. I am motivated and energized to see that our city grows and prospers for the benefit of every citizen of Peekskill.
Never before in an election have the choices been so clear as to what future direction our city should take on key issues of growth, taxes, safety, and quality of life. Do we, for example, encourage responsible development of our downtown and waterfront that will in turn expand our tax base and bring new middle-class families to our city, revitalizing our commercial businesses, or will we delay and dither and let Westchester County decide our future for us? Leaving it to the county will only mean building more subsidized housing and sending others' social problems here.

Our position is clear: we favor market-rate developments that pay us full taxes and create new quality jobs. Our opponents only want to depend on handouts with strings attached from the county. We will never agree to that approach, and we will always insist that Westchester County require every community--including its wealthy ones--to shoulder their fare share of the county's social services burden, including the homeless.

Being for development, though, must never mean giving developers a blank check. We expect everyone doing business in the City of Peekskill and with the City of Peekskill to obey our rules and respect our codes. Because those that don't--like the builder of The Cove--will have to take down what they illegally built and will be fined for doing so, No IFs, ANDs or BUTs.
And, most importantly, when we do redevelop Peekskill, we will do so by respecting individual rights and without using eminent domain to forcibly take private property.
We will also do everything we can to hold taxes down so that the people who live here can afford to stay here, including our many people who live on fixed incomes, and everyone else who struggles to make a living.

Bringing in new quality developments, such as Target, that expand our tax base and create jobs is one way to do that. So is prudent management of our city budget by spending only what we absolutely need to and eliminating whatever we don't. We will aggressively review all city budget items to root out unnecessary and wasteful expenditures.

We need to also get rid of nuisance taxes that drive away businesses and shoppers and we need to do everything we possibly can to entice people to shop, dine, and do business in Peekskill. One way to jump-start downtown business is to stop charging people extra to spend money here! That's why we should have free, two-hour parking on all streets in downtown Peekskill and why we should eliminate the metered on-parking that's there now. Under Mayor Bill Schmidt, we will do just that.

Additionally, nothing is more important to preserving our quality of life and enhancing our middle-class tax base than continued enforcement of all city codes regarding health, safety, and building integrity. Over the past several years, the city has enacted many laws--such as the certificate of occupancy inspection and the building nuisance law--to address such serious violations. These laws are all designed to prevent single-family homes and other small homes from being ruined and converted into commercial rooming houses, vice dens, and being used as homes for other dangerous and illegal activities, all of which endanger and corrode surrounding properties and neighborhoods.
We will see to it that the maximum resources available to the city will be used to identify and eradicate these conditions and severely fine those people responsible for them. We should further protect our old neighborhoods, like Peekskill's historic west side, Fort Hill, and others, by expanding their eligibility for historic district status. We must also continue to see to it that big industrial operations like recyclers and commercial laundries act as good neighbors by strictly obeying the limitations of their special permits, and we must be prepared to enforce, suspend, and stop them if they don't.

Finally, good government is open government, and there is no reason we can't make city business more accessible to everyone. We should therefore expand our televised coverage to include city council work sessions and zoning and planning meetings, and we should make it easier for citizens to obtain government records without having to resort to using FOIL requests.

Now is also the time to suspend city council speaking rules and return to experiment with a return to civility at citizen forums. The fewer restrictions on speaking the better.
Peekskill will succeed when we work together to accomplish these important goals, and with the support and help of our many dedicated and civic-minded residents, we will succeed.
Our team of Bill Schmidt for Mayor and Milagros Martinez, Mel Bolden, and Selma Dias-Stewart for city council are all pledged to work together to get these important tasks accomplished and make Peekskill the jewel of the Hudson that we know it can be. We will be very grateful for your support to make this agenda a reality.

Thank you very much.

THE SECOND MESSAGE:

Andy,I am personally sending this to your readers.

WKS

Schmidt to County: Time to Relocate Homeless Shelter Out of Peekskill

Peekskill mayoral candidate Bill Schmidt is calling on Westchester County to find a new home for the county funded Jan Peek Homeless Shelter presently located in Peekskill. "They already have to seek a new site, because their current location contains environmentally unsound conditions that need remediation. Now is the time to take advantage of this opportunity and find a location outside of the City of Peekskill" he said. "Its time other Westchester communities start doing their fair share".Schmidt said that "no one disputes the need for the shelter to exist and find an appropriate new home. However, that shelter serves all of the residents of Westchester County who depend upon its services and therefore they shouldn't confine or limit their search to just Peekskill. In fact, as a matter of equity the facility should be placed in one of the more affluent communities of the county. They really need to step up to the plate and start accepting the social service burdens that Westchester all too often wants to concentrate in Peekskill, Ossining and the county's other more urban areas" he added.The homeless shelter is currently being considered for relocation at another Peekskill site just off of Highland Ave near the residential neighborhods of Dunbar Heights and Highland Park. Schmidt, a Republican who served on the city council from 1997-2005 said that "placing a homeless facilty in a residential area populated with a lot of children is one of the least desirable locations that I can think of. Furthermore the area in question is also slated for redevelopment with construction of an office park, and in a compact low wealth city like Peekskill we need that land to be developed into a quality tax ratable like what the office park will bring. Our opponents in this election regretably disagree and support putting the homeless shelter at this very inappropiate location". According to Schmidt, "another concern residents have expressed is that with the pending closing of another shelter in White Plains, the county might create a 'super homeless shelter' at the proposed Peekskill site, which would be a real detriment and setback for that area and I'm adamantly opposed to it". He went on to say that "even if the shelter is relocated outside of Peekskill we will still have an array of social service agencies as well as a large inventory of subsidized and affordable housing units that many other Westchester communities continually refuse to provide for. Logic requires that the county re-examine these policies so that all areas of Westchester are contributing to the solution. Finding a location for the homeless shelter in one of those wealthier unburdened communities would be a good place to start".

MY COMMENTS ON THIS:
Dear Readers:

With reservations I agree with this statement. I do not think putting the shelter at 3 Corporate Drive is a well thought out idea. Between being situated next to Dunbar Heights, the Highlands Homes and a New hotel next to the Cortlant Colonial Restaurant not to mention the entrance to 9 Corporate Drive does not make sense. Also it is too far from the train and bus stops, inexpensive means of transportation. Personally I always thought the best Peekskill location would be The Cove Development. It is a block from the train and bus stop and walking distance from the Welcher A%P Shopping Center where you also have convenient eating establishments and a pharmacy.How ever if the County decides it wants to stick it's nose in Peekskill's business, then the campus at the Montrose V.A. would be an ideal location. Again it is next to the trains and bus stops. It has very good security patrols to protect the residents who will need the shelter's safety and security as they are the most vulnerable to the parasites among us who prey on the weak. Also our tax dollars are already paying for this campus. This is a serious issue that must be discussed during the election. Where your candidates stand on this issue is of importance. Bill's stance is unambiguous. It is time for Mary to do the same. Being that the County may try to meddle, where George Oros and Domenic Volpe stand is also of importance. There can be no muddied waters on this issue. It is up to you the voter to make sure this does not happen.
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A MESSAGE FROM PUTNAM COUNTY LEGISLATOR SAM OLIVERIO:

Good Morning Andy,

Here's what happened at the Special Legislative Meeting held last night (8/27) at the Putnam County Executive Building.

Chairman of the Legislator Dan Birmingham introduced a resolution to restore the funding for our Advanced Life Support (ALS) services which had been cut at our August 7th Full Legislative Meeting. I moved the motion with a second from Mary Ellen O'Dell for discussion. After prolonged discussion the bottom line was that all of the Legislators realized that the cost of the ALS service, though expensive, was never-the-less worth it because of the inherent life saving aspects of the program. Many Legislators, including myself, were concerned by the behavior of Empire Services (the ALS service provider) over the huge raise in the cost of the service mid-stream in our contract. We will provide continued support of ALS until January 1st, 2008 at which time we will have secured -through a request for proposal (RFP)- a new contractual arrangement. Andy, the only true reason government exists is to protect the health and welfare of its citizenry. It is expensive but always, if life is preserved, it is worth every cent spent. Such it is with this ALS service provided by Putnam County.

Thanks, Andy.

Sam O.
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THIS WAS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES:

How Eminent Should Domain Be?
By JOSEPH BERGER
Published: September 2, 2007
YORKTOWN

NICHOLAS J. BIANCO has a strong sense of place, having sampled many local landscapes and ending up comfortably in a town where he can often breathe country air. The son of Italian immigrants, he grew up in the 1950s in the jostling streets of the Bronx, and, after marrying, warily walked a cop’s beat in his next home, Yonkers.
For the past 35 years, he has watched Yorktown peel off its lingering pretensions of butter churns and blacksmiths and slip on the trappings of a standard-
How Eminent Should Domain Be? issue suburb — shopping centers and subdivisions included.
The United States Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that a government could use eminent domain to seize private property for economic development, including commercial uses like malls. (Some of the property for the new headquarters of The New York Times was acquired through eminent domain.) Mr. Bianco felt the ruling was wrong, even un-American, violating the near-sanctity of a place of one’s own. So did fellow townsfolk who asked him, as a member of the Town Council: “Will you ever do that?”
“Not on my watch,” he promised.
Last January, he went further and engineered passage of a law barring the town from condemning private property for commercial purposes, while allowing it for traditional public uses, like the building of roads, sewers and schools. A vague declaration that a neighborhood is blighted or dangling a promise of jobs and taxes could not be used to expropriate a home or shop for a developer’s benefit.
“It’s not the government’s right to say that you’ve got to move, you, a person who lived here and paid taxes here,” Mr. Bianco, 63, said in a Panera Bread store. “My belief is the individual is just as important as the mass. That’s our Constitution. Every citizen is important.”
He compares limits on property expropriation to the limits he faced as a police officer (he rose to detective sergeant, and now works as an investigator for Westchester’s Legal Aid Society.) “You can’t just go up and search somebody,” he said. “We protect the individual’s rights.”
“Let’s face it,” he went on. “It’s usually done to the lower socioeconomic parts of the population — the people who can’t fight it, don’t have the means. It’s not happening on one-acre homes in Scarsdale. And that’s distasteful. You’re picking off the weak.”
No other Westchester municipality has followed Yorktown’s example, according to Valerie O’Keeffe, president of the Westchester Municipal Officials Association, even though there remains tension in Port Chester years after a developer, armed with the village’s power of condemnation, cleared away 400 businesses along Main Street for a waterfront mall containing a Costco and Loew’s multiplex.
New Rochelle’s mayor, Noam Bramson, says that eminent domain should be used for development, though “judiciously and only when the broad public interest demands it.” Forswearing it entirely, he said, would make it difficult to assemble land to revitalize downtowns, forcing cities and towns to build on their outskirts. The new law in Yorktown, which used eminent domain more than three decades ago to spruce up Commerce Street with new businesses, passed without much of the fury that has sometimes characterized the nationwide debate. Linda Cooper, the town supervisor, said that while she supported the law to calm anxieties, she thinks it is superfluous. The town’s business district, she said, has been thoroughly developed, with residential and commercial zones marked and no room for growth. Besides, she said, the Town Board could revoke the law in the future.
But for many of Yorktown’s 37,000 residents, the idea that their part-time representatives — people who roll out their garbage on pickup days just like they do — could take away a fellow citizen’s home chafed. “We have a small-town mentality,” Tony Romano, an architect who has lived here since 1969, said as he ran into Mr. Bianco outside Panera’s. “We don’t want the government giving the store away.”
Mr. Bianco took a visitor to Front Street, where among a UPS. warehouse, a school bus lot, a car wash and other industrial-grade properties, Bruno Cusentino’s modest ranch house stood out as if it had been attired for the wrong party. He fears that the house and its land could be candidates for condemnation.
Mr. Cusentino’s son, Bruno Jr., a barber, said the family would be willing to listen if some company wanted to negotiate a fair price. But having the government take it on behalf of a business seemed unfair to him. “It’s common sense,” he told Mr. Bianco

MY COMMENTS ON THIS:
Dear Readers:

You will notice in the above that NONE of the surrounding towns nor Westchester nor the state has copied this. As honorable those in government might be in not using eminent domain to increase tax base, they are not wiser than our founding fathers who believed in a VERY limited use of the power. I believe as our founders that NO governing body should be entrusted with such a broad use as now defined by the Supreme Court. If for no other reason Yorktown Councilman Bianco should be re-elected, it is by being ahead of the curve both locally and State wide he has shown that he does put people over government. Would the surrounding town and city officials not to mention County and State be so enlightened as to remember Government serves the people not the other way around, at least that's the way our founders saw it.
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THIS WAS IN THE NORTH COUNTY NEWS:

Despite its name, candidates are primarily Dems and Republicans
Inside the Independence Party
By Adriane Tillman


Getting the Independence party line could make or break an election for some Republicans and Democrats in northern Westchester. It happened in the 2005 race for Yorktown Town Supervisor when incumbent Linda Cooper beat rival Don Peters by 134 votes, in part on the strength of her having the Independence Line. On major party lines, Peters carried 283 more Democratic votes than Cooper’s Republican tally. In the same election, Westchester County Legislator George Oros could have lost his seat, to Democratic candidate Domenic Volpe, if it wasn’t for the 1,263 votes Oros carried on the Independence and Conservative lines. On the major party lines, Volpe eclipsed Oros by 242 votes.
Volpe wins line this timeVolpe is challenging Oros again for his District 1 seat, which covers Peekskill, Cortlandt, Yorktown and Buchanan, but, this time, the Independence Party is backing Volpe. Volpe doesn’t doubt the political clout of the Independence party. “Can they sway elections their way? Yes.” Volpe said. “But it always comes down to the candidate and how effective they are… If they don’t have a good candidate and they have 15 lines, they won’t win.”This year, the Republican Party was scrambling to get on the Independence line in Yorktown. Democratic candidate for Yorktown Supervisor Don Peters said former New York Governor George Pataki called the Independence Party secretary to persuade her to nominate a Republican candidate.Party secretary Dhyalma Vazquez said she “gets that all the time,” and has also had calls in support of Democratic incumbent Michael Kaplowitz, a county legislator whom the party is endorsing. “We don’t budge,” Vazquez said. “This party is not for sale.” Case-by-case nominations Independence Party Chair Giulio Cavallo said the executive committee votes for candidates on a case-by-case basis, and is not partial to any party affiliation. Cavallo appoints the executive committee members. According to the New York Independence Party website (http://ipny.org), the party wants to oust unresponsive incumbents who have “converted the state and federal budgets into a gigantic payoff system for the interests and organizations that contribute to their campaigns.” In Westchester, most candidates who end up on the Independence line are either Democrats or Republicans, however. Cavallo believes that the Independence Party has evenly endorsed Republican and Democratic candidates this year.The Independence Party also looks favorably upon government officials who consult the party when making decisions.“Lots of legislators do call me when voting on something that will impact Westchester residents,” Cavallo said. “Sometimes I do remember if this guy didn’t call the last six times he’s been elected.“Our vision is to see the [Independence] party grow so we can put our own candidates in office,” Cavallo said. He doesn’t envision that happening any time soon, though, with his mere 16,012 registered members in the county, compared to roughly 218,000 Democrats and 137,000 Republicans.

'‘We want competence’ In local politics, the Independence Party has supported the entire Republican slate for Peekskill Common Council, but has endorsed Democratic candidate Domenic Volpe over Republican incumbent George Oros for county legislator in District 1. Also, the Independence Party only has eyes for Board of Legislators Democratic incumbent Michael Kaplowitz to represent District 4, which includes Yorktown, Somers and New Castle.“This year we supported a lot of Democrats as legislators,” Cavallo said. “We want competence; that’s basically it.”Peekskill Democratic Chairman Darren Rigger believes the Independence support for Volpe reflects the county-wide shift away from the Republican Party. “The Democratic party is on the rise,” said the party loyalist. “They have fresh new candidates and better ideas and people are attracted to that.”In Yorktown, the Independence Party endorsed Democrat Don Peters for Supervisor, and Conservative incumbent Nick Bianco for Town Board. Democratic Councilman Jim Martorano failed to get the nomination this year after receiving it a couple of times in the past during his four terms on the town board.Politicians need the Independence line if they want to be successful in Westchester, according to Martorano. “Most elected officials covet the Independence line,” he said. Ideology not a factorWhile the Independence Party espouses a platform of term limits and public funding of campaigns, the Westchester executive committee does not choose its candidates based on an ideology. “We support individuals based on their qualifications,” Vazquez said. “We are looking for candidates who we know will be proactive and effective leaders.”Cavallo said the committee wants leaders who are civic-minded and involved in their communities.But the party does watch out for “professional politicians” that lose their thrust and become “perennial candidates,” in the words of Cavallo. Martorano said the policy has changed over the years, as candidates once had to adhere more to an Independence Party philosophy. Now, “when they interview you, it depends on whether they feel comfortable having you carry their banner,” Martorano said.Oros believes he showed an Independence mindset in his bipartisan work in the county, and was surprised he didn’t receive the nomination. “I know they do have a platform,” he said. “That’s why I was surprised I didn’t get the line because I exercise a lot of independence and show a bipartisan record.” People vote on the Independence line largely because they want to step away from the two-party system, or they want to vote for, say, a Republican candidate but don’t want to pull the Republican lever.In this county, Independence voters are most often not independent from the two-party system, since most of the candidates nominated are Republican or Democrat.The “Independence” name confuses some people, who think they’re showing independence from a party, said Terrence Murphy, who is running against County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz in District 4.“They’re thinking they’re independent of a party,” he said. “They don’t realize they belong to a party.”On the flip side, the Independence Party has ironically brought Republicans and Democrats together, as candidates from both parties mingle at Independence Party functions, according to Martorano.The Yorktown councilman views it as a healthy development. “It’s blurred ideological differences between Republicans and Democrats,” Martorano said. “The Independence Party endorses Republicans or Democrats – whoever it feels is the best and most effective person for the job. They have to leave ideology and look at practical government and how for it to be as most effective as it can be.” One goal of the New York Independence Party, which hit the ballot in 1994, is to get more “citizen-legislators” elected. According to the party’s state website, it would like to see all legislative offices, other than the House and U.S. Senate, become part-time positions to encourage citizens to run. Other goals of the state’s party are: - State budgets should come out every two years, reducing the legislative year to two months and cutting salaries by 50 percent- Late budgets should penalize legislators and the governor $1,000 every day the budget is late- Local funding: 80 percent of primaries should be funded by the area where the candidate lives- Terms for congressional and state legislators should be extended to four years, instead of two, to reduce the need for constant fundraisingBut the Westchester party doesn’t actively lobby for such a platform, and doesn’t expect its candidates to agree.“Our platform is good government and fiscal responsibility,” Vazquez concluded.

MY COMMENTS ON THIS:

Dear Readers:

N.Y.S. is one of only a handful of states that allows cross-endorsements. In this way the votes on ALL the lines are added TOGETHER and the winner decided. This gives these third party endorsements more clout than they deserve. Do not expect any sitting State Legislator who's main job is re-election to change this anytime soon. Good government comes in a distant second. However you must keep in mind in reading the above, the ONLY thing that matters to the Independence Party is siding with who they perceive will win, hence enhancing their clout. Do not confuse this with Independent Party, they ARE NOT the same. It IS meant to confuse the voters. This emphasizes the point the in local elections, you the voter MUST pay attention the what the candidates say. DO NOT be mislead by cross-endorsements, they are meaningless except only to the cross-endorser's quest for clout. The reality is though, having these extra lines will make a difference in who is elected.
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FYI: WHY THERE IS NO MONEY FOR INFRASTUCTURE UPGRADES AND WHY WE DO NOT NEED A TAX INCREASE TO DO SO.

THIS WAS IN THE JOURNAL NEWS:

List of projects obtained by local House members
By BRIAN TUMULTYWASHINGTON BUREAU
(Original publication: August 26, 2007)

WASHINGTON - Under new rules enacted by the House of Representatives this year, 2008 federal spending bills include the names of lawmakers who have inserted special project funding requests, commonly referred to as "earmarks."
Taxpayers for Common Sense, an independent budget watchdog group, recently compiled a database of these earmarks in spending bills passed by the House.
The bills still must be approved by the Senate and signed by the president before the money becomes available.
Here's a look at the special projects secured by lawmakers from the Lower Hudson Valley listed by the spending bill they were inserted into:
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison
(45 earmarks totaling $28.69 million)
Agriculture (4)
- $247,500 for Hudson River shoreline rehabilitation in Tarrytown to protect a public park and surrounding municipal area along the shoreline.
- $198,000 for Pace University Land Use Law Center from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- $198,000 for Long Island Sound watershed from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- $215,000 for Cornell University's Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology in Ithaca to research the environmental risk factors in cancer from the cooperative state research, education and extension service.
Commerce, Justice (10)
- $50,000 for the Greenburgh drug court program under a Byrne Grant under the Department of Justice.
- $50,000 for the Pace University Women's Justice Center in White Plains under a Byrne Grant under the Department of Justice.
- $50,000 for Phoenix House Families Facing Addiction program in New York City under a Byrne Grant under the Department of Justice.
- $50,000 for the Yonkers Outstanding Warrants program under a Byrne Grant under the Department of Justice.
- $50,000 for Eastchester Law Enforcement Emergency Management Command Center Equipment under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
- $50,000 for Haverstraw Police Department equipment under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
- $50,000 for New Rochelle Police Department Communications System under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
- $50,000 for Rockland County Police Information Network under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
- $1 million for Westchester and Rockland counties law enforcement communications equipment under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
- $800,000 for Westchester and Rockland counties law enforcement technology equipment under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
Defense (4)
- $1 million with Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., for the American Museum of Natural History's Institute of Comparative Genetics for advanced research related to sequencing threat agents and developing strategies to study pathogenicity.
- $10 million for Davids Island-Fort Slocum remediation from defensewide Office of Economic Adjustment.
- $2 million for Smart Visor research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) for Navy aviation survivability.
- $2 million for transformational satellite communications (TSAT) upgrade to Navy Multi-Band Terminal under research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) of the Navy.
- $4 million with Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., for The Women's Cancer Genomics Center at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island to develop a DNA biopsy for breast cancer that will allow physicians to make more accurate prognoses for their patients. Funding under research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) of the Army's medical technology budget.
Energy and Water (3)
- $300,000 for Saw Mill River watershed from the Army Corps of Engineers for investigations.
- $250,000 for South County Nature Preserve in Irvington under the Department of Energy science budget.
- $750,000 with Reps. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., and Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., for the Bronx River Basin from the Army Corps of Engineers for investigations.
Financial Services (1)
- $231,000 for the Greystone Foundation workforce development initiative in Yonkers.
Interior and Environment (4)
- $100,000 for restoration of the 1883 lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow from National Park Service historic preservation.
- $200,000, city of Rye for sewer pump station repairs from the Environmental Protection Agency state and tribal assistance grants.
- $200,000, village of Mamaroneck for sewer system upgrades under the Environmental Protection Agency state and tribal assistance grants.
- $300,000, village of Briarcliff Manor for sewer upgrades under the Environmental Protection Agency state and tribal assistance grants.
Labor, Health and Human Services (10)
- $225,000 for Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville.
- $225,000 for White Plains Hospital Center.
- $225,000 for the New Rochelle City School District for after-school learning centers.
- $225,000 for the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville for education programs.
- $225,000 for Ossining Union Free School District for after-school literacy or school reform initiatives.
- $225,000 for the Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District for academic enrichment, professional development, family engagement or other activities.
- $225,000 for the Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns in Sleepy Hollow for family literacy and professional development.
- $250,000 for Yonkers Public Schools after-school and summer academic enrichment, literacy and professional development services.
- $200,000 for Purchase College, SUNY, for science and math education programs, including teacher preparation.
- $225,000 for Historic Hudson Valley in Tarrytown for education programs at Phillipsburg Manor.
Transportation and HUD (8)
- $175,000 for downtown parking improvements in Ossining from the Department of Transportation.
- $500,000 for an intermodal transit center in Port Chester from the Department of Transportation.
- $175,000 for Main Street Streetscape in Haverstraw.
- $250,000 for parking expansion in Dobbs Ferry.
- $150,000 for safety and traffic improvements in Ardsley from the Department of Transportation.
- $300,000 for streetscape improvements in Eastchester from the Department of Transportation.
- $300,000 for town of Clarkstown for Main Street revitalization and streetscape improvements from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- $200,000 for Mamaroneck Public Library renovation, construction and build-out from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's community development fund.
Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains
(21 earmarks totaling $16.54 million)
Commerce, Justice (4)
- $280,000 for Kiryas Joel Security Equipment and Emergency Services Technology in Lewinston under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
- $150,000 for Phoenix House in Yorktown under juvenile programs.
- $70,000 for Stony Point school resource officer under juvenile programs.
- $250,000 with Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, for Rockland County Youth Bureau Gang Prevention under juvenile programs.
Defense (7)
- $1 million for FLIR Radar System for the UHGO Blackhawk Helicopter for the New York Air National Guard under Army UH-60 MODS.
- $3 million for power-efficient microdisplay development for U.S. Army night vision under research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) of Army under night vision technology.
- $1.968 million with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., for establishment of a second civil support team for weapons of mass destruction in New York state for the Army National Guard.
- $1.239 million with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., for establishment of a second civil support team for weapons of mass destruction in New York state for the Army National Guard.
- $247,000 with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., for establishment of a second civil support team for weapons of mass destruction in New York state for the Air National Guard.
- $359,000 with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., for establishment of a second civil support team for weapons of mass destruction in New York state for the Air Force National Guard.
- $4.5 million with Rep. David Reichert, R-Wash., for eMagin Corp. in Hopewell Junction to design and construct prototypes of an ultra-high resolution display for Army medicine under research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) for Army medical advanced technology.
Energy and Water (1)
- $100,000 to ensure that affordable housing being constructed in Mount Kisco for first responders is environmentally efficient or "green" under the Department of Energy program for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Interior and Environment (1)
- $400,000 for the town of Goshen for the Hambletonian Park water main replacement under the Environmental Protection Agency's state and tribal assistance grants.
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (5)
- $100,000 for Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco for facilities and equipment.
- $200,000 for Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel for facilities and equipment.
- $100,000 for St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick for facilities and equipment.
- $375,000 for Stony Point Ambulance Corps in Stony Point for facilities and equipment.
- $50,000 for Historic Hudson Valley in Tarrytown for education programs.
Transportation and HUD (3)
- $1.75 million for reconstruction of Route 6 in Cortlandt under the Department of Transportation federal aid for highways.
- $200,000 for South Salem Library Association for construction of a new library from the Department of Housing and Urban Development community development fund.
- $200,000 for land acquisition as part of a redevelopment plan in Wappingers Falls under the Department of Housing and Urban Development community development fund.
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx
(15 earmarks totaling $7.73 million)
Commerce, Justice (4)
- $100,000 for Westchester Jewish Community Services under juvenile justice.
- $100,000 for the Community Outreach Center in Monsey under juvenile justice.
- $300,000 for Bronx Cluster Delinquency Prevention under juvenile justice.
- $250,000 with Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains, for the Rockland County Youth Bureau Gang Prevention in New Square under juvenile justice programs.
Defense (2)
- $1 million for Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx for its Clinical Looking Glass project for military health improvement under the medical surveillance initiative in the Army's medical advanced technology budget.
- $4 million with Reps. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., for Verdant Power of New York City for development of a kinetic hydropower system turbine under research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) of Navy facilities improvement.
Energy and water (2)
- $250,000 of a $500,000 earmark for the Ramapo and Mahwah rivers from Army Corps of Engineers for construction costs. The other half of the $500,000 would be spent in New Jersey.
- $500,000 for Rockland Community College Science Laboratory under Department of Energy budget for science programs.
Financial Services (1)
- $231,000 for the Rockland Small Business Development Center, small business employment assistance in Spring Valley.
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (3)
- $125,000 for Hatzoloh EMS Inc. in Monsey for the purchase of ambulances.
- $75,000 for Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx for health information systems.
- $200,000 for Mount Vernon Hospital for facilities and equipment.
Transportation and HUD (3)
-$200,000 Bronx Zoo intermodal transportation facility from Department of Transportation.
- $250,000 Mount Vernon railroad cut from the Department of Transportation.
- $150,000 College of Mount St. Vincent for renovation of nursing laboratories from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's community development fund
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FYI: ON JOHN HALL

THESE WERE IN THE JOURNAL NEWS:

National GOP targets Hall for defeat in 2008
By SUSAN ELANTHE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: September 2, 2007)

About a quarter of the way through his two-year term, Rep. John Hall, a Democratic freshman from Dover Plains, has solidified backing from voters who helped him defeat six-term Republican Sue Kelly of Katonah in 2006. But locally and nationally, the GOP is mobilizing early to try to take back the seat Hall won with 51 percent of the vote.
Two Westchester County Republicans have declared their intention to oppose Hall in 2008. The National Republican Congressional Committee has officially targeted Hall as one of the top Democrats in the Northeast to defeat. And District 19 voters report receiving automated calls attacking Hall's voting record 15 months before the election.
Hall said from Washington that he wasn't sure whether it was his narrow margin of victory or his stance on the issues that put him on Republican strategist Karl Rove's list of the top 20 House Democrats to unseat in 2008. But he said he wouldn't let the GOP's actions distract him.
"I have a job to do and I'm working very hard at doing it," he said.
In recent weeks, the Democratic-led Congress has begun to make headway with passage of a minimum-wage bill, progress on enacting ethics legislation and House support of an act that would provide health care to 11 million low-income children nationwide, Hall said. Voters who express frustration with Congress aren't making a distinction between the House and the Senate, he said.
"I'm impatient with the pace of change too," Hall said. "But there is a difference between the amount of legislation the House passed and the Senate passed. Our list is long, but it takes the Senate 60 votes to pass anything."
The issues that propelled Democrats to power in Congress in 2006 - ending the war in Iraq, making health care affordable to all, reducing the budget deficit and dependence on oil - remain unresolved, yet many Democratic voters in District 19 applaud Hall's job performance.
"He's among the young lions who are pushing the moderate Democrats to take a stronger stand on ending the war in Iraq," said Lindsay Audin, a Democratic district leader in Croton-on-Hudson.
Hall's "brave votes" have not hurt his ability to raise funds, said Audin, who worked on Hall's campaign.
"He's doing reasonably well with fundraising, which shows he has backing," Audin said.
As of June 30, Hall had about $666,000 in cash on hand for his 2008 re-election campaign, after raising about $771,000, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Zara Jackson, a registered Democrat who lives at Heritage Hills in Somers, lauded Hall's "leadership qualities" and said he has been "very proactive in Congress."
"He's taken positions on the issues I am very much in agreement with on the war, health care, energy independence and immigration," said Jackson, a member of a nonpartisan group called "A Better Way," which has scheduled an event for Saturday in Yorktown Heights at which Hall is scheduled to speak.
"He sends regular bulletins telling us what's going on. When we had Sue Kelly, we were living with a void."
Hall also gets support through an Internet site called Keep19, the offshoot of the pre-election Web site Take19, established in February 2005 to help unseat Kelly.
But Hall has not won over voters like Republican Committee member Antoinette De Bellis of Mahopac and can expect stiff competition from GOP candidate Andrew Saul, a businessman and investment manager from Katonah.
"He does not represent our values," De Bellis said of Hall. "He's too liberal."
De Bellis disagrees with Hall over his support of stem cell research but is reserving judgment on Hall's stance on taxes as claimed in an anonymous automated call.
"We got a robocall at home saying he voted to raise taxes by $1 billion but it was an unknown caller," she said.
Saul has opened an office in downtown Katonah with three full-time staff members. He has raised about $423,000, including $101,000 in personal funds, according to a report filed with the FEC.
Saul is developing his platform on the issues, but can be expected to be "to the left of the administration" on the war in Iraq, said spokesman Tim Hoefer.
Hoefer said Saul also has promised to refuse to accept money from any political action committees.
"He would go to Washington and represent the people in the district without being tied to any business groups," Hoefer said.
Kieran Lalor, 31, a Peekskill Republican, Iraq war veteran and recent graduate of Pace University Law School, said he is best qualified to represent the voters in the district because he has the most in common with them.
Lalor describes Hall as a representative of the "far left" and said Saul's fortune puts him out of touch with the average voter.
Lalor has formed an exploratory committee, but has not filed with the FEC.
Jerry Donnellan, director of the Rockland County Veterans Service Agency and an unaffiliated voter, said Hall may have picked up support from veterans in the community since his appointment to House committees overseeing veterans.
"He's taken his role seriously," Donnellan said. "His office has been very responsive to helping vets get claims through the bureaucracy."
Reach Susan Elan at selan@lohud.com or 845-228

SECOND RELATED ARTICLE:
Hall gets off to fast start
By BRIAN TUMULTYWASHINGTON BUREAU
(Original publication: September 2, 2007)

WASHINGTON - Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains, completed the first quarter of his two-year term at the end of June.
Here's a look at his performance through the period and the three additional weeks Congress was in session prior to its monthlong August recess:
- Clout: Good for a freshman.
Lawmakers with the most clout are committee chairmen or are in the party leadership. Hall has the next best thing - chairmanship of a subcommittee.
He heads the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee of the Veterans Affairs Committee. In addition, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., appointed him to a special committee on global warming.
- Voting: Excellent attendance.
Participated in more than 99 percent of 733 House votes through July 25, missing only four. That's the best among members of the Hudson Valley congressional delegation.
- Party loyalty: Middle of the road.
His party loyalty on House floor votes stood at 95 percent through July 25, according to Congressional Quarterly. That put Hall "kind of in the middle" of the 231 Democrats in the House, said John Cranford, national editor of CQ Weekly. The ratings are determined by taking "a vote where a majority of one party lines up against a majority of the other," Cranford said. "We do not handpick votes."
- Lawmaking: Fast start.
Two of the 13 bills, resolutions and amendments he introduced were passed.
Both are awaiting Senate action and have not become law. He also co-sponsored 146 bills. Hall was lead sponsor of a bill passed by the House on March 21 to provide a cost-of-living adjustment for disability payments to veterans beginning Dec. 1.
- Re-election effort: Highly competitive.
Earlier this year, then-White House political adviser Karl Rove listed Hall's district among top Republican targets for 2008. Hall is preparing early. He had $666,000 in cash for his 2008 re-election campaign as of June 30, after raising almost $771,000 during the first six months of this year, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission. Hall already has at least one Republican opponent - Andrew Saul of Katonah - who has raised just under $423,000, including $101,000 of his own money.

MY COMMENTS:

As Rep. Hall is not up for election this year, I re-print these for your info. only. As these will forever remain in my archives, I will revisit them in January with my comments to start the next years election cycle.
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FYI: SEPTEMBER EVENTS AT SUSAN'S RESTURANT IN SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER:

Fri., Sep 7 Doug Monroe - Guitar Jerry Z - Organ, Nadav Sni - Drums
Sat., Sep 8 Teri Roiger with John Menegon, and John Hart
Sat., Sep 14 Susan's House Band
Sat., Sep 15 Pete Levin Organ Trio with John Cariddi - Guitar and Harvey Sorgen - Drums http://www.blogger.com/
Fri., Sep 21 Susan's House Band
Sat., Sep 22 The Turnstile Jumpers with Julius Dilligard
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 A/K/A Lucky 7 http://www.blogger.com/
Mondays - Seafood Night 3 Course Seafood Menu $25

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 ***
Thursdays - Open Mic with Leah Quinn 8:00 PM Half Priced Bottles of Wine

Late Night Menu until 12:00 Midnight Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

Sunday Jazz Brunch With Tony Jefferson on Vocals and Vic Juris - Guitar

Susan's Restaurant 12 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566 (914) 737-6624
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Great Music, Great Food, Great People " Where you want to be"

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$30.00 Prix Fixe Meal Includes Movie Ticket
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THIS WEEKS "IN MY OPINION COLUMN" IN THE NCN:
Dear Readers:

This week I discuss Yorktown Supervisor Coopper's departure and what it means to the taxpayers. 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/
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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 09/01/07

FINAL POLITICAL THOUGHTS AS SUMMER ENDS

Harrison Apar Rock n Cops Golf Tournament + Dinner - Oct 8, 2007
by Eric Wenzel posted 08/18/2007


SAVE THE DATE + SIGN UP

On Columbus Day!Join the fun and help raise funds for YAC at 2007 Harrison Apar Rock n Cops Golf Tournament + Dinner
Columbus Day, October 8 --

Putnam National Golf ClubHill Road, Mahopac (off 6N)
1 PM Shotgun Start - $200 per player6 PM Reception and Dinner - $100 per person (non-golfers)(Reception and Dinner included in $200 player registration)Awards, Prizes + Silent Auction of sports memorabilia
click here for the promotional flier with more details.
click here to register online or become a sponsor for this charity event.
Event is co-sponsored by Yorktown Athletic Club, Yorktown Police Benevolent Association, Club Fit, North County News, Doc James and Doral Arrowwood. Hole and other sponsorships available. Sponsors will be added to tournament ad running in North County News.


contact mailto:harrisonapar@optonline?subject= /dot/ net or (914) 275-6887 for additional information.

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Dear Readers:

A new Thai Restaurant has opened in Shrub Oak where Gino's Carousel on East Main Street use to be. In great anticipation We(my partner and I) awaited the opening and was not disappointed with the food. It was very good and I predict this restaurant will be a hit with the dining public. However I do not write this to review the restaurant, that I will leave to the NCN. I write instead about the harassment of the new establishment by the Town of Yorktown. You see the owners of this new entry into dining experience had the temerity to put their phone number on their canopy. Who would think that a business would want to do this? Well apparently the Town Of Yorktown thinks this is an affront to the sensibilities of its citizens. There is actually a code banning this!!!!!! Who died and left them boss?????

Of course no one tell the new owners about this before the fact, before they go through great expense to purchase these canopies. No! After the fact and expense the town says they must go. It matter not the a new business has to go through great expense to open up to our elected leaders, they must pile on a new unnecessary one. Their answer is that the dining public can look up the phone number in the phone book. I don't know about you, but I rarely travel with one in my car, but if I did, I would not think it safe to look up a number while I am driving.


This is one of the reasons I believe we should elect a businessman such as Don Peters to be Supervisor, to find the antiquated business unfriendly ordinances and remove them from the code. I have as this writing given a copy of the infraction to Councilman Bianco in hopes he can help these new members of our town. It is also my hope he will revisit this over reach of government and rescind this obnoxious ordinance.
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A MESSAGER FROM PUTNAM VALLEY SUPERVISOR SAM DAVIS:

Hi Andy,

This was an editorial I thought might interest you.

Have a great day.

Sam

FYI - This editorial concerning property taxes appeared in today's Plattsburgh Press-Republican. "Well said"

EDITORIAL: Franklin County’s land-tax break is important— The Franklin County Legislature chose the wise course last week by extending the 1-percent increase in the state sales tax it agreed to in June 2006. It was due to expire this November.The state had offered counties the option of adding a percentage of sales tax to be used for the counties’ purposes, and Franklin County took advantage of it. Legislators never like to add any taxes to the burden any of their constituents’ shoulders. But a sales tax, while detrimental to certain businesses, relieves a significant share of the load for the property taxpayer.And that, at this point in history, must be each legislator’s top priority.The property tax is the main revenue source for local governments, accounting for 79 percent of all local taxes outside New York City. Per-capita property taxes in New York state are 49 percent higher than the national average, and even that doesn’t bespeak the disparity, as New York City residents pay little in property tax.Local property taxes grew by 60 percent from 1995 through 2005.The property tax is the least fair way to raise revenue because it penalizes low-income property owners, who pay the highest tax as a percentage of their income. Also, home value doesn’t necessarily reflect ability to pay, particularly among fixed-income senior citizens.In addition, there are no statewide standards for assessing property. So what is accurate in one jurisdiction may not be considered accurate in another.Still, the property tax provides a stable revenue source not subject to great swings in the economy. Sales tax, for example, can vary significantly from year to year. However, that doesn’t offset the fact that local landowners are being disproportionately penalized.Obviously, governments must have revenue. But deriving it so predominantly from the property tax is not a service to the public at large.The sales tax obliges just about everyone to contribute. It has the additional attraction of including non-resident visitors in the taxpaying pool.Businesses along borders with other states, particularly, balk at sales-tax increases. But the difference in price owing to a 1-percent sales-tax increase is only cents, on most products — scarcely worth a consumer driving to another jurisdiction.As it stands, the property tax is threatening to chase some residents of the North Country out of their homes and out of the area. This crisis has to be averted. They bought their houses and, often, paid them off by hard work and careful planning. They couldn’t plan, however, on a tax explosion.Anything governments can do to spread the obligation and lighten the load of those who have borne it for so long is the right thing to do.Congratulations to the Franklin County Legislature for seeing this with such unerring clarity.



MY COMMENTS ON THIS:

Dear Readers:

Putnam Valley Supervisor Davis guided through the Putnam Valley Town Board a resolution asking the State Legislature to overhaul the funding of our schools though the income tax instead of property tax. Putnam County Legislator Sam Oliverio guided through the County Legislature a resolution asking the same. Yorktown Councilman Nick Bianco at a recent work session of the Town Board asked for a resolution supporting reform of our funding of schools. Unlike the enlightened of Putnam, our wise leaders decided to do nothing except to vote on a generic bill this September 4. To all those town residences who are selling their homes because of high taxes, our Town Leaders except Councilman Bianco said to them "good-bye and good riddance". Kick the can down the road, leave it up to someone else, it is not their problem. Nor have our County leaders thought to speak up on behalf of their beleaguered tax payers. I am sorry, unless our local elected leaders speak up on our behalf as they did on Medicaid funding, no one at State level will care enough to act.
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A MESSAGE FROM PEEKSILL CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR BILL SCHMIDT

Dear Andy:

I am personally sending this release out to your readers.

WKS

.....Demands Decade Old Promise be Kept
For Immediate Release: 8/19/07

Peekskill Mayoral candidate William Schmidt is calling on the city's Common Council to "place as stringent conditions as are legally possible" on the operations of White Plains Linen a controversial industrial supplier of commercial laundry supplies located on Highland Ave in the city. "This company has been polluting our community and side stepping our rules for far to long," said Schmidt. "Time has come to take action."At a special hearing at last Monday night's Common Council meeting, Schmidt who served as a Republican councilman from 1997-2005, said that most of the company's problems were self imposed and that the company promised to move from its Highland Ave location to a more suitable location as long ago as 1996, but never did. "They reneged on this as they did so many of their other promises," he said. According to Schmidt, the company's attorney, Asher Fensterheim, arranged for a temporary special permit under a verbal agreement over 11 years ago in return for vacating this site which they admitted they had repeatedly outgrown. Schmidt noted, "Not only did they not seek a new industrial location, they also repeatedly violated the terms of the 'temporary' special permit, causing serious disruption to the quality of life of the surrounding residential neighbors. As a result of their duplicity on these matters, I and other members of the Common Council voted to terminate their 'temprary special permit' which is why they are back before the Common Council again today." Schmidt also said that the right solution would still be for White Plains Linen to finally honor their 11 year old promises and move all of their industrial operations to their Charles Point Industrial site in southwest Peekskill or any other industrially zoned site they are able to find. "If the city can't legally compel them to do that, then the least we can do is apply the most stringent operating conditions that the law allows. The bottom line is that they chose to improperly expand an industrial site in a primarily residential location, so their problems are strictly of their own making," he said.



WKS
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A MESSAGE FROM PEEKSILL COUNCILMAN BOLDEN:

THIS WAS A LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN THE NCN:

Dear Editor:

I have been an active member of the Peekskill Common Council for the past eight years. During my tenure, the Council majority has always set a civil, bipartisan tone that always puts Peekskill first, even though the Democratic Party minority members of the Council persistently disagree with us about our top priority.
Last summer, when the Mayor returned from his trip to Castlebar, he spoke many times about his trip and the connections he made there, including an arts exchange program. In fact, he presented a newspaper article from Castlebar that spoke of the exchange and included it in the permanent council record. As a result, all Council members knew of this, as did all concerned citizens, including Joe Schuder, who refuses to acknowledge this fact today. Mayor Testa also approached the Peekskill Arts Council to participate in the program.
Not once in my eight years in office have I seen a Council member attempt something as uncivil as blatantly stealing another Council member's idea, as Council member Candidate Joe Schuder has.
Schuder's refusal to admit his theft, as well as his unwillingness to acknowledge his own running mate's complicity in stalling Mayor Testa's proposal, demonstrates that he is not ready for prime time.
Mayor Testa has been advancing an arts exchange program for Peekskill in a revenue neutral manner since last year. Schuder now says taxpayers should bear the cost of this program, but he hasn't explained how he will finance it, other than by another Democratic Party sponsored tax increase.
Peekskill deserves better from its elected officials.


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A MESSAGE FROM PUTNAM COUNTY LEGILATOR SAM OLIVERIO:

RE: DOUGHNUTS FOR SENIORS:

Hi Andy,

Here's what happened last night(08/21/07)....

I opened the Health meeting ( I chair this committee) with the County Legislative meeting room filled with seniors. Representatives from the administration (Office of the Aging and the Health Dept.) were also present. The administrative reps explained all the legalities with numerous comments from our seniors. The bottom line, a compromise was reached which allowed any senior to bring in his or her own donuts, breads, baked goods, etc. to be distributed to friends. If they had large quantities of day-old goods, they could also distribute them outside the senior centers from their cars. The NY State Health Department will not allow a licensed center to distribute goods that the Center has not obtained through the normal bidding process and related food service health inspections. That's why the County originally wanted to ban all goods that weren't provided by the Center itself. Our Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amler, stated that she had no problem with the seniors bringing their own small bags or cartons to the Centers and handing out the goods. This is all personal choice and the donut police will not stop a Senior from indulging. So all in all, it seems to be a good compromise. This issue isn't over though, as the Office of The Aging will be holding forums at the Centers to continue this discussion and other discussion related to operational concerns.I applaud the seniors, Andy. They were articulate, focussed and well prepared for the discussion. And no, they didn't bring donuts to the meeting. If you have any questions, please email me and I'll try to answer any concerns.

Take care and I'll be in touch.

Sam O.
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A MESSAGE FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY LEGISLATOR OROS:

News from……..GEORGE OROS
COUNTY LEGISLATOR
1ST DISTRICT
Village of Buchanan, Town of Cortlandt, City of Peekskill, Town of Yorktown
5 Justin Court, Cortlandt Manor, New York
(914) 734-2660
E-mail: geooros@aol.com

A Groundswell of Support; Oros Files for Common Sense Party Ballot
Grassroots effort results in hundreds of residents placing legislator on Common Sense line Property tax exemption should be approved for volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel

More than 760 residents put their trust in Westchester County Legislator George Oros (R/C-Cortlandt) by signing a petition that allows him to place his name on the Common Sense Party ballot line in this fall’s election.

Oros, the Minority Leader on the Board of Legislators who has served District 1 since 1995, already has secured the Republican and Conservative lines in November.

“This provides voters with an opportunity to express their support for my candidacy in yet another way,” Oros said. “My record clearly has shown that I have always taken a ‘common sense’ approach to government.”

The Common Sense Party platform includes a call for less government spending, a return to a core function of what County government is for and more involvement of citizens in the governmental process.

Yesterday, Oros filed a petition with 768 signatures, more than what was required by the Board of Elections to establish the line.

Noting the support of nearly 800 individuals who took part in the effort, Oros said he hoped members of the “establishment parties” would not seek to deny him this line and allow the voters the chance to express themselves in the process.

“For too long the established political parties and the special interest groups have attempted to dominate the political process through manipulation of the ballot process,” Oros said. “The Common Sense Party is an opportunity for others to be part of the process.”

George Oros
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THIS WEEKS "IN MY OPINION COLUMN" IN THE NCN:


Dear Readers:

This week I discuss what is at stake in the Peekskill elections. 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/
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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 08/25/07

SUMMER COOLS DOWN...POLITICS HEAT UP

A MESSAGE FROM PEEKSKILL COUNCILWOMAN MILAGROS MARTINEZ


To all my Constituents in Peekskill:

I wish to take this opportunity to write to you and let you all know that as your City Councilwoman it has been a great pleasure serving you. As always, I am deeply grateful for all the support you have given me over the years and I certainly look forward to continue working in the future on your behalf and on behalf of all Peekskill residents. As you know, I am running for re-election this year and it is my sincere hope that you support and return me once again as your Peekskill City Councilmember where I will continue to work for the benefit of the City of Peekskill.

I want to inform all residents of Peekskill that I will be postponing my campaign for City Council late August for a short period. My son, Sergeant William N. Martinez, Jr., who currently serves in the United States Marine Corps, was once deployed to Iraq and just recently received orders for his second deployment to Afghanistan. William is the proud father of our first and only granddaughter, Mia, who is nine months old. She is such a joy to the entire family and we are all proud of her daddy, for serving our country with honor and distinction. At this time, however, we feel it is very important to spend time together with him before he is deployed. I ask you to pray for William’s safe return. I also ask that you understand my absence during this portion of the campaign. This is a very difficult time for me and my family. As a loving mother, this will be a heartbreaking and difficult moment which I must face once again.

Peekskill is truly important to me, and I am moved and thankful for your support through the years. When I return from my unexpected trip I look forward to seeing you, as along with my teammates; Bill Schmidt for Mayor, Mel Bolden and Selma Dias-Stewart for City Council and George Oros for County Legislator, we walk around to discuss your vision for a better-quality Peekskill. We are a strong team and together with your support, we will continue to achieve the progress Peekskill needs and deserves! We have come so far and we have worked too hard to sacrifice our future now!

As your Councilwoman, I always put Peekskill first. As a mother, I must support my family and be with my son at this time as he is honorably deployed. I ask for your good wishes, support and prayers. Our men and women who serve our country and defend us are our guardian leaders, and deserve our praise and thanks.

Sincerely,

Milagros Martinez
Councilwoman, City of Peekskill
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A MESSAGE FROM PUTNAM VALEEY SUPERVISOR SAM DAVIS:

Dear Readers of the Bazzomanifesto:

Well it's campaign season again, and I have to ask for your help again. The past two years have been pretty wild, but in spite of a great deal of obstructionism, I've been able to accomplish a great deal.

Working with a new Comprehensive Plan Committee, we've written a new plan and we're now working on redoing our zoning laws. We are optimistic that both will be passed into law before the end of the year. I've had an emergency preparedness plan developed for our town. This was sorely lacking. We've passed a new noise ordinance which will protect the quality of life for many of our residents who have been suffering. We've appointed a new wetlands inspector and engineer who are really working to protect the Town, and are saving us money at the same time. We've obtained over $200,000 in grant money. One of the grants is for solar cells to provide about a third of the power needs for Town Hall. I began a pilot project to test a new way to spread salt during ice and snow events which is using about 50% less salt while providing safer roads. Most importantly, the reduced salt use also protects the environment and our drinking water. I've worked to streamline the way Town Hall works to make it more user friendly for our residents and to save money. I've also been very active in the fight to get the state to change the way schools are funded so that residents won't be forced to sell their homes and leave the state because they can no longer afford to live here. These are just the highlights.

Sadly, we could lose a lot of what we've gained if the wrong folks get into office this time around. That's why I'm asking for your help again.

Thanks in advance. I really appreciate your support.

Sam Davis
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A LETTER TO YORKTOWN COUNCILMAN NICK BIANCO:


From: Eugene Sala Subject: November 6th Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Nick:

I was nice meeting you again on Sunday. I just wanted you to know I sent the below e-mail to all ny neighbors at Kennsignton Woods today and would be willing to put a campaign sign on my front lawn in October if you feel that would be helpful.
Thanks for your support and help.

Best Regards,
Eugene Sala
Casey Ct

Nicholas Bianco was walking the neighborhood on Sunday campaigning for reelection for councilman on the Yorktown Town Board November 6, 2007. Nicholas was one of the key people on the town board along with Matthew Metz and Lou Campisi that made the stop sign at the intersection of Casey Court and Lockwood Road a reality.
In addition Nick Bianco was the only town board member to respond to my letter regarding Lockwood Estates. For those that may not be aware the builder of the large new homes on Lockwood Road has applied to build more new homes (20 in total) all the way down to Casey Court. I expressed my opinion that Lockwood Road should be widened and repaved at the builder’s expense as a condition for building the new homes. (see attached letter) Nick shared my concerns and promised to voice them at the next scheduled town meeting regarding Lockwood Estates.
As one of the town board members that actually listens and acts on the concerns of the people he represents Nicolas Bianco deserves your vote in November.

Best Regards,
Gene Sala
Casey Court
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THIS WAS IN THE JOURNAL NEWS:

State programs to target childhood obesity
By THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: August 5, 2007)

The state Health Department has awarded $4 million to establish three Centers for Best Practices to Prevent and Reduce Childhood Obesity in New York.
The organizations each will receive up to $266,000 per year for five years to address childhood obesity by creating programs to promote optimal growth, development and lifestyle habits during pregnancy, infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
The centers
- The Research Foundation of SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island will develop training strategies for health-care providers in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
- The Foundation for Healthy Living, with offices in Latham and Buffalo, will create obesity education programs for young children.
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City will integrate and coordinate community, school and clinical efforts to prevent childhood obesity in school-age children in New York City.

MY COMMENTS ON THIS:

Dear Readers:

Here is one reason why we have no money for up-keep of infrastucture. Four million dollars to say that young people are eating more than they burn off. Are we now going to let the State tell us how to raise our children and pay for the priviledge? Gives us back the money and let us decide what is best for our children or better yet pave some roads with the money.
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THIS WAS IN THE JOURNAL NEWS:


Residents protest ban of day-old doughnuts in Putnam senior centers
By BARBARA LIVINGSTON NACKMANTHE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: August 10, 2007)

CARMEL - Homer Simpson wouldn't want to grow old in Putnam County.
Doughnuts, his deep-fried favorite, have been deep-sixed at Putnam's senior centers because officials say they are bad for the old folks' health and could be dirty.
Not surprisingly, some of those same seniors don't like the doughnut police telling them what to dunk in their coffee.
"I really don't eat those things, but don't think at my age I need to be told I can't," said Joe Hajkowski, 75, of Putnam Valley, who got 250 signatures on a petition protesting the doughnut ban. "I don't like the way seniors are being treated by Putnam County."
Hajkowski's petitions included such sentiments as: "We want our donuts back. We are old enough to know whether we should eat them or not"; "Please replace donuts. We are not bad people" and "We are senior citizens. We are not senile citizens."
The great doughnut debate began Aug. 2, when William Huestis, executive director of Putnam County's Office for the Aging, sent a memo to the senior nutrition centers in Carmel, Mahopac, Putnam Valley and Cold Spring that the practice of accepting free, day-old pies, cakes, doughnuts and other baked goods had to stop.
Huestis said distributing the sweets ran afoul of federal food programs set up to make sure the elderly had healthy meals and were not socially isolated. He also questioned the cleanliness of the foods that were not collected by county staffers or cooked in county kitchens.
"It's been blown out of proportion," Huestis said. "There are people (seniors) with chronic conditions who were eating three or four doughnuts a day and cakes and pies. We were concerned about wellness and diet. Some people thought they were doing a good deed, but it spiraled out of control. This is not about coffee and a doughnut. It's bigger than that."
Putnam's senior centers serve some 500 lunches every weekday.
Longtime senior center participant Antoinette Bono, 84, of Lake Carmel said she appreciated Huestis' concern and understood his position.
"He has to adhere to regulations. I know it is unpopular," she said. "But we don't know who handled them and some people just grab a bunch, starting problems. Someone can eat doughnuts at home and other places."
Her husband, Frank Bono, thinks denying a person their powdered-sugar sweet is silly.
"Some seniors look forward to it. A lot don't have breakfast at their house," he said. "It is a nice social thing, doughnut and coffee."
Doughnut maker Steve Battista, who with his brother operate several Dunkin' Donuts in Putnam and Danbury, Conn., said they sometimes gave out day-old goods to nonprofit groups as a way to avoid waste and be community-minded.
"We would rather not throw stuff away that others want," he said. "I believe that people have the right to make their own eating choices. We are just trying to make the world sweet and happy."

Staff writer Susan Elan contributed to this report.Reach Barbara Livingston Nackman at bnackman@lohud.com or 845-228-2272

MY COMMENTS ON THIS:

Dear Readers:

There will be a meeting on this subject Tuesday August 21 by the Putnam County Health Committe headed by Legislator Sam Oliverio. He does not agree with this ban. E-Mail him with your support to reverse this nanny state directive. Senior centers were built to enhance senior's lives not control them.
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Dear Readers:

As you know I have a link to the PEKSKILL GUARDIAN. Even though I sometimes think their comentary is a little over the top, I have found their content to be on the money. However their recent headline regarding Arnie Paglia is troubling. As a matter of fact in my conversations regarding that particular topic with Arnie, he had no opinion one way or another, a rare moment to say the least. I realize I will take heat for this defense, however for all the issues you can make comments on Arnie's postions and actions, this is not one. Please remember one other thing, Arnie is not in public office he is a private citizen and as such should not be subject to personal attacks. It is proper to comment on his public positions(the risk one takes when one goes public with them) but not personal or business matters.
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THIS WEEKS "IN MY OPINION COLUMN" IN THE NCN:

Dear Readers:

This week I discuss Yortown Councilman Nick Bianco's fight to reform school taxes. 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/
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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 08/19/07