What’s the Meaning of Truth?
By BOB WEIR

Weir Only Human

Bob Weir is a veteran of 20 years with the New York Police Dept. (NYPD), ten of which were performed in plainclothes undercover 
assignments. Bob began a writing career about 12 years ago and had his first
book published in 1999. He
 also became a syndicated columnist under the title “Weir Only Human.”

The great American philosopher William James said truth is the agreement with reality, while falsity is its disagreement. As simple as that sounds, it often seems as if there’s no such thing as the truth these days. For example, if the reality in the immigration mess is that we have a porous border which has allowed millions of illegal aliens to invade and take up occupancy in our country; how can that obvious truth be turned into something false? The answer is, by political obfuscation. In other words, the fact that ...

Governor Cuomo Satisfies the Yonkers Public School District With $8.8 Million; City of Yonkers Imposes $21.7 Million Personal Tax Levy Avoiding Layoffs Altogether
By HEZI ARIS

Charicature of a younger, better looking Editor-at-Large / Radio Host Hezi Aris.

YONKERS, NY — June 13, 2018 — The Yonkers City Council reconvened the Special Meeting that was voted into recess last night at approximately 9pm. The televised presentation lasted what seemed to be no more than 10 minutes in duration, if that. Majority Leader Michael Sabatino presided. Yonkers Finance Commissioner John Liszewski presented the revised and seeming the last rendition of Mayor Mike Spano’s Proposed FY 2018-2019 Proposed Budget. 

Governor Andrew Cuomo kept his word and filled the entire gap that was the revealed shortfall of the Yonkers Public School District. Bolstering the fiscal shortfall realized by the City of Yonkers Board of Education Department by $8.8 Million, layoffs, curricula, and ancillary services are kept whole and intact.

The proposed budget satisfying the City of Yonkers, often referred to as the “city side”, imposed a 6.2 percent ...