Mount Vernon Is Moving Forward on Memorial Field Our Sewers and More
By Mayor RICHARD THOMAS

Richard Thomas, City of Mount Vernon Mayor and Mount Vernon Industrial Development Agency Chairman.

MOUNT VERNON, NY — August 18, 2018  — We are moving forward. That is the objective that we set and that’s the objective we are going to accomplish.

We are moving forward at Memorial Field.

We are moving forward on doing everything we can to fix our broken infrastructure, from bridges to roads to streetlights and sewers.

On Tuesday, August 21st, at 7:00pm, I will host a fiscal town hall meeting.  We’ll discuss  what’s going on with your taxes, what’s going on with Memorial Field, and what’s going on with our sewers.

We will discuss how we, as a community, can make sure that Mount Vernon gets better and work together to move Mount Vernon forward.

Call 914-665-2361 or email MayorThomas@cmvny.com to RSVP.

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The Machiavellian Opponents of the Nation State Law
By Col (Res.) Dr. RAPHAEL G. BOUCHNIK-CHEN

The elite Herev Battalion, comprised of Druze, Jewish and Christian soldiers, specially trained in the Northern Command, photo by IDF via Wikimedia Commons

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The public debate attending the Nation State Law is a clear indicator of Israel’s vibrant democracy and an illustration of the freedom of expression that characterizes the Israeli state of mind. Arabs, Druze, and Jews expressed their views on this matter, both pro and con, notwithstanding the fact that the core argument is essentially political rather than substantive. With that said, the protests in Israel against the new law are a red alert. They reflect an emerging tendency among liberal streams in Israeli Jewish society to undermine the long-accepted principle that Israel is the national home of the Jewish people.

In June 1922, when he was Secretary of State for the Colonies, Winston Churchill wrote the following in a British White Paper:

“When it ...