Dear Mr. President: Former CIA director John Brennan, whose security clearance you revoked on Wednesday, is one of the finest public servants I have ever known. Few Americans have done more to protect this country than John. He is a man of unparalleled integrity, whose honesty and character have never been in question, except by those who don’t know him. …
Another Albany Vulture
By LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
It makes little sense sense to be grossed out at discovering that a prominent New York politician is a two-faced, self-aggrandizing hypocrite, just as there is no point in being grossed out at vultures for eating rotting roadkill. It is in their DNA. Anything and anyone that emerges from the ooze that is the Albany statehouse should be presumed slimy. …
By LARRY M. ELKIN, CPA, CFP®
Op-Ed: Why We’re Going To Win In November
By NYS Senate Majority Leader JOHN FLANAGAN
Democrats now crow about the result of a recent Senate special election along with the well-deserved retirements of several long-term GOP state Senators, claiming it’s a harbinger for November. Not so fast. While the outcome in the 37th Senate District personally disappointed me, it was not unexpected. Democrats enjoyed a two-to-one registration edge and for decades held that seat. They …
By NYS Senate Majority Leader JOHN FLANAGAN
Mount Vernon: The Old vs New
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
MOUNT VERNON, NY — April 18, 2018 — When I served on the Mount Vernon City Council, I got my first chance to see how our city’s government functioned and what I saw wasn’t pretty. I found systems that were old and outdated and a City Hall that operated as a patronage haven for many people, including rewarding those …
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
Redeeming Bad Loans; Protecting Taxpayers
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
MOUNT VERNON, NY — April 18, 2018 — Two weeks ago the City of Mount Vernon and the Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency headed to federal court to protect the taxpayer. For years, investigators have been examining this agency which is funded in large part by federal grants. To my surprise, we recently discovered $6 million in bad …
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
Statement of Actress Angela Lansbury Against Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Women
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — November 30, 2017 — Actress Angela Lansbury issued the following statement yesterday: “There is no excuse whatsoever for men to harass women in an abusive sexual manner. And, I am devastated that anyone should deem me capable of thinking otherwise. “Those who have known the quality of my work and the many public statements I have …
Repeal of Media Cross-Ownership Ban, Not “Net Neutrality”, is the Immediate Threat
By DERICKSON K. LAWRENCE
MOUNT VERNON, NY — November 30, 2017 —The FCC’s upcoming decision of December 14, 2017 on reversing Net Neutrality has sparked serious concerns and has gained a ton of media attention on yet another reversal of the Obama administration’s signature achievements. What’s not getting enough attention, however, is the FCC decision of November 16, 2017 that has flown under the …
By DERICKSON K. LAWRENCE
Two Benedict Arnolds Want to Harm New York
By ANDREW M. CUOMO
Washington’s “tax reform” proposal is being rushed through Congress with little discussion and transparency. Why? Because if Americans knew the facts, it would be dead on arrival. The plan is a death blow to New York State. This federal scheme proposes to cut taxes for the richest Americans and corporations, while financing these cuts at the expense of our middle-class …
By ANDREW M. CUOMO
John Bailey, White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher, Michael Edelman Esq., National Political Analyst, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Monday, October 23, 2017 @10am DST
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher and Monday Co-host John Bailey speaks to the election efforts 15 days before the General Elections of November 7th. Segment airs October 23, 2017th from 10-10:30am Political Analyst Michael Edelman, Esq., delves into making sense of the political turbulence emanating from and about President Trump. There is the previously unknown American troops …
Gender Defining Laws or Psychological Counseling?
By BOB WEIR
We’re living through a strange era, one in which logic and reason has been turned on its head, causing us to view the world from an upside down perspective. These insidious distortions of reality come in many forms, but, in this instance I’d like to address the issue of gender. A mere few decades ago, who would have imagined that …
By BOB WEIR