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Redeeming Bad Loans; Protecting Taxpayers
By Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas

eHezi 3:36pm • April 18, 2018 Business, Community, Economic Development, Finance, Governance, History, Mt. Vernon, National, New York State, Op-Ed, People, Politics, Westchester County, NY Leave a Comment

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 …

"It's not where you sit, it's who you are. And when you know who you are, you will know where to sit." -- Richard Narog

“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.” ― Maimonides, The Guide for the Perplexed

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"The punishment of the wise who refuse to take part in government is to live under the rule of the foolish"
- Plato

“When inequality is the general rule in society, the greatest inequalities attract no attention.” ~ Alexis de Tocqueville

“If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and would achieve nothing.” ~~~ Margaret Thatcher