BRONXVILLE, NY — July 9, 2020 — Now that Westchester County is in the phase that allows nonessential construction projects, I thought it an appropriate time to share some of the procedures and processes of our own building department. Though actual construction was halted, our department made processing permits a high priority so when the industry opened up again, projects …
By MARY MARVIN, Esq.
Disbanding NYPD Anti-Crime Units Was a Recklessly Dangerous Stunt
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — JULY 6, 2020 — When I heard that New York City Mayor de Blasio disbanded the Anti-crime branch of the New York Police Department (NYPD) I instinctively knew that city was in for a new wave of violent crime. In 1972, when the unit was first started, my buddy Ronnie Meehan and I were one of …
By BOB WEIR
Mayor’s Column for the Week of June 29, 2020: Phase 3 Reopening Status of Westchester County
By MARY MARVIN, Esq.
BRONXVILLE, NY — June 30, 2020 — I have written many times about the historical background of the Fourth of July and its significance as the birth of our country as well as the impetus for many other nations to break the bonds of imperialism. Its importance clearly could never be overestimated. However, as I dug deeper in my reading …
By MARY MARVIN, Esq.
Mayor’s Column for the Week of June 22, 2020: Phase 3 Reopening Status of Westchester County
By MARY MARVIN, Esq.
BRONXVILLE, NY — June 22, 2020 — Since Westchester County now meets certain COVID-19 metrics, the Governor has granted Phase 3 reopening status for a new group of businesses and activities. The following are the mandatory guidelines promulgated by the State Department of Health for customers, employees and proprietors. Inspectors have been dispatched throughout communities to ensure compliance. In Phase …
By MARY MARVIN, Esq.
Uncle Tom And The Pigmentation War
By BOB WEIR
SOUTHLAKE, TX — JUNE 20, 2020 — We often hear blacks complain about the struggles they deal with as a minority group in the USA. We hear that blacks are being oppressed by a system that holds them back because of their race. Some of their so-called “leaders” are telling them they can’t make it in America due to the …
By BOB WEIR
Rethinking the Need for a National Industrial Policy
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
NEWARK, NJ — June 16, 2020 — The country is beginning to reopen and the cold reality is that the economy will not be what it was before, nor should it be. Perhaps COVID-19 and the economic havoc due to government forced shutdowns ought to be a wake-up call that globalism which has been good for certain economic interests is …
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
Why Trump Will Be Re-elected In A Landslide
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — JUNE 9, 2020 — This article is not about the many successes the Trump Administration has earned during the last 3 ½ years because I’ve written about it before and it would take more column space to describe than I care to dedicate right now. Besides, if you’re a left-wing America-hater you’ll refuse to believe the …
By BOB WEIR
Labor Monopsony and the Need to Resurrect Labor Market Institutions
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
NEWARK, NJ — June 1, 2020 — Over the last few decades we have seen a tendency in many cases not to enforce anti-trust laws, which were designed to break up monopolies in restraint of free trade. The argument has been that the development of big box stores and/or chains, even if it does reduce competition in the marketplace, has …
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
Mike Eruzione Congratulates and Honors School of Professional Studies Graduates at Manhattanville College
MARK JEFFERS
PURCHASE, NY — May 23, 2020 — USA hockey team captain Mike Eruzione joined a Zoom call to help celebrate and congratulate Master’s Degree graduates from the School of Professional Studies recently. Forty years after celebrating a world shocking win over the Russians in the Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey semifinals, and following that with a Gold Medal win over Finland, …
MARK JEFFERS
Is Biden a Racist If He Doesn’t Choose Abrams?
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — May 20, 2020 — We hear a lot of talk about who Joe Biden might choose to be his vice-presidential running mate. One prominent name being bandied about is Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat who lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to Republican Brian Kemp. In fact, the former Georgia State Rep and Minority Leader of the …
By BOB WEIR