FLOWER MOUND, TX — April 25, 2021 — Does anyone think that blacks are weak, incapable folks in need of constant help from whites in order to survive? That’s not the image I have of Blacks. In fact, as far as I’m concerned, Blacks have proven themselves to be extremely strong and resilient. A weak race of people couldn’t have …
By BOB WEIR
How Not to Get Killed When Stopped By a Cop
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — April 15, 2021 — I’d like to take a rational look at the confrontations between cops, motorists and pedestrians. When we see incidents of cops shooting blacks (which are the only shootings the media covers), one thing becomes clear; resisting arrest often ends up with a loss of life. Something else is obvious, when a cop …
By BOB WEIR
Can Whites Avoid Being Racists?
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — April 5, 2021 — The purpose of this column is to illustrate that every white person is a racist, even if they don’t know it. At least that’s the theory being foisted on the American public by some of the most radical “thinkers” in the country. Not only are whites racist, but the law and legal …
By BOB WEIR
Confessions Of A Privileged White Man
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — March 21, 2021 — Every time I hear the term “white privilege” I wonder how I missed out on all the extra opportunities that term implies. Growing up in a rat and roach infested tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1950s didn’t seem to me as though I was being pampered because …
By BOB WEIR
What Do You Know About Climate Change?
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — February 24, 2021 — Do you ever get the feeling that our elected officials have nothing but disdain for their constituents? Do you feel that Republicans and Democrats are in a war with each other for dominance, while the American people are just onlookers in a spiteful and vindictive political tennis match? When you look at …
By BOB WEIR
Yonkers Federation of Teachers Undermine Gov. Cuomo’s Directive to Keep Schools Open By Refusing to Be Tested
By HEZI ARIS
The YFT vs. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Conundrum Hezitorial UPDATED as of November 26, 2020 YONKERS, NY — November 25, 2020 —Yonkers Federation of Teachers (YFT) Union President Samantha Rosado-Ciriello issued a directive to the membership on Friday, November 20th via email. She presented a litany of issues and concerns after her salutary opening which read, “Dear YFT Brothers …
By HEZI ARIS
Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard and Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor Hezi Aris on Westchester on the Level – Wednesday, November 25, 2020 from 10am-12Noon EST
MOUNT VERON, NY and YONKERS, NY — November 24, 2020 — Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard opens the broadcast in discussion over the many people in government who have for years and within the past week beseeched Mount Vernon to engage in best practice despite Mount Vernon Comptroller Deborah Reynolds conduct. The issues are defined in the following posting: Mayor Patterson-Howard and Elected …
Yonkers Police Arrest Suspect in Saratoga Avenue Shooting Incident
YONKERS, NY — November 23, 2020 — On Saturday, November 21st, 2020, at approximately 8:22 PM, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to an apartment at 129 Saratoga Avenue on a report of shots fired with a victim. Upon arrival officers located a responsive 43-year-old female victim with two apparent gunshot wounds to her abdomen; officers immediately rendered medical …