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Jonathan Tasini Takes a Second Shot at the U.S. Senate
The long shot ate breakfast with his mother. She asked for campaign buttons for her friends. He handed her a dozen. She got worried. That many? Weren’t they expensive? Calm down, Mom, he said, they’re cheap.
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Jonathan Tasini on the ferry after a fund-raiser last week on Staten Island. He wants to raise $1 million to $10 million for the race.
How could she not worry? Most of the long shot’s time was spent drumming up money so he could be elected United States senator from New York.
He recently took a leave from his job to campaign full-time for the Democratic nomination. When he worked, he made $110,000 a year. Now: zero.
The long shot’s campaign chest was in the vicinity of $100,000.
It is what it is. Jonathan Tasini knows that. Last time around, pitted against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he was the 17 percent man, gathering that percentage of the vote in the 2006 Democratic primary. He settled back into his day job as a consultant for labor unions.
That was O.K. As he put it [...]
I got my phone bill from Verizon the other day as many of you did as well. I’d like you all to open to the part where it has the Breakdown of Charges and specifically, “Taxes, Fees and Other Verizon Charges”. Let’s take a look: Yo Wait! Before we do, remember that New York gave Verizon permission to raise their rates recently because they had lost business to their competition. So, rather than improve service and attract more customers in that good old American Capitalist way, they went begging to the State and the State said, “yeah, sure.” And keep in mind that an increase in the basic rate (which was $2 a month per line) also represents an increase in sales tax receipts for the state. [...]
Many of my Democratic Party friends were enthused by the President’s speech the other night. But we’re still in Afghanistan, gays still cannot serve openly in the military and are being discharged at an alarming rate, and health care “reform” has turned into a trillion dollar handout to insurance companies who are already making millions. They say, “be patient”. I say, “Don’t blame me. I voted for Nader” [...]
Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87 – Local News Updates
Chomsky added that Dr. Zinn's writings “simply changed perspective and understanding for a whole generation. He opened up approaches to history that were novel and highly significant. Both by his actions, and his writings for 50 years, he played a powerful role in helping and in many ways inspiring the Civil rights movement and the anti-war movement.”
For Dr. Zinn, activism was a natural extension of the revisionist brand of history he taught. “A People’s History of the United States” (1980), his best-known book, had for its heroes not the Founding Fathers — many of them slaveholders and deeply attached to the status quo, as Dr. Zinn was quick to point out — but rather the farmers of Shays' Rebellion and union organizers of the 1930s.
As he wrote in his autobiography, “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train” (1994), “From the start, my teaching was infused with my own history. I would try to be fair to other points of view, but I wanted more than 'objectivity'; I wanted students to leave my classes not just better informed, but more prepared to relinquish [...]
From: http://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20100127_reg3.html#337300033500001
Putnam County Applicant:
Patrick Omara
Facility:
Omara Property Old Rd Opposite Collinwood Dr Brewster, NY
Application ID:
3-3730-00335/00001
Permit(s) Applied for:
Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands
Project is Located:
Southeast, Putnam County
Project Description:
The applicant proposes to construct a single-family dwelling with a portion of the dwelling and associated driveway in the 100-foot Adjacent Area of NYS-regulated Freshwater Wetland BR-9 (Class 1). The project site is located on the east side of Old Rd. approximately 60 feet north of the intersection with Collinwood Dr.
Availability of Application Documents:
Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person.
State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Determination:
Project is not subject to SEQR because it is a Type II action.
SEQR Lead Agency: None Designated
State Historic Preservation Act (SHPA) Determination:
Cultural resource lists and map have been checked. No registered, eligible or inventoried archaeological sites or historic structures were identified at the project location. No further review in accordance with SHPA is [...]
Tell NY Members of Congress: We Need Healthcare Reform Now!The New York Times reports that, after months of work, Democratic leaders are trying to make healthcare reform a lower priority.
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Yo Wait! Before we do, remember that New York gave Verizon permission to raise their rates recently because they had lost business to their competition. So, rather than improve service and attract more customers in that good old American Capitalist way, they went begging to the State and the State said, “yeah, sure.” And keep in mind that an increase in the basic rate (which was $2 a month per line) also represents an increase in sales tax receipts for the state. [...]
Strong winds knock down more of Bannerman’s Castle
BEACON – Monday's strong winds took their toll on Bannerman’s Castle, which saw more of its walls collapse.
The west wall of the tower remains, the Over and Under the Arches Stairs, the #2 and #3, the lodge and house are still standing.
Just weeks ago, a large portion of the castle wall collapsed.
Bannerman’s Trust Director Neil Caplan said more may come down as the winter weather takes its toll on the structure, which was constructed in the late 1800s.
“It’s a shame that we lose this iconic piece of Americana and it’s known throughout the world, but because of that, it’s worth putting it back,” Caplan said, Monday.
The Trust has been trying to secure funding to preserve the remains of that structure and just recently, Senator Charles Schumer came to Fishkill to announce he would advocate for funding.
Caplan told MidHudsonNews.com on Monday that if more of the structure comes down and they can secure appropriate funding, he would not be averse to building a replica of the building.
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MSNBC is coming to Verizon’s FIOS service in Bergen, Rockland and Orange Counties. This is big news for progressives and liberals in the area. FIOS subscribers have either have had to go without the popular news channel, or those wanting to subscribe t… [...]