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Archive 2007 January 15 - 21 Port Chester Diversions




Jan 15, 2007 Messy and Picky


"... best huevos rancheros Messy has ever had remain those at the mouth-watering hole-in-the-wall of Las Brisas in Port Chester, NY, but she has also had some pretty awesome ones at Taqueria de Veracruzana here in Philly, where they serve them all day ... "


Even though Messy had previously visited Mixto for some seriously unremarkable appetizers and desserts, she was more than gung-ho when Picky invited her to Mixto for brunch. After all, you can't really judge a place by their overpriced chocolate cake if you haven't tried a full meal there. We both love going out to brunch, but we always run into long lines at popular Center City brunch spots. We had no such problem at Mixto — the interior is quite spacious and we were seated promptly. We had a cute table for two in the upstairs dining room, which was brightly lit by the midday sun through a skylight. The place was busy, but not loud, and nobody seemed in a tizzy to get people out of the place to get more people inside.


We began our meal with drinks and some complimentary pan fried bread, which was delicious. Messy had a nice solid cup of coffee while Picky went with a cool glass of freshly squeezed OJ. Picky thought the OJ was very good without too much pulp. Messy, who is not a fan of pulp whatsoever — she firmly believes that orange juice should never involve chewing — wasn't impressed. Picky's main dish was an orange spiced scrambled egg platter, which included three eggs scrambled with a hint of orange with a Cuban chorizo and some fried veggies. The "hint" of orange was more of a notion of orange. The eggs weren't the least bit orange-y, but they were still very good. The chorizo, which was split right down the middle and gently fried with tons of flavor, was the prize of the dish.


Messy had one of her favorite meals ever, huevos rancheros. [The best huevos rancheros Messy has ever had remain those at the mouth-watering hole-in-the-wall of Las Brisas in Port Chester, NY, but she has also had some pretty awesome ones at Taqueria de Veracruzana here in Philly, where they serve them all day long.] Our server happily agreed to substitute avocado slices for the meat that was included in the dish. Messy was expecting huge chunks of avocado, but instead she got a couple of dinky slices. The eggs were quite yummy, but they came with crispy tortillas which made it really difficult to mop up the soppy eggs. The meal was better than average, but Messy still wished for more avocado and more bread.


Although the service was kind of slow, overall, our meal was a pleasant experience. It was our first brunch outing in a while (we like to sleep late, and Picky makes killer omelettes on the weekends) and we were both very happy to find a good, decently priced and convenient location for brunch. Mixto also seems like a good place for a group brunch outing, as we were pretty much surrounded by larger parties sipping Bloody Marys (Bloody Marys are gross). We're both glad we found Mixto for those rare occasions when we go out to brunch — we won't need to wait an hour at a time for those Philly brunch favorite spots anymore!


Messy ***1/2

Picky ***
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"Port Chester Reads!"
A free after School program for ages 2 - 8.
Registration forms are available at the Port Chester Recreation Department.
The event is hosted at Holy Rosary School.
Monday thru Thursday 3pm - 5:30pm.

Archive 2007 January 15 - 21 Port Chester Media Watch

Port Chester Media Watch
Abel's Fables

UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED

Part-time Westmore Snooze Columnist and Chief Pollster Bart Didden has once again proven that he is not only a Republican Candidate for Trustee. He is also Port Chester's very own village idiot.

Bart Didden recently was highly critical of Mayoral Candidate Deennis Pila for being absent from a recent board of trustees meeting. You would think that the fact checkers at the Westmore Snooze would inform Bart "The Village Idiot" Didden that Trustee Pilla has the best attendance record of anyone else on the Port Chester Board Of Trustees.

Worse yet, Bart "The Village Idiot" Didden failed to notice that two other Republican Trustees were missing from the very same meeting.

It is a shame that Richard "The Republican Spin Meister" Abel could take a moment to inform his part-time columnist and Chief Pollster of the facts concerning the pitiful attendence records of some of the Republican Board of Trustee Members.

I guess Mr. Abel was too busy having one of his almost daily meetings with Port Chester Republican Chairman Januez Richards.

Richard "The Republican Spin Meister" Abel always claims that the Westmore Snooze is beholden to no political party.

Why then did he allow his part-time columnist and Chief Pollster to falsely attack the Democratic Mayoral candidate that has only missed one meeting out of the last forty three meetings.

Maybe Richard "The Republican Spin Meister" Abel should post the attendance records of all of the current Port Chester Board of Trustee members.

Trustee Dennis Pilla and Trustee Dan Brakewood both have near perfect attendance, while the republican members of the Port Chester Board of Trustees have much lower attendance percentages.

Maybe Richard "The Republican Spin Meister" Abel, Januez Richards and the Village Idiot should go look at the Public Attendance Records before attacking Democratic Mayoral Candidate Dennis Pilla.

I am sure that Richard "The Republican Spin Meister" Abel will have his Part-Time Columnist and Chief Pollster report on the attendance record of Republican Mayoral Candidate Dominick Cicatelli in next weeks edition of the Westmore Snooze.

Don't hold your breath waiting.

The Republican Board Of Trustee Members should take there responsibilities as seriously as Trustee Dennis Pilla and Dan Brakewood do.

When is the Westmore Snooze going to stop being UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED.

Archive 2007 January 15 - 21 Port Chester Sports Wire

The Rams Travel To Nyack
January 18th
Port Chester totally dominated the game.
Jordan Henriquez led Port Chester with 15 points.
The Rams won the game 71 - 61
Tappan zee wiil come to Port Chester on Moday February 5th.
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Port Chester Played The Poughkeepsie Pioneers.
January 20th
Port Chester lost 59 - 50
Rams Take 4th In Competitive Wrestling Field
Impresive Results were delivered by
Alex Calero
Jamie Calero
John Calero
Max Josephson
Jonny Maldonado
Andres Salcedo
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Former Softball player and Port Chester resident Jody Tassone was inducted into the Canisus College Sports Hall Of Fame.


She was one of the first girls to play little league baseball in Port Chester


Ms. Tassone attended Port Chester and Brewster Schools.


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Jan 21, 2007 Poughkeepsie Journal


... tournament title with 208 overall points, while Arlington finished second at 207. Kingston was third with 153, Port Chester fourth at 134, and Ossining fifth with 131.5. Locally, Roy C. Ketcham finished seventh with 99 points, host Beacon finished ...





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Jan 20, 2007 Journal News


... forward Kyra Aloizos, who doesn't even start, led the team in scoring in consecutive wins over Eastchester and Port Chester. 'It's different every game,' Ford said. 'That's a good thing I guess, as long as someone's scoring.' Overall, Ardsley has ...



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Jan 19, 2007 Journal News


... 66, New Rochelle 53 Roosevelt 73, Saunders 43 Girls basketball Saunders 54, Roosevelt 15 Nyack 66, Port Chester 54 Spring Valley 70, Harrison 29 Ossining 71, Beacon 54 Somers 49, Brewster 33 Woodlands 66, Edgemont 53 White Plains 44, ...



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Roundup: White Plains defeats New Rochelle 44-29; Gorton defeats...
Jan 19, 2007 Journal News
... 14 points for the Koalas. Victoria Solivan and Jasmin Kelly each scored 13 for the Bulldogs. Nyack 66, Port Chester 54: At Port Chester, Chloe Soukas and Caroline Chesterman each scored 14 points for the Indians. Ericka Cruz-Cooke had 16 ...


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Archive 2007 January 15 - 21 The True Blue Conservative Review

Archive 2007 January 14 Port Chester News Wire


Eye On Port Chester



Your Tax Dollars At Work




The Post Office Has Taken 11 Blue Mail Boxes From The Residents Of Port Chester

The local Post Office has removed about a third of the mail boxes from the streets of Port Chester and Rye Brook.

22 Mail Boxes Remain In Port Chester and Rye Brook.

Many Port Chester Village Residents are upset at the removal of the blue.

The biggest complaint is that there was notice from the local Post Office.

Further, many residents feel that these notices should have listed the site of next nearest street side mail box.

Archive 2007 January 14 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Anti-abortion marchers expect strong turnout

“There are thousands of people who feel they want this change, and we want our congressmen and -women to know that we will be here until it does change”
A yearly anti-abortion march in Washington this month will get a strong turnout from the Lower Hudson Valley, local organizers say.

via Journal News

Archive 2007 January 13 Port Chester News Wire





Eye On Port Chester



Library And Villages Gear Up For Meeting On January 17th

A big meeting about the future of the Port Chester Public Library will occur in a few days.

The Port Chester & Rye Brook village boards and the Port Chester Public Library Board will meet at the new Port Chester Senior Center.

When Rye Brook and Port Chester got into a dispute about the funding of the library, Rye Brook contracted with Pace University to do a study of its library options for a fee of $20,000.

Port Chester Trustees Dan Brakewood and Dennis Pilla hoped the study woul be completed before the Januarry 17th joint meeting.

However, Mayor Lawrence Rand now says results of the study should be availablle at the end of this month. It is crazy that Rand and the Rye Brook Board of Trustees is wasting $20,000 for this study.

Almost, everyone in Rye Brook and Port Chester knows that the residents of Rye Brook are getting a hell of a deal.

Port Chester Public Library will soon be sending their request for funding to both Rye Brook and Port Chester.

Hopefully every thing will be worked out at the January 17th Meeting.


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The Journal Snooze continues to drop dead links all over the internet


Port Chester GOP selects slate

“I don't owe anyone anything, and I feel that both Domenick and Ariel are the best candidates that have announced so far”


PORT CHESTER - Republican Trustee Domenick Cicatelli plans to run for mayor in the March election in a bid to succeed longtime Mayor Gerald Logan, who is retiring.

via Journal News

Archive 2007 January 13 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 13 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 12 Port Chester News Wire

Former pharmacy now a pizza place

“We're trying to provide good Italian food.”
PORT CHESTER - A pizza program and the ...

via Journal News

State legislator wants to ban at-large elections

Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera, D-Bronx, will unveil legislation on Monday that would ban the use of at-large elections in New York.

via Star-Gazette

Archive 2007 January 12 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 12 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 11 Port Chester News Wire



Eye On Port Chester




Let's solve the year old Port Chester Library Funding Problem once and for all.




Let's hope that Mayor Gerald Logan and the entire Port Chester Board Of Trustees are in attendance for the Library Meeting on January 17th. Port Chester Board attendance has been disgraceful lately.




Port Chester will need a full board there in order to solve the library funding problem.




Port Chester and Rye Book both have to decide what they are going to do.




Rye Brook has a very, very good deal. If the want to walk away and spend more money then let them waste their citizen's tax dollars.




Either we’re going to have a library with Rye Brook or we’re not.




If not, then we have to roll up our sleaves and fix the Port Chester Library.




First lets get rid of Bruno and Kathleen Giofree and then lets start spending the 3 million dollars the library has to start fixing up the place.




No one in Port Chester can truely say that they think that Mayor Gerald Logan will go against his realitives the Giofrees.




Rye Brook has insisted that part of the negotiation was the library name change.




As part of any funding agreement, Rye Brook had asked that the name of the library be changed to the Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, which is major problem with many long time library patrons.




Many is Port Chester feel that a name change shouldn’t be part of these negotiations.




However, these people need to undderstand that the library has repeatedly changed its name over the years.




Ask Goldie Soloman about the Peck Library.



Rye Brook says that it is willing to increase its percentage of funding from the 30% to 35 % it currently gives in exchangge for the name change.




This is not enough




If Rye Brook wants 50% of the name, then they need to pay 50% of the bill..



Port Chester Trustee Robert Sorensen has worked very hard on the library funding and name change issues.



Port Chester Trustee Dan Brakewood has had innovative ideas about the possibility of a library district.




Maybe Mayor Gerald Logan and his Giofree relations should step a side and let Soreensen and Brakewood hammer out a deal with Rye Brook.



The meeting on January 17th will be moderated By NYU Professor Allen Zerkin. Lets hope Professor Zerkin knows the issues and can get this year old library funding problem solved.




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Even More On Didden, CVS, G And S, Logan & The Board Of Trustees

This is really starting to get old


Top Court to Hear New Eminent Domain Case

In another legal test of eminent domain, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a private company can demand payment in exchange for not seizing property.

via Realtormag.com

Archive 2007 January 11 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 11 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 10 Port Chester News Wire

Pilla to run for Port Chester mayor

PORT CHESTER - Democratic Trustee Dennis Pilla says he intends to run for mayor in the March 20 election.

"Dennis, right now, is probably the front-runner."

[via Journal News]

Archive 2007 January 10 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 10 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 9 Port Chester News Wire

Even More About Didden, G And S, Logan and The Board Of Trustees

This is starting to get boring.



Kelo-Property Rights Update: An Awful Case May Get Heard by the Supremes

Filed under: Economy, Taxes & Government — TBlumer @ 7:39 am

This second item (HT Russell’s Rhetoric) is difficult for me to present without violating the site’s PG-13 standard, but here it is:

Bart Didden wanted to put a CVS pharmacy on his property in Port Chester, N.Y. He even obtained approvals from the local planning board.

But because a portion of the CVS site was in a blighted redevelopment zone, Mr. Didden was told that planning board approval wasn’t enough. He’d have to reach an understanding with a private company that had been selected by Port Chester officials to control all construction inside the renewal zone.

The developer, Gregg Wasser of G&S Port Chester, told Didden he’d have to pay $800,000 or give G&S a 50 percent stake in the CVS business. If Didden refused, Mr. Wasser said, he would have Port Chester condemn and seize his property and instead of a CVS he’d put a Walgreens drugstore on the site.

Didden refused. The next day, the Village of Port Chester began legal proceedings to seize Didden’s land by eminent domain.

Lawyers for Didden took the matter to federal court. They even went to the FBI - all to no avail. Now they are asking the US Supreme Court to examine whether a private company can demand payment in exchange for refraining to seize private property in an urban renewal zone.

Property rights activists are hoping that a majority of the justices view Didden’s case as an opportunity to clarify a portion of the high court’s controversial decision in its last big eminent domain case, Kelo v. New London. In that June 2005 opinion, the court ruled 5-to-4 that local governments could seize private property and turn it over to a private developer when the action was part of an economic development project of benefit to the public.

So the bad news is that this is the kind of overarching tyranny those who opposed the Kelo ruling feared. The good news is that it could be reviewed by the Supreme Court, which, with the arrival of two new justices since the infamous June 2005 ruling, might decide to rule in a sweeping fashion, perhaps overturning Kelo. Another piece of good news is that the Institute for Justice is involved

[via BizzyBlog.com]

Archive 2007 January 9 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 9 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 8 Port Chester News Wire

The Blogs Are Still Going On About Didden & Logan

Extortion in Port ChesterFoundation for Economic EducationPosted: January 8th, 2007

by Thomas L. KnappAuthor: Sheldon Richman

“The least appreciated form of tyranny in the United States goes by the names ‘redevelopment’ and ‘government-business partnership.’ While everyone knows about the threat of development-oriented eminent domain, thanks to the 2005 Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London, local tyranny goes much deeper than the ‘mere’ taking of property in order to give it to another private party. A case out of Port Chester, N.Y., illustrates the danger.” (01/05/07)

http://www.fee.org/in_brief/default.asp?id=1018

( via ISIL Channels )

Archive 2007 January 8 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Archive 2007 January 8 - 14 The True Blue Conservative Review

Archive 2007 January 8 - 14 Port Chester Business Wire

Archive 2007 January 8 - 14 Port Chester Diversions

Congradulations To Jennifer Colangelo who earned a 4.0 GPA at Long Island University last fall.
And Happy Birthday to Danielle Marino turned 22 on the 10th.
Also Rick Dooley celebrated his birthday on the 10th.

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