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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

03/01/11 PORT CHESTER PATCH UPDATE: Port Chester Fire Displaces 11 People - Where Is The Westmore News?


No wonder people in Port Chester call the newspaper, founded by Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Tax Bills" Abel, the Westmore SNOOZE.


PORT CHESTER PATCH REPORTS: The fire victims will be staying at Port Chester's Carver Center until they can find a permanent place to stay.


Eleven people, including five children, were displaced in a fire at a three-story building in Port Chester that badly damaged several apartments and two stores.

The fire occurred at 304 Midland Avenue just after 1 p.m. today.

Firefighters from Larchmont, Mamaroneck, White Plains and Stamford helped the Port Chester Fire Department fight the blaze. The three-story building has apartments on the top two floors and houses Harbor Marine Canvas and the Cafe Roma on the first floor across the street from Midland Plaza.

Heavy, dark smoke, visible from a mile away, billowed from the top two floors as firefighters on the roof and surrounding the building battled the blaze. About 100 spectators watched.


Village Trustee John Branca, who was in the nearby store DaDa Radice when the fire broke out, called 911.

"A gentleman came running in saying 'call 911, smoke is coming out of Harbor Marine Canvas,'" he said. He called and then helped store owner Daniel Radice, 80, evacuate from his home behind the store, which has been a village fixture since the 1930s. Branca also evacuated people who had come into the store because the smoke outside was so bad.

Moments later, firefighters arrived.

"At that point in time it was just a little bit of smoke, but then it blew up... 'boom!' It just went crazy," Branca said.

"The response was tremendous," Branca said of fire crews’ arrival at the scene.

Police Officer John Bykowski was one of the first on the scene, with Officer Thomas Krempe. By the time they arrived all the people in the businesses had already evacuated, Bykowski said. Climbing the stairs, he found a woman with her baby coming down and escorted them out of the building.

Josabel Carcamo, who lives in the apartment building with his wife, said he was at work when the fire started. He said his wife escaped the fire uninjured, but declined to provide further details on the incident.

Carcamo and his wife will be among the four families staying at the Carver Center until they find permanent shelter, said Carolyn Sherwin, a spokesperson for the Red Cross.

Sherwin said the organization “will work with all the families through the recovery process."

The Red Cross will provide the families with financial assistance to replace items lost in the fire. The organization will also use referrals from outside agencies to find them apartments, Sherwin said.

She said mental health volunteers are available to help the families cope with the aftermath of the fire.

The families are already getting offers for places to stay, Sherwin said. Two of the women who lost their apartments will be staying with friends while they look for a permanent place to live.

Anyone interested in donating to the families can visit http://www.westchestercounty.redcross.org or call 914-946-6500.


PORT CHESTER ROUNDUP UPDATE:

Sources tell Port Chester Roundup that Former Westmore News Columnist And Port Chester Planning Board Member Bart "My Downtown Office Had No CO" Didden Is At The Scene.

Apparently, Bart "My Downtown Office Had No CO" Didden was checking on the status of one of his expensive campaign signs which was on the side of the mixed use building that was engulfed in flames.

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03/01/11 Port Chester Fire Update: This Just In From The Journal News - Where Is The Westmore News?

Fire in shops, apartments on Port Chester's Midland Avenue

PHOTO: Port Chester firefighters battle a 4-alarm fire that destroyed businesses and apartments on Midland Avenue in Port Chester today. / Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News

.... Port Chester Fire Chief Kevin McFadden said there was no immediate indication of the cause of the fire, or where it started.

"We're just trying to contain the fire at this time," he said.

One firefighter had been taken to Greenwich Hospital as of 4 p.m. for treatment of smoke inhalation, the chief said.

Port Chester Trustee John Branca said he was helping out behind the counter at "DaDa" Radice candy and newspaper shop next to Cafe Roma when someone ran in to tell them to call 911 because there was smoke coming from Harbor Marine.

Police Officer John Bykowski, one of two officers first on the scene, said "everybody seemed to be out of the building" when he arrived.

He said he entered the burning building and assisted a young woman with a baby as she was coming down the stairs.

The two officers went upstairs and knocked on some doors before the smoke overcame them. They left through a fire escape...

....Daniel Radice, 79, longtime owner of "DaDa" Radice, was in his house behind the store when the fire broke out and got out safely after seeing the smoke.

"It could be worse. Nobody got hurt. That's the main thing," Radice said as he watched the firefighting efforts from a parking lot across the street. Radice's store was engulfed in smoke and water spray, but it was unclear how much damage it sustained.

Others were gathered in the parking lots of Midland Plaza shopping center across the street and the Home Depot down the block watching the firefighters pour water onto the blaze from ladders and a truck.

Mayor Dennis Pilla said the four-family building had been inspected in November and the owners were informed it needed exit signs, smoke detectors and emergency lighting. It passed inspection in January after the items were corrected, he said.

COMMENT:

Former Westmore News columnist and Port Chester Planning Board Member Bart "My Downtown Office Had No CO" Didden seems to be keeping a low profile, However, Port Chester Roundup will try and get a response about the fre from the infamous downtown building code lawbreaker.

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03/01/11 Port Chester Patch - Breaking News Alert - Port Chester Fire - Where Is The Westmore News?

Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Midland Avenue Blaze
Heavy smoke is billowing out of the three-story business-and-apartment building.
By Satta Sarmah | Mar 1, 2011
A fire at 304 Midland Ave. has the Port Chester Fire Department fully involved. Firefighters were called out just after 1 p.m. to the three-story building, which has apartments on the top two floors… Read More

03/01/11 Where Is The Westmore News? Major Port Chester Fire Breaks Out - Village Firefighters, Mayor And Police On The Scene

CONSERVATIVE PORT CHESTER TRUSTEE JOHN BRANCA CALLS 911 TO REPORT MASSIVE FIRE ON MIDLAND AVENUE

A quick responding Port Chester Fire department is battling a fire at commercial building with apartments above at 304 Midland Avenue.

Firefighters from Mamaroneck have responded to help assist the Port Chester Fire Department and Midland Avenue has been closed to traffic.

For over an hour flames and heavy smoke are pouring out of the building that houses Cafe Roma, Harbor Marine and two floors of Apartments.

Port Chester Roundup has placed a call to Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla who is on the scene and could only speak briefly. Mayor Pilla said that it appears that everybody made it out of he building alive.

Longtime Port Chester resident and business owner Daniel Radice who lives next door got out safely.

It is unclear if former Port Chester Planning Board Member Bart "My Downtown Office Had No CO" Didden, who has been cited at public hearings for having code building violations went to visit the scene.


UPDATE:

4:18 PM

The Journal News Is Reporting .....

Mayor Dennis Pilla said the four-family building had been inspected in November and the owners were informed it needed exit signs, smoke detectors and emergency lighting. It passed inspection in January after the items were corrected.

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03/01/11 The Raw Port Chester News Feed

News Reports About Port Chester, NY
Mayor, Challenger to Talk Issues at Wednesday Forum
Patch.com
Republican challenger and Trustee Bart Didden, left, and Mayor Dennis Pilla, right, will meet Wednesday at Port Chester High School for a forum sponsored by the local chapter of the League of Women Voters. What are the most important issues facing Port ...
Recently Updated Web Pages About Port Chester, NY
PORT CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL - High School Calendar
Port Chester High School, One Tamarack Road, Port Chester, NY 10573-2407. Phone: 914-934-7950 | Fax: 914-934-2998. Locate School.
shs.portchesterschools.org/site_view_calendar.aspx?id...

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03/01/11 Port Chester Topix Message Board: Moms: 6 tips for good parenting and more Port Chester News

Topix Port Chester

Port Chester - News March 1, 2011

White Plains-area moms: 6 tips for good parenting
Area moms: 6 tips for good parenting (LoHud)
White Plains-area moms: 6 tips for good parenting Comments Music is an important part of family activities for Karen Hamlin of White Plains and her children Asa, left, 4, Sophie, 10, and Violet, 7. / Joe Larese/The Journal News You don't need to be a perfect parent to be a great one .
So Your Thinking Of Opening A Port Chester Food Truck Business (portchesterroundup.blogspot)
The True Cost Of A Port Chester Food Truck Business

The phenomenon known as a food truck -- which has spawned a reality show and countless creative menu items -- is well on its way to going mainstream.

Low startup costs, a slew of success stories, and the opportunity to meet the people who enjoy your food may appeal to someone searching for a new business opportunity.

Before you drive a truck down Westchester Avenue in Port Chester, make sure what you're envisioning matches the reality of actually operating a food truck. Here are some reality checks ....
Tomorrow Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla And Bart Didden Will Take Questions From The Public (portchesterroundup.blogspot)
The League Of Women Voters Wants You To Come Out To Meet And Question Port Chester's Mayoral Candidates

Voters will finally get their chance to talk about the most pressing concerns in the village when incumbent Mayor Dennis Pilla and Bart Didden will meet in a structured forum....
True Blue Conservative Review Flashback: Will The Real Bart Didden Please Stand Up - Feb. 18, 2007 (portchesterroundup.blogspot)
From The Archives ....

TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
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Port Chester's Most Influential Newspaper
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February 18, 2007

WILL THE REAL BART DIDDEN PLEASE STAND UP

OR

BART DIDDEN DOES NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT PORT CHESTER

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Can The Man That Is Suing The Corrupt Logan Administration
Now Be Apart Of That Very Same Republican Patronage Mill
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Has The Man That Is Suing Every Taxpayer In Port Chester
For 10 Million Dollars Really Changed
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BART DIDDEN IS THE REAL LIFE SYBIL OF PORT CHESTER POLITICS

When you follow the history of Bart Didden you get the impression that Bart seems to have experienced multiple bizarre personality changes

If you don't believe that Bart Didden has changed then go to his website that details information about how Mayor Gerald Logan's administration operates.

This web site is still up and running on Bart Didden's company servers. Bart Diden goes on and on about how Mayor Logan pressured him to go to a meeting where he was extorted by Greg Wasser of G And S. Bart Didden Writes….

"Beginning in the summer of 2003, CVS and I completed our plans and submitted them for approval by the Village's Planning Commission. As with any application to the Village, we attended many meetings including with Mayor Logan in his office and the Board of Trustee's as a whole at a regularly scheduled meeting. During the early Fall of 2003,

I came across Mayor Logan at a local gas station, at which point Mayor Logan asked me to have a meeting with Gregg Wasser in regards to my CVS project.

I explained to Mayor Logan that I did not understand why I should attend such a meeting because –

• I had a fully executed contract with CVS
• I owned all the needed property
• I had the financial ability to complete the project
• My application was well on its way to receiving all required approvals

Mayor Logan begged me to have the meeting by telling me that G And;S and Gregg Wasser had certain rights to develop my property and he wanted me to meet with Wasser. Only after repeated requests that day, did I agree to have the meeting.
Ramaa Reddy Raghavan: Young Sports Professionals (huffingtonpost)
William hits the neon-colored ball with a powerful forehand; his opponent barely makes contact and the return lands short...

... right shoulder. He has just won the first round of the United States Tennis Association sectional tournament at Port Chester, NY., but, walking towards his mother, flushed and perspiring, says "My right shoulder's killing me." A 12 year old, top 10 ...
Boys basketball: Surprise semifinalists believe in themselves (lohud)
As part of his annual preseason plan, Ted Repa, the ninth-year coach at Byram Hills, allows players to establish their own goals....

 ... said sophomore guard Jeff Lynch, who led the Bobcats in scoring each of the last two seasons. "After we beat Port Chester by 30 (last month), our whole team was pumped. We started to believe we could do it." Belief is the common thread among Section ...
Bart Didden Had No Certificate Of Occupancy At His Downtown Port Chester Office (portchesterroundup.blogspot)
The Port Chester Official That Should Be Dragged Before
The Port Chester Ethics Board Is The Lawbreaker Bart Didden.

Bart Didden has sat on the Port Chester Planning Commission, while having No Certificate Of Occupancy

For one year former Port Chester Building Inspector Lenny Cusamano has been afraid to inspect Bart Didden's Main Street Business even though Major Port Chester Developer G AndS testified at a public hearing that Bart'Didden's building is not in compliance with Port Chester Building Code Laws.

Over one year ago Port Chester Building Inspector Lenny Cusamano was asked to produce a copy of Bart Didden's Certificate Of Occupancy and could not produce a copy.

Bart Didden Is A Lawbreaker And A Criminal.

It Is Landlords Like Bart Didden Who Have Ruined Downtown Port Chester.

BART DIDDEN IS NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION

BART DIDDEN IS A PART OF THE PROBLEM

Port Chester Taxpayers Suffer, Because Of
Downtown Building Code Violators Like Bart Didden

03/01/11 So Your Thinking Of Opening A Port Chester Food Truck Business

The True Cost Of A Port Chester Food Truck Business

The phenomenon known as a food truck -- which has spawned a reality show and countless creative menu items -- is well on its way to going mainstream.

Low startup costs, a slew of success stories, and the opportunity to meet the people who enjoy your food may appeal to someone searching for a new business opportunity.

Before you drive a truck down Westchester Avenue in Port Chester, make sure what you’re envisioning matches the reality of actually operating a food truck.

Here are some reality checks:

Startup costs are only the beginning

Compared to opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant, the cost of owning a food truck is a fraction of the cost. Opening a traditional restaurant will set you back $125,000 to $550,000 according to an industry survey by RestaurantOwner.com. Depending on where you live, the cost of purchasing and fixing up a mobile restaurant could be as low as $10,000 and as high as $80,000, reported food Port Chester truck owners.

Permits

The initial startup cost may be lower, but food trucks come with their own expenses. In addition to getting a truck, insurance, employees and food, you will need a health department vending permit.

Gas Prices

There are also costs that are harder to predict, such as gas prices. Right now, gas prices are rising and will continue to climb, according to industry experts. Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister predicted that increased worldwide demand and lack of production could cause gas prices in the United States to reach $5 per gallon by 2012, reported The New York Times. Do you really want to drive a diesel fuel guzzler if that happens?

Turf Wars

Location is one of the most important factors in the food truck biz. As food trucks become more popular, the competition for plum spots will get even fiercer on the rough and tumble streets of Port Chester. Look out for parking tickets as well. Parking fines in Port Chester, a hot spot for trucks, can add up quickly.

Weather Conditions

Few people are willing to stand in the rain or in freezing temperatures for hot dog. port Chester is not an area with temperate weather all year round, be prepared for unexpected storms and cold spells to take a chunk out of your profits.

Storage Space

Even if you’re cooking your food on-site, you will need space to prepare your ingredients and store whatever isn’t sold. Your home kitchen might not be equipped to meet your business needs so be prepared to rent kitchen space and possibly extra storage facilities.

And you may have to rent a place to park your truck.

Serving food straight from your truck to hungry Port Chester customers can be rewarding, but only if you know what you’re getting into.

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03/01/02 Tomorrow Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla And Bart Didden Will Take Questions From The Public And A Panel From The League Of Women Voters

The League Of Women Voters Want You To Come Out To Meet And Question Port Chester's Mayoral Candidates


Voters will finally get their chance to talk about the most pressing concerns in the village when incumbent Mayor Dennis Pilla and Bart Didden will meet in a structured forum.

The first portion of the League Of Women Voters forum will feature questions from a panel comprised of League members.

The second half will feature questions from the public, which will be presented in written format and read aloud by a representative from the League of Women Voters.

Event ushers will had out cards before the event.

The LWV Forum will take place less than two weeks before voters go to the polls for the March 15 mayoral election.

The forum is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.in the auditorium of Port Chester High School.

The forum is open to the public, and streaming video will be available on demand at http://www.lwvrrbpc.org after the forum.

Residents can also catch video of the debate on Port Chester Public Access Television, with air dates to be announced.

Call 914-698-7166 or e-mail LWV.Rye.RyeBrook.PortChester@gmail.com for more information.

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03/01/11 When Mom Goes Out, All Hell Breaks Loose and more

News

Cf9cd02022d16ef1cc68b82c97625e15 Opinion
When Mom Goes Out, All Hell Breaks Loose
When your five-year-old dons a bathing suit to play in the snow, it's best not to ask questions.
By Susan Konig | Mar 1, 2011

03/01/11 What A Gavone - Bart "The Bigot" Didden Had No Certificate Of Occupancy At His Downtown Office. Bart Is Just A Fake, Phony And A Fraud.

Is Former Planning Board Member Bart "The Bigot" Didden On Drugs Or Is The The Furniture Upstairs In His Head Just Re-arranged In All The Wrong Rooms?

For Many Years Extremist TEA Party Lunatic Bart "The Bigot" Didden Worked Out Of A Downtown Port Chester Building That Had No Certificate Of Occupancy And Had Many Other Serious Building Code Violations.

Bart "The Bigot" Didden Appears To Be Mentally Ill As He Has Trys To Take Aim At Port Chester Village Manager Chris Russo Over Code Enforcement.

Through The Murk Of Bart "The Bigot" Didden's Long History Of Corruption And Building Code Violations He Now Procliams That "Downtown Is An Embarrassment To Village Residents And That Port Chester Has Not Done Enough To Crack Down On Safety Violations.

Manga-Looch Bart "The Bigot" Didden also accused Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla of going back on his promise to increase code enforcement staffing, saying the mayor "transferred funding for two additional code enforcement officers to a contingency fund."
Mayor Dennis Pilla disputes Didden's hallucinations, saying the vacancies in the part-time positions were created when the part-time code enforcement officers were promoted to full-time positions. He pointed to an internal e-mail exchange with Village Manager Christopher Russo.
"Two of the full-time positions were filled by the part-time code enforcement officers being brought up to full time pending civil service exam, of course, but they are legally in the positions provisionally," Port Chester Village Manager Chris Russo wrote. "This resulted in two part time positions now vacant for which we are actively recruiting."
Since taking over code enforcement duties, Christopher Steers has been highly lauded by both Democrats and Republicans on the board. Code enforcement was traditionally part of the long-corrupt building department, which was raided by the Port Chester Police Department early last year, resulting in the retirement of Acting Building Inspector Frank "Dirty Deals Done Dirt Cheap" Ruccolo after he was suspended without pay in May.
Frank "Dirty Deals Done Dirt Cheap" Ruccolo, assistant to longtime building inspector Leonard Cusumano, is widely rumored to have taken bribes.

Several sources say police raided the building department after police received credible evidence that Ruccolo had taken a $1,500 bribe to approve an illegal dwelling, but the investigation has been ongoing for 10 months without a comment from police.
Remnants of the alleged corruption surfaced earlier this month, when maintenance worker Daniel DeLisa was fired for allegedly outsourcing his $5,400-a-year cleaning job. DeLisa told authorities the late Cusumano gave DeLisa his blessing to outsource the job a decade ago; DeLisa had been paying a woman to do the work since 2001.
After the scandal surfaced, Didden was forced to backpedal after claiming he'd "uncovered" the corruption.
Although the police investigation is ongoing, Cusumano passed away in 2007 and Ruccolo was allowed to retire, it's difficult to find a resident in town who does not have a corruption story about the building department.
It all adds up to a staggering amount of corruption Steers has had to contend with as code enforcement director, and in January he threatened to quit after Trustee Sam "Wine, Dine And Pocket Line" Terenzi was dangling a promotion in front of Steers in exchange for political support.
Years Ago, Port Chester's Most Influential Newspaper, The TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE REVIEW Reported On The Bart Didden And Lenny Cusumano Corruption Story

THE TRUE BLUE
CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
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Port Chester's most influential newspaper.
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For Years And Years Bart Didden Has
Been Threatening To Send
Corrupt Members Of The
Mayor Gerald Logan' Patronage Machine To
The Port Chester Ethics Board......

For a year Bart Didden was filing Freedom of Information requests against Port
Chester Trustee Bob Sorensen.

Bart Didden went so far as to threaten Robert Soresen, by saying that he would release
the information unless Mr. Sorensen did not immediately resign. Then Bart Didden went
on cable TV attacking and threatening Mr. Sorensen.

Worse yet, Bart Didden was taking the information about Bob Sorensen to the Westmore
News in "anattempt to get bad articles written about Trustee Bob Sorensen. Further, Bart
. Didden contacted Liz Sadler of the Journal News in order to get even more articles
printed about Mr. Sorensen and his family.

Bart Didden was the driving force behind organizing the "Letter To The Editor" writing
campaign agaipst Mr. Sorensen's family.

But that was not enough. Bart continued the attacks for about two and a half months calling for Mr. Sorrensen to be sent to the Port Chester Ethic's Board.

When all was said and done the Bart Didden's information about the Trustee Sorensen's parking tickets was not very good and was in fact a hyped up attack against Mr. Sorensen.

For the record Trustee Robert Sorensen was never ever
referred to the Port Chester Ethics Board.

The Port Chester Official That Should Be
Dragged Before The Port Chester Ethics
Board Is The Lawbreaker Bart Didden.

Bart Didden has sat on the Port Chester Planning
Commission, while having
No Certificate Of Occupancy

For one year Port Chester Building Inspector Lenny
Cusamano has been afraid to inspect Bart Didden's
Main Street Business even though G&S testified at a
public hearing that Bart'Didden's building is not in
compliance with Port Chester Buildin Code Laws.

Over one year ago Port Chester Building Inspector
Lenny Cusamano was asked to produce a copy of
Bart Didden's Certificate Of Occupancy and could
not produce a copy.

Bart Didden Is A Lawbreaker And A Criminal.

It Is Landlords Like Him Who Have
Ruined Downtown Port Chester

The True Blue Conservative Has Always Said
That When Planning Board Member Bart Didden Says Jump.
Building Inspector Lenny Cusumano
Says,"How High?"

Perhaps we should now start saying...
"When Bart Didden says jump fetch beg or
bark and Cusumano does it."

The single-family homeowners of Port Chester Hate The Fact That
Planning Board Member Bart Didden Has The Very Corrupt Port Chester Building Inspector Lenny Cusumano Wrapped Around His Little Finger.

First Bart Didden sues the single-family homeowners of Port
Chester for 10 Million Dollars and then he uses his cash to become
a big shot in the Republican Party that he repeatedly called corrupt.

BART DIDDEN IS NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION

BART DIDDEN IS A PART OF THE PROBLEM

Port Chester Taxpayers Suffer, Because Of
Downtown Building Code Violators Like Bart Didden

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03/01/11 FLASHBACK: True Blue Conservative Review - Will The Real Bart Didden Please Stand Up - February 18, 2007

TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
==============================
Port Chester's Most Influential Newspaper
==============================
February 18, 2007

WILL THE REAL BART DIDDEN PLEASE STAND UP

OR

BART DIDDEN DOESN'T"T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT PORT CHESTER

==============================================
Can The Man That Is Suing The Corrupt Logan Administration
Now Be Apart Of That Very Same Republican Patronage Mill
==============================================
Has The Man That Is Suing Every Taxpayer In
Port Chester For 10 Million Dollars Really Changed
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BART DIDDEN IS THE REAL LIFE SYBIL OF PORT CHESTER POLITICS

When you follow the history of Bart Didden you get the impression that Bart seems to have experienced multiple bizarre personality changes

If you don’t believe that Bart Didden has changed then go to his website that details information about how Mayor Gerald Logan’s administration operates.

This web site is still up and running on Bart Didden’s company servers.

Bart Diden goes on and on about how Mayor Logan pressured him to go to a meeting where he was extorted by Greg Wasser of G&S.

Bart Didden Writes….

“Beginning in the summer of 2003, CVS and I completed our plans and submitted them for approval by the Village’s Planning Commission. As with any application to the Village, we attended many meetings including with Mayor Logan in his office and the Board of Trustee’s as a whole at a regularly scheduled meeting.

During the early Fall of 2003, I came across Mayor Logan at a local gas station, at which point Mayor Logan asked me to have a meeting with Gregg Wasser in regards to my CVS project.

I explained to Mayor Logan that I did not understand why I should attend such a meeting because –

• I had a fully executed contract with CVS
• I owned all the needed property
• I had the financial ability to complete the project
• My application was well on its way to receiving all required approvals

Mayor Logan begged me to have the meeting by telling me that G&S and Gregg Wasser had certain rights to develop my property and he wanted me to meet with Wasser. Only after repeated requests that day, did I agree to have the meeting.

November 2003, I had the meeting that Mayor Logan requested”

So, according to Bart Didden, he was kind of set up by Mayor Gerald Logan, who repeatedly harassed and pressured him all day long to got to a meeting.

A meeting that Bart Didden states that Greg Wasser of G&S committed the crime of extortion.

As Bart Didden's current web site says……..

“We declined claiming that that is extortion and that we were not interested in buying back our rights to our own property.

We also did not understand how Wasser could sell us our rights back when it is the sole right of the Village to Condemn property. We should have been talking to the Mayor, rather it was the Mayor that sent me to Wasser.”

In 2003, Bart was accusing Mayor Gerald Logan of improperly sending him to be extorted by Greg Wasser of G&S.

But wait. Bart has more to say about this……

The very next day Wasser caused the Village of Port Chester to begin the taking of our property by eminent domain and condemnation.

Next I attended the December 2003 Board of Trustee’s meeting, at which I recounted these same events which I have written here about my meeting in November with Gregg Wasser and the extortion demand for a partnership or payment to maintain my property.

In my opinion, the Trustee’s all (Logan, Colangelo, Ciccone, DiRoberto, Napoli, Crane and Sorenson), ignored my plea’s to take responsibility for the actions of the Village.”

So In 2004, Bart claims that Trustee Dominick Cicatelli failed to take responsibility for the actions of the Village. So Bart Didden filed a lawsuit against Dominick Cicatelli and the other Trustees.


But Now Port Chester Sociopath Bart Didden Is Dominick Cicatelli's Running Mate.

Bart Didden Is Just Like Port Chester's Version Of Sybil

Isn't Dominic Cicatelli Aware That Bart Didden Is A Back Stabbing Sociopathic Liar Who Would Sue His Own Mother If He Could Make A Quick Buck?

Dominic Cicatelli Should Run, Run, Run Away From Port Chester Lunatic Bart Didden. If Dominic Cicatelli Fails To Throw Bart Didden Under The Bus Now, He Will Live To Regret It In The Future.

Later Bart rights on his website….

“Here is an example to demonstrate what happened to me, in different terms. Could this happen to you?

• You’re driving your car and your speeding.
• A Village police officer stops you and is going to right you a ticket.
• A stranger approaches you’re car while the police officer is standing there.
• The stranger say’s that if you pay him $800.00 dollars he will guarantee that you will not receive the ticket.
o This is an illegal extraction or extortion
o The stranger is a private individual and has no governmental authority to make you any such offer
o The police officer would be guilty of the same crime as a conspirator if when you paid the demand, he did not write you the ticket.

In the above example, the Village Trustee’s were the police officer and Gregg Wasser was the stranger. He has no rights to make me the offer to pay him off and the Trustee’s had the responsibility to uphold my constitutional rights as the officers of our local government.

Mayor Logan put me in the position to be extorted by insisting that I go to the meeting. The Board of Trustee’s ignored my cries of wrong doing. These two facts only leads me to believe that our elected officials are as guilty as Wasser, such as a conspiracy to a crime. The crime here is extortion, illegal extraction (as defined in Nolan by the US Supreme Court) and robbery, the taking of my property.

I hope, while it might be long, this explains to you why I am suing the Village and the Trustee’s.”

So according to Bart Didden, back in 2004, Mayor Gerald Logan and the other Port Chester trustees were acting like a corrupt cop who would look the other was if an illegal $800,000 payment was made.

Worse yet, if you believe what Bart said in 2004, Mayor Gerald Logan was sort of racketeering by setting Bart up to be extorted.

If you don’t believe the TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE when he says that Bart Didden has changed his story and flip flopped, then please go visit the website that he is still funding and has up at……

http://www.ourlawsuit.com/

Bart has not taken down his website, because he apparently still wants the world to know “that our elected officials are as guilty as Wasser, such as a conspiracy to a crime.”

Did Bart forget what he said about Mayor Gerald Logan and Deputy Mayor Dominick Cicatelli, back in 2004.

Or did Bart Didden forget to take down his website.

Bart must have forgotten about his website accusing Mayor Gerald Logan and Deputy Mayor Dominick Cicatelli of being guilty of being involved in a “conspiracy to a crime.”

Now Bart Didden tells us that Mayor Gerald Logan is as white as the driven snow.

Now Bart tells us that the Logan Administration is the best thing that ever happened to Port Chester.

In the opinion of the TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE, You just can’t trust Bart Didden.

The TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE remembers how Bart Didden pointed out the corruption in the Republican Logan administration.

The TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE used to admire the way that Bart Didden singled out the actions of Mayor Gerald Logan and other Republicans and tried to hold them accountable.

Now that Bart Didden has changed and joined the Republican patronage machine and the TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE is am now ashamed that he was ever associated with Bart at all.

Bart Didden is now actively working against Port Chester reformers like Dennis Pilla and Daniel Brakewood who are trying to bring transparency to Port Chester government.


Now you know why the TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE now says, that….

The TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE used to believe that Bart Didden cared about Port Chester.

But now The TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE says that…..

Bart Didden only cares about Bart Didden.

The TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE wonders how much longer

http://www.ourlawsuit.com/

Will stay up, unchanged and unedited.

The TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE hopes Bart continues to keep his website up on his company's servers.

Because….


Bart’s website clearly demonstrates why we need more transparency in Port Chester Government.

Bart’s website clearly demonstrates why we need new leadership in Port Chester.

So Bart Please leave

http://www.ourlawsuit.com/

up unchanged and unedited .....


So That Everyone in Port Chester can see how bad your brand new Corrupt Republican Patronage friends really are.

Let's Also Hope That The Corrupt Logan Administration Doesn't Force Bart Didden To Take Down The Port Chester Info Website Up And Running On His Company's Servers.

If you go to http://www.portchesternyinfo.com/

You will see where Bart writes.....

"Eminent Domain Abuse And EXTORTION
in Port Chester, NY"

In fact, Bart put this statement at the top of every page of this web site.

Or you might want to read other things that Bart said on this web site,

One of my favorites is ......

"This site is designed as a resource for the general public who may be interested in –

Eminent Domain Abuse - by a preferred developer

An example of a village government and its leadership that rather look the other way"

If you still don't think Bart Didden has sold out to the Republican Patronage Machine, then I can provide you scores of media links, documenting what Bart really thinks of Mayor Logan, Deputy Mayor Doninick Cicatelli and other Port Chester Republican Families like the Colangelos.

Bart sure did give a lot of interviews when he was mad about at the Corrupt Republican Patronage Machine having Mayor Gerald Logan presuring him to go to a meeting to be extorted by a village developer.

You can get a lot of these media links, by going to Bart's website.....

http://www.portchesternyinfo.com/

Why did Bart Didden change his mind about Mayor Gerald Logan and the corrupt Republican Patronage machine that destroyed Port Chester?

Was Bart Didden telling a big fat lie about the Logan Administration back in 2004?

Or is Bart Didden not being staight with us now.

That's why the TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE says will the real Bart Didden please stand up.


On Bart Didden's multiple websites attacking the corrupt Logan Administration he repeatedly warn Port Chester Residents……

“REMEMBER, it could happen to you!”

Now Bart "If You Can't Beat Them, Then Join Them" Didden is running for Trustee with the very same people he warned us about.


What if Bart Didden's Republican running mate acts just like Mayor Logan and the other corrupt local party bosses, and another property owner is pressured in to going to a meeting where a big developer extorts them.

What would Bart "If You Can't Beat Them, Then Join Them" Didden do about this corruption in Port Chester?


How would
Bart "If You Can't Beat Them, Then Join Them" Didden help this property owner that would be victimized by same Republican Party Bosses that victimized him?

If you vote for
Bart "If You Can't Beat Them, Then Join Them" Didden, then same Corrupt Republican Party Political Bosses will still have a say in Developing Port Chester.

Bart if Port Chester property owners vote for you, then nothing changes.

Bart Didden writes on his website that……

“Mayor Logan put me in the position to be extorted by insisting that I go to the meeting. The Board of Trustee’s ignored my cries of wrong doing. These two facts only leads me to believe that our elected officials are as guilty as Wasser, such as a conspiracy to a crime. The crime here is extortion, illegal extraction and robbery, the taking of my property.”

Bart it horrible how the corrupt Republican Bosses set you up to be extorted.

Everyone wants this corruption to end.

How are you and your brand new political friends going to protect the property owners from this type of political corruption?

Bart, haven’t you joined forces with corrupt political bosses that victimize innocent property owners?

Bart you keep warning us that…..

“REMEMBER, it could happen to you!”

But wouldn’t the corruption start to go away if we got new leadership and the Corrupt Party Bosses were put out of power for good.

Bart, why would you want to leave a power structure in place that conspires to set up citizens, and then ignores their cries of wrong doing.

Bart if you and your new political friends win, then the same corrupt power structure is there like a cancer.

Bart now that you have befriended the guys that supposedly extorted you, I really don't think that you will be able to tell Mayor Logan or the other corrupt party bosses no?

Bart if you and your new political friends are elected, then the same old crap is going to continue in Port Chester.

Bart you and your new political friends, will continue to destroy Port Chester.

Someone has to pay if this corrupt power structure stays in place.


Bart please tell us what would you do about Gary Gianfrancesco and the never ending 16 Million Dollar Village Hall?

Do you agree with Marvin Ravikoff’s statement that Republican Insider Gary Gianfrancesco is the wrong man for the job, because he is not a construction Manager?

Would you build Mayor Gerald Logan's 1.8 Million dollar village hall meeting room and use Gary Gianfrancesco to do it?

Or would you repair the Port Chester public library with the 1.8 Million dollars?

Bart how would you end the corruption in Port Chester?

Bart would you replace the two dead guys that sit on the Port Chester ETHICS board?

It is clear that Bart Didden flip flopped and sold out

Bart Didden has now joined the corrupt power structure that he once warned us about.

Now everyone in Port Chester knows why the TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE now says that….

The TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE used to believe that Bart Didden cared about Port Chester.

But now the TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVE says that…..

Bart Didden only cares about Bart Didden.

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