10/22/07 - Independent Committe Says The True Blue Conservative Is Right And Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Is A Liar #2

Supervisor Wanna Be Joe Carvin And His Republican Operatives Have Used Unfair Campaign Tactics In The Hopelessly Biased Westmore News

You Will Not Read This In The Hopelessly Biased Rag Known As The We$tmore $nooze. But The 1,172 Current Visitors To Port Chester Roundup
Know That...
The
WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES COMMITTEE

Which Is An Independent Body that is funded by a grant from the Westchester Community Foundation.The Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) is a non-profit community endowment for the benefit of Westchester County. Its mission is to develop and manage philanthropic resources, and to distribute them in a way that is responsive to donor interests and community needs. The Foundation actively promotes charitable giving on behalf of the area's non-profit organizations. WCF is a division of the New York Community Trust, the largest community foundation in the country with assets of approximately two billion dollars.

The WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES COMMITTEE has ruled that

An Opinion letter of Mr. Carvins to the Westmore News where Mr. Carvin states everyone knows that in order to do business with the Town of Rye you need to be prepared to contribute to the jobs for the boys machine was unfair.

Finding: UNFAIR

On September 5th The True Blue Conservative and Port Chester Roundup said the same thing.
The single family home owner's of Port Chester are not stupid they already know that Carvin is being a Parrot for the Vindictive Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel

Please Take A look At This Link

09/05/07 - It Is Getting Annoying - We$tmore $nooze Parrot Joe Carvin Just Can't Stop Repeating The Lies In Bernie Abel's Town Crier Column

Also Take A Look At This August 29th Link

08/29/07 - Is Supervisor Wanna Be Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Afraid That A Hardworking Port Chester Landscaper Is Going To Sue The Pants Off Him?

Both Posts Clearly Document the Vicious Lies and Heinous Slander That Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin and the Hopelessly Biased We$tmore $nooze Have Used Against The Men And Women That Work For The Town Of Rye.

10/21/07 - Independent Committe Says The True Blue Conservative Is Right And Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Is A Liar.

You Will Not Read This In The Hopelessly Biased Rag Known As The We$tmore $nooze. But The 1,172 Current Visitors To Port Chester Roundup

Know That...

The

WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES COMMITTEE

Which Is An Independent Body that has these outstanding Westchester Citizens

Stephanie Sarnoff, Chair

Milton Hoffman, Vice Chair

Miriam Cohen, Coordinator

LaRuth Gray

Susan Guma

Ruth Hinerfeld

Burton M. Leiser

Robert Peterson

Ernest Prince

Susan Schwarz

Evelyn M. Stock

And Also Has Represenitives From The

Republican Party

Democratic Party

Independence Party

Conservative Party

Working Families Party

This Committee is comprised of community leaders who represent a wide range of public interests and are recognized as being independent and fair minded. Members representing recognized political parties serve ex-officio without vote; they contribute political perspective and experience to the discussion.

The WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES COMMITTEE has ruled that

"that a Republican Party flyer stating that the 2007 New York State Comptrollers report is a devastating indictment of the corrupt hiring and contracting practices of the Morabito-controlled Rye Town board is unfair as the report does not use the word corrupt."

Finding: UNFAIR

On September 5th The True Blue Conservative and Port Chester Roundup said the same thing.

The single family homeowner's of Port Chester are not stupid they already know that Carvin is being a Parrot for the Vindictive Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel

All the WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES COMMITTEE had to do was read this post in the Port Chester Roundup and they would have learned that Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin is knowingly lying to the residents of Port Chester.

Here Is The Port Chester Roundup Link From September 5th exposing Bernie Abel and Joe Carvin's lying and unfair campgain practices: http://portchesterroundup.blogspot.com/2007/09/090507-joe-carvin-is-bernie-abels.html

Here is the October 22 link for the WCFCPC: http://www.watpa.org/lwv/fcpc/fcpc.html

Call 939-6864 and tell the Vindictive Bernie Abel to cancel your subscription to the hopelessly biased rag known as the We$tmore $nooze

10/21/07 - Obituary - Singer Teresa Brewer

Singer Teresa Brewer established herself as a big voice in a petite package with the novelty hit "Music! Music! Music!" in the 1950s.

Jazz Music News: Jazz music, count basie - October 21

Teresa Brewer, 76, a bold-voiced singer whose novelty hit "Music! Music! Music!" established her as a jukebox favorite in the 1950s and secured her four-decade career performing in nightclubs and on Las Vegas stages, died Oct. 17 at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y. She had progressive supranuclear palsy, a brain disorder.

Ms. Brewer was a veteran radio performer at 19, when "Music! Music! Music!" became a pop-chart smash in 1950 with its bouncy Dixieland-ensemble backup and command to "put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon."

After a period of similar fare, she won over audiences as a balladeer singing "Till I Waltz Again With You" (which reportedly sold more than 1.4 million copies), "Let Me Go, Lover" and "A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl."

Her voice was startlingly brassy for a 5-foot-2, 100-pound singer, and the disparity prompted jokes. Referring to a brash nightclub performer, entertainer Bing Crosby joked that Ms. Brewer was the "Sophie Tucker of the Girl Scouts." Time magazine called Ms. Brewer "a topnotch singer with a voice somewhere between a blowtorch and a cello."

A striking brunette -- later a blond -- she was cast as a star of the musical western film "Those Redheads from Seattle" (1953) and was a mainstay of television variety shows for several years.....

....She was credited as co-author of several songs, including "I Love Mickey," a novelty tune she recorded with New York Yankees center-fielder Mickey Mantle in 1956.

Her first marriage, to William Monahan, ended in divorce. Thiele, whom she married in 1972, died in 1996.

Survivors include four children from her first marriage, Kathleen Monahan-Granzen of Rye Brook, N.Y., Susan M. Dorot of White Plains, N.Y., Megan Ahearn of Port Chester, N.Y., and Michelle McCann of New Rochelle; a stepson, Bob Thiele Jr. of California; a brother; four grandsons; and five great-grandchildren.

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10/22/07 - Weekend Port Chester Sports Report

Yesterday's Section 1 Coaches Invitational results
Journal News
... (NR) 375; 16. Rye (R) 438; 17. Kennedy (JFK) 445; 18. Pleasantville (Pv) 450; 19. Putnam Valley (PV) 482; 20. Port Chester (PC) 590; 21. Harrison (H) 603; 22. North Salem (NS) 605. Individuals - 1. Andrew Gelston (WP) 17:06.76; 2. Chris ...


Westchester/Putnam notebook: Salesian winning despite big losses
Journal News
... as he called it. 'We have good character guys and some great athletes.' Midfielders Tom Manz of the Bronx and Port Chester's Sebastian Zambrano have helped Salesian outscore its opponents by a 22-5 margin through its first eight games. Although ...


Local women turn on The Power again
Journal News
PORT CHESTER - On a recent morning at Sound Shore Indoor tennis, one group of players stood out.


Roundup: North Rockland defeats Poughkeepsie 3-0; Tappan Zee defeats...
Journal News
... 14 of 27 passes for 186 yards. R. J. Medeo had a 53-yard touchdown run for the Bobcats. Spring Valley 16, Port Chester 13: At Port Chester, the Tigers' Mike Braithwaite caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from Jeff Volcey, who also scored on a ...


Yesterday's Section 1 Coaches Invitational results
The Patent Trader
... (NR) 375; 16. Rye (R) 438; 17. Kennedy (JFK) 445; 18. Pleasantville (Pv) 450; 19. Putnam Valley (PV) 482; 20. Port Chester (PC) 590; 21. Harrison (H) 603; 22. North Salem (NS) 605. Individuals - 1. Andrew Gelston (WP) 17:06.76; 2. Chris Mezias (HG) ...


Francella's round not yet complete

The Journal News
Port Chester's Meaghan Francella played her second round early today in the LPGA's Hana Bank KOLON Championship in Kyeongbook, South Korea.


Football playoffs move into the spotlight
The Journal News
... 3 p.m. Chaminade at Mount St. Michael, 1:30 p.m. Nyack at Our Lady of Lourdes, 1:30 p.m. Spring Valley at Port Chester, 1:30 p.m. Eastchester at Harrison, 1:30 p.m. Clarkstown North at Clarkstown South, 1:30 p.m. Lincoln at Saunders, 1:30 p.m. New ...

10/22/07 - Why is Blackwater, a privatizied militia, currently facing legal scrutiny for various massacres in Iraq, training Port Chester Police Dept.

Blackwater Mercenary at New Orleans Residence

Blackwater Training US Police

Blackwater is also planning to establish regional training centers in Potrero, California and Mount Carroll, Illinois, billed as Blackwater West and Blackwater North, respectively.

These training centers, in addition to Blackwater's Lodge and Training Center in Moyock, North Carolina -- Blackwater East -- and a possible fourth rumored to be slated for the Pacific Northwest -- Blackwater Northwest -- may result in the establishment of a network of Blackwater-trained police, sheriffs, and other police units around the country.

Given Blackwater's Dismal record on Human rights and Brutality, this spells trouble for civilian control of police and paramilitary forces in the United States, from major metropolitan areas to small rural towns.

Did Port Chester Police Train With Blackwater?

Will Port Chester Police officers who have been trained in Blackwater techniques transition from "Protect and serve" to "Kill them All, God will find his own".

Here are some of the courses offered to local Police departments..

http://www.policeone.com/training/Blackwater-USA/

Who on the previous 7 - 0 Republican Port Chester Republican Board approved or knew about Port Chester being involved with Blackwater.

Everyone is against corrupt cops, bad government contractors, killer mercenaries, scummy nepotism and lame scumbag lawmakers, but...

How in the heck did Port Chester Police Department and Blackwater get together.

Nobody knows who brought Blackwater to Port Chester.

But a few people around Port Chester have been playing Six Degrees Of Separation.

One chain of connections goes like this.

The Port Chester Chief Of Police has to admit that he knows Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano ***.

Now Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano *** is always taking over the Capitol Theatre, because he is heavily involved in ponzi like soap selling scheme know as Amway.

Now the Amway co-founder is Richard DeVos.

Now Mr. DeVos's daughter in law's maiden name was Elizabeth "Betsy" Prince.

Sister Of Erik Prince the founder, Chairman and CEO of Blackwater.

http://iraqforsale.bravenewfilms.org/blog/344-blackwater-runs-red

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Blackwater CEO Erik Prince defends guards

The head of Blackwater USA on Sunday rejected a mounting series of reports suggesting the private contractor's security guards opened fire on innocent Iraqi civilians last month....

....Survivors told FBI investigators Blackwater guards shot at civilians presenting no threat. Video Watch a Blackwater witness describe his account »

The first U.S. soldiers to arrive on the scene after the incident told military investigators they found no evidence contractors were fired upon, a source familiar with a preliminary U.S. military report told CNN.

The soldiers found evidence suggesting the guards fired on cars attempting to leave and found weapon casings on the scene matching only those used by U.S. military and contractors, the military source said.....

**** Note About Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano

Yes it is true that Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano is an Amway salesman.

Who in their right mind is going to hire an Amway salesman to be their lawyer?

Now you know why Aldo needs so much patronage from Port Chester.

This is just one mans opinion. I could be wrong.

Maybe its a good thing that Blackwater is involved with the Port Chester Police Department.

Maybe its a good idea to hire a lawyer that sells over priced soap on the side.

Please use the comment link below to tell me what you think.

10/21/07 - Home sales in Port Chester crash to 20-year low

Port Chester Area homes sales sank to a two-decade low in September, as tighter lending standards walloped an already-declining market.

Port Chester Realtors have said it was the slowest September that anyone can remember.

Port Chester has suffered month after month of declining sales.

The credit crunch hit with a vengeance in mid-August, as lenders backed away from jumbo loans - those over $350,000. Since home sales typically take about 30 days to close, the fallout hit the September sales data. Tighter standards for jumbos had a particular impact in the Port Chester Area, where, by necessity, most home mortgages are jumbos.

Port Chester median price also been has been hurt by the 13 1/2% School Tax Increase.

But with reckless Hedge Funds causing a credit crunch. It has made it harder and more expensive for potential Port Chester residents to get a larger mortgage, that is needed in Port Chester.


When you combine the price difference (for jumbos) with the restrictions in underwriting guidelines, and the massive school tax increase, that was a triple whammy that has devastated the Port Chester Real Estate market.

Goldie Solomon has repeatedly said that "All levels of Government need to reduce taxes, because we are headed for a recession."

Westchester County, Port Chester Public Schools, Blind Brook Schools, The Village Of Port Chester and the Village Of Rye Brook have all increased taxes the last two years.

The Town of Rye is one of a few Westchester governmental and school bodies that has reduced taxes this year.

The Town Of Rye is the only Westchester governmental or school body that has reduced taxes two years in a row.

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Rye Town Supervisor Wanna Be Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin explains how the hedge fund mess is going to cause Port Chester housing prices to decline.


This is just one man's opinion. I could be wrong.

I wold like to hear what other Port Chester Businesses, Realtors and Residents think about the pending Port Chester home sales falling sharply.






Why isn't the hopelesslly biased We$tmore $nooze reporting on the fact that Port Chester home buyers have struggled to get loans?


Why hasn't the hopelessly biased We$tmore $nooze reported that the outrageous 13 1/2% School Tax increase has helped cause a dire Port Chester Housing Market that will get worse?

10/21/07 - Port Chester woman critically hurt in I-84 collision in Southeast

SOUTHEAST - A Port Chester woman was in critical condition yesterday at Danbury Hospital after her sport utility vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84, state police said.
Police initially said the crash appeared to involve a fatality but this afternoon said that Cheryl M. Bagdan, 52, was in critical condition after the 8:30 a.m. accident.


Investigator Ricky Peets said Bagdan was merging from Interstate 684 onto eastbound Interstate 84 when she apparently lost control of her 2004 GMC Yukon on the ramp, which curves sharply. The car continued onto I-84, where it was struck by a 2002 Volvo tractor-trailer driven by William T. Laffey of Pittsburgh, 32, which was in the left lane.


Laffey was not injured but Bagdan had to be extricated from her car......

Full story: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pb...

10/21/07 - Talkin' Trash: Reduce And Rejoice. It's About Time That We Started Doing Stories On The Port Chester Trash Problem.

I received an email about the trash problem in Port Chester.

The email read as follows......

hey. just wanted to say great job on the roundup.

just wondering if ever think of running a story on the terrible port chester trash. how every wednesday port chester has more trash then the towns and villages around.its because of the overcrowding in houses. no one in port chester ever does anything about it. all the high power "officials" worry about themselves.never have they down anything for this town but raise the damn taxes.

PS- its great reading the roundup online and not paying!! keep up the great work!!

This person is 100% Correct.

I know the current administration and village manager has taken steps to try and solve the problem, but in my opinion they have not done enough.

In fact, I think the current trash plans are too punitive to the single family homeowners.

I personally think the problem is mostly with the multi-family and commercial property owners.

The trash problem is easy to measure.

All one has to do is look at the monthly weight totals at the dump and compare it to the year before.

The Village Manager and the elected officials are either reducing the trash costs or they are not.

All one has to do is go through the commercial district and see the abuse that goes on.

On Mill Street you will see car parts and several bumpers put to the curb for free pickup.

On Westchester Avenue, you will see file cabinets, desks and other office equipment put on the curb for free pick up.

Plus you have illegal multi-family houses putting out trash for two, three and four families.

However, these illegal multi-family houses are paying taxes for one family unit.

The single family homeowners of Port Chester are subsidising the trash pick up of commercial and illegal multi-family units.

All this is doing is increasing the profit margins of commercial businesses and property owners.

Yet the Village Of Port Chester wants to get tough with single family homeowners.

This is just not fair.

This is just one mans opinion, and I could be wrong.

Personally, I would like to hear what other Port Chester residents and businesses think about the trash problem in Port Chester.

Please use the link below to comment to this posting.

10/19/07 - Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin Explains How Greedy Hedge Fund Guys Have Made The Real Estate Market And Economy Collapse

Supervisor Wanna Be Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin

Dear Port Chester Residents,

I know many of you are distressed about how greedy hedge fund guys have made foolish and risky sub-prime mortgage investments that have caused your house to loose value.

Worse yet some Port Chester residents have been forced into bankruptcy, because of the hedge fund mess.

Please don't blame me or my greedy hedge fund friends. It is your own damn fault for taking that hedge fund backed subprime loan.

But don't worry about my investments or me, because the Federal Reserve Chairman is going to use your tax dollars to bail out the subprime mortgage and hedge fund industry.

You might lose your house, but us hedge fund guys wont lose a dime. Remember rank has privilege. Beside I and the Federal Reserve Chairman expect you to pick your self up by the boot straps.

Now many of you have accused me of being insensitive and unconcerned about what was happened to the Port Chester Real Estate Market.

So I am going to put down all of these copies of the Town Crier that I always read from and speak to you off the cuff.

I know that this will make Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel mad, but I want to try and make you think that I feel your pain.

Besides, I am really getting tired of repeating the Town Crier lies month after month after month.

As you know a hedge fund guy like myself uses a proprietary investing tool, that I like to call a dart board.

Last month the dart landed on international gold investments.

Once the dart has chosen the asset class I like to use a unique digital computer investment model.

Unfortunately, the digital computer investment model was not as unique as I thought. It looks like all of us "Harvard Educated Fools" were given the same digital computer model in Economics 101.

Basically, thousands of "Harvard Educated Fools" like myself are using the same dice. At "Harvard we were told that the technical term for this a "Crowed Trade.

You may also hear the guys down at Vinny's Lunch refer to it as "Climbing On A Bandwagon Headed For A Brick Wall".

It sort of reminds you of my campaign to be the Rye Town Stupidvisor.

Any how, back to that digital computer model that us hedge fund guys used to create the subprime mortgage disaster that is destroying the Port Chester real estate market.

Basically, As our alpha generation collapses, our beta has turned negative, our delta hedging has gone toxic and, trust me, you do not want to hear about our gamma.

Hopefully, You can appreciate that accurate pricing is essential for evaluating my investment strategies. This has proven to be extremely challenging in recent days. Previously, I have relied on Bob, the sales guy USA Bank on Irving Avenue.

Bob assured me the securities were still worth 100 percent of face value, so everything was cool. Bob sold the collateralized debt obligations me in the first place, so he knows what he’s talking about.

Bob, however, appears to have had a nervous breakdown, judging by the maniacal laughter that greeted my requests for price verification this week.

I therefore decided to implement an in-house valuation report, using a technique the Abel's And The Westmore News like to call “making things up,”

However, this proved unsatisfactory.

Currently, all of the portfolios I manage are undergoing a rigorous screening known as “crossing my fingers and praying that we don’t have to try and find a bid in this market.”

This is supplemented by a cross-market statistical analysis originally developed by the U.S. military called “don’t ask, don’t tell.”This “unmarking-to-unmarket” procedure has been the benchmark for the hedge-fund industry for the past, ooh, few weeks.

I have, of course, been in touch with the rating companies to update our default-probability scenarios, particularly on the AAA rated investments I own. They recommended a forecasting method using stochastics to regress the drift-to-downgrade timescales for the past 100 years and throw them forward for the next five minutes.

The technical term for this is “induction,”though those of you of a less quantitative bent may know it as“making a wild ass guess.”

I am very pleased to report that, contrary to what current market prices might suggest, all of our houses will continue to have some value. Provided, that is, the future performance of the underlying collateral is identical to its history.

Otherwise, the credit rating companies and Realtors say our homes are likely to be reclassified as “toast.”

Personally, I have also been checking on my back-up credit lines with my friends in the investment-banking world. As soon as they return my calls, I’ll be able to update you on my emergency liquidity position.

Please Don't worry, I am sure more credit is available.

On the business side of my life, some of my investors have written to me asking for their money back, citing clauses in my fund documentation called redemption rights.

Frankly, I never expected you to actually read that prospectus, which came prepackaged when I bought the Microsoft-Hedge-Fund-Guy-Software.

I certainly have no idea what all those long words mean.

I have filed your letters in a special drawer in the filing cabinet marked “trash” for now.

Do you have any idea how much trouble you all would be in if I actually sold this stuff in the market today? At these crazy prices? Fuhgeddaboudit. You’ll thank me later.

Speaking of crazy prices, I know you’ll be thrilled to learn that I have been sending out invitations to a bunch of rich guys like Bruno "Spot Zone" Gioffre and Gary "I Made Over A Million Bucks At Horton School" Gianfrancesco.

I am asking Bruno "Spot Zone" Gioffre and Gary " I Made Over Million Bucks At Horton School" Gianfrancesco to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

I also have calls out to Aldo "The Patronage Boy" Vitagliano and the Rye City Republican Chairman Anthony "I Only Got 3/4 Of A Million Dollars Of Tax Money" Pisonere.

But this is not a rescue. Do not even think the word rescue. This is an opportunity. Not a rescue. An opportunity.

In fact, I think this is such a fantastic opportunity, I have agreed to forgo my usual management fee, and I will only take half my usual slice of the profits. Provided there are any profits to slice.

You, of course, are absolutely invited to participate in this offer by sending me any extra money that you have laying around your house.

Since, the Town Of Rye has cut taxes two years in a row you may want to send those savings to me.

Finally, a word for all of you who have been kind enough to inquire about my personal financial situation. I am relieved to report that my directors and officers insurance is fully paid up.

Furthermore, my fancy sports car was paid out of the 2 percent fee I levied when you wrote your first check to me, so I will still be able to trundle into the parking lot each morning in an open-necked shirt to ignore your telephone calls and e-mails.

Plus, If you are foolish enough to vote for me in November, I will be able to draft a resolution with Port Chester Republican Chairman Billy Vilanova that will allow the Town Of Rye to invest in my hedge fund. Right now we are investing in Tajik Gold mines.

Yours,

Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin


Your Local Neighborhood Hedge-Fund Guy.

10/19/07 - Police Blotter - Port Chester teen accused of stealing his grandmother's purse, buying drugs

A teenager taken in by his grandmother has returned the favor by stealing her purse and buying drugs, Port Chester police said.

Steven Martin Rivera, 16, recently moved into his grandmother's 5 Grove St. home after being released from a juvenile detention center, police said. At 10:30 a.m. yesterday, the Port Chester woman reported that her grandson and handbag - including $2,000 in cash and her credit cards - were both missing.....

Full story: http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbc...

10/19/07 - Police Blotter - Cops: Harrison man arrested after screaming at Port Chester tow truck company

A 36-year-old Harrison man was arrested after screaming at a tow truck driver who refused to release his impounded car last night, police said.

... after refusing to calm down in front of Hannigan's Towing on Bulkley Avenue, said Lt. Jim Ladeairous, Port Chester Police. The car had been impounded for having a suspended registration and outstanding parking tickets, police said. "He was screaming ...

Full story: http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbc...

10/19/07 - Community Health Fair To Be Held In Port Chester

Open Door Family Medical Centers and partners from the community will host a Community Health Fair on Saturday October 27.

... host a Community Health Fair on Saturday October 27. The free day-long event will take place at Open Door's Port Chester office, 5 Grace Church Street from 10am-2pm and is open to the public. Among the participating partner organizations are The ...

Full story: http://westchester.com/Westchester_Ne...

10/17/07 - Transportation group sees bus rapid transit as the way to go

Here are some interesting figures about commuting patterns on the Tappan Zee Bridge.

On an average weekday, 65 percent of Westchester-bound commuters on the bridge come from Rockland (52 percent) and Orange (13 percent) counties.

Just a little over a half (51 percent) end their trips in Westchester while an additional 10 percent head to Connecticut.

About 3 out of 10 drivers (28 percent) go to New York City, with more than half of those trips ending in the Bronx.....

... the DOT to take a leading role to promote transit-oriented development in the 30 miles between Suffern and Port Chester to boost ridership by getting people out of their cars. The project team is expected to choose an alternative sometime next ...

Full story: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pb...

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10/17/07 - Rye Town Meeting Notes - We$tmore $nooze Founder Once Again Dustrupts Meeting And Threatens A Police Officer

The Vendetta Continues.

Once again the founder of the hopelessly biased rag known as the We$tmoe $nooze, Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel proved that the Port Chester Police is afraid of him and his son Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel.

Again the Rye Town Supervisor had to summon the Port Chester Police to escort Bernie "I forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel out of the Rye Town court room.

You Don't Spit In The Wind, You Don't Pull The Mask Of The Old Long Ranger And You Don't Dare Touch Bernie

Yes, once again Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel, became enraged at a Port Chester Police Officer. Bernie actually shoved his finger in the officers face and said how dare you touch me. Bernie then demanded that the poor Port Chester police officer apologize to him.

The poor Port Chester police officer had to Kowtow to crazed Bernie and say that he was sorry.

Personally, I would have never apologized to the apparently mentally ill We$tmore $nooze founder Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills' Abel.

Instead of Kowtowing and apologizing to Bernie, the Police Officer should have restrained the We$tmore $nooze founder in a straitjacket.

I am sorry. Now please take your seat.

But the lunatic Bernie wasn't happy that the poor Police Officer apologized to him on Cable TV. No Bernie also wanted Rye Town Supervisor Bobby Moribito to apologize and Kowtow too.

Unlike many Port Chester and Rye Brook politicians, Rye Town Supervisor Moribito has never ever Kowtowed to the emotionally unstable founder of the We$tmore $nooze.

Rye Town Supervisor Bobby Moribito repeatedly told the poor Port Chester Police Officer to escort the insane Bernie out of the Rye Town Courtroom.

Deputy Rye Town Supervisor Michael Borelli also refused to be bullied by the newspaper founder that obviously suffers from a sever personality disorder.

Of coarse, Trustee Billy "I Got A GED Don't Mess With Me" Vilanova is too cowardly to open his big fat mouth when the delusional We$tmore $nooze founder starts showing every one watching cable TV that he is apparently suffering from some kind of severe psychosis .

Trustee Billy "I Got A GED Don't Mess With Me" Vilanova is very wise to try and avoid eye contact with the deranged Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel.

These psychotic outbursts by We$tmore $nooze publisher Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel and Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel are not going to stop unless the Port Chester Chief Of Police stops giving the Abel's special treatment.

When Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel filed a false police report the chief of police dropped everything to personally interview the Rye Town Drama Queen.

When Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel's newspaper box was thrown into the middle of Haines Blvd. a Police Lieutenant had to go out and take the routine report.

When a rival publisher's newspaper box was being installed near a We$tmore $nooze newspaper box five or six Port Chester police cars were taken off patrol and two Rye Brook police cars drove into Port Chester to assist.

We have had gun shots ring out on the streets of Port Chester.

We have the Sur 13 the Hispanic gang controlling and openly operating on Exchange Place and a big chunk of Irving Ave.

We have had a girl raped vaginally and anally in her car on fox island road.

We have had another girl held prisoner and had her eye knocked nearly out of its socket

We have a guy getting pistol whipped in broad daylight on Midland Avenue.

We have a rash of businesses and homes being robbed.

Our Parks are defaced and destroyed a will by vandals.

Yet every month multiple Port Chester police officers have to be sent to the Rye Town Hall, because of Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Able and Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel.

The Port Chester Police Officers only feel compelled to Kowtow to Bernie and Richard Abel, because the Port Chester Police Chief Kowtows to the We$tmore $nooze and the Abels.

But the Port Chester Chief Of Police has a history of being political.

When ex-Port Chester School Board President Domenic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga moved out of New York State for six months without resigning from the school board.

It was the hopelessly biased We$tmore $nooze who refused to report the story.

It was also the very political Port Chester Chief of Police that helped Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga find a little apartment .***

It is political crap like this that causes the outrageous 13 1/2% school tax increase that is destroying Port Chester.

This political crap is also cause the horrific crime wave that is destroying Port Chester

This political crap is also allowing Richard and Bernie to cause public disruptions at will.

The Port Chester Chief Of Police should be working with the Village Manager to stop this horrific crime wave.

The Port Chester Chief Of Police should be working with the Village Manager to start that Police Squad that is going to shut down the illegal and dangerous apartments.

The Port Chester Chief Of Police should not be, nor should he allow his officers to Kowtow to the Abel's just because they have a hopelessly biased rag known as the Wetmore News.

This is just one man's opinion.

I could be wrong, but you should probably call up 939-6864 and tell Bernie "I forgot to pay over 100 property tax Bills" Abel to cancel your subscription to the hopelessly biased Westmore News.

**** Note About Dominic "I Did Not Edit The Racist Flier" Bencivenga's little Apartment

The Good news is that Mr. Bencivenga has decided not to abandon his family for some cheap tart and has returned home.

10/17/07 - A resident of 511 Midland Ave. called police when she arrived home at 6:25 last night, saying there was "a stranger inside her house,"

Plans For An "Umbrella Gun"

Man threatens to kill Rye police - with umbrella

A 32-year-old Purchase man locked himself in the vestibule of a two-family home and threatened to kill police - with his umbrella - police said.

... the lock. Feldstein continued to jab at them with the umbrella, so police used pepper spray, Verille said. Port Chester Police assisted in the arrest. Feldstein was charged with second-degree burglary, a felony, and second-degree menacing and ...

Full story: http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbc...

10/17/07 - WTF - On his small farm in Port Chester, New York, he raises grass-fed Holstein cows that are free of pesticides and hormones......

HEADLINE:

All About Food: Delights of raw artisanal cheeses

STORY:

You meet the nicest people when writing about food and you get the occasional delectable perk like being invited to special tastings. Recently, Sapphire held a cheese and wine tasting for 5 Spoke Creamery, a new, small, artisanal producer of organic, raw milk cheeses from New York State. Sapphire Pantry is currently the only venue in California where it can be purchased.

The charming and enthusiastic Alan Glustoff, the cheese maker, was a former food scientist who worked on developing such things as Cool Whip and Pudding Pops at General Foods. His lifelong interest in food changed direction and he became a specialty food broker and more recently a cheese maker.

He launched 5 Spoke Creamery because he wanted to bring packaged, hand-made, small batch cheeses to the supermarket in order to "bridge the great divide between the perceived qualities of cheeses found in the supermarket dairy and deli sections and those cut to order at specialty food shops."

On his small farm in Port Chester, New York, he raises grass-fed Holstein cows that are free of pesticides and hormones and are certified kosher......

Source: Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot

Reporter: Elle Harrow and Terry Markowitz at themarkos755@yahoo.com

Source URL: http://www.coastlinepilot.com/articles/2007/10/16/columns/doc4714e89e6fb5c095566208.txt

10/16/07 - Spano Releases Proposed Capital Projects Budget for 2008

Balances needs of taxpayers with goal to protect residents, maintain infrastructure and deal with flooding Saying that his long-term funding priorities remain protecting residents and taking care of the ...

Full story: http://www.westchestergov.com/WhatsNe...

ALSO:

County to Bond for $105 Million for Flood Fix, New Safety Building, Lab, Vehicl

... multi-year Legacy Program. To date, the program has funded skate parks and ballfields in Yorktown, Yonkers, Port Chester, Rye Brook and White Plains, and the Miracle Field in Hartsdale for disabled children. Other Funds Separate budgets for capital ...

10/15/07 - Did Port Chester Police Train With Blackwater?

Blackwater Training Center: Over 6000 acres of private land



Blackwater training police in American cities and towns


Source: Wayne Madsen Report


Has the Port Chester Police Department Been Training With Blackwater?


See # 7 Below


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October 14-15, 2007 -- Blackwater training police in American cities and towns


The mercenary firm Blackwater USA is well known for the controversy involving its "shoot first, ask no questions" policy in Iraq. It is also known that Louisiana's Department of Homeland Security contracted with Blackwater to provide public law enforcement services in New Orleans following hurricane Katrina. Blackwater is also planning to establish regional training centers in Potrero, California and Mount Carroll, Illinois, billed as Blackwater West and Blackwater North, respectively.


These training centers, in addition to Blackwater's Lodge and Training Center in Moyock, North Carolina -- Blackwater East -- and a possible fourth rumored to be slated for the Pacific Northwest -- Blackwater Northwest -- may result in the establishment of a network of Blackwater-trained police, sheriffs, and other police units around the country. Given Blackwater's dismal record on human rights and brutality, this spells trouble for civilian control of police and paramilitary forces in the United States, from major metropolitan areas to small rural towns.

On October 14, the Washington Post ran a story, which included photographs from Blackwater's Moyock training center. However, what was most intriguing was a photograph of a police and military patch board at Blackwater's headquarters that indicated the police agencies that have sent their officers to Moyock for training.

Blackwater is secretive about its non-federal, as well as its foreign clients, which the Post pointed out includes Jordan, Azerbaijan, and Burkina Faso, but a WMR inspection of the photograph of the police agencies has yielded the following list of agencies that have used Blackwater for training:

1. Iowa Department of Natural Resources


2. Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Department


3. Matthews, North Carolina Police


4. Atlanta Police


5. Chillicothe, Ohio Police


6. Charleston, South Carolina Police


7. Port Chester, NY Police .....


....53. Dallas, Texas Police.


A number of the police departments that have been trained by Blackwater have abysmal civil rights and police brutality records, most notably the Chicago Police and Illinois State Police, both cited by former Illinois Governor George Ryan as being guilty of police misconduct in his decision to commute the death sentences of Illinois' death row inmates


The training and potential political indoctrination of police officers by the extreme right-wing and proto-fascist Blackwater, coupled with the politicization of the Justice Department and U.S. courts, has the potential for the streets of Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, and Washington, DC, as well as Chillicothe, Harvey Cedars, and Elmira to turn as bloody as the streets of Baghdad and Fallujah.


The citizens of Port Chester have a right to know if Blackwater has or is currently training their police officers. Local officials should reveal the numbers and identities of any officers trained by Blackwater, the subjects covered by the training, and the revenues spent.


If the Port Chester Police Department has trained with Blackwater, they should be made to cease and desist in such training.

10/15/07 - The Pride Of Port Chester Keeps On Marching. Band Members Perform For 1,000 Spectators In Ryan Stadium

The Port Chester High School marching band performs yesterday during the school's Home Band Competition.

HEADLINE:

Marching bands compete in Port Chester

STORY:

Rafael Garcia was a tad nervous yesterday, but didn't have the jitters he felt the week before when the Port Chester High School marching band performed at Giants Stadium.

"This is much calmer," the 17-year-old tuba player said of yesterday's 25th annual Musical Arts Conference competition at Port Chester High School.

"The sound is so much bigger in Giants Stadium," Garcia said, looking crisp in his navy blue uniform. "With the 10-foot wall we had to play over, we had to keep our horns up."

There were no walls to muffle the sound at the high school's football field. Eleven New York and Connecticut marching bands, including the Port Chester Middle School Band, provided energetic and colorful performances to about 1,000 spectators filling the stands.

Source URL: Lohud.com: Rockland News - http://www.LoHud.com

ALSO:

Video Link
• Video: Port Chester High School's Home Band Competition

Picture Links
• Band competition photo gallery

10/14/07 - Supervisor Wanna Be Joe Carvin And His Hedge Fund Altima Partners Gets Suckerd Out Of Millions In Tajikistan Gold Scam

Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin's Hedge Fund Gives 2.8 Million British Pounds To A Tajik Mining Venture Called Saddleback Gold.



In recent days, Tajik officials, Kazakh mining sources, and sources in Moscow all confirm that Saddleback Gold does not have exploration or mining rights to any Tajik gold.



But wait it only gets worse the news report states, "According to one ministerial source who counts, this is not going to change."

Apparently, a Chinese group also wanted to invest in Tajik gold and will be successful because they have legitimate partners, but Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin ended up with a bunch of local Tajik hustlers.

It Looks Like Supervisor Wanna Be Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin And His Hedge Fund Just Flushed 2.8 Million British Pounds Of Their Investor's Money Down A Tajik Toilet. Maybe someone should step in and protect these hedge fund investors from Tajik hustlers , hopefully some one will quickly do an audit of Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin and his hedge fun.

For Your Information 2,800,000.00 British Pounds = 5,691,868.49 United States Dollars.



READ THE FULL STORY:



Tajik gold – there’s gold in them thar Pamirs



A group of Tajik men were recently taken by surprise, in the woods outside Moscow, when they spotted an animal they had never seen before. "Small bear!" "Small bear!" they shouted in excitement to a Russian nearby, summoning her to come quickly.


The Russian ran to the scene, for sightings of bears are rare near Moscow - unless the creature has escaped from a zoo or circus. A young bear on its own, apart from its parent, or human handler, is even rarer. But as soon as the Russian followed the pointed fingers of the Tajiks to the high branch of a tree, it became clear the animal they were looking at was - a squirrel.


It turns out that in the Tajik language, which is a form of Persian, there is a word for squirrel (sanjab), but few Tajiks have ever spotted one. The nearest counterpart is much bigger - a small bear.


If you are looking for gold in Tajikistan, Tajiks aren't the only ones to say they see a small bear, when in fact there's nothing more than a squirrel. For mining investors and gold bugs in London, the record of gold sighting, and proving, in Tajikistan has proved until now to be disappointing - with short bursts of excitement that have tended to peter out.


One of those occurred in July, when Altima Partners, a hedge fund working out of an office in Carlton Gardens - down the road from Anglo American's headquarters - placed GBP2.8 million in a Tajik mining venture called Saddleback Gold. In recent days, Tajik officials, Kazakh mining sources, and sources in Moscow all confirm that Saddleback Gold does not have exploration or mining rights to any Tajik gold. According to one ministerial source who counts, this is not going to change......



Source URL: http://www.mineweb.net/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page34?oid=37239&sn=Detail



Please don't let Supervisor Wanna Be Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin's Hedge Fund's incrediblly stupid investment decision scare you away from letting him collect and administer your hard earned tax dollars, because Billy "Don't Mess With Me - I Got A GED" Villanova, Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel and Bernie "I Forgot To Pay Over 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel are going to Help out the Harvard Educated Fool handle your tax dollars.

If Joe "The Harvard Educated Fool" Carvin actually is elected to the Rye Town Board Of Trustees, then we can call him the "Stupidvisor".

10/14/07 - Letter To The Editor

Proposed bike-helmet law for Westchester

Source: Journal News

Reading the "bike helmet" article on a cool, rainy Wednesday morning, certainly got me hot under the collar! Because of a hectic work schedule, I missed any preceding media coverage on efforts by our lawmakers to make ALL bike riders wear helmets. I also missed the public meeting to voice my opposition. Governments are placing more and more restrictions on choice. This bike issue just adds one more insult. Next they will ban high-heeled shoes for women, mandate the use of sunscreen at beaches, and who knows what else.

I often ride to and park my bike by the train station. But I'll be darned if I have to drag a helmet along with me to Manhattan, or leave it attached to my bike all day. I'll go back to fouling the air with my car. It seems that our legislators want to slip one more "s" in after the "s" in representative, and omit the remaining part of the word.

G. R. Ceccarelli
Port Chester

Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710140328

Here Is The Article That

Mr. Ceccarelli

is refering to:

Westchester to consider requiring adults to wear bike helmets

Westchester to consider requiring adults to wear bike helmets. By GLENN BLAIN THE JOURNAL NEWS. (Original publication: October 8, 2007) ........

10/14/07 - Port Chester Cashier Arrestted At Bed Bath And Beyond For Stealing $2,850

A cashier at the 25 Waterfront Place Bed Bath & Beyond was accused Monday of allowing people to leave the store with unpaid for merchandise while paying for only a small item.

Wilmer Batista, 20, of 9 Weber Drive, was accused also of pocketing items and cash whenever he opened his register.

He allegedly stole at least $2,850 since July. Batista was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony.

10/13/07 - The Latest Pride Of Port Chester Video

Port Chester High School Marching Band

Homecoming Performance Oct 12, 2007 Port Chester High School Date Posted:2007-10-12 21:19:07.

SourceURL: AOL Video - http://uncutvideo.aol.com/Main.do

10/13/07 - "Halloween is just kind of like the icing on the cake for us," said, Romano, a mother of three

Jackie Wildau, left, Melissa Aversa, Gina and Nicholas Romano at the Romanos' store, The Costume Closet in Port Chester, which they all help to keep running during the busy Halloween season. The shop provides costumes for plays, musicals, parties and other occasions year round.

Port Chester costumer ready for Halloween

PORT CHESTER - With her thousands of custom-made costumes, Gina Romano can recreate the likeness of a pirate, Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe.

Tucked away in a compact second-story shop on North Main Street in Port Chester, Romano's mom-and-pop business, The Costume Closet, provides wardrobes for school plays, community theaters and corporate events.

This time of year, trick-or-treaters and Halloween party-goers also comb Romano's overstuffed racks for hand-sewn costumes, masks and wigs. The shop is normally open by appointment only, but it keeps special Halloween hours in the fall.

Source: Lohud.com: Latest News - http://www.LoHud.com