RIP Richard Stolz

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart that I inform our community of the passing of an American shadow warrior; Richard Stoltz, former Deputy Director, Covert Operations, Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Stolz was a mentor, friend and colleague, who was generous with his time and instruction to me over the course of our association. […]

Famous Father’s Day Gifts

BY THE SPECTATOR, JOHN MALONEY Well, here we are with another Father’s Day just around the corner. I don’t know why it is, but Mother’s Day gets more attention and more coverage all over than Father’s Day. Hey, if it weren’t for fathers, there wouldn’t be any Mother’s Day! The Spectator began to think about […]

Rx Drug Abuse Bill Passes Legislature

First-In-The-Nation Law Will Require Doctors To Check Patient Prescription History And Pharmacists To Update Database In Real Time The New York State Legislature has unanimously passed the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act, or I-STOP. Introduced in June of 2011 by Attorney General Schneiderman, I-STOP is an online database that enables doctors and pharmacists to […]

NAACP: Now a Partisan Tool?

NAACP: Now a Partisan Tool?

BY STACY SWIMP Legislative report cards that favors some politicians over others are nothing new, but the NAACP’s newest one throws the group’s nonpartisan mandate into question. Every single Republican in the 112th Congress received a failing grade from the NAACP! Of Democrats and the independents who caucus with them, the House score from the […]

Carlucci Receive Demo-Endorsement, No Signs of Tumult at Convention

Carlucci Receive Demo-Endorsement, No Signs of Tumult at Convention

Though many Democrats have posed behind the scenes as being super-angry at Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland), at last Thursday’s Democratic convention the incumbent received the unanimous endorsement of the Rockland County Democratic Party as their official nominee for the 38th State Senate District. All scowls were carefully hidden and it was nothing but cheers and […]