BY LEGISLATOR ALDEN H. WOLFE (D- Montebello) Chairman, Rockland County Legislature The process of approving the 2017 County budget began with the County Executive’s proposal late last week. As the Charter provides, it now falls upon the Legislature to conduct a thorough review of the proposal, which includes public meetings with residents providing input and […]
BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services Politicians, on both sides of the isle, have become masterful at pulling heartstrings and playing on voter’s emotions. Of course, these same voters are also investors and are therefore very conflicted and concerned over the outcome of the upcoming Presidential elections and how the results might […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Here we go again. We’ve just endured more terror attacks on American soil by radicalized Muslim young men. Their faith is not mentioned here to condemn the Muslim religion. It is a common denominator that should not be left unspoken for fear of finger wagging by the stewards of political correctness. In […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY Last spring, I announced an aggressive campaign to collect $2.9 million in taxes from owners of delinquent non-residential properties. The message was simple: pay your taxes like everyone else or risk losing your property. I am happy to report that this effort has been wildly successful. We have […]
To the Editor, Catholics have the same freedom as other citizens in making choices. They also have the duty to follow a well-formed conscience, a conscience formed not by fad or personal convenience, but by Catholic teaching. Catholic faith and teaching have condemned abortion since the earliest days of the Church. Every unique human life […]
BY SETON MOTLEY No one breaks the law of unintended consequences – more than government. Governments everywhere decades ago launched the War on Tobacco. Which they tell us is to protect us from ourselves (which – here in America, anyway – is not a Constitutional role for government to play). What it really is about […]