OP-ED BY KATHY KAHN This presidential cycle trumps (no pun intended, okay, pun intended) all that has gone before in modern history—since we are all mortal, no one can say if Washington rocked and rolled behind Martha’s back—but the choice between a successful businessman and a career politician is something we’ll all be talking about […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It should not have taken a leak of Donald Trump’s 20-year-old tax returns to highlight what’s wrong with America’s tax system. U.S. citizens have felt the acute unfairness for decades. Who hasn’t looked at their tax refund and wished there were a way to escape the burden? The way the tax code […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day When the people of Rockland County put their faith in me to be County Executive nearly three years ago, I made a promise: I said I would fix this county’s financial mess. And what a mess it was. Rockland had earned the shameful distinction of most fiscally stressed municipality […]
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 […]