BY DIANE DIMOND Here’s a lesson everyone needs to learn. Don’t violate a court order. It will only make your problems worse. There is never an acceptable excuse for going against what a judge has ordered. Not even if you think it is unfair. Not even if it’s a matter of the heart. Not long […]
To the Editor, The movie, “The Butler,” is a fictionalized version of a former white house butler! What’s not fictional is Jane Fonda portraying First Lady Nancy Reagan. Nancy Reagan conducted herself in a matter that earned the right to be referred as to the first lady. Now the film industry is honoring a traitor, […]
BY PATRICIA WESENBERG As tax reform picks up speed in Congress, special-interest groups are storming Capitol Hill to ensure that they get favorable tax treatment. Fortunately, some groups — like credit unions — are looking out for the interests of hard-working Americans in this tax reform debate. For years, big banks have been trying to […]
To the Editor, On September 10, Rockland County executive candidate Ilan Schloenberger will be hoping to secure the Democratic nomination in the hopes of winning the general election in November to become our next chief executive officer. During Ilan’s leadership as chairman of the Finance Committee, Rockland County has realized a more than $100 million […]
BY DIANE DIMOND We, in America, like to say that what happens behind closed doors is nobody else’s business. But what if what happens between consenting adults results in the rest of us having to pay out billions of dollars when things go wrong? It is happening year after year. Taxpayers are footing the bill […]
BY JANET TRAUTWEIN The Obama Administration recently announced that it would delay until 2015 the health reform law’s “employer mandate,” which will require all companies with at least 50 full-time employees to offer health insurance or pay a fine. The delay represents a big help to large firms. Now it’s time for the administration to […]