Miele’s Musings: Presidential Double-crossing

Miele’s Musings: Presidential Double-crossing

Below are the federal income tax rates that went into effect under Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932, and remained in place for over 30 years. Rooseveltโ€™s tax rates kept America in the Depression until he got us into World War II. He knew the Japanese were planning to attack Pearl Harbor, but did not even […]

Hero Worship Clouds Judgment

BY DIANE DIMOND OK, I want the big, bad federal government to stop it! Get off the backs of these poor professional athletes. Leave them alone to simply do what they do best — rake in dollars and public adulation by playing the sport they love. I mean, really, they are the closest things we […]

After New York City, Will Speed-Cameras Head Our Way?

Speed cameras may be coming to New York City. An enabling bill has been sponsored in the New York State Senate by a Republican lawmaker, a hurdle which the idea had yet to surmount in past years. On the positive side the cameras could cut down on court and police costs, raise revenues by prosecuting […]

Miele’s Musings – Party Bosses Kill Political Leadership

BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE In local elections, the person in office gets re-elected 95% of the time. Republican, Democrat, no matter, this happens because the party in control buys votes, with pork or promises. The incumbent is not concerned about his constituents, but about remaining in control. And in order to remain in control, […]

Unendorsed Candidate Blasts GOP and Conservative Party Leaders

BY COLIN SCHMITT, Candidate for NYS Assembly 99th District (Town of Stony Point, parts of Orange County) Theย revered General George S. Patton once said, โ€œBetter to fight for something than live for nothing.โ€ This maxim is one that I have endeavored to carry out in my own life, and also in my campaign to be […]