BY DIANE DIMOND So, the federal government is going to crack down on pot, is it? Really? How exactly is that going to work? There are 29 states that have legalized medicinal marijuana, eight of which have also OK’d recreational use. I’m thinking this cat is already out of the bag. There are federal laws […]
BY LEGAL LARRY Transparency in government. This is one of the issues the candidates in the upcoming presidential elections talk about. In New York State the law says government should not be conducting back room deals where the people who elected them cannot be part of the process. Governmental bodies and the politicians that comprise […]
Castaldi receives boot from Conservative line due to her legal marriage to another female The New York State Conservative Party has booted Republican Janice Castaldi from a possible Conservative Party endorsement in Rockland and Westchester Counties for the State Senate seat currently occupied by Senator David Carlucci. The reason: she is legally married by the […]
BY DIANE DIMOND When I saw the headlines, my stomach lurched. The state of Georgia has issued an execution warrant for a retarded man? Oh, good grief, I thought, has America come to this? Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling more than a decade ago banning the execution of retarded citizens, Georgia was going to […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Gentlemen, grab your wallets. Ladies, look in your billfold. See the spots there for credit cards and your driver’s license? I bet there’s room for one more card in there, right? I propose we fill it with a national ID card. Now, wait, before you decide I’m some sort of proponent for […]
Over 20K down the drain as taxpayers foot the bill for legal expenses in condo squabble BY LEGAL LARRY In 1968 the United States Congress passed the Fair Housing Act. The primary purpose of this legislation is to protect the buyer/renter of a residence from a seller/landlord’s discrimination. The law makes it unlawful to refuse […]