License To Bitch

The Uncle has a modest suggestion.

On election day, when you show up at the polls, you'd get a card that says "I Showed Up."

You needn't actually vote, mind you.

You just have to get off your ass and go down there.

Then, anytime in the following year, when you're in a bar or at a party or wherever, and you bitch about the state of things, anyone there can ask to see your card.

If you have one, well and good.

But if you're flapping your lips but can't prove that you at least took the time to show up at the polls, the rest of us have the legal right to beat the crap out of you.

As I say, just a suggestion.

Choose or Lose, Snooze or Booze. Part Deux

Governor
Andrew M. Cuomo (Dem/Ind/Wor
Carl P. Paladino (Rep/Con/Taxpayer)
Howie Hawkins (Grn)
Jimmy McMillan (RDH)
Warren Redlich (LBT)
Kristin M. Davis (APP)
Charles Barron (FDM)
Jack Bauer (24H)

We were going to skip Lieutenant Governor due to a case of the “who cares?” but then we remembered the high turnover rate in the governorship.

Lt. Governor
Robert J Duffy (Dem/Ind/Wor )
Gregory J Edwards (Rep/Con/TXP)
Gloria Mattera (Grn)
Alden Link (LBT)
Tanya Gendelman (APP)
Eva M. Doyle (FDM)
Carter Hall (JSA)

Comptroller
Thomas P. DiNapoli (Dem/Wor)
Harry Wilson (Rep/Ind/Con)
Julia A. Willebrand (GRN)
John Gaetani (LBT)
Bernard Madoff (FCI,Otis)

Attorney General
Eric T. Schneiderman (Dem/Ind/Wor)
Dan Donovan (Rep/Con)
Carl E. Person (LBT)
Ramon J. Jimenez (FDM)
Hikaru Sulu (UFP)

US Senator 2 year unexpired term
Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Dem/Ind/Wor)
Joseph J. DioGuardi (Rep/Con/Txp
Cecile A. Lawrence (GRN)
Joseph Huff (RDH)
John Clifton (LBT)
Vivia Morgan (APP)
Bruce Blakeman (TRP)
Charles Camel (LSMFT)

US Senator 6 year term
Charles E. Schumer (Dem/Ind/Wor)
Jay Townsend (Rep/Con)
John Entwhistle (Tom/Quad/TWSO)
Lt. Governor
Robert J Duffy (Dem/Ind/Wor )
Gregory J Edwards (Rep/Con/TXP)
Gloria Mattera (Grn)
Alden Link (LBT)
Tanya Gendelman (APP)
Eva M. Doyle (FDM)
Carter Hall (JSA)

Discuss amongst yourselves.

Choose or Lose, Snooze or Booze. Part 1

OK, let's have a civilized discussion - just kidding.

Whom do you hate more and why?

Congress

John Hall vs Nan Hayworth

State Senate

Bill Larkin vs Harley Doles

State Assembly

Nancy Calhoun vs Roxanne Donnery

Next up: County Wide and State Wide

Uncle Betty's Thought For The Day

If marriage is outlawed
only outlaws will have in-laws.

Welcome To Woodbury

Welcome To Woodbury

Please respect our local customs. Be polite. Drive carefully. Do not litter. Do not disrupt any weddings. Please do not set any homes or vehicles on fire. Do not involve our police officers in political disputes.

If you are shopping, please wait your turn and do not use the 10 items or fewer checkout if you have over thirty items.

If you are a registered voter here please attempt to vote only once and remember to use you own name.

Primarily

Elections Hoorah!

Any chance more than 2% of you will get off your asses and vote?

If so, do so between 6 AM and 9 PM Tuesday, September 14th.

Here’s who you get to choose amongst:

Republicans

Governor:
Rick Lazio
Carl Paladino

Lieutenant Governor:
Gregory Edwards
Thomas Ognibene

US Senate Full Term:
Gary Berntsen
Jay Townsend

US Senate Unexpired Term:
Joseph Dioguardi
David Malpass
Bruce Blakeman

19th Cong. District:
Neil DiCCarlo
Nan Hayworth

Democrats

Attorney General:
Richard Brodsky
Eric Schneiderman
Sean Coffey
Eric Dinallo
Kathleen Rice

US Senate Unexpired Term:
Kirsten Gillibrand
Gail Goode


Conservative

Governor:
Rick Lazio
Ralph Lorigo

Doles Rolled

Doles' Independence Party petitions invalidated
By Michael Randall
Times Herald Record
Published: 2:00 AM - 08/19/10

A state Supreme Court ruling has removed Harley Doles from the Independence Party primary for the 39th state Senate District because of an insufficient number of valid petition signatures.

That means the incumbent, Bill Larkin, who also filed Independence petitions, will appear on that line in November. Larkin is also on the Republican and Conservative lines. Doles will still be on the Democratic and Working Families lines.

Doles said Monday that he was a victim of a deliberate attempt at fraud. Doles noted State Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara ruled he was blameless in the matter.

Larkin campaign manager Ralph Caruso said in addition to problems with individual signatures, the court invalidated a witness to a number of Doles' petition pages.


It seems that Doles was played by the powers that be in KJ and by Larkin.

The KJ leaders offered to get signatures for Harley's petition.

Oddly enough, it appears that:
a) many were invalid
and
b) Larkin knew that they were invalid and immediately challenged them.

It looks like Doles was set up.

Why aren’t we surprised?

The Ladies Square Off

OK, So it's Roxanne taking on Nancy.

What are your bets and why?

King Eddie and Our Water

Fron the Pieman:

The Orange County Water Authority is proposing to amend its Water Master Plan into the County Comprehensive Plan.

Some of us are concerned that this may give the County the ability to over-rule the Home Rule of towns and villages and take over municipal water resources.

On Monday, June 14th, there will be a public hearing on this at 7 PM at the Central Valley Elementary School.

Please come.

See You In Court

3 municipalities to sue Kiryas Joel, Orange Ccounty over pipeline, sewage
By Chris Mckenna
Times Herald-Record
Published: 2:00 AM - 06/04/10

Three municipalities plan to sue Orange County and Kiryas Joel over the village's plans to tap the Catskill Aqueduct and its legal deals with the county involving that water project and the Harriman sewage treatment plant.

The Villages of Harriman and Woodbury and the Town of Woodbury are expected to file a lawsuit in state Supreme Court on Friday that would revive the concerns about sewage treatment that the county deemed settled when it surrendered its objections to Kiryas Joel's pipeline proposal.

"All the stuff that's in there is still extremely valid," Woodbury Supervisor John Burke said Thursday, referring to the pipeline lawsuit that the county dropped in February. "All that was pushed aside."

Burke's Town Board was expected to vote Thursday night to proceed with the litigation. Woodbury village trustees voted 4-0 at a special meeting a week ago to sue and hire lawyers James Bacon and David Gordon to handle the case.

Municipal leaders saw Friday as their deadline to sue because they had 120 days to challenge two environmental documents that county lawmakers approved on Feb. 4, enabling County Executive Ed Diana to withdraw the pipeline lawsuit less than two weeks later.

Both documents amended the environmental review that preceded the last expansion of the county-run sewer plant in Harriman.

A key addition was the requirement that the county provide more sewer service once its current system reaches 85 percent of its capacity.

Burke argues that before dropping the suit, county officials should have consulted with the municipalities that use and pay for the Harriman plant and given at least a rough plan for how additional treatment capacity would be provided.

Woodbury Mayor Michael Queenan concurred: "They're making deals with no regard to anyone else. They don't listen, and there's no communication."

In an op-ed piece in the Times Herald-Record on Sunday, Diana defended his decision to end the pipeline litigation, saying it was part of a settlement that freed up additional treatment capacity for Woodbury and other contractual users of the Harriman sewer plant.

Kiryas Joel had sued to block those communities, but dropped its case when the county stopped its pipeline suit.