by Damon Maher | May 30, 2017 | Values
I had a wonderful 3-day weekend, going door-to-door to meet Democratic and independent voters in the densely populated area around the Tuckahoe train station. The overcast skies kept me from getting overheated and there are plenty of local spots to get a snack and...
by Damon Maher | May 23, 2017 | Values
As Memorial Day approaches this year and the word “Korea” appears more and more in the news, I think more often about my uncle, Bruce Patterson, a man I never met, whose name is one of those etched in stone on the big wall in front of Yonkers City Hall. My uncle had a...
by Damon Maher | May 22, 2017 | Opinion
Republican County Executive Rob Astorino sues to try to force the trouble-plagued operator of Indian Point nuclear reactor to keep it open. Governor Cuomo is quoted according to Lohud as responding: “Astorino is wrong on the facts, wrong on the law and a hypocrite all...
by Damon Maher | May 12, 2017 | Values
On Monday evenings, I meet with a group of very good people at Bethesda Baptist Church on Lincoln Avenue. We call ourselves New Rochelle Against Racism (or “NewRoAR”), usually twenty to thirty of us each week, of a rotating overall a group of 75 or so. We...
by Damon Maher | May 10, 2017 | News
Long night for me and Deb and my 30 other District Leaders from New Rochelle City Council District #6 (“North End”) at the Westchester Democratic Convention at the County Center. Two judgeship nominations were won on close, recounted votes and my friend, State Senator...