News from the Campaign
Democratic Voters Have Spoken
According to Rudyard Kipling's ageless poem "If," you become a person of substance and character if If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same… I coached many youth sports teams --- different sports,...
It’s Primary Day and a Funny Story
It's Primary Day in New Rochelle! The polls opened at 6am and close at 9pm. You can find your polling place here. If you didn't already vote for me early, please take a stand for good government and vote for me today! You know how hard I have worked for New...
Molti Cappelli and Complaining about the Media
HAPPY JUNETEENTH TO ALL! SEE YOU AT CITY HALL TODAY STARTING AT NOONMolti cappelli is Italian* for “many hats” and Mr. Louis Cappelli AKA “Tiny Trump” has certainly been wearing many hats andhas gotten himself in the news recently in three situations which reflect...
The Answer to the $60,000 Question
Background: On Monday, an unprecedented and unexplained campaign contribution of $60,000 to my opponent Yadira Ramos-Herbert's campaign sparked controversy. The donation was funneled through the Westchester County Democratic Committee and at the time the Committee...
The $60,000 Question Parts 1, 2, & 3
Part 1. June 5, 2023. FYI. https://robertcox.substack.com/p/unprecedented-60000-dark-money-infusion I am trying to find out more.Part 2. June 7, 2023. Here's more press coverage on the unprecedented and unexplained campaign contribution from the County Democratic...
Cutting Corners, Or The Gang That Couldn’t Spackle Straight, And Other Questionable Activities
First, let’s talk about the unusual botanical species that sprouts up in the Spring when there are June Primary Elections. Here's one nicely framed by shrubbery at a friend’s home, not far from Pedro’s Bike Shop on Drake Avenue. Sadly, some of the 200 or so of these...
HUGE News!
Westchester Legislators Pass Landmark Access to Counsel Bill Assignment of free attorneys for eligible tenants facing eviction from their homes has been a goal—a dream really—of BOL Majority Leader Chris Johnson and mine since we were first-year County Legislators in...
Local Re-Development and True Crime on Your Dime
CUI BONO?Pardon my Latin.Yesterday morning's lengthy lohud.com article on the massive ongoing housing construction going on in downtown New Rochelle refers to my suggestion that we slow down the process a bit and evaluate who has benefited thus far and who has...
A Sorry Story, a Disappointing Delivery
Sorry Story Here is a full and accurate account in the NY Post, by a former local Journal News reporter, about the gross mishandling of a personnel matter by the Chairwoman Catherine Borgia of our County Board of Legislators. All other members of the Board, with...
Political Haiku or Unbossed, Unbought, On the Ballot for Mayor
Dear friends,As many of you know, I had the daunting task of obtaining 1,000 proper signatures of registered New Rochelle Democrats in 5 weeks to get on the primary ballot for Mayor of New Rochelle after withdrawing from the New Rochelle Democratic Committee...