News from the Campaign
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...
Elevator Speech And Shoe Leather
…or whatever it is that Timberland makes its boots out ofI started “pounding the pavement” to get ballot signatures for this primary election season over Presidents’ Day weekend. Some time last week, around door # 1,100, I noticed pieces of the sole of one of my...
Still in it to Win it, and Some Peace & Quiet
HERE IS A PRESS RELEASE THAT I SENT OUT EARLIER TODAY ABOUT A DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE POLLCounty Legislator Damon Maher explains his decision to continue his campaign for Mayor of New Rochelle without the support of the New Rochelle Democratic Committee.The New Rochelle...
Over the MLK Weekend: Contemplation, Decision, Action
My wife Deborah and I were pleased that her strong efforts to revive the annual Inter-Religious Coalition of New Rochelle’s Martin Luther King interfaith Shabbat Dinner and Service at Temple Israel of New Rochelle, after a too-long COVID break, resulted in...
Don’t Think Of An Elephant
And certainly don’t talk like a member of the Elephant Party.NOTE: This partisan message comes from my personal/political email account, not my official County platform.I borrow my subject box here from the influential George Lakoff book about properly...
Great News! I Didn’t Have Time To Vote Early On Saturday…
Because there was a line halfway down the hallway at the New Rochelle City Hall annex on Saturday morning, I waited until Sunday to vote with some of my family at a quieter, less well-known polling location around the back of the New Rochelle United Methodist Church...
Ticket Time In TonyTown
“Let’s Be Particularly Careful Out There” While rolling up Mill Road or down Route 22 in Eastchester, heed the advice of Sgt. Esterhaus in the old Hill Street Blue series. According to allegations in this recent Journal News article, the...
(White)Wash, Rinse, Repeat
New Rochelle Judge Acquits White Policeman of Unjustified Assault on Black Man Last week New Rochelle City Judge Matt Costa inexplicably acquitted NRPD Detective Michael Vaccaro in a non-jury trial involving a beatdown on Main Street in February of last year....