WONDERS WHEN WE WILL HAVE A CAUSE RELEASED ON BENGAL TIGER FIRE.

AUGUST 4, 2010:

Dear Editors,

First I must say that I enjoy your site, and view it daily. You cover topics and stories not covered anywhere else with no spin.

Is there any update on the cause of the fire @ the Bengal Tiger restaurant? Also the YMCA fire? Fire officials must be complete with their investigation of each fire by now.

It seems like there have been many fires in White Plains lately, and I'm sure fellow residents want to know if they were preventable.

Thanks again for your great local news site.


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WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. October 29, 2005: Another view of the Battle Hill Debate from a person who disagrees with questions being limited to Battle Hill residents:

When your reader states that the Battle Hill candidate's forum on Wednesday
could have spun out of control "without such rules," what rules is he
talking about anyway? Instead of "rules" I think he means "bias."

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WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. October 29, 2005: A reader singles out Tony Castro's position on Choice:

Letter to the Editor

WCLA Choice Matters endorsed Tony Castro for District Attorney in 2001. His integrity and commitment to women’s reproductive rights were irrefutable. We still consider those two factors key in the endorsement process in 2005. WCLA Choice Matters has therefore again endorsed Castro, and not DiFiore.

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WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. October 28, 2005: A writer takes a look at the White Plains financial situation and takes supporters of the financial condition of the city to task:

WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. October 28. 2005: A Member of the Battle Hill Association writes:

You could cut the tension with a knife that night. I do believe that had the
Battle Hill Association not set such rules, the meeting would have went
south and out of control very quickly. We at the association take great
pride in the overall success and speed of that meeting. The good citizens of
Battle Hill were well served. Thank you for your objective and truthful
reporting of this important event.

Battle Hill- "still worth fighting for"

Sincerely,
Anthony Pilla
member of tha Battle Hill Assocaition

WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. October 28, 2005: A reader recalls the Council Term of Dennis Power, after reading of the Mayors' dual endorsement Thursday:

It is interesting to see that former elected officials Sy Schulman and Al
DelVecchio are endorsing Dennis Power for Mayor. Both men have been visibly
absent from the political scene for more than a decade, as has Mr. Power.

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WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. AMERICA VOICE. September 25, 2005: Now, just so we do not forget what happened three weeks ago and what our governments did, WPCNR has received an e-mail from a lawyer associate from two paramedics who were on the interstate highway leading out of New Orleans and part of the group that were shown on television repeatedly begging to be rescued. This letter was originally published in The Socialist Worker website,  and is not copyrighted. The story blew the lid off the way things really were.  Here it is:

Two paramedics attending a conference were trapped in New Orleans
by Hurricane Katrina. This is their eyewitness report. [I don't know them
personally-- this was forwarded by a friend. It certainly has the ring
of truth but I don't personally know it to be true.]
Marilyn

Hurricane Katrina--Our Experiences
by Larry Bradshaw, Lorrie Beth Slonsky

Two days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the
Walgreen's store at the corner of Royal and Iberville streets
remained locked. The dairy display case was clearly visible
through the widows. It was now 48 hours without electricity,
running water, plumbing.

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WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. September 18, 2005: WPCNR recently pointed out that Mayoral Candidate Dennis Power criticised the Mayor for not signing a Clean Air/Clean Planet document supporting state efforts against warm gases. The reader differs thusly:

Wait or Lead?

John,

Recently both you and the Mayor dismissed Dennis Power’s release saying that the Mayor had not signed a letter from the Mayors and chief elected officials of over 50 Northeast cities and towns in support of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) with the excuse that no one from Clean Air-Cool Planet had ever contacted the city about “this noble cause”.  Do you really think that we should just wait for these initiatives to come to use, or should we actively seek them out?  Especially since RGGI was the direct result of an April 2003 initiative by New York Governor George E. Pataki.

This is similar current belief that residents are responsible for finding out about critical meetings instead of it being the city’s responsibility to actively advertise them, or the city waiting for developers to bring their visions to the city, instead of the city actively promoting one of its own -- Wait and they will come.

Don Hughes

The CitizeNetReporter replies: I do not disagree. The point of Mr. Power's release implied the Mayor refused to sign it, and since the Mayor never received the letter, and is in the process of being contacted to sign it by the organization, the news release gave a false impression.

          This is not good campaign practice. Making charges have to be based in fact as far as you can determine. Reporters are vilified for not checking things out all the time. However, it is very difficult checking things out with government since the real facts are suppressed until government is embarrassed into revealing them and absolutely have to reveal them.

WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. September 15, 2005: County Legislator Bill Ryan writes WPCNR on our Comprehensive Plan Review Committe converage:

John - thanks for keeping us all "in the loop" by summarizing this meeting.  It's a big help, lets us know what others are thinking and saying, and keeps us interested in this important process. 

Bill (Ryan)

County Legislator, 5th Legislative District.

WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. September 15, 2005: A WPCNR regular attempted to send the following letter to the Gannett newspaper to respond to an op-ed piece written by a White Plains financial consultant. The reader sends the letter to WPCNR to discuss the consultant's opinions on city finances:

John,

Recently the JN (Journal News) published a lengthy reply by Ted Peluso to one of my previous letters (which was limited to 250 words), but they would not let me respond.  I am hoping that you will.

Reply to Ted Peluso’s 1 September JN ''In Reply'':

Ted made a number of points, and missed the points.

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WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. September 12, 2005: A reader learning of the Silver Lake raw sewage leak, exclusively reported by WPCNR and confirmed by the City of White Plains Friday, is disturbed at the lack of interest in it by local city and government authorities:

John,
As more information becomes available on the contamination of Liberty park, it reinforces the feeling that too many of our local officials work in isolation.

It was appropriate for Commissioner Nicoletti to promptly close the park when he first suspected a problem and before the test results were back.  BUT, this lake is not purely a White Plains resource.  It flows past numerous homes, businesses, and municipalities on its way to the Sound.  It would seem only courteous to inform them of the suspicions so that they could take appropriate steps.  Oh, and the local residents also.

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WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE. July 19, 2005: A reader comes to Dennis Power's defense, explaining why he would leave his job to campaign for Mayor, and suggests that Robert Greer, should he ever resign from the Council, choose his own successor: