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The Westchester County Board of Legislators will hold a Public Hearing to hear citizen comments and suggestions on the County Executive’s proposed 2019 budget Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7 p.m. in the Board of Legislators Chambers, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains. Those wishing to speak to the legislators must sign up before the meeting starts. The signup process begins at 6:15 P.M.
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WPCNR LETTER TICKER. November 26, 2018:
Congratulations ! The 2019 ACA (Affordable Care Act) AKA: ObamaCare enrollment period has been shortened to 45 days (Nov 1-Dec 15).
You’re not seeing advertising about the enrollment window online or on TV because the White House has defunded the notifications and wants the program to fail so they can use the low enrollment to condemn the program.
And mysteriously this year the ACA (Affordable Care Act) website is down on Sundays for “maintenance.”
Fortunately, your friends are posting this and using the word “Congratulations!” so it gets posted more frequently in Newsfeed by Facebook (FB) algorithms. Please copy and paste, not share.
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SEE COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER DELIVER THE 2019 COUNTY BUDGET–DECISIONS, PRIORITIES, POLICIES IN A 28-MINUTE SPECIAL THAT PUTS THE PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET IN PERSPECTIVE ON
WPTV at
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Weschester County’s Number 1 Public Access Pioneer
Just go to www.wpcommunitymedia.org and scroll down the “Program Wall” and click on the PEOPLE TO BE HEARD Promotion featuring the County Executive’s picture above .
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WPCNR THE FEINER REPORT. From Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. November 24, 2018:
The nation is mourning Greenburgh’s Olivia Hooker, the first Afircan American woman to have entered the US Coast Guard and the last survivor of the Tulsa Oklahoma race riots. NPR news called Olivia Hooker a national treasure. See the link below to a story how the Tulsa community is mourning Olivia’s passing. The Greenburgh Town Board honored Olivia Hooker with a ceremonial street naming in her honor. Olivia was loved in Greenburgh, and contributed to our community. She always had time for everyone–whether it was the President of the United States or children interviewing her for a project about her life. Olivia was very nice and modest. And frequently called about town related issues that concerned her. She will be missed.
PA
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JOHN, JIM AND PETER
THE WHITE PLAINS WEEK BOYS
WITH
KING KONG
EXCLUSIVE KING KONG LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO FROM THE
AMAZING BROADWAY SHOW
BAILEY BENEROFE AND Katz: WHY IT’S A MUST SEE
COLD TURKEY.
THE WHITE PLAINS RED LIGHT CAMERA TICKETS NUMBERS KEEP THOSE TICKETS COMING! CITY IN THE MONEY
THE LETTUCE SCARE
TRUMP REPORT
48 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS COMING TO LAKE STREET
JOHN F. KENNEDY’S LAST DAY REMEMBERED.
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WPCNR Thanksgiving Portfolio, all photos by WPCNR:
On this Thanksgiving, let us remember the band of hardy intrepid souls who crossed an ocean in a boat no bigger than a large Chris Craft and settled in an unforgiving landscape and started a country in the cold landscape of New England.
They were immigrants.
They were helped by Indians who welcomed them, without whom they would not have survived. And, remember, those pilgrims were immigrants.
A salute to this brave band. A salute, too, to the indians who accepted them without visas, without jobs, with no background checks. No border wall. No fear on the part of the Indians and their humanitarian leader, Squanto
The pilgrims sailed into a bay, dropped anchor and just carved out a living after living in incredible conditions in a ship’s hold for weeks, crossing the storm-tossed North Atlantic. Here are some views of America’s hometown by the WPCNR Roving Photographer.
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Plymouth Rock Landing. Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The Mayflower II. Plymouth Harbor.
Indian Statue of Squanto welcoming the Pilgrim Settlers. Plymouth.
Governor William Bradford Statue on the Shores of Plymouth Harbor
“Plymouth Rock,” The landing place of the pilgrims. 
Settlers Home, left, circa 1690. 
Church, Plymouth late 1700s. .
The Jury: Old Burial Ground, Plymouth. Last resting place of the pilgrims overlooking Plymouth Harbor. The sacrifices, bravery and perseverence of these persons stand as examples to Americans today. How are we doin’?
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Check salad mixes to see if they contain romaine.
2. Check ingredients listing
WPCNR HEALTH WARNING. November 21, 2018 UPDATED November 22, 2018 :
FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told NBC News last night that the contaminated romaine lettuce is “similar” to the strain of E Coli found in lettuce last year about this time. He said it is “likely” the contaminated romaine is “associated” with harvest in California where the romaine now on the market is from.
With Center for Disease Control warning to the country to dispose of all salad products containing a mix that includes romaine lettuce, or heads of romaine lettuce, WPCNR checked a salad mix purchased Monday in White Plains.
Sure enough, it contained romaine.
I checked with the supermarket where I purchased it and the official I spoke with said that I should dispose of the mix.
He said there is no way to trace where the romaine lettuce in areas of the country where consumers are getting sick with the e coli virus. “We can’t trace it,” he said, advising the package should be disposed of. This store manager at Stop and Shop in White Plains said, consumers should bring back open or unopened packages and they will be given a refund. He said under no circumstances should it be served.
The package WPCNR bought was described as washed before packaging, but e coli bacteria are very difficult to remove by washing. The CDC advised that even if the package is triple-bagged that it should not be used, and disposed of.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest, reported that running water over the lettuce can’t ensure that harmful germs are killed. Even scrubbing with baking soda or vinegar won’t clear out the bacteria because they cannot be reached in tiny crevices you cannot see or wash free. WPCNR points out that in a mix, if there is contaminated romaine, the e coli could have spread to other types of lettuce.
If you have romaine lettuce at home, throw it out, the CDC warned two days previously.Clean your refrigerator where the contaminated lettuce was stored. Wash your hands.
The Mayo clinic furnishes this information on E coli:
Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria normally live in the intestines of healthy people and animals. Most varieties of E. coli are harmless or cause relatively brief diarrhea. But a few particularly nasty strains, such as E. coli O157:H7, can cause severe abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhea and vomiting.
You may be exposed to E. coli from contaminated water or food — especially raw vegetables and undercooked ground beef. Healthy adults usually recover from infection with E. coli O157:H7 within a week, but young children and older adults have a greater risk of developing a life-threatening form of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Signs and symptoms of E. coli O157:H7 infection typically begin three or four days after exposure to the bacteria, though you may become ill as soon as one day after to more than a week later. Signs and symptoms include:
Contact your doctor if your diarrhea is persistent, severe or bloody.
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The Red Light Camera at Bryant & Mamaroneck Avenues in White Plains, NY USA. It’s Live!
WPCNR TRAFFICA. From the City of White Plains. November 21, 2018, UPDATED with Correction 10:20 A.M. E.S.T. with Reporting by John F.Bailey:
The city announced that since its beginning of active enforcement of Red Light Camera intersections in the city at six locations in the downtown, the city has sent out 7,068 violations to motorists since going “red light real” September 1, in an announcement by city officials put out to the media today.
Of those 7,068 violations, half have paid the $50 fine, according to the city. Accidents over the August, September and October period have been reduced from 30 last year during the same period in 2017 to 23 this year. If violators do not pay the violation in 42 days, they are charged an additional $25 added to the $50 original fine.
The totals, the city announced that in September there were 2,600 violations sent out in September; 3,969 in October and 499 through November 7.
WPCNR estimates that at at the average of 2,600 violations a month this city would total 52,550 violations for the year, that if all were paid the Red Light Camera “handle” would result in $2,627,500 in revenues.
The Common Council agreed to install red light cameras at a Special Meeting on January 29 of this year.
It agreed to engage American Traffic Solutions to install up to 12 red light cameras, (6 were installed to start as it turned out) at the cost of $18,530 a month per each of the 6 cameras ($111,100 a Month Total resulting in a 12-month annual cost of $1,333,000). (American Traffic Systems has since changed its name to Verra Mobility after a merger).
When WPCNR calculated the cost per month, we committed a mathematical error which reader Cliff Blau informed us of. The real cost is $111,100 a month. (Six times $18,530). Thank you, Mr. Blau.
The result is that in the first three months of live monitoring even with paying for the cameras in August with no charge for violations, the city is about breaking even if we project the last 3 weeks of November.
In its first two months of live violation monitoring (September and October) , the average is 2,600 violations brought in, if all moneys are collected, $130,000 in September, $198,450 in October (3,969 tickets), and for one week in November, $24,950 (499 tickets), which projects to 2,000 tickets a month.
The city has rented two months of cameras with live ticketing, and even with the grace month of August (when no violations were sent out) the city will have spent about $444,720 through November on the program, and collected revenues of $428,450 for a loss of about $16,279. As we pointed out earlier the original agreement of January 29 is the city keeps all ticket revenue.
Granted persons may learn to figure out how to avoid tickets and time the yellows and reds with more skill to avoid tickets, reducing violations, however the city appears to have a very positive revenue stream with the high traffic December period looming to fill the city with shoppers with automobiles.
With heavier traffic, perhaps more violations will have the program turn a profit the last 3 weeks of December and the holiday shopping season of December.
Based on the one month cost for renting the cameras of $111,100, it will cost the city $1,333,200 for one year of rental.
The revenues based on an average 2,600 violations per month would be $1,560.000 plus late fees, so if violations continue averaging 2,600 violations a month, the city makes a $226,800 profit on the program, if not more, should timing changes of the yellows or new revenue-producing rules are introduced, not that that is anticipated.