Hits: 0 WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. By John F. Bailey. September 30, 2008 UPDATED 12 Noon EDT, October 1, 2008. UPDATED 1:10 PM: The city issued a news release Tuesday declaring the sales tax collections by the city have started well … Continue reading
Hits: 0 WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. By John F. Bailey. September 30, 2008 UPDATED WITH TRANSCRIPT OF OPENING REMARKS, 3:10 P.M. EDT: In a 30-minute conference call with reporters from across the state today, Senatory Hillary Clinton said Senator Harry … Continue reading
Hits: 0 WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. By John F. Bailey. September 28, 2008 UPDATED 11:59 A.M.: On a day when the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 777 points, the largest decline in the market since 1987, and when inflation is taken … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. From Don Hughes. September 28, 2008: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner Robert Megna announced today that the Department will begin to mail Middle Class STAR rebate checks the week of October … Continue reading
Hits: 0 WPCNR Tin Cup Alley. (Satire) September 27, 2008: It’s too bad one of our famous crooners was not exumed in time to sing this song penned by a former investment banker now turned composer as the opening act for Monday … Continue reading
Hits: 0 WPCNR THE TRAVELING NEWS. By John F. Bailey. September 26: The New York State Department of Transportation recommended today New York replace the aging Tappan Zee Bridge, with a new bridge that could support a commuter rail line and … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR NEWS COMMENT. By John F. Bailey. September 25, 2008 UPDATED 11:45 P.M. UPDATED September 27, 2008 9 P.M: Behold, Americans, through the witchcraft of negotiation by our master congress, the great statemans, George W. Bush , and the cooperation … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. September 25, 2008: In light of the situation that the Common Council tonight may be considering whether the city should pay cost overruns and deficits run up on the Horton’s Mill “workforce housing” project opened last spring … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. From Westchester County Association. September 25, 2008 (Edited): Citing the current financial crisis as the worst since the Great Depression, The Westchester County Association (WCA)—the area’s preeminent business membership organization—today presented a Five-Point Plan. The … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR NEWS COMMENT. By John F. Bailey. September 25, 2008: In Congress’s 7 Day Drill, reminiscent of an Eli Manning Super Bowl Drive, the “Hurry-Up-and-Save-Our-Fortunes-Stop-the-Bleeding-Save the Economy-Stop-the-Madness” hearings on the Wall Street bailout Wednesday, after some 10 or more … Continue reading