THE WORLD READS WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER — 8,324,077 VISITS IN ONE YEAR | 2,905,611 VISITORS VISIT 8,324,077 TIMES 3 TIMES EVERY DAY IN ONE YEAR. HIGHEST ACTIVITY IN WPCNR HISTORY.White PlainsCitizeNetReporter lifted its worldwide visits from unique visitors to wpcnr.com to 8,324,077,a 1,306,419 increase in visits in one year from 7,017,658 visits to the site last year which covers White Plains and Westchester County. The 8,324,077 visits were made by 2,005,611 unique visitors who visited wpcnr an average of 3 visits a day. ON JULY 20- -2026 visitors have accessed wpcnr and made 3,072 visits an average of 1.6 visits. In the last week 33,495 individual vistors made 54,458 visits, averaging 1.6 visits. In the last month, 152,940 visitors recorded 229,338 visits (1.5 visits)

EUGENE V. DEBS THE PEERLESS LEADER OF AMERICAN LABOR

Posted on September 5, 2022 by John Bailey

Biography from Wikipedia:

Eugene Victor “Gene” Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.^[1] Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States.

Debs quit school at 14 in Terre Haute, Indiana, to work on the railroad and became a fireman on the railroad in 1870 at age 15.

Early in his political career, Debs was a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected as a Democrat to the Indiana General Assembly in 1884.

After working with several smaller unions, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Debs led his union in a major ten-month strike against the CB&Q Railroad in 1888.

Debs was instrumental in the founding of the American Railway Union (ARU), one of the nation’s first industrial unions.

After workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company organized a wildcat strike over pay cuts in the summer of 1894, Debs signed many into the ARU. He led a boycott by the ARU against handling trains with Pullman cars in what became the nationwide Pullman Strike, affecting most lines west of Detroit and more than 250,000 workers in 27 states.

Purportedly to keep the mail running, President Grover Cleveland used the United States Army to break the strike. As a leader of the ARU, Debs was convicted of federal charges for defying a court injunction against the strike and served six months in prison.

In prison, Debs read various works of socialist theory and emerged six months later as a committed adherent of the international socialist movement. Debs was a founding member of the Social Democracy of America (1897), the Social Democratic Party of America (1898) and the Socialist Party of America (1901). Debs ran as a Socialist candidate for President of the United States five times, including 1900 (earning 0.6 percent of the popular vote), 1904 (3.0 percent), 1908 (2.8 percent), 1912 (6.0 percent), and 1920 (3.4 percent), the last time from a prison cell.

He was also a candidate for United States Congress from his native state Indiana in 1916.

Debs was noted for his oratorical skills, and his speech denouncing American participation in World War I led to his second arrest in 1918. He was convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 and sentenced to a ten-year term. President Warren G. Harding commuted his sentence in December 1921. Debs died in 1926, not long after being admitted to a sanatorium due to cardiovascular problems that developed during his time in prison.

Posted on September 5, 2022 by John Bailey

**WPCNR LABOR DAY DATELINE: REPORTER’S COMMANDMENT # 50**

DROUGHT. LOCAL CITIZENS ENCOURAGED TO CONSERVE WATER.

Posted on September 4, 2022 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE FEINER REPORT. By Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. September 5, 2022:

Greenburgh Currently Suffers Moderate Drought Period as Reservoirs Deplete

As you may notice from your browning grass and trees that are already looking like Autumn, we are severely low on rainfall this summer. The upstate reservoir network that provides our greater metropolitan area drinking water is under its normal capacity, so when you try to save your lawn or overuse water in other ways in your home or business, you risk further depleting our precious drinking water resources.

Current conditions in Westchester County:

· 100% of the county has gone from “abnormally dry” status to being classified as in a “moderate drought” period. This means that crop growth is stunted, planting is delayed, fire danger is elevated, gardens begin to wilt, and lawns brown early. In a drought, irrigation use increases, hay and grain yields are lower than normal, honey production declines, wildfires and ground fires increase.

· 21.71% of Westchester is in a severe drought period. This means that specialty crops are impacted in both yield and fruit size, and air quality is poor.

The Town of Greenburgh is currently in a moderate drought period.

What can you do to use less water, and have a positive impact during this time of drought?

The following home practices can ease the burden on your local water supply and save money in the process:

1. Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth and washing your face.

2. Only run the washing machine and dishwasher when you have a full load.

3. Use a low-flow shower head and faucet aerators.

4. Fix leaks.

5. Install a dual-flush or low-flow toilet or put a conversion kit on your existing toilet.

6. Don’t overwater your lawn or water during peak periods, and install rain sensors on irrigation systems.

7. Install a rain barrel to collect water for outdoor watering.

8. Plant a rain garden for catching stormwater runoff from your roof, driveway, and other hard surfaces.

9. Monitor your water usage on your water bill and ask your local government about a home water audit.

10. Share your knowledge about saving water through conservation and efficiency with your neighbors.

These water saving measures can have a big impact on water demand in local communities. While saving money, you also have the opportunity to get involved in your local community, protect the water in your local waterways so you can continue to enjoy their recreational benefits, and get to know your home and family with a few do-it-yourself projects!

Did you know that…

_30 to 60% of domestic drinking water is used to water yards and gardens, and often large portions are wasted by over-watering, evaporation, and misdirected sprinklers that water sidewalks and driveways.

_The average U.S. per capita water use is 170 gallons per day (gpd). Compare that to 36 gpd in Australia, with better efficiency measures in place but still enjoying the same quality of life.

*For more information on drought conditions/effects and how to conserve water, you can visit the resources we used in this article:

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dep/water/reservoir-levels.page

https://www.drought.gov/states/new-york/county/westchester

https://data.indystar.com/drought/new-york/westchester-county/36119/

https://planning.westchestergov.com/environment/water-conservation/drought-emergency-plan

https://www.americanrivers.org/rivers/discover-your-river/top-10-ways-for-you-to-save-water-at-home/

PAUL FEINER

Greenburgh Town Supervisor

THE GREATEST COLLAPSE IN BASEBALL HISTORY CONTINUES

Posted on September 4, 2022 by John Bailey

WPCNR VIEW FROM THE UPPER DECK. By “Bull” Allen, September 4, 2022 UPDATED SEPTEMBER 5:

Hello there everybody, this is Bull Allen, greeting you from a deserted Yankee Stadium. The old Big Ball Park. Drawing deeply on a White Owl Wallop and sipping a Ballantine Ale in the depressing gathering twilight, watching the greatest collapse in baseball history unfold.

They are on life support in Tampa.

The Bronx Bombers are no longer bombing.

The losing continues.

The lead over Tampa Bay is 5 games after the must win Sunday, 2-1, where Aaron Judge once again with a head first slide into third to set up the winning run in the eighth. A win not even mentioned in this mornings sports section of The Times.

The pitching lasts 4 to 5 innings.

The box scores when you can find them on the internet are pathetic. No hits from the 3rd slot to the 9th slot in the batting order Saturday night. Benching kids who were hitting. Playing hitters who won’t walk and swing .

Batting Aaron Judge, by far their best player and best clutch hitter, as manager should realize first is no longer smart. He has to move The Judge down to third and fourth and Kiner-Felafel 1st. At least there would be somebody on when Judge hits one.

The team has lost its heart.

Meanwhile, in another part of the country in Tampa Bay the Yankees continue their el foldo. They cannot score. A tired overused pitching staff struggles due to Aaron Boone mismanagement and the lead once 13 games is down to 4 games–with 30 to play!

New York needs to play .500 ball at least to .make the expanded crapshoot of the playoffs

With every loss the Yankee ability to resign Aaron Judge dwindles. Judge is looking at a team that has fallen into a funk. The swagger is gone on this team. The confidence is gone.

The inability of the Yankee hitting instructors and the manager to demand the hitters execute situational hitting has indicated the collapse of the Earl Weaver 3-run homer theory along with the flaws of the Sparky Anderson 4 innings and 5 pitchers daily rotation.

The inability of Aaron Boone to motivate the team is obvious.

You cannot have 5 inning starters because it kills the bullpen. A management change was needed.

Perhaps we can exhume Bob Lemon’s coffin or Billy Martin’s coffin, or Casey Stengel’s coffin and place it in the Yankee dugout and that will inspire the team.

The prospects for the club after this colossal fold from .700 for 81 games to .300 ball since unprecedented in baseball annals.

This streak is worth a book.

But it could shatter the team for years. The Yankee heart is gone.

The team has never collapsed like this ever in their history. Even in the mid-60s, they played with heart. Their mystique brought them back into contention with Bill Virdon almost winning the pennant in 1974 and 1975.

Will Judge want to sign on for big Yankee money with so much having to be fixed? This lineup strategy of free swinging big boppers who can only bop when a pitcher makes a mistake, since they swing at everything and never just make contact. Of course, Judge might go cross town to the Mets and enjoy the same celebrity. This business about him going to the West Coast to play with the Giants, well they are in a fade, too. Los Angeles? They can afford him. So can the Phils, the Braves, the White Sox, the Minnesotas. Lots of contending young clubs. T

The Yankees by this profound structural error have shattered their image.

Nobody fears them any more.

Some one needs to come in and fix it. Bring in Joe Girardi for the stretch run. Joe Girardi never made excuses. He never whined. Or hire Joe Madden.

In the glory days when the Yankees lost, they lost tough. They never whined. the stalked off the field with pride. The Yankees showed you how a winner loses, with class and dignity.

They have lost that heart.

The Yankees now have to play the AL EAST the toughest division in baseball to make sure they make the playoffs, and if they do make it they will face good pitching every game. Without finishing first they could be one and out as a wildcard.

The big story in New York’s lackluster newspaper sports sections is their utter ignoring the baseball season. No box scores.No standings. And absolutely no coverage of the Yankee collapse. The heart is gone out of the sports sections too.