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Happy 2011 New Year Best Wishes Westchester

Message from the Mayor: Storm Aftermath is All Good News By Peter Swiderski

A quick note to report on the aftermath from the blizzard last night.  We had somewhere between fifteen and twenty inches dumped on us, depending upon where the wind drifted the snow and where you place the ruler.  The high winds kept the snow off the branches, so we had no major trees down and no one in Hastings lost power.

Dangerous Nor’Easter to Impact the Region Sunday Into Monday

Winter Storm Preparedness Information

The National Weather serviceadvises a major winter storm will impact the metropolitan region from today, Sunday through Monday afternoon.

The area to be effected includes Westchester County, among other immediate suburbs of New York City, Northeast New Jersey,, Long Island, and the coastal and interior southeast Connecticut.
The  Blizzard warning is in  effect from 6:00 am Sunday to 6:00 pm Monday.

Merry Christmas Westchester

BREAKING NEWS: White Plains Common Council Votes to Recall Mayor By Nancy King

White Plains, NY -- At a special meeting on December 22nd, the White Plains Common Council passed a resolution expressing their lack of confidence in  Mayor Adam  Bradley and asked for his resignation. The meeting was called by  Council Member David Buchwald and four other council members.  Buchwald has been critical of the mayor since his arrests earlier this year and called him a convicted criminal at tonight’s meeting.  It has also been questioned as to whether Buchwald is behind the anonymous RecallAdamBradley.com website.  Each member of the Common Council was able to address the mayor giving his or her reasons for expressing the  vote of no confidence. The lone no vote came form Councilman Dennis Power who read from a prepared statement charging that Mayor Bradley should be afforded his appeal process and despite his legal troubles, he noted the mayor has contributed to the city moving forward this year despite harsh economic times.

Westchester County Board Chairman Jenkins to County Executive Astorino

Enough with the Republican Hypocrisy! 

White Plains, NY, December 22, 2010 --   Westchester County Board of Legislators  ChairmanKen Jenkins (D-Yonkers) (pictured left) released a statement pointing out the hypocrisy of Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino(pictured right) who recently vetoed a transfer of $500,000 from the  County Attorney’s office to the Board of Legislators operating budget to offset costs of assigning four (4) attorneys to advise the Board on legal matters. Astorino criticized the Board, expressing that the Board was “setting up its own legal fiefdom and patronage positions”. 

BREAKING NEWS: White Plains Common Council to Call for Mayor Bradley’s Resignation at Special Meeting Tonight By Hezi Aris

White Plains, NY -- The White Plains City Council has called for a Special Meeting tonight at 7:00 pm  at which they will ask for Mayor Adam Bradley's resignation.

DiNapoli: Harrison’s Unrealistic Budgets Lead to $10 Million Operating Deficit

Albany, NY -- The Town of Harrison incurred a $10 million cumulative operating deficit over the last five years by enacting unrealistic and structurally unbalanced budgets, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.  The town failed to accurately monitor the fund balance to ensure that it was not depleted. 

Swedish Jihad Revelations by Raymond Ibrahim

Hudson New York
December 20, 2010

http://www.meforum.org/2811/swedish-jihad-revelations

Back in 2004, in one of his most recognized messages to America, Osama bin Laden, responding to then President George Bush Jr.'s claims that Al Qaeda hates freedom, rhetorically asked, "If so [if Al Qaeda hates freedom], let him [Bush] explain to us why we have not attacked Sweden, for example."

Astorino Signs Term Limits Law Proposed by Westchester County Board of Legislators

Law Limits County Executive and Legislators to 12 Years in Office 

White Plains, NY -- County Executive Robert P. Astorino has signed a law initiated by the Westchester County Board of Legislators (WCBoL)  that limits the county executive to three, four-year terms and legislators to six, two-year terms. “The ballot box still remains the best way to express the will of the people with respect to elected officials,” said Astorino. “But term limits provide a check against entrenched interests gaming the system. They also promote opportunities for newcomers to serve the public. It is for these reasons that I have signed this legislation.” 

Astorino Elevates Acting Commissioners Kathy O’Connor of Parks and Ed Buroughs of Planning to Commissioners

County Executive Robert P. Astorino Friday announced the appointments of two new commissioners, picking from the ranks long-time deputies who have been serving as acting commissioners.

Edward Buroughs was named commissioner of Planning and Kathleen O’Connor was named commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. Both appointments must be confirmed by the Board of Legislators, which previously confirmed their appointments as acting commissioners. 

Trends Journal: Wake-Up Call -Top 11 Trends of 2011 By Gerald Celente

After the tumultuous years of the Great Recession, a battered people may wish that 2011 will bring a return to kinder, gentler times.  But that is not what we are predicting.  Instead, the fruits of government and institutional action – and inaction – on many fronts will ripen in unplanned-for fashions.  Trends we have previously identified, and that have been brewing for some time, will reach maturity in 2011, impacting just about everyone in the world.

Greenville Community Church Recital Series Presents University of Johannesburg Choir

Award-winning Performers Come to Westchester Enroute to Carnegie Hall!  

Scarsdale, NY -- The Greenville Community Church announces the fifth event in its 2010-2011 Recital Series, innovative performances of great music held in the sanctuary of Greenville Community Church, located at 270 Ardsley Road, Scarsdale, New York. Dr. Corazon Bisda, Music Director of the church, is Artistic Director of the Recital Series. On Sunday, January 9, 2011, at 4:30 p.m., the series will present the University of Johannesburg Choir, an award-winning ensemble under the direction of Renette Bouwer, which will then be on tour in the United States, performing also at Carnegie Hall, New York City, in a performance with Distinguished Concerts International New York.