Comments for News 12 Island Vote '07 blog http://news12islandvote.com We're in it till the races are done Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:58:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Lea Tyrrell at the anchor desk by Bill Caputo http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/01/lea-tyrrell/#comment-155 Bill Caputo Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:58:19 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/01/lea-tyrrell/#comment-155 Lae ,As a fan of News 12 Iwas watching the other day when you had the show about health care.As a person recently layed off from a joband now collecting (For Only 2 weeks) unemployment i`am having diffuculty getting my xBoss to sign the cobra papers My current Benfitts run out the end of the month. Can you suggest anything or some one to help out ? My wife is very upset. She say if the benfits run out any periverous problems will become Not covered Like my Algiery shots . Lae ,As a fan of News 12 Iwas watching the other day when you had the show about health care.As a person recently layed off from a joband now collecting (For Only 2 weeks) unemployment i`am having diffuculty getting my xBoss to sign the cobra papers My current Benfitts run out the end of the month. Can you suggest anything or some one to help out ? My wife is very upset. She say if the benfits run out any periverous problems will become Not covered Like my Algiery shots .

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]]> Comment on Mondello pumps Kate Murray for County Exec. by LINDA http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/07/mondello-pumps-kate-murray-for-county-exec/#comment-117 LINDA Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:50:35 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/07/mondello-pumps-kate-murray-for-county-exec/#comment-117 HONORABLE KATE MURRAY THANK YOU FOR THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUR "PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE RECIPE "IN PENNYSAVER, HOWEVER, IT'S A DISASTER. YOU DON'T SAY WHEN TO BLEND THE SUGAR IN AND THE CONSISTENCY IS AWFUL. HOPE YOUR SKILLS AS A SUPERVISOR SUPERCEDE YOUR BAKING SKILLS. COOKIELESS IN MERRICK HONORABLE KATE MURRAY
THANK YOU FOR THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUR “PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE RECIPE “IN PENNYSAVER, HOWEVER, IT’S A DISASTER. YOU DON’T SAY WHEN TO BLEND THE SUGAR IN AND THE CONSISTENCY IS AWFUL. HOPE YOUR SKILLS AS A SUPERVISOR SUPERCEDE YOUR BAKING SKILLS.

COOKIELESS IN MERRICK

]]> Comment on Lea Tyrrell at the anchor desk by Jack http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/01/lea-tyrrell/#comment-83 Jack Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:03:03 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/01/lea-tyrrell/#comment-83 Lea, I hope you are well. You look fantastic. Congratulations on your marriage and your little girl! Jack Trammell (in Texas) Lea,

I hope you are well. You look fantastic. Congratulations on your marriage and your little girl!

Jack Trammell (in Texas)

]]> Comment on Bedenbender ahead by william michael bedenbender http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/06/bedenbender-ahead/#comment-46 william michael bedenbender Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:09:30 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/06/bedenbender-ahead/#comment-46 hey how are you hey how are you

]]> Comment on Blame it on the Realtors by John http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/07/blame-it-on-the-realtors/#comment-28 John Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:39:43 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/07/blame-it-on-the-realtors/#comment-28 I care alot about preserving the pine barrens, but the people of Brookhaven have spoken and they cannot afford a transfer tax, especially at this time. It worked on the east end towns which has alot of money, but in working class Brookhaven it is a different story. Amper and the Society may have been instrumental in preservation of the core area of the pine barrens, but after that, they have been nothing but air. Amper seems strangely silent on projects that have threatened the pine barrens. I cant seem to find anything on trying to stop the monster Tanger Outlet Center in Riverhead, the largest project ever built in the pine barrens. That's because the Society and Amper get their money from developers, and they buy their approval from Amper. Tanger's impact to the area has been devastating. Traffic jams and litter have been clogging the Peconic river, as a result of the extra traffic the roads cannot handle. Amper has let us down time and time again. He's nothing but hot air, and actually hasn't done as much to protect the pine barrens as he would like you to believe. It really is time for a more sensible voice for land preservation. I care alot about preserving the pine barrens, but the people of Brookhaven have spoken and they cannot afford a transfer tax, especially at this time. It worked on the east end towns which has alot of money, but in working class Brookhaven it is a different story. Amper and the Society may have been instrumental in preservation of the core area of the pine barrens, but after that, they have been nothing but air. Amper seems strangely silent on projects that have threatened the pine barrens. I cant seem to find anything on trying to stop the monster Tanger Outlet Center in Riverhead, the largest project ever built in the pine barrens. That’s because the Society and Amper get their money from developers, and they buy their approval from Amper. Tanger’s impact to the area has been devastating. Traffic jams and litter have been clogging the Peconic river, as a result of the extra traffic the roads cannot handle. Amper has let us down time and time again. He’s nothing but hot air, and actually hasn’t done as much to protect the pine barrens as he would like you to believe.
It really is time for a more sensible voice for land preservation.

]]> Comment on Blame it on the Realtors by Joe http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/07/blame-it-on-the-realtors/#comment-23 Joe Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:09:11 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/07/blame-it-on-the-realtors/#comment-23 Response to Dick Amper's Comments as reported by Carl Corry, titled "Blame it on the Realtors": The voters have spoken, enough with Dick Amper's "sour grape" comments. The voters understood that Proposal Three, The Brookhaven Transfer Tax, was a BAD deal. The Realtors merely exposed the truth, which is that real estate transfer taxes are an unfair method to preserve open space. (See News12 poll results that confirm that a vast majority of viewers share this opinion) Dick Amper should not blame others for his own failures. The fact that he now supports a bond proposal, which is a more equitable method of funding open space that spreads the cost of this "public benefit" to everyone and makes it more affordable for individual taxpayers, is a step in the right direction. Response to Dick Amper’s Comments as reported by Carl Corry, titled “Blame it on the Realtors”:

The voters have spoken, enough with Dick Amper’s “sour grape” comments.

The voters understood that Proposal Three, The Brookhaven Transfer Tax, was a BAD deal.

The Realtors merely exposed the truth, which is that real estate transfer taxes are an unfair method to preserve open space. (See News12 poll results that confirm that a vast majority of viewers share this opinion)

Dick Amper should not blame others for his own failures.

The fact that he now supports a bond proposal, which is a more equitable method of funding open space that spreads the cost of this “public benefit” to everyone and makes it more affordable for individual taxpayers, is a step in the right direction.

]]> Comment on Lea Tyrrell at the anchor desk by Fred http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/01/lea-tyrrell/#comment-22 Fred Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:27:39 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/01/lea-tyrrell/#comment-22 Lets get the statitics right. Brian Foley never had 58% of the vote. You had some kind of math error as his total votes d. ropped by 8000 as the precints increase Lets get the statitics right. Brian Foley never had 58% of the vote. You had some kind of math error as his total votes d. ropped by 8000 as the precints increase

]]> Comment on Excitement builds at Nassau GOP headquarters by Brian http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/06/excitement-builds-at-nassau-gop-headquarters/#comment-21 Brian Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:33:15 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/06/excitement-builds-at-nassau-gop-headquarters/#comment-21 What about Yatauro? What about Yatauro?

]]> Comment on What’s on your mind? by Eileen http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/01/whats-on-your-mind-2/#comment-20 Eileen Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:32:58 +0000 http://news12islandvote.com/2007/11/01/whats-on-your-mind-2/#comment-20 In reply to Spencer, Affordable housing? we live in paradise. Are you kidding me? We pay high taxes so our children can have the opportunity to have one of the highest ranked educations in america. High cost of employees for schools?Quality education comes at a price. Quality special education comes at even a higher price. A safe neighborhood, priceless. We live here because we have the best of everything within a 100 mile radius. This too comes at a price. One thing we do not need is anyone chopping up our land parcels, just to accomodate the people who can not afford to live in housing that is suitable for the size of their family. The shortage is not the lack of affordable housing, have you driven around town in Nassau or Suffolk counties lately? Brookhaven wants to preserve whatever we have left, why shouldn't they? We do not need any more developments, we need space to allow our children and grandchildren to grow. If you want to live like your in the city I suggest you move there. Taxes are lower and you can squeeze as many as you can into one room for the same money. Check out the prices of private schools for your kids, the money you save in your taxes will now be going for tuition. Last I checked a 3 bedroom home in a neighborhood that doesn't have a drug dealer on every corner is going for around 750,000.00. That is the starting price. The beauty of living on Long Island is our pine barrens, our beaches, our parks. The wide open space along our parkways, super highways and the expressway. Our children want to stay here and raise their children here. What we do need, real cost of living raises, tax breaks for low to middle income families. Incentives for residents who spend their money locally, to keep the money where it needs to be, on long island. Taxes need to be raised, starting with the many large corporations here on LI, as well as our local and state government officials. They need to step up to the plate, and stop charging us for their mistakes,and start paying us back for affording them to drive around in company vehicles, have expense accounts, 6 weeks of paid vacation time and bonuses for just showing up. Most of these perks cost more money then the average person on long island makes in a year. How our tax dollars are spent is the problem. I could go on, but I need to put my babies to sleep. They have school tomorrow. Let's start taking care of business before it is too late. In reply to Spencer, Affordable housing? we live in paradise. Are you kidding me? We pay high taxes so our children can have the opportunity to have one of the highest ranked educations in america. High cost of employees for schools?Quality education comes at a price. Quality special education comes at even a higher price. A safe neighborhood, priceless.
We live here because we have the best of everything within a 100 mile radius. This too comes at a price. One thing we do not need is anyone chopping up our land parcels, just to accomodate the people who can not afford to live in housing that is suitable for the size of their family. The shortage is not the lack of affordable housing, have you driven around town in Nassau or Suffolk counties lately? Brookhaven wants to preserve whatever we have left, why shouldn’t they? We do not need any more developments, we need space to allow our children and grandchildren to grow. If you want to live like your in the city I suggest you move there. Taxes are lower and you can squeeze as many as you can into one room for the same money. Check out the prices of private schools for your kids, the money you save in your taxes will now be going for tuition. Last I checked a 3 bedroom home in a neighborhood that doesn’t have a drug dealer on every corner is going for around 750,000.00. That is the starting price. The beauty of living on Long Island is our pine barrens, our beaches, our parks. The wide open space along our parkways, super highways and the expressway. Our children want to stay here and raise their children here. What we do need, real cost of living raises, tax breaks for low to middle income families. Incentives for residents who spend their money locally, to keep the money where it needs to be, on long island. Taxes need to be raised, starting with the many large corporations here on LI, as well as our local and state government officials. They need to step up to the plate, and stop charging us for their mistakes,and start paying us back for affording them to drive around in company vehicles, have expense accounts, 6 weeks of paid vacation time and bonuses for just showing up. Most of these perks cost more money then the average person on long island makes in a year. How our tax dollars are spent is the problem. I could go on, but I need to put my babies to sleep. They have school tomorrow. Let’s start taking care of business before it is too late.

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