Comments for The Newburgh Advocate http://www.newburghadvocate.com news and information focused on Newburgh, New York, to encourage participation in the democratic process Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Joseph Ritz, Author of “The Despised Poor,” Returns to Newburgh by laurie haley http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2006/10/14/joseph-ritz-author-of-%e2%80%9cthe-despised-poor%e2%80%9d-returns-to-newburgh/#comment-104 laurie haley Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:34:13 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=10#comment-104 I come back to visit newburgh once or twice a year...I walk through my childhood neighborhoods, Downing Park, washington Headquarters and yes, ALWAYS lunch at Pete's hot dogs! I was born in Newburgh in 1952 and left in 1969. I left to make a better life for myself,having been the eldest of 8 children, and yes we were poor!!! I recall being scorned by friends, neighbors and sadly even by some relatives. I come back every year so that I will never forget where I came from. I became a productive member of society, I have had a very fulfilling career working for New York State and I retired after 27 years of state service. I spend my time freelancing as a writer, spending time with my children and grandchildren and taking my trips down memory land during my visits to Newburgh I come back to visit newburgh once or twice a year…I walk through my childhood neighborhoods, Downing Park, washington Headquarters and yes, ALWAYS lunch at Pete’s hot dogs!
I was born in Newburgh in 1952 and left in 1969. I left to make a better life for myself,having been the eldest of 8 children, and yes we were poor!!! I recall being scorned by friends, neighbors and sadly even by some relatives.
I come back every year so that I will never forget where I came from. I became a productive member of society, I have had a very fulfilling career working for New York State and I retired after 27 years of state service.
I spend my time freelancing as a writer, spending time with my children and grandchildren and taking my trips down memory land during my visits to Newburgh

]]> Comment on Is Browns Pond at risk? by Newburgh Advocate http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/08/07/is-browns-pond-at-risk/#comment-80 Newburgh Advocate Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:10:40 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=91#comment-80 An article in today's Times-Herald Record about the meeting, "City objection puts housing vote on hold - New Windsor senior project is near city's backup reservoir" by Michael Randall: http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080809/COMM/808090310/-1/NEWS An article in today’s Times-Herald Record about the meeting, “City objection puts housing vote on hold - New Windsor senior project is near city’s backup reservoir” by Michael Randall:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080809/COMM/808090310/-1/NEWS

]]> Comment on Call for State Investigation by Newburgh Advocate http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/08/05/call-for-state-investigation/#comment-79 Newburgh Advocate Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:38:58 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=87#comment-79 An article in today's Record about the work session and the call for a State investigation, "State asked to probe Newburgh courthouse project" http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080805/NEWS/808050319 An article in today’s Record about the work session and the call for a State investigation, “State asked to probe Newburgh courthouse project”

http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080805/NEWS/808050319

]]> Comment on It is unfortunate you cannot be put in jail by The Newburgh Advocate › Call for State Investigation http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/07/20/it-is-unfortunate-you-cannot-be-put-in-jail/#comment-78 The Newburgh Advocate › Call for State Investigation Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:08:39 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=64#comment-78 [...] from newspaper clippings which she read and was both corrected and corroborated by McKenna (see here for a third chronology of Den Cass, here for a representation on asbestos by Hauser, and here for [...] [...] from newspaper clippings which she read and was both corrected and corroborated by McKenna (see here for a third chronology of Den Cass, here for a representation on asbestos by Hauser, and here for [...]

]]> Comment on Shark fin on Broadway by patrick http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/07/28/shark-fin-on-broadway/#comment-76 patrick Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:06:54 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=81#comment-76 Sunday night was also the start of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel... Kendal Henry should approach LandShark Lager to host a party/gala to raise money for the Cultural and Economic Development. That sharkfin could be a great marketing tool if they decide to use it that way. -PE Sunday night was also the start of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel…

Kendal Henry should approach LandShark Lager to host a party/gala to raise money for the Cultural and Economic Development.

That sharkfin could be a great marketing tool if they decide to use it that way.

-PE

]]> Comment on There’s no second on the bond by Newburgh Advocate http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/07/22/theres-no-second-on-the-bond/#comment-74 Newburgh Advocate Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:28:59 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=71#comment-74 Another article in today's Times-Herald Record, "City of Newburgh courthouse bond vote on hold": http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080727/NEWS/807270329 Excerpt: Council members have said they want a detailed list of the expenses and have hinted they could delay any future consideration of a bond until the annual budget talks. They want answers to other questions too, questions like, why didn't the city know about the asbestos in the walls before they had to pay $2.5 million to deal with it? McGrane had hoped to deal with those questions later. She says the most pressing issue is the bond. If the council never approves it, the city could use its general fund to pay the extra costs. That would nearly wipe it out, McGrane said, leaving Newburgh vulnerable to any emergency expenses. She had argued there was plenty of time to talk about things like asbestos later but said Saturday that she now sees a new bond has little chance until all of the council's questions have been answered. That means going through the financing to explain how a $12.2 million project became an $18.6 million one. Another article in today’s Times-Herald Record, “City of Newburgh courthouse bond vote on hold”:
http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080727/NEWS/807270329

Excerpt:
Council members have said they want a detailed list of the expenses and have hinted they could delay any future consideration of a bond until the annual budget talks. They want answers to other questions too, questions like, why didn’t the city know about the asbestos in the walls before they had to pay $2.5 million to deal with it?

McGrane had hoped to deal with those questions later. She says the most pressing issue is the bond. If the council never approves it, the city could use its general fund to pay the extra costs. That would nearly wipe it out, McGrane said, leaving Newburgh vulnerable to any emergency expenses.

She had argued there was plenty of time to talk about things like asbestos later but said Saturday that she now sees a new bond has little chance until all of the council’s questions have been answered. That means going through the financing to explain how a $12.2 million project became an $18.6 million one.

]]> Comment on There’s no second on the bond by Newburgh Advocate http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/07/22/theres-no-second-on-the-bond/#comment-72 Newburgh Advocate Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:47:16 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=71#comment-72 There's an editorial in today's Times-Herald Record, "Show public all the costs for new court": http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/OPINION/807240304/-1/OPINION02 There’s an editorial in today’s Times-Herald Record, “Show public all the costs for new court”: http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/OPINION/807240304/-1/OPINION02

]]> Comment on Bond discussion by Newburgh Advocate http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/07/19/bond-discussion/#comment-71 Newburgh Advocate Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:03:13 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=63#comment-71 There is an article in today's Times-Herald Record about the bond vote which will take place at tomorrow's City Council meeting: http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/NEWS/807200316/-1/NEWS There is an article in today’s Times-Herald Record about the bond vote which will take place at tomorrow’s City Council meeting: http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/NEWS/807200316/-1/NEWS

]]> Comment on City Council Breaks Open Meetings Law by Newburgh Advocate http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/06/03/city-council-breaks-open-meetings-law/#comment-48 Newburgh Advocate Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:49:00 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=52#comment-48 Apparently, there is somebody here from the Times Herald-Record. I just discovered Chris Mele's excellent blog "Your Right To Know" which was started June 6th and is covering FOIL and government transparency issues. There's a couple of posts about Newburgh's breach detailed here (see June 6 and 13 in the archives): http://forums.recordonline.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=th-foil Apparently, there is somebody here from the Times Herald-Record. I just discovered Chris Mele’s excellent blog “Your Right To Know” which was started June 6th and is covering FOIL and government transparency issues. There’s a couple of posts about Newburgh’s breach detailed here (see June 6 and 13 in the archives): http://forums.recordonline.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=th-foil

]]> Comment on Why aren’t we suing? by The Newburgh Advocate › Bond, Contracts and a Demonstration http://www.newburghadvocate.com/2008/06/13/why-arent-we-suing/#comment-45 The Newburgh Advocate › Bond, Contracts and a Demonstration Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:01:09 +0000 http://www.newburghadvocate.com/?p=53#comment-45 [...] only “no” votes to table. There was no discussion regarding the tabling but based on the work session discussion there were many unanswered questions Councilwoman Dickinson, for one, [...] [...] only “no” votes to table. There was no discussion regarding the tabling but based on the work session discussion there were many unanswered questions Councilwoman Dickinson, for one, [...]

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