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As SPCA Plans to Refuse Niagara Falls’ Pit Bulls, Dyster Plans...
FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
VOL. 16, NO. 05
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NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Pit Bulls - Not Other Breeds - Are Causing
The Serious Dog Problem in Niagara Falls
Jonathan Macready
There is a problem.
Aggressive pit bulls from Niagara Falls
are filling up about 90 percent of available
cages at the Niagara County SPCA.
Currently, the SPCA has 85 dogs. The
shelter has permanent kennels to house 74.
Currently, the shelter is made up of 90
percent pit bulls. Almost all of them came
from Niagara Falls.
Soon the SPCA may not be able to take
more pit bulls from Niagara Falls because
the SPCA is now a "no kill" shelter.
Before the SPCA could handle the
dregs of Niagara Falls’ society’s abandoned
pit bulls. They euthanized pit bulls they
could not adopt.
As a result of being no kill, the Niagara
SPCA now keeps dogs who are unadoptable
in small cages until they die. You might call
it slow-kill.
Meantime, Niagara Falls has too many
unadoptable pit bulls that today or tomorrow
will be abandoned and left on the streets.
And no one will ever want them.
Niagara Falls is solely responsible for
creating overcrowding at the SPCA - caused
by pit bulls and their reckless owners.
"Certainly, there is an overabundance of
pit bulls here in Niagara Falls," Lewis said.
"Irresponsible breeding plays a major part…
It is no secret that the Niagara County SPCA
has an abundance of pit bull type dogs."
It’s a catch 22.
The most troublesome breed ends up
creating more trouble by taking all the cages
at the shelter and because it's a troublesome
dog, often poorly handled, often poorly bred
and poorly treated, often nasty by nature,
people don't want to adopt them.
The SPCA, now a no kill shelter, fills up
with pit bulls - and not the best treated or
best bred pit bulls - from the criminal and irresponsible elements in Niagara Falls.
The solution, according to Mayor Paul
Dyster, is to take taxpayer money to build a
shelter for, essentially, pit bulls in Niagara
Falls.
A slow kill shelter for pit bulls where
Exactly what’s so humane about keeping a dog in a cage for life at
a no-kill shelter?
they go and live until they die.
In a cage.
Not poodles or pugs, dachshunds or
wiener dogs, or retrievers.
The proposed shelter is for the troublesome dog, caused by the troublesome dog
owners.
In defense of the pit bull, people bred
them, people abuse them, and people are
screwing them up. Now the taxpayers are
going to be forced to live with their errata
and their carelessness.
Mayor Dyster set aside $3.2 million of
casino money over two years to build his pit
bull shelter. Depending on how it is managed, it may cost another million a year to
maintain.
Because we don't euthanize dangerous
dogs, dogs that belonged to drug dealers, ir-
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responsible people, knuckle heads, pit bulls
will be left in small cages the rest of their
lives, and taxpayers will pay to feed them,
give them veterinary care and pay for heat
and food and lights and someone to clean up
after them.
Until they die.
Since at least 2013, the SPCA has been
considering terminating services to the city
because of the cost of caring for unwanted
pit bulls. From 2013 to 2104, the SPCA
raised the price they charge the city from
$84,000 to $195,000 for services- mainly to
house pit bulls.
At $195,000, the SPCA is subsidizing
Niagara Falls' pit bull problem.
No-kill shelters are expensive to operate. The SPCA said its actual cost for provid-
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An aggressive, abandoned pit
bull is more than likely not
adoptable.
ing services was $230,000 in 2012.
During 2012, the SPCA handled 899
calls from the city, 68 percent of which were
for stray animals.
Sixty percent of these were pit bulls.
The SPCA serves Lockport, Niagara,
Wheatfield, Pendleton, Cambria and Niagara
Falls. When stranded dogs and cats are found
on the streets, they're brought to the SPCA.
The majority of pets are from the Falls
-- again - mostly pit bulls.
The SPCA will continue to accept animals from Niagara Falls. But, in either 2016
or 2017, the SPCA has told the city it will
likely stop and that city must begin housing
its own animals- which are going to be mostly - pit bulls.
"Within the next two years the Niagara
County SPCA and the City of Niagara Falls
will be moving to ceasing the SPCA servicing the city," Lewis said.
And if the city builds a shelter that is a
no kill shelter, then expect costs to skyrocket.
Aggressive and poorly treated pit bulls will
make up the bulk of the dogs.
In a few years they will fill up all the
cages of the shelter.
And it will cost. Whether city run or on
contract with a not for profit – it will require
a director, employees, consultants, a building, equipping the building, vehicles, insurance, utilities, promotion and advertising,
legal and veterinarian services.
Salaries, contracts, services straight on
the backs of taxpayers.
Lewis in describing the SPCA is also
giving us a glimpse of what Niagara Fall's
future shelter will be like.
"When walking through our building
you will find a pit bull type dog in almost
every kennel and most of these dogs do originate from the City of Niagara Falls…. There
is not enough space in our shelter to accommodate the number of animals that need our
help."
Thanks to Niagara Falls' pit bull owners,
the SPCA is full, so they will not be able to
take pit bulls from the city.
The solution is either the city paying a
lot more money to the SPCA to expand their
facility or build a city shelter where pit bulls
will reside.
Before the city spends this kind of
money, someone should look into pit bulls in
this city. The number of people who have
them. Can they nail it down to a certain part
of the city, to a certain type of owner? Can
it be evaluated as to how ownership of pit
bulls has expanded in the last 15 years from
a problem to a big problem then try to solve
the problem.
Dyster is trying to accommodate the
problem, instead of fixing it.
Right across the Niagara River in Ontario, there is no problem. Prosperous Niagara Falls, Ontario put a ban on pit bulls.
Niagara Falls, New York, with the highest crime rate in the state, and one of the
poorest cities in the nation, has an expensive
pit bull problem.
The local SPCA is potentially not going
to take dogs anymore from Niagara Fallswhich isn't the best thing for the pit bulls.
So Niagara Falls will build its own animal shelter - for pit bulls.
And at the SPCA, and perhaps soon at
the Niagara Falls shelter, pit bulls who can't
be adopted will sit in a cage, as if they had a
life sentence in prison.
Instead of the death sentence of euthanasia.
NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Nasty Pit Bull Owners Don’t Help Their Cause
Last week the Reporter published an article, "Pit Bulls, Bred to be Aggressive Like
Many of Their Owners".
The pit bull zealots went right off their
leashes.
The Reporter got a spate of nasty letters.
We tried to make it clear that not all pit
bulls are aggressive and dangerous. We are
certain that some pit bull owners would not
have bitten us if we were in the same room.
The angry outpouring of letters however
shows that dogs and their masters are sometimes eerily similar.
Here are a few comments from dozens
of nasty letters we got:
"Jonathan A. Macready's parents should
be ashamed they did such a poor job educating their little brat."
"I hope you lose many readers"
"You (sh)ould be shut down, or better
still, be charged for reporting so many inaccuracies!"
"Tell your reporter Jonathan Mcready
… he's an idiot!!"
"HOW DARE YOU publish such
TRASH!!! Pit bulls are NOT aggressive in
any way!... You're a f--king DISGRACE!!!"
"What planet is this idiot from? I guarantee my pit bull is smarter and much more
loving than this reporter!"
"I hope you get a full email inbox of
people outraged by this article because I am
going to be sharing this article across all social media.....be ready."
"The writer of the article about Pitbulls
should get fired."
"I'm …probably a better person than the
moron who thinks he is doing a great journalism talking about pit bulls and they've
owners!!!... Fire this guy."
"You are an ignorant mother f--ker."
"The editor should be ashamed to allow
an article to be published. Your newspaper
will be boycotted."
According to the leading experts on pit
bulls in the nation, Merritt Clifton and
Colleen Lynn, as well as other experts in the
Pit bulls represent about five percent of
recorded over the past 32 years, compared to
268 by all other breeds combined. 1,624
people have been disfigured by pit bulls.
In 2014, in the U.S. and Canada, pit
bulls killed 31 people.
The number of pit bulls involved in fatal
and disfiguring attacks has risen since 2007
from 78 to 603 in 2014; the number of child
Some Pit Bull Facts You Might Like to Know
Killed by a pit bull.
field:
There are an estimated 3.5 million pit
bulls in the U.S. out of an estimated 70 million dogs.
Killed by a pit bull.
Attacked by pit bull.
dogs in America.
Of the 210 fatal dog attacks occurring
since January 1, 2010, 138––66%––have
been inflicted by pit bulls.
Pit bulls accounted for more than half of
all fatal dog attacks since 1844. 300 fatalities by dogs identified as pit bulls were
victims increased from 30 to 264; the number of adult victims increased from 23 to
279; the number of deaths directly inflicted
by pit bulls went up from 13 to 31, and disfigurements soared from 37 to 451.
As of 1961, there were about 200,000
pit bulls in the U.S.
The pit bull population has expanded
twenty-fold since then, to close to four million dogs counting mixes. Human fatalities
from pit bull attacks have expanded twentyfold as well, to 30-plus per year.
About one million pit bulls - about a
third of all adult pit bulls in the USA are surrendered every year to animal shelters or impounded, primarily for dangerous behavior.
About 80% of pit bulls coming to animal shelters each year are killed as too dangerous to adopt.
Half the adult pit bull population are
failing in homes every year. Nothing remotely comparable has ever occurred with
any other type of dog.
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NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Security Measures Intense for NY Medical Marijuana
Police Chief Says Lewiston Up to the Challenge
Frank Parlato
Last week the Niagara Falls Reporter
broke the news that all five Lewiston Council members said they would likely support
a medical marijuana growing facility in the
Town of Lewiston.
Lewiston Greenhouse LLC, owned in
part by the owners of Modern Disposal, is
expected to make application to the state of
New York this spring to be granted the right
to grow medical marijuana at their H2 gro
facility, a 12 acre greenhouse owned by
Modern Disposal on Pletcher Rd, which is
presently used to grow tomatoes.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to pick
five medical marijuana growers throughout
New York.
As part of the application process, a
company wishing to be considered as one of
the five growers is expected to demonstrate
support from the local community.
In Lewiston the issue has bi-partisan
support.
Supervisor Dennis Brochey, the sole
Democrat, is joined by Republicans Ron
Winkley, Alphonso Bax, and William Conrad, along with Independence Party member
Beth Ceretto in supporting the concept for as
they have stated a variety of reasons.
Humane
Medical marijuana has been proven to
aid suffering children and ailing adults.
Uniquely Lewiston Greenhouse LLC has
one outstanding edge over all other potential
growers. It owns the New York State license
for the world -famous Charlotte's Web strain
of medical marijuana - which has been
proven to aid children with epilepsy when all
other drugs failed.
Potential revenue
Lewiston Greenhouse partner Gary
Smith, who is also vice president and COO
of Modern Disposal Inc, one of the largest
disposal companies in the USA, said his
medical marijuana company is willing to
enter into a host agreement with Lewiston to
provide a mechanism of payment based on
profitability.
In addition, Niagara County would reap
a windfall since the county where the grower
is domiciled will receive about 1.58 percent
of gross sales, as the county's share of the
state’s seven percent excise tax. This is
likely to result in millions in new revenue for
the county.
Considering that only five growers will
be selected, counties across the state will be
vying for this windfall.
Job creation
Because growers will be engaged in the
year round cultivation of medical marijuana
as opposed to seasonal greenhouse growing
of tomatoes and because of the extra security
required by the state as part of its regulatory
process, it is expected that the net employment gain from converting the H2 Gro
greenhouse from tomatoes to medical marijuana will result in more than three dozen
new jobs.
Consider that the Niagara County IDA
offers decades of tax free incentives worth
millions to get this kind of job creation. In
this instance however the county will not be
paying incentives but will be receiving incentives.
Modern’s H2 Gro greenhouse in Lewiston presently grows tomatoes which they sell to area markets. Will it become the site of one
of five growing facilities in New York for medical marijuana?
Ceretto, who is the town's newest council member and is married to State Assemblyman John Ceretto - who voted for the
passage of the medical marijuana law last
year, said she will take the lead in sponsoring
a resolution endorsing Lewiston Greenhouse
as a grower of medical marijuana in town.
Meantime across the state and in WNY,
a number of communities are vying for the
opportunity to host growers of medical marijuana. The competition is expected to be intense.
Other Municipalities Hopeful
Already several municipalities have
been in contact with potential growers to lure
them to operate in their towns.
According to sources, Lewiston Greenhouse has been approached to establish
growing facilities in another municipality instead of Lewiston.
But there seems no need for the company to relocate and utilize a building in another municipality - even if it was offered for
free - since Lewiston officials seem supportive of the medical marijuana initiative.
Security Challenges
Lewiston Police Chief Chris Salada
weighed in this week on the town's preparedness to safeguard growers of medical marijuana.
"If it becomes legalized, we will adapt
and move forward, " Salada said. "Obviously
it is going to be regulated closely and I want
(our department) to be involved in (crafting
security measures).
“If it were to come where Modern Disposal grows it, we would like to be part of
the safety factors. Our force is capable and
able to maintain safety for a facility like that.
"Remember, the town already has some
very important places and structures that the
police keep an eye on - the Power Authority,
the international bridge and all our schools.
If it become legal and if it does go to Modern
we will do our best to make sure it is regulated and secured properly. I wouldn't oppose it."
Salada is not the only police chief who
feels security can be handled.
In Niagara Falls, where some officials
have privately told the Reporter that they
would like to lure Lewiston Greenhouse or
another company to grow medical marijuana
in their city, Police Supt. Bryan DalPorto
said that in the event his city hosts a grower
of medical marijuana he would be "willing
to work with any business" adding "It is no
more a threat than a drug store which has
pharmaceuticals. As long as there is security,
we would be willing to work with them."
State Demands Security Measures
Local police would be guided by security measures imposed by the state as part of
the medical marijuana law.
According to the new state medical marijuana law, a grower will have to have a security system to prevent and detect theft of
marijuana which must include:
(1) a perimeter alarm;
(2) motion detectors;
(3) video cameras in all areas that contain marijuana and all points of entry and
exit. (
4) twenty-four hour recordings from
cameras, available for live viewing by the
state.
(5) The alarm system must include: (A)
A silent “duress alarm," generated by the
entry of a code into an arming station to signal the alarm user is being forced to shut off
the system; (B) A “panic alarm,” manually
activated, to signal a life threatening or emergency situation requiring law enforcement.
(C) A silent “holdup alarm” generated by
manual activation to signal a robbery in
progress; (D) An automatic voice dialer, programmed to send a prerecorded message,
when activated, over telephone, radio or
other communication system, to law enforcement, public safety or emergency services agency requesting dispatch; (E) A
failure notification system that provides audible or visual notification of any failure in
the surveillance system within five minutes.
(F) The ability to remain operational during
a power outage which requires a back up
generator and a back up to the back up generator.
** The grower must also limit access to
surveillance areas to persons essential to surveillance, law enforcement, and the Health
Dept.
** Growers must keep the outside
perimeter illuminated so that video recordings are crystal clear.
** Inside, marijuana must be stored in a
secure area and products must be in a safe or
vault locked except for the actual time required to remove or replace medical marijuana products.
** Before medical marijuana can leave
the growing facility to the dispensary the
grower must, two days prior, complete a
shipping manifest transmitted to the dispensing facility and the Health Dept.
** It must be transported in a locked,
safe and secure storage compartment in a vehicle transporting the marijuana directly to
the dispensary.
** The truck must have at least two employees - one to remain with the vehicle at
all times.
Overall the regulations for medical marijuana are more stringent than for drug stores
which contain large quantities of morphine
based prescription pills which have large
street values.
It is expected the state will begin accepting applications as soon as this spring and
Lewiston Greenhouse LLC will be among
the applicants.
Whether they win one of the five coveted spots is in large part up to the governor.
There is anticipated to be as many as 100
companies competing for spots.
Lewiston Greenhouse LLC has the facility, the apparent support of the town council, is willing to make the investment in time
and money to start up and a police force willing to aid in the security challenges.
It is hopeful.
NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Tony Farina
Ceretto Believes Silver’s Departure
May Clear Path for Legalizing MMA
The path to the legalization of Mixed
Martial Arts in New York State may have
gotten a little easier with the departure of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver who has
been a strong opponent to legalizing the
sport.
Assemblyman
John Ceretto (R. C. I.
– Lewiston) believes
Silver’s arrest on federal
corruption
charges and his departure as speaker
could be the ticket allowing the state legislature to vote on
legalizing
MMA
which has broad bipartisan support in the
Capitol.
Ceretto said legalization would bring over $5.2 million in
economic activity to Western New York plus
additional revenue to the state.
“A lot of progress has been made in Niagara Falls lately, but we are really missing
a great opportunity by not allowing MMA
events in the state,” said Ceretto in a statement. “New York is the only state where
professional MMA events are not allowed,
which only highlights how unreasonable the
de facto ban on the sport is. If we had MMA
events in Niagara Falls, it would be another
way to draw tourists to the city to enjoy all
the amenities we have to offer. Hopefully,
with a new speaker, we can finally get this
passed.”
As the ranking member of the Assembly’s Tourism, Arts, Parks, and Sports Development Committee, Ceretto has been a
strong supporter of MMA in Albany but Silver has been a roadblock to progress on legalizing MMA.
Martial arts champion A. J. Verel of
South Buffalo believes—like Ceretto-- that
with Silver out of the way there is a good
chance New York can finally pass legislation
and allow the state to finally be competitive
in the martial arts arena.
“We have a great opportunity now to
get this done,” said Verel, a former light
heavyweight and middleweight sport karate
and kickboxing champion who holds black
belts in five different martial arts.”
“If this can get done, the state athletic
commission can promulgate rules to help
make it safe,” said Verel. “It will bring in a
whole new fan base, will be beneficial economically, and would be great for state competition.” Verel is a 2003 inductee into the
martial arts hall of fame and has also appeared as an actor and stuntman in numerous
films.
Ceretto said he plans to use his position
on the Tourism Committee to push legalizing
MMA during upcoming budget hearings.
New York is the only state that doesn’t
allow professional MMA contests even
though it has passed four times in the state
senate only to expire in the Silver-controlled
assembly. Assembly Minority Leader Joe
Morelle has sponsored legislation to end the
ban but Silver never allowed the measures to
come to the floor for a vote.
Advocates say state regulation would
insure that safety precautions would be followed. Some proponents also believe the
state would reap an additional $135 million
in additional revenue from MMA events at
major venues including Niagara Falls. New
York has banned MMA events since 1997.
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NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Tony Farina
Tonawanda News Gone but Not Forgotten
In the mid-1960s, the Tonawanda News
was a vibrant, well-staffed daily newspaper
with a circulation in the neighborhood of
25,000. I know firsthand because for about
18 months during that time, I had the pleasure of working at the newspaper as the telegraph editor responsible for placing wire
stories, writing headlines, and laying out the
pages.
When the Tonawanda News closed its
doors for good last Saturday, publishing its
last edition in black and white, the circulation was reported to be about 3,500 and the
editorial staff was down to a mere handful
compared to the days when I was there under
publisher Ruby Hewitt and Editor Harvey
Hough.
Newspapers cutting staff is the trend
these days as the industry has reportedly lost
a fifth of its journalists since 2001. Newspapers have faced increased pressure from
the internet media and many have been
forced to close, like the Tonawanda News,
in the face of declining revenues.
But I would like to use the occasion of
the loss of the Tonawanda News to reminisce
about my days at the newspaper so long ago
and my feelings about the changing times
that have slowly taken away one of the staples of many communities, the local newspaper with the comings and goings of
everyday life and the obituaries of those who
have come and gone which sometimes don’t
make the pages of the larger newspapers.
Let me indulge a bit in my newspaper
history to help explain my feelings about the
passing of this small daily and the decline of
the newspaper industry everywhere.
I started my newspaper career professionally at the Lockport Union Sun and Journal in 1966 and joined the Tonawanda News
in 1967, working under legendary City Editor Milt Carlin. I moved to the Buffalo
Courier-Express in late 1968 where I spent
12 years before leaving to become a television reporter. Now, all these years later, both
the Tonawanda News and the Courier are
gone as are many of my friends and colleagues from those days.
The Tonawanda News which closed its
doors for good last Saturday was nowhere
near the paper it was when I was there, but
it still served the public with as much local
news as it could with its reduced staff. But
now it is gone, an institution that had been a
part of the community it served since it
began in 1880. Unfortunately, many more
newspapers will be forced out of business if
the current trend continues, as expected, and
the public, especially seniors, will continue
to lose an important link to their communities, one they could actually touch. It is a
feeling I crave to this day.
Eric DuVall, the last managing editor of
the Tonawanda News, did not say much
about the newspaper’s closing beyond the
statement from the publisher, Chris Voccio,
last October who said the decision was made
for business reasons. Voccio works for
Community Newspaper Holdings of Alabama which also owns the Niagara Gazette.
Many of the two dozen editorial employees at the Tonawanda News will now be
looking for jobs in a newspaper market
where jobs are in short supply. Some have
found work, many have not. DuVall, who is
a serious journalist and well respected for his
dedication and work ethic, will join WLVL
-1340 radio in Lockport as news director.
The fate of the others is unknown.
When I joined the Tonawanda News in
early 1967, I arrived fresh from several
months as sports editor of the Lockport
Union Sun and Journal after four years as a
navy journalist. I was pretty green, a young
man with a wife and three small children,
and desperately hoping to earn enough
money to support my family.
The Tonawanda News was my training
ground, as it was for many young journalists
over the years, and veteran AP reporter and
City Editor Milt Carlin—a character right
out of the old movies-- took me under his
wing and taught me the ropes. Milt always
had a pencil in one hand and a cigarette in
the other, and like many a journalist of his
day like to wash down the sweat of putting
out a daily newspaper with a stop at the local
gin mill after the presses had rolled. He
schooled me in that side of the business as
well, but as a mentor he was wise in the
ways of the newspaper business and
groomed me about how to approach stories
and the importance of getting the facts right.
There was no tolerance for factual errors
from Milt, and that’s the way he ran the
newsroom. The result was a very good daily
newspaper, a nurturing and learning environment for many young journalists who passed
through the River Road offices of the
Tonawanda News and a good home for veterans on staff who stayed for years and
served the community in such a valuable
way with their experience and local knowledge.
I’m saddened by the passing of the
Tonawanda News, another of my many old
haunts as a chain-smoking young journalist
looking to break big stories. Fortunately, I
was able to do that both at the Courier and
later on television but it all really started
with Milt Carlin at the Tonawanda News.
Milt is long gone, and now so is the
newspaper he cared about so much. I remember those days, and names like Shirley
Connor, Lynn Hemmings, Jim Watson, Milt
Simon, Mort Carpenter, and many others. It
was a fun time with memorable parties—especially at Christmas--presided over by a
fun-loving owner in Ruby Hewitt and a wonderful executive editor and true gentleman,
Harvey Hough. It was a real newspaper and
the newsroom was the smoke-filled center of
it all with the wire machines pounding out
the world news as the typewriters cranked
out the local stories of the day. All those
things are gone now and newsrooms are
smoke free, the teletype machines don’t
exist, and typewriters are relics from the
stone age of newspapers.
But I remember it all, and the names and
faces from those days and my years at the
late Buffalo Courier Express. The newspapers are gone and so are most of the journalists who worked there, but they still live in
my memories and the closing of the
Tonawanda News brings it all back for the
moment. It was a great time and I miss those
days and the people dearly.
Small daily newspapers will soon be a
thing of the past and communities will lose
the local flavor of small town America, from
Little League game pictures to news about
local politics. Newspapers have been a part
of my life for many years, and when one
passes it hits home.
I certainly still enjoy writing for newspapers and carrying on the tradition of the
professionals who taught me, like Milt Carlin and Jim Schrader at the Courier-Express,
city editors of a different era but a time I will
always cherish. I wish good luck to all those
at the Tonawanda News who are now looking for work in a business that sadly is fast
disappearing.
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Long, Krauthammer, Stone Headline Kemp Tribute March 14
Tony Farina
The Conservative Forum of Erie County
is planning a major tribute to former congressman and Buffalo Bills quarterback Jack
Kemp on Saturday, March 14, at 6 p.m. at
the Clubhouse at Diamond Hawk at 255
Sonwil Dr. in Cheektowaga.
Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo said Jimmy Kemp, a former CFL quarterback and the son of the late
congressman will be on hand for the tribute
Tony Farina
Perhaps New England receiver Julian
Edelman summed it up best after his Patriots
topped Seattle 28 to 24 behind Tom Brady’s
four touchdown passes: “He’s Tom Brady,”
Edelman said. “He’s the greatest quarterback on the planet.”
Brady was 13 out of 15 in the fourth
quarter as he led his team on drives of 68 and
64 yards to overcome the Seahawks and win
his fourth Super Bowl and third MVP. When
it counted, despite two early interceptions,
Brady came through as he usually does.
Forget “Deflategate” in the 45 to 7 win
over the overmatched Indianapolis Colts.
Brady, or the Patriots locker room attendant,
didn’t need to deflate the footballs to win the
Super Bowl. They did need a little help at
the end from Pete Carroll after a circus catch
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to his father, the second annual event by the
Conservative Forum which is the party’s outreach network to the business community.
Among those expected for the special
tribute are State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, political consultant Roger
Stone who served as an adviser to the Jack
Kemp for president campaign in 1987, and
former Kemp staffers Ed Rutkowski and
Russ Gugino. Rutkowski is also a former
Erie County executive.
Also scheduled is a video presentation
by Charles Krauthammer, a syndicated
columnist and political commentator for Fox
News. Krauthammer was paralyzed in a diving-board accident during his first year of
medical school at Harvard Medical School,
but will make his presentation at the Kemp
event by videotape.
Gugino, a close associate of Diamond
Hawk restaurant and golf club owner Sam
Tadio, is helping to coordinate the event for
his former political mentor.
Jack Kemp served 18 years as a congressman from Western New York (31st District) and also served as housing secretary in
the cabinet of President George H. W. Bush
from 1989 to 1993. He was the Republican
nominee for vice president in 1996 on the
ticket with Robert Dole.
During his professional football career,
Kemp won two championships with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League
in the 1960s and was a co-founder and later
president of the AFL Players Association.
For information on the event honoring
Jack Kemp, contact the Erie County Conservative Party at 716-826-6814.
by Jermaine Kearse put the ball at the New
England 5 yard line and put Seattle in a position to win the game as the clock ran out.
But as we all know, the Seahawks passed instead of handing off to Marshawn Lynch and
the rest is history.
No matter what Carroll says, the Seahawks made the wrong decision and despite
his outstanding game, Brady would have
likely come out on the short end if Seattle
had tried to run it in with Lynch. Who reading this doesn’t think Lynch would have
gained one yard in three tries?
Belichick is a great coach even though
he is willing to bend or break the rules a bit
to gain an edge. His teams are extremely
well prepared and rarely fail in the clutch.
Brady is Brady, maybe the best quarterback
ever to play the game. And he shows no sign
of slowing down. That’s bad news for big-
talking Rex Ryan and the Buffalo Bills who
will get to face him next year as Brady bids
for a fifth world championship.
For now, the season is over and New
England, as most experts expected, found a
way to win. They have the coach, like him
or not, the quarterback, and a swagger that
comes with knowing you’re the best. Rex
can talk a good game, but he hasn’t done it
yet. We know he can coach but can he win,
and can he win without a very good quarterback? He couldn’t in New York, as we all
know, but maybe Buffalo will be different.
Time will tell.
As the Super Bowl excitement passes,
the talk around here will be about who is
going to pay for the new stadium that the
NFL owners say is needed in order to make
small market Buffalo competitive? Or, put
another way, a stadium that deliver more rev-
enue for the owners.
Buffalo fans are competitive and will do
their part to keep the owners happy and keep
the Bills in town. But even with local ownership, nothing is really guaranteed down the
road, especially for a franchise that hasn’t
made the playoffs in 15 years. Rex says it
will be different next year, but there is no
Tom Brady on the Bills roster and without a
decent quarterback all of Ryan’s bluster will
not win football games in the clutch, like
Brady does.
Anyway, the season is over, the Super
Bowl was a great finish with a strange ending, and now the focus will be on the offseason efforts to find a quarterback and end the
playoff drought. But right now, I’m ready to
give football a rest and look forward to
spring and baseball season.
Brady Delivered When It Counted
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NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Reporter Predicts Train Station is Doomed
Anna M. Howard
The Reporter has frequently poked fun
at Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster's train
station project AKA “Inter-modal Transportation Facility”.
The Reporter has also posed serious
questions regarding the need, the cost and
wisdom in building a train station in an age
where travel is ruled by air and road.
Niagara Falls remains primarily a destination reached by auto with visitors arriving
from within New York, the northeast and the
Midwest. Along with this we have travelers
from Asia and Europe who arrive by air.
When it comes to the Dyster “Intermodal Transportation Facility” we feel confident we can predict the future.
The train station “three phase” construction concludes at a minimal cost of $45 million.
The train station opens in late 2015 just before election - to great fanfare as Dyster cuts the ribbon. As to the date of the ribbon cutting, we predict that if Dyster has a
tough primary the ribbon cutting will be
early September. If he has a tough general
election the ribbon cutting will occur in October.
Although it won’t be realized until after
the election - train ridership will remains the
same as it is now at the old train station:
about 10 riders per day.
It will also not be until after the election
when the true costs to maintain and manage
a 25,000 square foot building with tall ceilings and a lot of glass will be calculated.
Costs may soar to $50,000 a month to
operate a large, vacant facility.
Dyster and his senior planner, Thomas
DeSantis will appeal to US Sen. Charles
Schumer for federal subsidies to cover operation and maintenance, and to aid in getting
Border Patrol, Homeland Security and Amtrak to bear more of the operating costs.
But the formerly Democratically-controlled US Senate went Republican. A Republican majority will not give more federal
money in support of Dyster’s train station, a
project built by a Democratic city in a Democratic state supported by Democratic Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and
Democratic Sen Schumer.
The burden to operate and maintain the
train station will fall upon Niagara Falls taxpayers.
Those taxpayers presently pay $2.4 million annual mortgage and interest payments
for the $45.5 million courthouse, $1.5 million annual charge for the conference center
The present train station (above and below), although humble and modest in appearance, is large enough to accommodate the dozen or less train passengers
who happen to come here daily.
One of our favorite pictures. There are
so few riders for trains in Niagara
Falls that the hours of operation are
posted on a makeshift wooden ledge
above a garbage can. Note the train
station is closed by 4:30 every day!
The present train station has only a
few stop per day and never has a
crowd. Unless people are going to
start taking trains to the Falls because the new train station is pretty,
people should assume ridership will
be about the same. The only thing
that will change is the huge cost to
taxpayers to maintain the new station.
A cadre of politicians showed up for the cameras to break ground for the new $45
million train station. Note the smiling faces. Why? Because not one of them put
up one dime of their own money to build the unneeded train station.
and for parties and events on Old Falls St,
inflated cost of government for salaries,
overtime and stipends designed by Dyster,
The new train station - at 10 times the size of the old - will have the same customers but will cost a fortune to heat. Note the high ceilings and the wasted space.
millions in consulting fees, and over $100
million in casino funds Dyster spent since
2008, along with a repeating municipal
It’s going to be a huge, empty
train station. The city got
grants to pay for most of the
construction, but will not get
grants to maintain it. This suggests that just because you’re
offered a grant, doesn’t mean
you accept it. Suppose you got
a grant for a white elephant,
but you had to pay to feed him
- would you still accept the
grant?
budget deficit Dyster built into the budget
against the advice of the NYS State Comptroller.
The train station wasn’t needed and
wasn’t asked for. Its planning flew in the
face of everything known about US travel
habits and visitation to Niagara Falls.
The future is easy to see.
Within months of its grand opening the
train station will be near lifeless with an annual operating expense the city, already on
the verge of financial collapse, cannot afford.
Within a few years, it will be shuttered,
or rented to someone else or sold at a fraction of its cost to build.
I know readers find this hard to believe.
Could government, could Dyster be that
stupid?
He built a $45 million train station that
few will use and in time will have to be
closed, rented or sold?
You read it here first.
This fancy new train station will be an attractive but empty building. Note the
empty parking lot. This artist rendering will come to show how life imitates art.
NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
9
Lockport and Niagara Falls Take Different Paths to Monitor Fiscal Problems
Anna M. Howard
Lockport recently selected three of its
residents to sit on the newly created “Lockport Audit Committee.”
The three business leaders are: Paul
Mullane, David S. Sholk and Brian C. Ranney, all Lockport residents.
On January 20 the Niagara Falls council
approved, 4-1, a resolution sponsored by
chairman Andrew Touma titled, Relative to
the Creation of a city of Niagara Falls Financial Advisory Panel. The council is presently
accepting resumes from city residents interested in serving on the panel.
There are major differences between the
two cities and their respective financial review/oversight efforts: First, the Lockport
committee is being formed through the
mayor’s office with council input. The Niagara Falls panel is being formed through the
city council. Second, Lockport is creating
their committee at the direction of the State
Comptroller while Niagara Falls is doing it
voluntarily.
The council recently declined the assistance of the state financial restructuring
board, although Mayor Dyster encouraged
the council to accept that state proposal.
Because Lockport’s financial problems,
including a near $5 million deficit, caused
the city to borrow $4.3 million from the state
the city is now beholding to Albany, having
to share all fiscal information with the State
Comptroller for the next decade. The seating
of the Lockport Audit Committee is fallout
from the state loan and the city’s lack of fi-
nancial oversight in the past.
Lockport Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey recently told the Buffalo News, “The goal is to
have greater scrutiny of the audit process…
the goal is to prevent the city from getting
into financial trouble again.”
The Lockport panel will oversee the bid
and hire of Lockport’s outside auditing firm,
and “The city employees or their immediate
family are barred from serving on the audit
committee. Members aren’t allowed to have
business with the city.
The Lockport Audit Committee has
been designed not to simply rubber stamp
city finance records. They’re going to have
significant power in the auditing process.
The Lockport Audit Committee goes
one significant step further than the Niagara
Falls council finance panel in that “The committee will have the power to investigate any
suspected fraud and turn its findings over to
outside agencies.”
Lockport is also going to hire a city fi-
Skrlin Stuns With Another Happy
Master Stroke: ‘Hamister Joker’
The increasingly famous Gerald Skrlin,
a cartoonist known for his joke within a joke
motif, has taken that motif one step further
by placing a joke within a joke within a
Joker. (see cartoon right)
In this case the Joker is the nemesis of
legendary super hero Batman and he has
played the greatest joke of his career on the
city of Niagara Falls through the "Hamister
hotel deal." Note closely how the artist has
transformed the Joker into the Hamister
Group joker via a well placed HG on the
chest of the nefarious rascal. The Joker struts
his stuff in full flaunting form at the American observation tower celebrating in pure joy
at having "dried up Niagara Falls." While the
Joker/Hamister deal has not literally dried up
the "falls," the non transparent and dubious
economic development project surely has
dried up a valuable downtown parcel along
with all of the goodwill of a trusting and
naive city populace.
In this way the cartoonist reminds the
viewer that it is nigh on two years and not
one bucket of concrete or single length of
two by four have been delivered to the site
of the alleged "transformative" Hamister
hotel project.
In this way "the joke" is on the taxpayer.
Ralston Delano Peabody
Art Critic
nance director in spite of the fact that they
already have a city treasurer handling financial matters.
The Niagara Falls council “Financial
Review Panel” resolution lacks the gravity
and precision that Lockport's “Audit Committee” possesses.
The Niagara Falls panel will have as
many as seven members. The members will
report to the council, not the State Comptroller, and “The panel will have no formal decision making role, and will have no access
to confidential supervisory or other confidential information regarding specific City
financial matters” according to the resolution.
That it will not have access to information that details the heart of the city’s financial condition, and have no authority to make
referrals to outside agencies if irregularities
are discovered as the Lockport committee
has, means it is much different panel.
The Niagara Falls council would be
wise to guarantee that those chosen are financial professionals with zero connection
to city government, and rewrite the resolution to provide the panel with total access to
all finance records while empowering the
members with investigatory powers.
Otherwise, it remains unclear what its
true purpose is. Other than a feel good measure, it will be essentially useless since it can
be barred from learning about so -called confidential financial matters (one has to wonder how public monies are confidential) and
for that matter toothless since it has no investigatory powers.
It is a far different board than Lockport
has established.
10
Politics Suspected as Caso Named ‘Acting’ DPW
Director, as Dyster Claims to Seek Permanent DPW Chief
Frank Parlato
As the Reporter predicted last week,
DPW Deputy Director John Caso has been
named "acting" director of the DPW following the retirement of DPW Director David
Kinney.
Mayor Paul Dyster told the Niagara
Gazette he will conduct a search for a permanent director.
Caso, Kinney's deputy director, began
with the DPW in the 1990's. Kinney was a
Dyster appointee in 2008.
Last week sources told the Reporter
that, because this is an election year, Dyster
hopes to hire a permanent director based on
race and consultants are seeking a black individual to assume the permanent position.
It may not be easy to find.
Qualified directors of a department as
large as the DPW, with over 100 employees,
whether black, brown or white, are typically
employed and not usually seeking a $75,000
job that may last less than one year. If Dyster loses his reelection bid, the next mayor
will appoint his own DPW director.
This gives Caso a fighting chance at
staying in the "acting" director position until
voters decide who the next mayor will be.
Caso increases his odds by supporting
Dyster's election year plans - which is, we
suspect, to pave the most streets where the
most voters will notice - even if the asphalt
is a little thin - as it was alleged to have been
during the last election cycle - when Dyster
paved a record number of streets.
No one can dispute that many streets the
Dyster administration paved have cracked
and heaved prematurely. An inspection by
Mayor Paul Dyster, who is running for reelection, says he will
select a permanent DPW director. The Reporter doubts this
will happen soon.
the Niagara Falls Reporter of some of these
revealed they were improperly milled and
the new asphalt was less than one inch in
many places.
While Dyster told the Gazette that Caso
will be eligible for the permanent position,
we predict that, despite being well qualified,
Caso will not be appointed to a permanent
position any time soon.
Should Caso pave the most roads, plant
the most trees and remove the most stumps
in neighborhoods where Dyster needs the
most votes, our prediction is Caso will remain as acting director until after the election.
The same is true of crew leader Bob
Spacone, who will serve as "acting" deputy
director, assuming Caso's old duties.
John Caso is named ‘acting’ director of the DPW. But will he
get the permanent position?
“At some point we’re going to move
forward and make a long-term decision with
the director and deputy director positions,”
Dyster told the Gazette.
The Reporter believes that if Caso is bypassed because he white, he is unlikely to eagerly support a new director hired over him
because of race. But, in our opinion, Caso
knows the job, the 10,000 details of the
DPW and has the institutional knowledge to
make the department run smoothly as it transitions from Kinney's leadership.
Dyster may not be able to discriminate
against Caso because he is white and still expect smooth election year-oriented paving.
Hiring a black for optics with voters has
to be weighed against efficient election year
paving - also done for optics.
The Reporter predicts Dyster takes the
safe road - dangles the carrot of permanent
director to Caso to incentivize him to use the
DPW to Dyster's most advantageous election
year efforts, and forgo the advantage of a
black hire (including the "historic" press
conference where he announces he hired the
first black DPW director in Niagara Falls in
30 years etc.)
Dyster's term expires in 11 months.
Should Dyster win reelection, we predict
Dyster will appoint a permanent director
based on campaign debts he wishes to repay.
The next DPW director needn’t be black
after the election.
If he loses, the new mayor will appoint
his own director - which may be - if merit is
used to decide such things - Dyster's "acting"
director, John Caso.
If the whole world stands
against you sword in hand,
would you still dare to do
what you think is right?
NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Touma Plans Survey on Dyster, Council Performance,
Safeguards for Politicizing, Survey 'Stuffing' Needed
Council Chairman Andrew Touma devised a survey he apparently plans to distribute which asks residents to rate the job
the mayor and council are doing.
Council Secretary Ryan Undercoffer
explains in an email sent to members of the
council on Jan 21.
"Chairman Touma has asked me to
send the survey below to all Council members. He would like to distribute this survey
in the library, the billing office, and the
City Clerk's office, and electronically via
the Council's facebook page in the coming
months. The data collected could be used
to inform decision-making in the coming
year. If you have any feedback, questions,
or concerns, please let Chairman Touma
know ASAP."
1. How do you rate the city's snow
plowing services?
0 Strongly Disapprove 0 Disapprove
O Neutral O Approve O Strongly Approve
2. How do you rate the city's trash
and recycling collection services?
0 Strongly Disapprove 0 Disapprove
O Neutral O Approve O Strongly Approve
3. How do you rate the city's street
paving services?
0 Strongly Disapprove 0 Disapprove
O Neutral O Approve O Strongly Approve
4. In general, do you feel safe from
crime in Niagara Falls?
O In general, I feel safe from crime
in Niagara Falls.
O In general, I do not feel safe from
crime in Niagara Falls.
5. What impact do you believe our
city's use of Casino dollars have had on
economic development in Niagara Falls?
O Our city’s use of Casino dollars has
had a positive impact on economic development in Niagara Falls.
O Our city’s use of Casino dollars
has had no impact on economic development in Niagara Falls.
O Our city’s use of Casino dollars has
had a negative impact on economic development in Niagara Falls.
6. Do you believe the Mayor and
City Council have been fiscally responsible in the past year?
O I believe the Mayor and City
Council have NOT been fiscally responsible in the past year.
O I’m not sure, or I don’t have an
opinion on this issue.
O I believe the Mayor and City
Council have been fiscally responsible in
the past year.
7. Please use this space to share any
other comments you have for the City
Council: (the survey provides ample space
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for people to make a written comment.)
The Reporter commends Councilman
Touma for his idea of canvassing public
opinion on matters of governance, and believe the questions he asks are fair ones.
If it was a true survey, in order to be
accurate, it would necessarily go out to
every resident in the city and be carefully
tabulated. As planned, it raises some troubling questions:
Will the survey require someone to
sign his or her name? Or will it be anonymous?
What checks will be put in place to ensure that people who fill out surveys are actually residents of Niagara Falls?
What safeguards will be in place to
make sure there isn't "survey stuffing"
where one person fills out multiple surveys
An actor demonstrates how to fill out
Touma’s survey to ensure your opinion is heard. He filled out 200 of them.
Council Chairman Andrew Touma
wants to know what you think of the
job the mayor and council are doing.
in order to skew the results?
The Reporter believes that "surveys"
like this can be indicators of general public
opinion if safeguards are in place. They can
also be used as tools by politicians to mislead the public, if insufficient safeguards
are not utilized.
Will this wind up being a voter satisfaction political survey in disguise?
What will the survey cost in city man
hours?
This is a mayoral election year. What
would stop Dyster supporters from filling
out hundreds of surveys saying they
“strongly agree" Dyster is doing a great
job?
What would stop his opponent(s) from
organizing to do the opposite?
Who will tabulate the results and attest
to its honesty?
12
Falls’ ‘Old School’ Chiropractor Allows Body to Heal Itself
Frank Parlato
According to the philosophy of Chiropractic and Niagara Falls' most renowned
Chiropractor, Dr. Mark Del Monte, everyone
deserves to enjoy the miracle of better
health.
Dr. Del Monte is an old school chiropractor.
He learned his craft from the first generation students of the founders of chiropractic - father and son, Daniel David and
Bartlett Joshua Palmer.
Chiropractic was founded by Daniel in
Davenport, Iowa in 1895. The word comes
from the Greek -- chiro - "hand" and praktikos - "practical." Palmer, a magnetic healer,
hypothesized that manual manipulation of
the spine could cure disease.
It is so simple people tend to discount it.
They prefer quacks who charge a lot and
prescribe expensive drugs that never cure.
They chose drugs over self healing.
D.D. Palmer called chiropractic, "a science of healing without drugs".
The challenge with persuading people
to try chiropractic is, it does not easily submit to clinical proof that the body heals itself.
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and
earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your
philosophy.
How many of the 10,000 patients Dr.
Del Monte has - upon whom he has performed one million spinal adjustments with his hands - healed themselves?
The woman who could not get pregnant.
Doctors told her she would never conceive.
She came to Dr. Del Monte, got adjust-
ments and soon after, somehow - she got
pregnant and gave birth to a healthy child.
The person with the brain tumor that
went away. Science can't prove it - no more
than you can X- Ray for a headache and
prove it. Maybe he would have healed his
tumor without spinal adjustments.
The two year old that couldn't speak
who suddenly opened her mouth and babbled one hour after her first adjustment.
Asthmatics, bedwetters, people in pain,
their back and neck, indigestion, earaches.
Cured.
People set for surgery because they
couldn't bear the pain - who went to Dr. Del
Monte and never met the surgeons' knife.
Dr. Del Monte is an apostle - and I use
the word advisedly - for chiropractic is not
religion - although its founder D.D. Palmer
thought of making it a religion - because it
seems to unleash God's healing power.
Chiropractic can open up impossible
doors, unlock the door to free-flowing, “Innate Intelligence” - the natural tendency of
the body to seek and maintain a condition of
balance or equilibrium.
You don't believe in Innate Intelligence?
One chiropractor explained it this way:
"At the moment of your conception, 23 chromosomes from your mother and 23 chromosomes from your father combined to form
one cell, the unique 'You'.
”Barely the size of a pinhead, that one
cell began to divide into what is now an estimated 80 quadrillion cells that make up
your body. This process is driven by something - call it an Innate Intelligence, an inborn wisdom, which knows how tall you will
be, the length of your fingers, where your
nose should be on your face, and where your
vital organs belong.
"This Innate Intelligence stays with you
after you are born and guides every function
of your body until your last breath of life.
"The master control system for this is
your nervous system which consists of your
brain, spinal cord and nerves that go to every
cell, tissue and organ. Nerves control your
heartbeat, respiration, hormone balance, digestion, immune system, muscle contraction
and every other function that is necessary for
you to live.
"Your Innate Intelligence is ‘wise' to the
importance of this system. Fully encased in
bone, your skull protects your brain and your
spinal column protects your spinal cord."
While no chiropractor can guarantee
that your Innate Intelligence will self cure
any specific symptoms or diseases, they can
guarantee that when your body is free of
nerve interference it will work better.
Some have regained eyesight.
Several threw away their canes.
You will often hear people say, when
they leave Dr. Del Monte's office “My back
is so much better, I can stand up straight; My
migraines are gone; My blood pressure is
down; My heartburn is gone; Menstrual
cramping went away; My digestion is better;
I haven’t had a cold in years."
Dr. Del Monte explains: "Anything that
could be effected by the nervous system can
be improved by chiropractic manipulation,
and the nervous system controls and coordinates almost every function of the body.
"Why would you mask the symptoms
with drugs, when you could allow your own
body to heal?"
"Sick cells makes sick tissues which
make sick organs. Then there are sick people. Symptoms are the last to show up. If the
spine is healthy, the body needs no help in
healing. It does the healing."
The main procedure is “spinal manipulation,” or “adjustments” which restore mobility by applying force into joints that
became restricted – as a result of injury -caused by a traumatic event or through
repetitive stresses - causing inflammation,
pain, and diminished function.
Manipulation, or adjustment of the joint
and tissues, alleviates pain and muscle tightness, and allows tissues to heal.
“It should be tried first ahead of drugs
and surgery," Dr. Del Monte says.
The focus is therefore on spotting and
curing "vertebral subluxations", said to be
the cause of many diseases. Sometimes chiropractic assumes the sole cause of an individual's health problems are subluxations.
These subluxations, commonly caused
by birth trauma, childhood falls, accidents
and all types of stress, reduce the function of
the areas supplied by these nerves.
Nerve pressure can affect areas that are
directly supplied by those nerves: muscles,
bladder, prostate or heart; they can affect the
entire body because of the relationship that
each cell, organ and system share.
Straight chiropractors believe vertebral
subluxation leads to interference with "Innate Intelligence" and is a primary factor for
diseases. These subluxations are not only
structural displacements, but signs and
symptoms of the spinal column that create a
dysfunctional segment which alters neurological function, which leads to disorders.
Remarkable cases of Self Healing follow Dr. Del Monte
When you’re tired of being sick, go see Dr. Mark Del Monte.
The subluxations show up as symptoms
which doctors call various names before they
prescribe some drug to mask the symptom.
Names such as irritable bowel syndrome, whiplash. Migraine, tension and cervicogenic headaches. Knee osteoarthritis,
tennis elbow, dizziness. Adult scoliosis,
ADHD/learning disabilities, high blood pressure, vision conditions, baby colic, carpal
tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, gastrointestinal disorders, kinetic imbalance, epileptic seizures, menstrual cramps, pelvic and
back pain during pregnancy, asthma.
Straight chiropractors are concerned not
with these names but with the correction of
vertebral subluxations.
Straight chiropractors like Dr. Del
Monte adhere to the principles set forth by
D.D. and B.J. Palmer and admit not everything can be reduced to what science can
prove. Dr. Del Monte, like his predecessors,
D.D and B.J. Palmer, emphasize the body's
Innate Intelligence.
Chiropractic however does not require
your belief that some Innate Power is helping you.
For I am yearning to visit the limits of
the all-nurturing Earth, and Oceans, from
whom the gods are sprung.
In 1910, D.D. Palmer theorized the
nervous system controlled health. He said,
"Nerves carry impulses outward and sensations inward. The activity of these nerves, or
rather their fibers, may become excited or allayed by impingement, the result being a
modification of functionality—too much or
not enough action—which is disease."
A spinal manipulation or adjustment
therefore is used to correct the problem. It is
a passive, manual maneuver during which a
three-joint complex is taken past the normal
range of movement, but not so far as to dis-
locate or damage the joint.
Its defining factor is a dynamic thrust, a
sudden force that causes an audible release
and attempts to increase a joint's range of
motion.
The first chiropractic patient of D.D.
Palmer was Harvey Lillard who had severely
reduced hearing for 17 years, which started
following a "pop" in his spine. A few days
following his adjustment, Lillard claimed his
hearing was restored.
In 1898 Palmer began teaching students
at his new Palmer School of Chiropractic.
His son B.J. took over the Palmer School in
1906, and expanded enrollment.
By the 1930s chiropractic was the
largest alternative healing profession in the
U.S.
Dr. Del Monte, born and raised in Niagara Falls, attended Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport. He was taught by the
last of the first generation of the students of
the Palmers.
"It’s the finest chiropractic college in the
world," said Del Monte. "People from all
over the world travel to this school to get
their Doctorate of Chiropractic."
After graduating Dr. Del Monte started
his practice in 1986.
"Chiropractic means to work with your
hands. My art of Chiropractic is all done by
hand.
"When the vertebrae misalign they interfere with the disc and/or the nervous system. So when you have a disc problem, say
a herniated disc, or a bulging disc causing
bio-mechanical issues, that’s a chiropractic
problem.
"We believe that the body can be selfhealing if it’s allowed to. Once the nervous
system gets interfered with, it interferes with
that ability to self-heal, so by putting the ver-
tebrae back into the proper alignment which
is done by a chiropractic adjustment as a manipulation, we push the bone back into place
through our hands and manipulation, re-center it and take the irritation off the area. Once
the irritation is off, the body heals. I don’t
heal you, you heal yourself and once it heals,
your body starts to work and operate the way
it should.
"When patients come in for back and
neck pain, they often find other things improving: their blood pressure might start
going down, their headaches might go away,
their bowel/bladder problems might clear up;
their indigestion might go away.
"Your nervous system controls and coordinates every function of your body and
for the most part every nerve comes from
your spinal column. If your spinal column
goes out of alignment, it can interfere with
your heart, lungs, bowels, bladder, immune
system; so we really work on the whole
body.
"So, always, Chiropractic first, medicine second, surgery last. That’s the way we
feel that life should be and we would be a lot
healthier in a society if we stopped medicating first. Medication should be the last thing,
not the first thing you do."
The list of ailments Dr. Del Monte has
seen his patients cured of - self healed - are
nearly endless: Bowel/bladder problems,
chronic colds, allergies, ringing in the ears,
earaches, bed wetting, sciatica, colds, fevers.
"There are a lot of reasons for sciatica,"
Dr. Del Monte explained. "The most common is due to your vertebrae in your lower
back being out of alignment.
"So many times people come in with a
cold or fever. We see an almost instant response- within hours. It's not like you are
waiting days.
"Ninety percent of the time patients get
favorable results. Rarely does a patient go to
a Chiropractor and say 'it didn’t work for me'
"Of course, some people just want their
symptoms treated. They want me to treat
them till their symptoms go away but not get
to the underlying cause of the problem,
which could be a disc problem or a degenerative disc. Depending on what the patient
wants, is what I do for them."
An office visit is $35.
"I don’t need a referral. I don’t need a
script. People do refer patients here, but I am
primary healthcare. They don't have to go
through their medical doctor. They just come
and see me. They just call the office, " said
Dr. Del Monte.
Here's the number: 716-285-0391."
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NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Only in North Tonawanda: Kudos to Man Who Criticized GOP
Sweeney Payne
We realize that imitation is the sincerest
form of flattery. Therefore, we were delighted that one of the few residents of North
Tonawanda unafraid to put his name to his
opinions on the way North Tonawanda has
been run for the last decade used it in a letter
to the editor in the final edition of the
Tonawanda News.
Mark Houghton, known by most of us
as active on the local Democratic committee,
began his letter (which the newspaper added
a title to, “Time to end GOP patronage is
now,” with “Only in North Tonawanda could
this happen. You can’t make this up.”
This column does not support any political party or leanings. From our observations, we as residents have been treated in
the last ten or so years as if we are all idiots
and it doesn’t matter what we want, by all of
them. When a person Is elected (or as seems
to be the more popular way to get them in
place these last couple of years, by appointment) to be one of our public servants, the
instant they get sworn in, they forget the public servant part and it all becomes more political cronyism and favoritism. Keeping us
in the dark on most of what they do and why
they do it is the obvious objective once they
are in office.
Last week, we submitted an open letter
to our newly APPOINTED Mayor who we
thought we elected to be Alderman at Large,
and to the Common Council. Last week, we
knew that loyal Maziarz and also Burgio
sycophant, Catherine Schwandt was APPOINTED to fill the role we elected Arthur
Pappas to. The Free Dictionary describes a
sycophant as “a person who attempts to gain
advantage by flattering influential people or
behaving in a servile manner.” We certainly
have had a plethora of them in North
Tonawanda in the last decade.
This week we now find that long-time
Maziarz political sycophant Malcolm
Needler is vacating the other position of Alderman at Large we elected him to for another patronage plum, after his heart
problems kept from fulfilling the alderman
role for part of the year, Robert Clark, was
also handfed as a political novice after
changing to the Republican party, because he
was good at following orders as a retired military man, into the Alderman at Large position we elected Pappas to fill which is now
occupied by Catherine Schwandt who we
haven’t elected to anything since she declined to run again a couple of years ago.
Makes you dizzy, doesn’t it?
Keep in mind that George Maziarz and
David Burgio became serious enemies when
the Maziarz GOP organization refused to endorse Burgio for a second term. Burgio took
over as the first full-time four-year Mayor in
the City’s history in 2002. He had four years
of accomplishments and had some good visions and some not so good ones. He didn’t,
however, tow the party line; so he didn’t get
endorsed for a second chance in the last year
of his first term. He has since been insidiously gaining control of various organiza-
Democrat Mark Houghton has beef
with North Tonawanda GOP.
tions, City Boards and Commissions, and,
using his business buddies, has been working
from within and from without to serve his
own financial objectives.
We have many more requests to submit
to our APPOINTED MAYOR and soon to be
2/5 APPOINTED Common Council with the
hard of hearing President who often seems
to not know what is going on. But we will
share with our readers some of Mark
Houghton’s written comments in the now totally deceased newspaper because of their
relevance:
“We have:
• The highest taxes in the country.
• Horrible, aging roads and infrastructure.
• A significantly underutilized, hugely
expensive water treatment facility”
Although we aren’t politically oriented,
we believe we need to eradicate all who have
become politicians and elect only those who
are and will remain public servants. We
agree with citizen Houghton that “the Republican travesty of good government con-
tinues.”
Pappas has been both a Democrat and
Republican in the last ten years, ran for Alderman before and wasn’t elected by us, ran
for Mayor against the Republican endorsed
replacement for Burgio, Mike Carney. He
then put his support, along with that of Republican turned whatever he became before
he became a Republican again Burgio, in
order to help Democrat Larry Soos beat Carney. Soos was made hamstrung most of his
tenure by the GOP.
Houghton continued, “First we appoint
inexperienced people to government office
based on their political affiliation through a
travesty of an “interview” process. Many
good former office-holders such as former
Mayor Burgio and the former head of the Niagara County Legislature, John Tylec, were
granted lip service. But then an inexperienced, although good person, Art Pappas, is
“appointed” mayor.”
He continues, “Then, to add insult to injury, they appoint Cathy Schwandt to finish
Art’s time as alderman without any consideration of Jim McGinnis, who polled well in
the November elections. Now we have an
opening at clerk/treasurer. We will certainly
see another Republican loyalist appointed regardless of his or her qualifications or experience.”
We especially appreciate Houghton’s
last paragraph: “Isn’t it time for all of us to
step up and end this patronage travesty?
With a cloud of legal suspicion hanging over
the head of this monster, George Maziarz
and crew, the time (has come) here to end the
years-old cycle of blatant disdain for the citizens of North Tonawanda’s best interests.”
We agree wholeheartedly with you,
Mark.
Sweeney Payne’s North Tonawanda Column Belongs in Enquirer
Remington Nash
Why does “Sweeney Payne” sign off on
his/her smarmy “Open Letter to Mayor Pappas and esteemed NT Common Council” as
being from the Citizens (Taxpayers, Voters,
and Residents) of North Tonawanda? First
off, know that does not include this NT resident, voter & taxpayer. Payne’s complimentary closing of “Respectfully” is laughable.
Writing an opinion column is one thing.
Passing it off as a letter from me and my
neighbors is another.
Sweeney writes a collection of what
used to be incessant Sound Offs in the nowdefunct Tonawanda News. Funny how the
last SoundOff was December 10th and the
first Payne column appeared on the week of
Dec 16th Reporter issue. (Ok, it’s circumstantial) If Ms. Payne wants to gain any improved credibility in this column over those
anonymous, hearsay Sound Offs she ought
to knock off the innuendos and write up
some verifiable facts.
• What authority told you that Security
Companies are complaining of rising response times?
• Would you be happy if the solidly
elected Republican Council went out of their
way to hire a Democrat Clerk-Treasurer?
Simple Jimmy Griffin Politics 101 says that
you don’t hire an “enemy” over a friend.
• Is it too much trouble for you to get off
of your butt and go to the Library to read the
budget? Why should we pay to have them
printed & delivered to fire halls and schools
(where we’d have to pay a custodian to keep
the doors open after hours)?
• See salaries & pensions at
SeethroughNY.net
• What makes you think that all the resident attendees at the Council Meetings want
to increase the time that you are allowed to
rant about your personal, by no means concise, pet peeves?
• Do you really want your tax dollars
paid to LCTV to televise Council Meetings?
I don’t. (See Above)
• Why don’t you ask your representatives what they’re doing with their time if
you truly believe that it is your business?
Then you could tail them for your own
amusement, and then call them out during
your allotted time at Council Meetings for
their heinous lies.
• What makes you think that residents
of Vanderbilt, Deerfield etc. wish to have the
scent of a Nash Road steak crematory wafting over their homes 7 days a week?
• Why not ask your alderperson to
arrange for a meeting about flooding, leaf
pickup, and road repair issues in your neighborhood? If they ignore your request, or if
you choose to ignore their reasonable explanation, note the date & time and THEN
whine to the paper with some degree of credibility. Then they won’t get away with taking
care of all the Republican Streets first as you
seem to insinuate.
• Do you have some mega corporation
in mind that is holding back and waiting because they were denied a more formal invitation to move into the Buffalo Bolt
property? Maybe we ought to use some taxpayer dollars to mow the lawn weekly.
The Reporter’s motto is “The Truth Is
Always Fair”. You appear to be stretching
that premise Ms. Payne. Give the trash gossip a break would you, before you turn the
Reporter into just another supermarket check
out rag! I would hope that The Reporter steps
up to the plate in the absence of the
Tonawanda News – minus the SoundOff stirthe-pot bologna. Don’t blow it!
Lockport Pastor and Aerospace Engineer Says Venus is Hell
The Rev. Dr. Michael T. Santini, originally of Lockport, NY, spent two and a half
decades as an aerospace engineer working
on satellites for government space programs
before becoming a licensed pastor and
founding Planet Earth Ministries.
As the culmination of his years of research, Dr. Santini came to a conclusion: The
planet Venus is actually one of the places that
unsaved people go after the Day of Judgment.
In other words, hell.
He shares his "evidence" in his book
"Venus: Don't Go There" available at Amazon books.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun,
and consists of more than 96% carbon dioxide making it hard to breathe if you go there
equipped with normal lungs.
It is also a rifle warm. The average daily
temperature is 863 °F.
“Hell is a place to be feared and avoided
at all costs,” Dr. Santini says.
Dr. Michael Santini thinks he has
located hell- the planet Venus.
A soul being hauled off to Venus.
NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Touma Calls on Council to Reduce Public Speaking From
Five to Four Minutes at Feb 2 Council Vote
Gives Power to Chairman to Deny Speakers Altogether
Frank Parlato
Two weeks ago freshman Council
Chairman Andrew Touma introduced his
first genuine piece of lawmaking -- a resolution changing Section 3.9.d of the City Charter, paragraph 3 of Item V, which allows
citizens to address the Niagara Falls Council
for up to five minutes.
His Jan 20th resolution called for speakers to be limited to three minutes, along with
strictures on politeness and a provision that
the council need not respond to questions or
comments.
The resolution was tabled after Councilman Charles Walker objected to its controversial nature. Many criticized it at the
council meeting and on social media - for its
anti-free speech element and objected to the
"foolishness" of cutting speakers' times by
two minutes.
The number of speakers average about
six at any council meeting; the net time savings would be 12 minutes. Critics asked,
what’s the point in cutting the speaking time
by two minutes each?
An insistent Chairman Touma put the
resolution back on the council agenda for the
Feb. 2 council meeting in revised form and
while it failed to pass - with Council members Glenn Choolokian and Walker voting
against it, Touma and Kristen Grandinetti
voting for it and Robert Anderson absent, it
gives a peak into the mindset of Touma and
what he wanted to accomplish.
His revised resolution cut the loaf of
bread in half, calling for four minutes per
speaker (a one minute cut) yet took away
other free speech elements of Section 3.9.d
of the City Charter.
Touma's revised resolution would allow
the chairman to limit the number of speakers
at his sole discretion and deny some speakers
the right to speak at all.
It read "The Chairperson …. may limit
the number of speakers on a topic or agenda
item or the overall public speaking time if
the same will unduly delay the commencement of the agenda."
It also reinforces the nature of how
speakers must address the council: "All remarks should be addressed to the Council as
a body and not to any member thereof.
Speakers should refrain from making comments regarding individuals, including
elected officials and City employees, unless
such comments pertain to such individual's
duties within City government."
Touma’s resolution goes on to permit, in
somewhat strangely worded form, something already permitted: the recording of
council meetings by those in attendance.
"(A)ll members of the public and all
public officials shall be allowed to take audio
and/or visual recordings (including photographs) of the public portions of City Council meetings. …. Any such recordings must
be done in a matter which does not interfere
with the meeting.
"If the Chairperson determines that any
such recording is being done in an intrusive
manner, taking into consideration, among
other factors, the frequency and brightness
of any lights, distance from the deliberations
of the City Council, size of the equipment
and the ability of the public to view and participate in the meeting, the Chairperson may
request an accommodation to avoid the interference, and if not complied with, may ask
the individual(s) to leave the Council Chambers."
In defense of his plan , Touma, in an interview with the Niagara Gazette, compared
time limits to word counts on guest submissions at the Gazette and other papers.
“There’s got to be a limit,” Touma told
the Gazette - said limit in Touma’s mind
being not five - as it has been for decades but four minutes for residents to address the
present city council.
The Reporter recalls when Sam Fruscione was chairman and NACC supporters
came by the dozens when he dared to vote to
cut their funding. They got pretty personal
and angry. Fruscione let them talk as long
as they liked and as many as wanted - all criticizing him.
It was a different era.
Look for Touma to re-present his speech
limitation resolution.
tially said, “the first thing I need to do is keep
people from talking too much at our meetings.”
This is not a good sign since it shows intent to limit talk, control the conversation,
and fight transparency by intimidating (intentionally or not) well-intended residents
from sharing thoughts and asking questions.
Are there faults with public speakers at
public meetings? Of course. But this is
America and open government is not without
the occasional messy situation.
It does appear the chairman and his
council majority have lost track of what the
city’s problems are. That’s okay because the
Reporter is here to remind the chairman and
his majority what needs attention:
The city’s finances are in a shambles
and no one understands the deficit, how it
got there and how to repair it. The city continues to refuse to follow the state audit
guidelines as delivered in June 2013.
The trash plan is garbage. It was rolled
out nine months ago and it’s more confused
today than it was when first rolled out. Just
a few of the problems are the shape-shifting
guidelines for trash pickup and recycling.
The business community was overlooked
and now the residents aren’t feeling the love
as they wait for trash inspectors to cite them
for violations of rules that are never written
the same way twice.
Casino cash is dwindling and yet there
is still no adopted plan as the revenue is
tossed out the proverbial city hall window.
Happily the council voted against handing
$820,000 of it to the mayor’s NFC loan and
grant program at Monday’s council meeting.
With a courthouse bearing an annual
$2.4 million mortgage payment, we will
soon have a $45 million train station coming
on line with no allowance in the budget for
operation and maintenance.
How did that happen?
Crime continues to haunt the streets and
the average household income is the lowest
in western New York.
Let’s not forget the condition of the
streets, trees and parks and didn’t we just
have our taxes raised?
Well, forget all of that because the one
big, burning issue at city hall this year is the
need to limit speaker time at council meetings.
Touma went from a plan to allow speakers to talk for five minutes to three minutes
and then four minutes.
Now that this didn't pass, maybe Touma
can make it four and half minutes before he
gavels down the free speech of the people.
The 2014 New York hunting season
closed with the second lowest number of
hunting related-shooting incidents on record,
State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced last week.
New York’s hunting incident rate has
fallen by more than 75 percent since the
1960s. The past five-year average is down to
4.3 incidents per 100,000 hunters, compared
to 19 per 100,000 in the 1960s.
A total of 22 hunting incidents occurred
in 2014, including one fatality which occurred
while hunting small game. Eight accidents
were self-inflicted, eleven involved members
of the same hunting party and three occurred
where the victim and shooter did not know
each other.
This was the first year on record without
an incident occurring during the spring turkey
season. The lowest total number of hunting
incidents in any year occurred just a year ago
(19 incidents in 2013).
Only incidents involving firearms, bows,
and crossbows are included. Incidents involving tree stand use or other hunter health-related mishaps are not.
Many incidents could have been prevented if the shooter or victim followed the
primary rules of hunter safety to:
• assume every firearm to be loaded;
• control the firearm muzzle in a safe direction;
• keep finger off the trigger until ready to
fire;
• identify your target and what lies beyond; and
• wear hunter orange.
Wear this tee shirt when speaking
to the Niagara Falls Council...
Touma's Limiting Speakers Shows Skewed Priorities
Anna M. Howard
If newly elected Council Chairman Andrew Touma’s obsession with limiting the
speaker time at council meetings is any indication of where his legislative head is at,
it’s going to be a long and tedious 2015.
As evidence of Mr. Touma’s “top of
mind,” his resolution was both curious in its
nature and frightening in its implication, the
restraint of free speech.
First he wanted to limit speakers’ time
to address the council from five minutes to
three minutes. Then he changed it from three
minutes to four minutes.
The facts are that Niagara Falls is in a
bad way: financially, developmentally and
socially. Due to those facts it’s an “all hands
on deck” situation with the more ideas, the
more voices, and the more sincere opinions
the better for all.
We are troubled by the fact that as a first
effort at lawmaking the new chairman of the
City Council of Niagara Falls, Touma essen-
NY Hunting Accidents Down
GOP Must Unite Behind One Presidential
Team to Undo Obama’s Anti-Americanism
J. Gary
DiLaura
.The Right
Side
Restore America 2016.
Mitt Romney just showed the American
people what a true patriot he is. He just set
aside his presidential ambitions for love of
his country! He knows that another run for
president by him could split the voters and
reduce the Republicans chance to put some
sanity back into the White House. He understands how absolutely critical it is to rid the
White House of the current “administration”
and it is almost too late. The American people have spoken LOUDLY! They want their
country back, so does Mr. Romney, God
bless him.
If the Republican party can smarten up,
put personal ambition aside, and listen to the
Americans who just put them in control we
can Restore America.
The American people want a” team” led
by an executive, with proven executive experience, someone who is truly a patriot,
tough when necessary and most of all who
will protect, preserve and DEFEND our con-
stitution. Some of the candidates who have
presidential aspirations must know they have
little chance of winning.
There can only be one leader, and most
are too young or lack the type of experience
that a man like Mike Huckabee, for example, has. Follow Mr. Romney’s lead and be
a Patriot, restore America! Don’t stand on
the railroad tracks arguing who should drive
the bus off the tracks as the train ( Islam ) is
coming and it just sped up!
The Republicans must NOT put forth 10
candidates and let them beat each other up
on national television and then have one
moron split off because he’s pissed and is
going to run as an ”independent”. They must
swallow their ego and put their country
FIRST as Mr. Romney did.
Propose a president AND vice president
“team” from the beginning with a suggested
pool of staff and department heads from
which they will draw and tell the American
people who they are!
First of all, ask Mr. Romney to take over
as Chairman of the Republican party to put
it all together. Unify the party at least
through the 2016 election. We need him, his
organizational skills, his leadership, ideas,
ability to get people to work together and I
am certain he would do it for the sake of our
country!
I would pick Gov Mike Huckabee and
Mark Rubio as the president and vice president “team”. There may be other people who
are also qualified but what good is that if
they are not electable? These two as a team,
in my opinion, present the most electable
“team”. I would tell the American people
Maid of the Mist To Offer Night Tours?
Sources at the bottom of the gorge have
informed the Niagara Falls Reporter that
Maid of the Mist boats are being equipped
with running lights in preparation for their
first in history night tours this summer season.
Hornblower Cruises on the Ontario side
began offering night tours last year - their
first season providing tours under the falls.
Hornblower also offers timed tickets so
riders don't have to wait in line to take tours.
Maid of the Mist operated last season
with a first come, first serve basis and wait
times during peak times exceeded two hours
for their 20 minute tour.
The Maid never offered night tours and
closed before sunset, thus avoiding the need
for running lights - which are required of
boats that sail after sunset.
Last year Hornblower served Canadian
riders well into the night.
Other changes may also be coming for
Maid boats now facing competition (with
Hornblower) for the first time in history.
It is not known if the Maid of the Mist
boats will soon be equipped with restrooms,
seats and "dry" areas where riders can stay
dry as the mist drenches those on deck.
Hornblower boats have these amenities.
In 2013, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declined
to accept a $100 million greater offer from
Hornblower for the lease rent paid to New
York and chose instead to stick with Maid of
the Mist in New York.
Several leading politicians argued for
the state to accept a vastly lower rent from
the owners of the Maid of the Mist, James
Will Maid of the Mist follow
Hornblower’s lead and offer
night tours this season?
and Christopher Glynn, and with a far lesser
offering of services.
Glynns owned the Maid of the Mist
franchise since 1972.
in 2014, Hornblower, having won a bidding contest in Ontario, paid $300 million
more than Maid offered.
The open bidding, which was so lucrative for Ontario, was sparked by a series of
articles in this newspaper following the
whistle blowing of Niagara Parks Commissioner Robert Gale.
Historically about 2/3 of boat riders take
tours on the Canadian side. With the new
competition and ever stricter border crossing
regulations which prevent many tourists
from crossing to Canada, Maid of the Mist
may be able to capitalize on a greater percentage of business by improving the amenities of their fleet.
Since they pay one third the rent to New
York that Hornblower pays to Ontario for essentially the same boat ride, this could spell
a windfall for the Glynn family.
that we will look to their most qualified and
favorite Republicans for department heads
and White House staff and ASK the public
for their input. Include people such as Rudy
Guiliani, Gov. Rick Perry, Gov. Scott
Walker, Gov. Chris Christie , former ambassador to the UN John Bolton. I would
make certain that prospective candidates like
Rick Santorum, Rand Paul, Ben Carson, Ted
Cruz are on the list and yes Newt Gingrich
for Secretary of State.
Look at what you have now, John Kerry,
and what he replaced (” What difference
does it make?” ) . Do you think Newt would
have stood by while our ambassador and his
staff were murdered by Muslims?
Sure Gingrich and some others may
have some baggage but look at the outright
crap that is/was guiding Obama. People like
Bill Ayers, Al Sharpton, Van Jones, Tim Geithner Eric Holder.
Gingrich is a brilliant man, patriot, and
Republican with vast experience and expertise. Don’t waste it!
The Republican Party must put forth a
platform that is exactly what the American
people want and the country needs. That is
energy independence, a strong military and
economic prosperity with a reduced government size, and to hell with “political correctness”, it’s going to get us killed.
Build new nuclear, natural gas, and
clean coal power plants using made in America products and US citizens only with interest bearing loans from the federal
government to be repaid when the completed
plants are sold to private, taxpaying utility
companies. Modernize and bury our na-
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tional grid system making it attack proof,
again using American materials and citizens
only with interest baring loans from the government. Utilize all our natural resources
fully.
Close the EPA period! It is a useless
agency that is doing more harm than good.
It was a good and useful agency from its inception until the late 1980s . Every state in
the Union is fully capable and does take care
of its’ own environmental work.
Change the tax code and laws! A flat tax
is better than what we have and either do
away with the IRS completely or take away
all enforcement power, reduce its size and
make it an auditing agency only, with no law
enforcement power.
Close the ATF as a federal firearms law
enforcement agency. It is a duplication of the
FBI’s federal firearms law enforcement duties as well as all of the states. Any state in
the US can enforce laws that duplicate the
National Firearms Act. Keep and expand the
EOD end of ATF ( bomb/explosives) responsibility with a new ATF but put ex military EOD experts to work all over the
country and overseas as needed and pay
them for the risk and their skill not on a GS
schedule.
Lastly I’ll leave my readers with a quote
from Sir Winston Churchill in 1899 "Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal
soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die;
but the influence of the religion paralyses the
social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the
world."
Trash Program Needs To Be Fixed
Glenn Choolokian
Niagara Falls Council
It’s time for the Mayor and Council to
get together and reassess the city’s new
trash and recycling program because what
we have now isn’t working.
From the very start last spring the program was administered incorrectly. It was
rushed onto the council agenda and approved by the mayor’s council majority.
The trouble is no one, not the mayor and
not the council majority appeared to know
what they had gotten the city into.
For several years it had been no secret
that the city’s trash contract was expiring.
Previous chairman Sam Fruscione noted
this more than two years ago and when I
was chairman in 2013 I encouraged the
Dyster administration to move responsibly
in the city’s best interest to seek a new
garbage contract.
That contract, I stated at the time,
should allow for earned revenue based on
residents participating in the recycling program.
In the middle of 2014 the Dyster administration and the council majority decided to drop a last-minute garbage
contract on the residents that had $2.2 million dollars wrapped up in totes paid for
with casino revenue. Those totes were the
wrong size with the large tote for recycling
and the smaller tote for trash. The fact that
the totes were the wrong size was pointed
out to the mayor by a refuse consultant and
the mayor ignored the warning.
Also in the new trash and recycling
plan was a city ordinance that called for violators of the program to be fined and for
the creation of a city SWEET office with
SWEET employees. I voted against the
trash ordinance.
As usual the city administration went
ahead behind closed doors with a select,
special group of elected officials and city
employees calling the shots on the new
trash and recycling program contract.
Closed-door negotiation is the rule in
the Dyster administration and the less
transparent the project is the more fouled
up it turns out to be in the end. And, we all
know how fouled up this new city trash
plan is.
The totes cost too much, the trash contract has been modified several times with
each modification costing the taxpayer
more money, the businesses were ignored,
and the recycling rules have been changed
Councilman Glenn Choolokian
points out that the residents of
Niagara Falls do not understand the murky nature of the
new trash ordinance, particularly the new enforcement issues which will allow the
SWEET Team (SWEET stands
for -- Sanitation Waste Education and Enforcement [note the
word ‘enforcement’]) to monitor people’s garbage. Fines will
be levied if people do not obey!
since the plan started. Along with this the
plans to put blue lids on green totes and the
“porter service” have been a disaster.
Right now the residents are confused
as to bulk pickup, porter service, the handling of their requests for larger trash totes
(blue lids on green totes), the enforcement
of the trash ordinance, recyclables and a lot
more.
The shame is that it didn’t have to be
confused like this, but as it always does the
city administration presented the trash con-
Remarkably , the totes are reversed. The larger one (left) is
for recycling and the smaller
one (right) is for refuse.
tract at the last minute and forced it
through before questions could be asked.
Questions if answered correctly would
have saved taxpayer money and a lot of
resident headaches.
I am respectfully asking Mayor Dyster
to meet with the council in the interest of
good government and the general welfare
of our residents to fix a trash plan that has
turned out to be costly and unworkable.
NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Beware of Lottery Scams
The New York State Gaming Commission wants our readers to know that con
artists are employing a scam involving the
NYS Lottery.
The scamsters contact people by
phone, email or letter, claiming they represent the New York Lottery, and tell the person that he or she has just won a prize.
There are two separate schemes.
An individual receives a letter or email
fraudulently using the New York Lottery
name and logo, stating that the recipient
has won an unclaimed prize. In order to
“claim the prize,” the scam artist requests
that the recipient call a designated “representative,” who asks for personal information and a “processing fee.” The scam artist
keeps the fee, and there is no prize.
An individual receives a check from a
supposed Lottery organization. An accompanying letter states the check represents a
portion of Lottery winnings and instructs
the recipient to deposit the check. The recipient is then asked to return a portion of
the check’s balance back to the sender as a
“fee” before they can receive the remaining
balance of their winnings. After paying the
“fee,” the victim soon learns from their
bank that the original check bounced, and
the victim receives no prize plus loses the
“fee” already paid and is hit with bank
charges.
The New York State Gaming Commission asked us to remind consumers of
the following:
• We do not notify YOU, you notify
US.
• The New York Lottery never requires the payment of any money in order
to claim a prize.
• Do not deposit any check sent to
you that is accompanied by a request that
you send or wire money to cover processing or claiming fees.
• Report lottery scams by contacting
the New York Lottery’s Security Unit at
518-388-3416 or the New York State Attorney General's Office Consumer Helpline at
1-800-771-7755.
.Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has rescheduled the open house date at
the new location of their Competitive
EDGE Sports Training Program. The original event was canceled Jan. 8 because of
inclement weather.
The open house will now be held
Thursday, March 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Niagara Falls High School Field House,
4455 Porter Road, Niagara Falls. Access to
the field house is via Packard Court from
Pine Avenue east of 39th Street.
NIAGARA FALLS, NY – Niagara
Catholic Jr./Sr. High School is hosting
Super Bingo on Saturday, March 14. The
event will take place in the school gymnasium at two o’clock in the afternoon. Doors
will open at noon. Over three thousand dollars in prizes are available, and no prize
will be less than fifty dollars! Admission is
only three dollars.
If you wanted proof that the nation is
going mad- this just in….
One in three, or 35.2 percent, of people
getting federal disability insurance benefits
have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, according to the latest data from the
Social Security Administration (SSA).
In 2013, the latest data from SSA show
there were 10,228,364 disabled beneficiaries.
Disabled beneficiaries have increased
49.7 percent from a decade ago in 2003
when there were 6,830,714 beneficiaries.
The largest "diagnostic group" for disabled beneficiaries was a mental disorder.
Of the 10,228,364 disabled people receiving federal disability benefits in December
2013, according to the report, 3,599,417, or
35.2 percent, were diagnosed with a mental
disorder.
Memorial Reschedules Event
Bingo At Niagara Catholic
1 in 3 on Disability Have Mental Disorder
“Such was the will of the Father that
his Son, blessed and glorious, whom
he gave to us, and who was born for
us, should by his own blood, sacrifice,
and oblation, offer himself on the altar
of the cross, not for himself, by whom
"all things were made," but for our
sins, leaving us an example that we
should follow his steps.”
St Francis of Assisi
"How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!"―
Walt Whitman
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Shootings Through The Roof This Week-
Sarah Martinez
Niagara Falls Still Prevails as “Most Dangerous”
Is There a Problem?
This has been one hectic week for officers and detectives with the Niagara Falls
Police Department, as indicated by recent
crime reports. In addition to the usual thefts,
shoplifting, burglaries and vandalism, the
week of January 26th has shown a significant pattern of increased gun related crimes
reported within the City of Niagara Falls.
It is well known that Niagara Falls is
considered to be one of the most dangerous
cities in the United States, ranking 3 out of
100 on crime reporting database websites.
According to the most recent and fully vetted
crime reporting data gathered from over
17,000 Law Enforcement Agencies in the
United States, the likelihood of becoming a
victim to violent crimes such as murder, rape
or assault in Niagara Falls is 1 in 83, per
1000 residents. The chances of becoming a
victim of less serious crime such as burglary,
theft and vandalism is even more likely, with
data reflecting chances being 1 in 17.
What’s even more troubling is that, according to statistics, crimes per square mile
in the city of Niagara Falls is 206, compared
to the national average of 39.9. The State of
New York falls just above the national average, with 45. This data gathered from neighborhoodscout.com reflect a 90 percent
accuracy rating, and in conjunction with the
city’s crime reports provided to the Niagara
Falls Reporter by the city of Niagara Falls
Police Department, we concur with these statistics.
According to interviews given by
Mayor Dyster on WBEN regarding the City
being the most dangerous in the State of
New York, he doesn’t appear to agree with
the statistics. In opposition of the City’s reputation he boasts, "Is there some violent
crime in Niagara Falls? Yes, but it's mainly
involved with drugs and gangs. If you're
walking down the street, your chances of
being a victim are exceedingly low." We at
the Reporter have analyzed this data, in addition to week by week crime reports, and
the term “exceedingly low” is what we
would consider a gross under exaggeration.
A 1 in 17 chance of becoming a victim
of crime in Niagara Falls is not “exceedingly
low”, it is in fact, problematic and troublesome.
A Week of Shootings
In just four days this week, six reports
involving gun related crimes within the City
of Niagara Falls were reported, and there
may have been more. With the information
gathered from the Police Department’s crime
blotter, victims have reported their homes
being riddled with bullet holes from neighbors with guns, guns being stolen from vehicles, being robbed at gunpoint, and police
recovering a gun found in an abandoned vehicle. Detailed reports of these incidents are
as follows:
Bullets penetrate home
On January 25th, a woman on 4600
block of Hyde Park Blvd reported to Police
that as she was watching TV in her living
room, she heard a loud bang followed by
yelling. As she was getting ready for church
several hours later she observed two bullet
holes in the drywall of her staircase and one
bullet hole in her bedroom closet. A bullet
was also found on a duffel bag in her closet.
When police arrived on scene, they inspected
the adjacent apartment and observed bullet
holes through the walls of the apartment,
leading to the victim’s bedroom closet and
stairway. People at the scene were questioned, but no arrests were made.
Scared awake by gunfire
On January 29, Police responded to the
2000 block of Pierce Ave., where a man reported that he awoke to the sound of gunshots and his car alarm going off. He went
down to his locked garage to inspect his vehicle, and observed the window smashed
out of his vehicle. After going back inside
of his residence, he noticed a bullet hole in
his second floor bathroom window. Officers on scene observed a bullet hole
through the garage door, three panes of
glass leading to the bathroom, and a bullet
hole above the victim’s bathtub where the
round entered. No projectiles were recovered at the scene.
Flubbed Armed Robbery
On January 26, Police responded to the
7-11 convenience store on Niagara St., in
reference to an armed robbery. According to
reports, a black male wearing a dark coat and
face mask entered the store and brandished
a handgun, demanding money from the
clerk. He pointed the gun in the clerk’s face,
at which point the clerk observed the suspect’s hand gun to be jammed. The clerk
pointed out to the suspect that his gun was
jammed, and told him to leave the store. The
suspect fled the scene.
Thieves stole pistol
On January 26th, a man reported to
Police that unknown suspects broke into his
vehicle, which was parked in front of his
house on 22nd street. The suspect(s) stole
the victim’s wallet containing his pistol
permit, in addition to his Glock 30 .45 caliber handgun, both of which were located
inside of his locked vehicle’s glove compartment and middle console. The gun had
not been recovered at the time of this report.
Hidden Handgun
On January 27th, Police observed a vehicle traveling recklessly in the area of Whitney and Pierce Ave, with three occupants.
Police followed the vehicle, but due to poor
road conditions, did not initiate a traffic stop.
Police followed the vehicle, but lost sight in
the area of 22nd street. As the officer was
heading down South Ave., he observed the
vehicle again, traveling at a much slower
speed, with the driver’s side door open. The
officer approached the vehicle, in which all
occupants had bailed out prior to his arrival.
Laying on the driver’s side seat was a camouflage handgun, loaded with one bullet in
the chamber and 11 bullets in the magazine.
The handgun was described as a Sig model
P250.
Ransacked, stole loaded Magnum
On January 26, Police responded to 77th
St., in reference to a stolen shotgun. The victim reported that unknown suspects broke
into his unoccupied home through a back
window, ransacked the rooms, and stole his
12 gauge shotgun which was located in the
living room, in addition to ammunition. The
shotgun was described as being an 870 express Magnum, loaded with a birdshot. (a
Birdshot consists of several metal spheres
packed together into a shell. When the shell
is fired, it separates, allowing the birdshot to
fly out and separate into smaller pellets in a
wider range, injuring intended target)
Dyster in denial?
As you can tell from these reports, the
apparent rise in gun related crime is surging.
Residents and business owners of Niagara
Falls are enduring perilous acts of violence
at the hands of thugs, and it seems that with
Dyster’s continuous denial of the dangerous
conditions within the city, things will not improve. How can a leader begin to make
changes within a community, if he himself
refutes data proving the problem even exists?
Thus spake Swami
Vivekananda to his disciples, “We
are not weak. And if you are weak
it is because you love your own
weakness!”
NIAGARA FALLS REPORTER FEB 03 - FEB 10, 2015
Bizarre Crimes (From Around the Nation, World)
Elias & Sarah Martinez
Mistakes can happen. And it
did for poor Renea Lucero who
merely wanted to sell $30
worth of recreational drugs.
January 9
Drug Dealer Dials
Detective for Drug Deal
A woman was arrested after she mistakenly called an Albuquerque Police Detective to purchase drugs. Renea Lucero
called the detective on his department issued phone by accident because she had his
number saved from a previous criminal
case. The bungled drug deal unraveled after
Renea offered an opportunity to buy Cocaine and Heroin to the APD detective on
the other line. Much to her chagrin, the detective seized the chance for a bust, accepted her offer and set up a meeting time
and place. Once Ms. Lucero arrived, she
presented $30 worth of drugs to undercover
police by removing it from her bra and
handing it over to her driver who weighed
it and completed the sale. The pair was immediately arrested as well as a passenger
that was sitting in the back. Renea states
that she thought she had called one of her
boyfriend’s friends.
January 31
Pistol Packing Toddler
A mother and father are recovering
after their 3 year old son shot them with an
unsecured handgun. According to reports,
the Albuquerque Police Department was
dispatched to America’s Best Value Inn
where the family resided. The family was
in the process of ordering pizza when the
boy reportedly reached into his mother’s
purse to retrieve an iPod, found the gun and
pulled the trigger. The bullet entered the father’s buttocks, exiting his hip and striking
mother in the arm. The mother was 8
months pregnant and was also sitting beside her 2 year old daughter. The children
and 2 Pitbulls were taken into custody
while the parents recovered.
February 1
Power Ranger Stabs Roommate
He got a little carried away.
to Death With Sword
A former “Power Rangers” actor has
been charged with the murder of his roommate. Ricardo Medina, who played the Red
ranger on the show from 2002-2003, was
reportedly in an altercation with his roommate, Joshua Sutter. Medina, followed by
his girlfriend, retreated to their room to
cool off, when Sutter then reportedly
forced himself into the bedroom with the
couple. Upon entrance, Medina met Sutter
with a sword to the abdomen, subsequently
killing him. Medina immediately called
911 and waited for help to arrive. He is currently being held on $1 million bail.
January 30
Dumb Guys in Dumfries
A man was arrested after he used a
spotlight to pull over an off-duty police officer. Shawn Robinson, owner of a Ford
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Crown Victoria (car most associated with
Law Enforcement), allegedly used the spotlight attached to these types of vehicles to
force an unsuspecting car to pull over. Unfortunately for Robinson, the driver of that
car was an off-duty police officer. The cop
stated that Robinson followed and commenced to flash the spotlight towards his
car, convincing him it was a fellow officer
and forcing him to stop. Robinson pulled
up alongside the off-duty officer who then
identified himself as a cop. Robinson realizes the mistake and attempted to flee the
scene. The cop gave chase but only caught
up to the abandoned vehicle after Robinson
and the passenger fled on foot. Shawn
Robinson later turned himself in after a
warrant was issued for his arrest. He is
being held without bail.
Is government
supposed to entertain the
governed?
Pit bulls
have something most of
their owners’
lack: teeth.
Pit Bull and City Hall Jokes!
Headlines you will never see:
“Cops shoot wiener dog after lunging at officers”
“Poodle goes wild, kills owner”
It’s hard to tell which is nastier the
pit bull or the owner.
off”
“Family beagle bites owner’s arm
A pit bull walks into a bar and the
bartender says, “What’ll it be?” The pit
bull says “A large bowl of water and
make it fast or I’ll bite your face off!”
uproar as they edit and re-edit their remarks from 5 minutes to 3 three minutes
to 4 minutes.
Colored glass is suddenly no longer
acceptable for recycling in Niagara
A pit bull’s favorite bone is in the
nearest human arm”.
Pit bulls are to canines as Isis is to
religion.
Please make up your mind! All this
talk of changing the speaker time at the
council meeting has the speakers in an
“Police break up collie dog fighting
ring”
“Chihuahua attacks and kills three
pit bulls.”
“Pit bulls are violent, anti social and
without talent.” Danny the golden retriever
understand he plans to “rebirth” Main
Street with the money just as he “rebirthed” Third Street with NFC money.
The city’s financial review panel
members won’t be allowed to see the
city’s confidential budget information…
that’s like having a doctor that can’t
touch the patient.
When asked why he won’t drop his
obsession with limiting speaker time at
council meetings Andrew Touma said,
“All the city’s real problems are too
hard to fix and this one makes it look
like the council is doing something.”
The council majority is going to be
honored by the First Amendment Society “for all they have done to put a spotlight on the subject of free speech
through their ham-handed misreading of
the Bill of Rights.”
The mayor just appropriated
$820,000 of casino revenue for his NFC
business loan and grant program. We
Falls. The Dyster administration trash
plan has more moving parts than an an-
St. Paul to the Thessaloni-
ans: “For even when we
were with you, this we commanded you, that if any
would not work, neither
should he eat.”
tique Swiss watch and is every bit unpredictable as a pit bull.
The new trash rules say you can put
a blue lid on your green tote with special permission. You cannot however put
a green lid on your blue tote, at least not
yet. And you will never be allowed to
put a yellow lid on your orange tote because that’s a “color clash violation.”
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
A DOMESTIC LLC
BOULEVARD VAN CITY & MEDICAL TRANSPORT
LLC has been formed as a limited liability company
(LLC) by filing Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State (NYSS) on December 26, 2014. Office
located in Niagara County, NY. NYSS designated as
agent for the LLC upon whom process against it may be
served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process against it
served upon him to: 2708 Niagara Falls Boulevaard, Niagara Falls, NY 14304. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful business acts or activities permitted
for LLCs under the NY Limited Liability Company Act.
The limited liability company is to be managed by one
or more members.
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