Sanitation Garbage
I posted a few times in the past about the alleged corruption that exists in our local sanitation department, and a scathing report has just been released that backs up those claims:
At the very least, one would think that the extra taxes I'm paying toward some dead guy's health insurance should ensure that I don't have to come home from work to find that the sanitation collectors have strewn my garbage pails in the middle of the street.
Full report can be downloaded here.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice is investigating a Hempstead sanitation district that, according to a new state comptroller's audit, paid health insurance premiums for dead employees and issued no-bid contracts, Rice's spokesman said.I had to call the sanitation department earlier this year regarding a garbage pickup. I cannot tell you the obnoxious, dismissive treatment I received from the person who answered the phone. That type of behavior by government employees toward the taxpayers who essentially pay their salaries should never be acceptable - but how much more so, in a district such as this, where we are paying among the highest per/property taxes ($579 in 2006) for the same exact level of service that other communities get for less. We don't have to look far to figure out where all of our extra taxes are going, and it isn't toward customer service.
The audit released yesterday found $462,000 in excess costs over a 40-month period ending in April last year. Among the findings: the district was paying for health care premiums for dead former employees and retirees, overpaying for purchases that could have been done more cheaply through state contracts, and double-paying its attorney and accountant by giving them salaries on top of an additional hourly rate.
...Auditor's report
According to the state comptroller's office, Hempstead Sanitary District #1 "operates in an uneconomical and inefficient manner." Auditors found the district:
Provided health, dental and vision insurance for life to commissioners who served as little as a single five-year term. Life insurance policies for top managers and commissioners ranged from $75,000 to $300,000.
Overpaid by more than $46,000 for a diesel fuel contract, when the fuel was cheaper through a state contract.
Paid $16,000 in health care premiums over three years for an employee who had died. Continued to pay health, dental and optical insurance premiums for employees and dependent spouses after they died.
Paid its attorney as an employee with a salary, health insurance and retirement benefits - while also paying the attorney $200 per hour as an independent contractor for much of the legal work he performed.
At the very least, one would think that the extra taxes I'm paying toward some dead guy's health insurance should ensure that I don't have to come home from work to find that the sanitation collectors have strewn my garbage pails in the middle of the street.
Full report can be downloaded here.
posted by orthomom at 8:28 AM
237 Comments:
Really,
any time I callfor special pick up they are prompt and as curteous as can be expected.
het they pick up 3 times a week and come to the back yard to get the garbage. Stop complaining--everybody thinks they are owed something.
het they pick up 3 times a week and come to the back yard to get the garbage. Stop complaining--everybody thinks they are owed something.
That's quite a hilarious comment. So what you're trying to say is that because you get what you deem to be adequate service, the sanitation department is perfectly entitled to be collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in extra taxes and using those monies to pay themselves perks? I know I wouldn't want you in any sort of public office.
The sanatation dsitrict's are the Mistero family's patronage mill. Isn't the attorney Nick Ddesibio, the former executive leaders son? That's the reward they get for being members of Mondello's republican executive committee. I'm not sure the democrats aren't doing the same thing in other areas now that they've come into power.
These abuses are unparalleled in any other sanitary district or any other body of government in the area. How did they manage to get so many people to re-elect that current commissioner in July?
While there is no disagreement that every tax dollar must be spent properly and with the publiuc trust. The nightmare situation that OM is positing is far from the truth.
OM fails to indicate that the Board has taken many actions requested by the Comptroller (who was the Sainted Alan Hevisi at the time of the audit). That is what audits are for. To find error, and correct it.
That's absurd. Are you Jesse Mistero or his cousin?
There was an audit initiated over two years ago by the county, before Hevesi was even involved. The audit cited the District's failure to cooperate with just about everything.
Taxpayer abuse does not get more tangible than this. These guys are milking the system for everything they can get and supporting all of their friends and family in the process. This costs all of the taxpayer a lot of money and no one should stand for it.
These guys make the school district look angelic
I run a business in Cedarhurst and the sanitation guys occasionally shake me down for mulah when the garbage pick up is "out of the ordinary"
How else are they supposed to pay their bills?
As an alternative to shakedowns, they should consider getting jobs for the second half of the day.
Anyone know what kind of hours these guys work for the sanitation district?
Many have 2nd jobs, driving school buses!! My kids are dropped off in the afternoon by the guy who picks up may garbage in the morning.
Didn't Mistero refuse to provide financial data unless it was court ordered at the direction of Mr. Desibio?
How come this Evola fellow has a job with every racket in town? Is everybody's cousin?
No different in the Sanitary District than Cedarhurst? After the former president of the Bd of Education gave a last minute contract to the teachers, didnt't he get a job with his uncle? Why complain about the Sanitary District when no one does anything about Cedarghurst?
No different in the Sanitary District than Cedarhurst? After the former president of the Bd of Education gave a last minute contract to the teachers, didnt't he get a job with his uncle? Why complain about the Sanitary District when no one does anything about Cedarghurst?
Agreed. The Sanitary District is probably only a little worse than the Village of Cedarhurst. But that's only becuase no one bothers to run against Parise or any of his cronies.
And they're all up for re-election in March
Here is what I have done for my garbagemen over the years:
1) I replaced my in-ground garbage cans with above ground cans. The garbage men hate the in-ground cans b/c they have to bend over to get the garbage out, straining their backs. Hello? You are a garbageman. This is what you are paid to do!
2) Rushed out at 6:30 am to make sure they get their Xmas tips. (One year they refused to even wait, and just drove away).The past few years I have not even tipped them b/c I found that the level of service was equally crappy whether or not I tipped.
3)Given them bottled water on really hot days.
Here's what they have given me:
1) My garbage is constantly strewn all over the street and driveway.
2)The empty pails are left right behind my car in the driveway (not even standing up- always knocked over). They throw the covers around so they all crack and then my garbage gets eaten by squirrels who eat through the bags making a huge mess, which of course the men won't take away b/c it's not bagged.
3)They take away the top half of my garbage and leave the bottom half in an uncovered pail to get wet and marinate into a disgusting, smelly mushy mess. (See squirrel issue above).
4) This week, they left broken glass right at the foot of my driveway.
People who don't like to swim don't become lifeguards, people who can't stand the sight raw meat don't become butchers. If you don't want to collect garbage, why become a garbageman? I guess it must be the short workday, the great benefits and the low expectations of the powers that be in Sanitary District #1.
My friend's gharbage area is below her bedroom window and she used to hear the guy cursing and yelling at 6:30am about how she has too much garbage.
Who really controls the Sanitation district? How does it relate to the Cedarhurst control?
Working for the government is the best way to make big bucks without straining the brain or body.
I'm not intimately familiar with Long Island garbage practices, but I do have a question based on Woodmere Dump's post: don't you have the kind of garbage bins that have a metal rod that is grabbed by a device on the garbage truck and automatically lifted and dumped?
They switched to this type of bin over a decade ago in Chicago, and it allowed them to reduce the number of garbagemen on each truck. Of course, we also have the benefit that *everyone* has an alley, so it's easier to move the truck quickly through the route, which I know is problematic is some places.
Last year the garbagemen shook down a whole bunch of us. they appeared on our doorsteps early in the morning in december and rang the bell asking if we forgot to give a holiday gift to the sanitation men. They scared the **** out of so many of us that everyone I spoke to made sure that they gave them tips this year. This happened all over Lawrence. Did anyone call to complain??? Of course not. We're scared to of these guys. They give very poor service for a JOB that they are PAID to do.
Unfortunately, this system of Sanitation districts is created by state law, and powerful state politicians like Skelos certainly have no interest in shutting down these rackets run by their cronies.
If anyone on the state level really cared, they wouldn't get away with any of this. Which other election is held for a few hours at night in the middle of a garbage depot? How does anyone let them get away with a polling place that senior citizens have no means of getting to?
This thread is really making me appreciate living in New York City rather than the suburbs. Property taxes are lower, too.
'this system of Sanitation districts is created by state law'
If you replaced the hundreds of school districts, sanitation districts, town and village councils, etc., etc. with county government, your property taxes would plummet. Maryland has always had this system and things work pretty well. In the entirety of the two counties that surround Baltimore City, there is exactly one incorporated municipality -- Annapolis. All other services, including schools, are part of the county government.
OM-
All the points that were made both by you in your blog and the audit were brought up when I ran for Sanitation Commissioner this past July. Yet, we as a community (both orthodox and non) did not come out in the numbers necessary to defeat this corruption.
Jeremy Merrill
Fox:
No ,they do not use that type of garbage system in these parts. You can use any type of can, 45 gallons and under.
I am surprised that noone knows that someone from the frum community ran for Sanitation Commissioner this year. He lost by a landslide b/c no one came out to vote.
That is not true that no-one came out. My wife and I (Abba Novak) stood in line with hundreds of people that night for the elections. It was hostile but so what that is politics. People came out but not enough to defeat these crooks.
Rumor has it that part of the reason for the long line was that the PTA from School District 15 teamed up with the Inwood Republican machine and used it phone lists to defeat the "private candidate" and vote for the status quo. Not unexpected in an area where a former Bd member holds a seat on the Atlantic Beach Water District and a current member is Republican leader of Woodmere.
Anyone know who's up for election this year in Cedarhurst?
Frank Parisi retires from the BOE and gets a job with his uncle, the Mayor of Cedarhurst, which gets the approval of the trustees, including Michael Fabrizio, one of the principals of Independent Coach Corp who the district spends millions with. Paybacks and patronage at their best. Not to mention the Mistero's and Parisi's are the republican leaders in the area for Mondello, who rules the Town nof Hempstead. How can anyone wonder why our taxes are so high.
How about the plumbing inspector who happens to do the plumbing work in town and the zoning board member who happens to do all the architectural work in town and the construction guy on the board who manages to get permits for anyone who hires him. And half these guys are related too.
Sems to me this is how democracy is supposed to work: If the community does nothing and reelects the same group who fels patronage is a birthright, then guess what..... it is their birthright. Everyone in the community knows what is going on in Cedarhurst and the Sanitary District but we do nothing about it. Where are the community leaders with the courage to stand up and challenge what is going on? The PTA in School District 15 will stand with the status quo, they proved that last year, who is willing to stand up for justice and fair play? Silence is deafening.
According to the audit report, the same fellow who keeps the shoddy books in the sanitary district, is the treasurer/accountant for the Village of Cedarhurst. That guy must be everyone's cousin.
The PTA is now in bed with the Sanitation District ?
"A former bd member" is now holding a seat on the AB Water District...Just what do you think those commissioners get paid ? And why is it your business who the sewer commissioners are in Atlantic Beach?
The bloggers here are out of their minds. Did it ever occur to you that a lot of the old time families of this community happen to be related and it is the old time families of this community
that are community-minded ?
I am an old-timer of this community who is not related to any of these families. For the 40+ years I've lived in the five towns, for the most part everyone lived in harmony. A diverse community where everyone had a role in some way. Not now...oh no. We can't have anyone outside of the "frum" community making a living, making decisions or getting an education.
The constant accusations and constant whining about not getting your taxes worth of this and that and the other thing are obnoxious, vile and divisive. It's embarassing. Why aren't you worried about Fed contracts ? For heavens sake, you're talking about pocket change here.
As for your garbage woes - do you think the Town Of Hempstead garbage service is better ? They MIGHT EVER go on to my property to take cans. If the garbage cans are not at the curb they leave it. When they do take it, they often leave the cans, sans tops, in the middle of the street.
What a bunch of whiners.
Anon 9:26:
Do a little homework and get your facts straight. The audit report on each of the Sanitary Districts is not an abstract assessment of services provided. It is a comprehensive comparison of the services provided, the cost to taxpayers and the expenditures of the district, as compared to each of the other sanitary districts.
The abuses of our tax dollars are unparalleled in any of the other districts and it appears that they have gotten worse over the years, as the district leadership continued unchecked.
The abuses in Cedarhurst are clearly not as stark, but it certainly isn't good government when every village official is either a family or friend of the local republican machine, or hand-picked and brought up through the ranks to serve the machine. It's apparent that the conflicts of interest and lack of transparency are only the tip of the iceberg.
All things considered, the bad government, abuses of power and apparent corruption that we see in some of our local governments are the fault of individuals who don't take an interests in their government (and how their tax dollars are spend), don't inform themselves of the issues and don't bother to vote. (Are you one of these people?) The foundation of democracy is the checks and balances that the Constitution establishes on all levels of government. We are given the right to question and to vote, in order to make this system of checks and balances, and democracy, work.
Consolidation of power, lack of tranparency and freewheeling with our tax dollars certainly works out well for the select group of family members, old timers and other club members who are in control, but it does not serve the interests of the residents/taxpayers/voters and belies the purpose of democracy.
For heavens sake, you're talking about pocket change here.
I pay $700/yr to the sanitary district. If I lived in another district, I'd be paying around $400 (with backyard pickup). $350 is not pocket change for me, and $350 x 25,000 (households) is certainly not pocket change for the district residents.
It seems to me that most people are scared to run for the Bd because of fear that their garbage pickup will be affected. Why are the elections not publicized better? When is the next election? Why don't the newspapers carry banner headlines calling for a free spirited democratic election to shake up a complacent Board. We many not expect much from the Nassau herald, but how about Gordon's and Fertig's papers, these are the only free voices left in the Towns.
Why are you worried about the Sanitary District when "Democratic" elections in Cedarhurst are a laughing stock. Mayor Parise hires his cousin and has literally never been challenged as Mayor. What do I tell my children about the Democratic process? Read about it but do not expect your community to actually practice it?
Well, not everyone who works for the village is his cousin. But nepotism and conflicts of interest are definitely not frowned upon in this municipality.
Montilli does the plumbing work and grants the village's plumbing permits as the plumbing inspector.
Novello does the architectural / engineering work and then he gets the plans approved by the zoning board (which he sits on).
Electrical permits are approved the same way.
Brown does the construction work and then approves all the plans as a board member.
It should be interesting to see who will be selected to profiteer from the open seat on the zoning board.
With all of the subdivisions and construction going on in the village, there must be a lot of people on the take.
Parise's nephew is the "Superintendent of Public Works" with 13 people working under him. You've got to wonder what all those people are doing (and how he managed to get that job).
And then there are the Cittadinos. (yes, the village employs father and son)
Then again, there are a few "elected" officials who are not cousins of the mayor. But how many of them weren't selected and appointed by the mayor so that they wouldn't have to run for office?
Wonder when the next village job is opening up? Just find a cousin who's not already employed by the sanitary district or the village, and you'll have your answer.
When is someone ready to stand up and run to upset the apple cart? For oh so many years the feeling was the machine in Nassau County could not be beat. Complacency and of course some fiscal collapse proved that was not true. Time for a revoulution in Cedarhurst and the Sanitary District? Where's Sam Adams when you really need him?
even the mayor never ran in a real election - he was appointed by his predecessor
As a 30 year resident of Cedarhurst, one of the best run villages in Nassau County and probably the U.S., I am proud to call this my home and value the work of Mayor Parise and the Board of Trustees, as well as the people employed by the Village, who all make our home town a great place in which to live and work. It seems that not only Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorists hide behind the mask of anonymity. The contributor or contributors to this site, who insist on hiding behind "Anonymous" to spew their misinformed verbal assassinations of our hard working village government, are no less cowardly than the masked extremist Muslim terrorists who engage in physical assasinations. Why don't you let us know who you are, so you can be exposed for the malcontented fabricator(s) and just plain liar(s) that you are?
Hey, "Anonymous"! You seem to be terribly obsessed with garbage. It's obvious from the content of you diatribes which are nothing more than "GARBAGE.". If you're so miserable with the way things are in the Five Towns, the yellow pages has listings for for a slew of moving companies. I'll even help you load the vans.
Let me understand, contested elections are unimportant, nepotism is all right and if you do not love it people like you will get a van so the critics can leave it? Good show, where did you learn your civics.. Cuba?
To Mr. Rabinowitz:
You are entitled to your opinion. But do you realize how much you sound like the supporters of machine politics one year before Suozzi swept into office? Please answer this, do you really not care about the inside jobs, family connections and questioable practices regarding openness at the Sanitary District and Village. You are obviously honourable enough to use your name, but would you be happy if our federal governemnt and Israel used the same type of politics and methods of Cedarhurst and the Sanitary District? Would you teach your children that this is the way to govern? It does not matter if the streets are clean and the "trains run on time" if we do not proclaim with our actions a fundamental belief in open honest dialogue and government. That is what I believe, how about you?
Moshe seems to speak for the silent majority on this issue. If the people of Cedarhurst cared about the Sanitary District or Village Government they would organize an opposition. Mayor Parise is paid and no other surrounding mayor is paid and yet no one cares. Where are leaders like Jeff Toback on this issue. He is an honest caring representative who always answers calls and tries to help. Yet, as a political leader he has remained silent as has the majority of the population. Is Mr. Rabinowitz right and the only reason there is no opposition is because everyone agrees with Mayor Parise and what he stands for.
We are talking about 2 different topics here. Mr Rabinowitz may be correct about cedarhurst but he is far from correct about the sanitation district. The sanitation district is an embarassment. The report is very clear. anyone who defends the kind of corruption outlined in the report is corrupt.
Bad government is bad government is bad government. If you choose to ignore what goes on around you, the world may not come to and end, but the "elected" officials will gradually grow more "abusive" of taxpayers and their interests. This is exactly what we see now in the sanitary district. With the benefit of the audit, at least we now know where some of our excessive sanitation tax dollars are going. Unfortunately, the village of cedarhurst has avoided the scrutiny of state and county authorities, but the pattern of nepotism, cronyism and pay to play bureaucracy is unmistakable, and good government will inevitably prevail.
It's no secret that the village of lawrence has about half the number of employees that the village of cedarhurst has, despite being over double the size of cedarhurst and it's greater population.
While Rabinowitz may or may not be your name, there are obvious reasons why one would would be reluctant to identify themselves here after sharing the dirt on the village or the sanitation district. (Think: loss of garbage pickup, garbage strewn on one's front lawn, no snow plowing, refusal of permits, etc.)
The only thing that isn't clear is why any objective resident would brazenly defend the actions of the sanitary district board and/or the village government, considering the documented abuses of power and taxpayer funds. What kind of connections are there between that person and the powers within these local political rackets?
Is Mr. Rabinowitz right and the only reason there is no opposition is because everyone agrees with Mayor Parise and what he stands for.
What does he stand for?
Where are leaders like Jeff Toback on this issue.
I would imagine Toback is not too happy with Parise regardless of the way he runs the village, given the fact that Parise is a staunch Republican and Toback is a staunch Democrat. Toback obviously has no influence or control in Cedarhurst (or even in the Sanitary District) so there isn't much he can do, and it would be political suicide for him to get involved with his hands tied.
Moshe seems to speak for the silent majority on this issue.
The majority may be silent, but not because they support nepotism or corruption in government. The majority is apathetic in general with respect to politics and government - which is precisely the reason that these politicians get challenged so rarely. But someone ultimately takes on the challenge. That's the story of our country.
Though Mr. Toback is a democrat he certainly seems to have distinguished himself in rising above "label" politics in an attempt to do what is right and not only what is politically correct. I would hope and also believe that if any credible MAINSTREAM attempt was made to open up politics and government at the level of the Sanitary District and Village of Cedarhurst HE WOULD BE AS HELPFUL AS HE COULD. Local politics should be more about what is good for the community rather than a strict Democratic/Republican venue. I am not even aware that in Lawrence or Woodsburgh the polical affiliations of the leaders come into play.
Who's interests are served when only republican are allowed into the village government or the sanitary district board?
Does anyone know what Parise is doing with his property? I heard that he got some zoning approvals for it.
Hey Anonymous! Your incessant barrage of garbage is meaningless, unless you come forward and identify yourself. You and your remarks are as credible as Bill Clinton when he raised his right hand and swore, under oath, that he did not have sexual relations with that woman. Come on, where are your "baitzim", or did you lose them at a bris with your other manhood, assuming you are a man. Today's women have more courage than you. I am neither a Republican or a Democrat, but a Jewish American. It's obvious where your political views are, sucking up to Suozzi and Toback. Frankly, I don't care who sits in the halls of government, as long as they do an honest and competent job and give me my tax dollars money's worth. That's I why I am proud to live and work in Cedarhurst. And while you're checking the Yellow Pages for a moving company, go to "Physicians" and find yourself a good psychiatrist. You need help in identifying, not only yourself, but that part of the glass that is 90 per cent full.
Real nice, Rabinowitz - ranking out the courage of women on Orthomom's blog.
While I can't comment on the veracity of many of the claims about Cedarhurst (and I don't even live in Cedarhurst), it appears that everyone agrees that our elected officials should be doing an honest and competent job.
And although I don't know much about the Parise "regime" or the Sanitation issues, it's abundantly clear from your comments that you have some partisan agenda here that you haven't revealed. Why else would you drag Suozzi and Toback into this discussion?
I would suggest that you come clean as to your agenda if you want anyone to take your comments seriously. That would certainly lend to a more objective discussion of these issues.
Who's this Rabinowitz creep? It sounds like he's vying for that open zoning spot.
Hey Anonymous! Contrary to your interpretation, I was not ranking out the courage of women, but rather, your lack of courage in insisting on remaining anonymous. Your fear that if you disclose your identity your garbage will not be collected or you will somehow not receive any of the public services to which you are entitled, is unfounded and bespeaks of a mind that indulges in fantastic conspiracy theories. Or they are just lame excuses for your cowardice. By questioning the veracity of my identity, you engage in what was learned in Psych 101, as “projection.” I suggest that you speak for yourself.
I’m pleased to learn that you do not even live in Cedarhurst. That tidbit kicks out the underpinning of any iota of credibility behind your comments on the governance of our village, and further makes my residence here that much more pleasant.
I must, however, congratulate you on your admission that you ”don't know much about the Parise "regime" or the Sanitation issues.” That hasn’t prevented you from disparaging Mr. Parise, certain Cedarhurst public officials and village employees or negatively commenting on the operation of the Sanitary District. Apparently, ignorance of the facts, in your case, is an excuse.
As to who brought Suozzi and Toback into the discussion, I refer you to your earlier rants and diatribes to determine the identity, albeit anonymous, of the culprit.
Finally, as previously indicated, I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. As a result, my agenda is not only non partisan, but is rather aimed at exposing your total lack of credibility and courage, as well as conviction based on unfounded perceptions, and exposing the fraudulence and pettiness of your remarks.
If you continue to refuse to identify yourself and come out from under that rock which hides you, you should really take up a hobby and cease and desist in defaming others.
Now who’s the creep!
"Your fear that if you disclose your identity your garbage will not be collected or you will somehow not receive any of the public services to which you are entitled, is unfounded and bespeaks of a mind that indulges in fantastic conspiracy theories."
Surely you jest. Are you aware that your dear sanitation workers, disgruntled after I forgot to give them their christmas bonus, took to leaving my garbage pails strewn across the street?
And that as soon as I "remembered" their tip, the behavior ceased? Sounds like extortion to me...
Mr. Rabinowitz:
While I certainly wouldn't call you a creep without knowing much about you, it is still clear from your comments that you have a horse in this race and little objectivity on the issues. You are correct that I don't live in Cedarhurst, as I stated myself, but you seem to be slightly misguided about the meaning of an "anonymous" identity with respect to these comments. NOT ALL ANONYMOUS COMMENTS ARE BY THE SAME AUTHOR. In fact, as I conceided above, I know very little about these issues, and this here is my second comment on this thread.
Creep or not, you could certainly use some Blog 101.
Anon 3:35
A gentle history lesson for Mr. Rabinowitz. I have read your comments with much amusement. I am sure you are aware that men like John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, And James Madison all published extensive letters in newspapers under assumed names to protect their identities. I wonder if you would call them creeps for guarding their names. If so, then your defense of cronyism, patronage and poor government practices becomes somewhat understandable. If not then i still await your answer to a previous blogger. To wit, would you be pleased to tell your children or anyone else's that democracies like Israel of the United States should run their governments with the same methods that are used in Cedarhurst and the Sanitary District?
Hey Anonymous,
I previously asked you where your baitzim were. Now I know. You've got some set comparing yourself to " men like John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, And James Madison." These were great men, who if they published writings under assumed names, did so out of fear of a monarch who would have taken steps to assure their demise. You on the other hand, are concerned that your garbage
won't be collected. A matter of equal concern to someone of your courage and profound thought.
Well, your garbage will continue to be collected at your home, no matter what, and at this site, as long as it remains available to the likes of a coward such as yourself.
As to your claim that all anonymous comments are not made by the same author, it is interesting to note that you fail to actually deny that they are all not yours, or even identify which of those are from your keyboard and which are not. But identification of anything is not your strong suit.
As far as the Village of Cedarhurst or the Sanitary District being run as democracies, is concerned, I recall a recent Sanitary District contested election in which the pathetic challenger was creamed. When it was over, he could be heard maoning the words, "political machine." I don't doubt that he wishes that he had a better one. By the way, did you know that he works for a Muslim country? Some of nmy co-religionists will do anything for a buck. His opponent had the grace to refrain from making it an issue in the contest.
As far as the Village of Cedarhurst elections are concerned, no one is preventing anyone from challenging the incumbents. The absence of any opposition is a tribute to the satisfaction of the voting public here for the way Cedarhurst is run. Or can't you find anyone else who works for Kuwait to throw his or her hat in the ring.
Meanwhile, your refusal to identify yourself and provide attribution to your vitriol and venomous comments, so that the rest of us can see you in the light of day, gives us all the privilege of ignoring them.
I wish to remain anonymous as well, and I will preface my remarks by stating that this is my third comment on this tread, and I am not the author of, nor could I identify the authors of any of the other comments. (I hope that helps clarifies things for Mr. Rabinowitz.) My previous two comments were those posted above at 3:35PM and 11:12AM.
As I stated earlier, I don't live in the village, or profess to know much about these issues, and I think that my perspective is somewhat more objective than many of the others expressed here.
After reading Mr. Rabinowitz's comments here, which seem to repeatedly dance around the issues, I am still left wondering (1) what is Rabinowitz's response to the concerns about Cedarhurst and the Sanitary District that are cited above in this thread, and those that are cited in the audit reports, and (2) why is Mr. Rabinowitz so interested and concerned with defending the powers that be in Cedarhurst and the Sanitary District? It is clear that he comes to the table with far lest objectivity than the average person.
Never mind all that! Tell us who you are!
Yessir, thank you sir.
Maybe Orthomom can weigh in on this if everyone but Moshe Rabinowitz is mistaken, but it seems that everyone by Mr. Rabinowitz is of the opinion that the purpose of a blog and a comment thread is for the objective discussion of issues rather than debating the identity of commenters. No one really cares who rabinowitz is or whether there even is anyone by that name commenting here.
Can we get back to the issues now?
Could someone publish the names of the employees of the Sanitary District and Village of Cedarhurst? It would be interesting to see who is related to whom.
Could someone publish the names of the employees of the Sanitary District and Village of Cedarhurst? It would be interesting to see who is related to whom.
I don't see how you would be able to discern all the family relations from the names. But someone posted some of the names in Cedarhurst above. All of the Cedarhurst officials' and employees' names are at www.cedarhurst.gov.
As for the Sanitary District, you'd probably only be able to get a full list of names from the state comptroller's office. Phil Mistero is the superitendent of the district (for over $150k/yr + full benefits). Nat Swergold is the part-time lawyer who receives full-time salary and benefits. Sal Evola is the part time accountant who receives full-time salary and benefits. Joseph Kenn is the Asst. Superintendent (so that Mistero doesn't really have to do any work). Joseph Candella, Jack Rose, Irving Kaminetsky, Harry Beltrani and James Velardi are on the Board of Commissioners (which pays $7,500/yr plus full benefits, and lots of other goodies).
Now that we know all of their names, how about yours? That yellow streak down your back keeps getting wider with each comment you make.
And, by the way, I don't pretend to know what everybody knows. I haven't taken a poll. Have you?
Crawl out from under that rock and get a life!
To Mr. Rabinowitz When Jay,Madison and Hamilton used assumed names for the Federalist papers the monarchy was over and there was no fear of the King of England doing anything. They chose to remain anonymous. Again sir,would you call them creeps or acknowledge that public debate ,even with guarded identities ,can be a useful tool.
I don't know much about Madison or Hamilton, but I do know that there are issues here worth discussing and all this Rabinowitz fellow wants to do is brush them under the carpet. Rather than responding to any of the issues that have been raised, all he's interested in is identifying the names of the anonymous commenters here. What's this guy's agenda? Is he the new hired doubletalk PR tool for the local machines?
Probably the PR guy for Mondello's
repblican machine that's currently misfiring on 7 cylinders.
What have they been spending their money on since Suozzi and Toback were reelected?
Hey AnonymASS,
A public debate is held in a public forum and the debaters are required to show their faces and give their names. Blogs appear to reservce a special place for the uninformed, like yourself, spewing rumor, vituperation and opinion based on perception and hate-filled emotion rather than fact.
You have shown yourself to be incapable of understanding how anyone can objectively appreciate good government without some greedy, underhanded or nefarious political motivation.
You would be well advised to push yourself away from your computer, get out in the fresh air and clear your befuddled head, but I fear that your virtual hopelessness will only find solace in a long stay in a rubber room and the administration of high doses of thorazine or some other appropriate, and perhaps even stronger medication.
Now that is a temperate, logical response to an issue directed discussion isn't it. I wonder if Mr. Rabinowitz represents the average voter who actually supports the Sanitary District and the Village of Cedarhurst? Good show sir.
Good one Rabinowitz -
First you take a potshot at all women.
Now you take the position that no one has the right to debate issues without identifying themselves - I guess all anonymous bloggers are sissies, in your opinion.
Notwithstanding your opinions about the virtues of blog discussions, the blog world seems to be thriving.
I guess the Mondello crew hasn't figured out a response to the 21st century yet.
As far as I can tell, there's only one person here who has made an a$$ out of himself - the one person who has identified himself here.
Hey AnonymASS,
What's your problem? You seem to be unable to string your comments together in one blog. How's the oxygen level in that closet you're hiding in. I'd check it if I were you (Thank G-D I'm not), since you may be suffering from cerebral anoxia. If that is so, it would be based on an assumption that there is something ruminating in that cavern between your ears.
Your rush to respond, and at multiple times at that, could be indicative of a health problem, like high blood pressure. You know, hypertension puts you at risk of stroke or heart attack. But that would assume that you have a brain or a heart. In your case, a rebuutable assumption.
"moshe," you may not understand this clealry, but I will be happy to explain it slowly: All the anons are not the same people. I know this beacuse it's my blog. Your persistence in using the tactic of attacking the commenter as opposed to the comment is getting you nowhere.
Also, you haven't yet explained away the damning results of the sanitation audit. How in the world with that audit, can you be defending the status quo so vehemently?
To Orthomom or whoever you are - By the way, WHO are YOU? Or is that a big secret too?
I must be getting somewhere, because "Anonymous" keeps replying to my comments. Apparently you think that discussing anything on the merits with someone who hides behind anonymity is a worthy endeavor. I will be pleased to discuss the substance of any issue with this or any other individual who will identify himself or herself. But to engage in substantive discussions with someone who is no one deprives me of the ability to know the qualifications of that person and consequently the substance of what forms his or her opinions. We all have a right to our opinions. We also have a right to challenge the opinions of others. But opinions, like a sieve, can't hold water unless there is something behind them - something like expertise, in depth examination of an issue or some athoritative source that supports it. In other words, for opinions to be taken seriously, they shoud be informed.
As far as the Sanitary District audit is concerned, I am fully aware of its contents, the motivation behind it, why news of it appeared so prominently when it did, why news of it disappeared and why news of it was recently revived. The audit itself and the politician responsible for it desrve no less scrutiny than does the Sanitary District. Let "Anonymous" provide a legitimate identity, and I will be pleased to engage in a substantive discourse on this or any other issue sticking in Anonymous' craw.
Insofar as "Anonymous" being more than one person, I sincerely doubt that the "Anonymous" who has been involved in a discourse with me is anything but a single individual. All that sophomoric clown has to do is identify which comments are his or hers, and which are not.
And may I suggest to you, Orthomom, that you obtain legal counsel with a view towards screening the comments of some of your contributors, such as fivetowneyes. Both you and they may very well find yourselves on the wrong end of a libel suit. The days when you can get away with this stuff are coming to an end.
Mr 'rabinowitz' (not that we have any reason to believe that's your name), you don't understand some things about blogging. The issues we raise here are generally legitimate and relevant, whether we leave our names or not. Get over the anonymity aspect. Its irrelevant. And really, you look so vested in the local 5 towns government that your comments are the ones which seem biased and irrelevant.
And if you anything about the law, you would know that no one here is anyone close to risking a bias suit with any merit whatsoever. There is plenty of precedent in the blogworld, and its never stuck. The empty threats fall flat here.
Sal Evola has no relationship, except to be a staunch member of the Inwood-North Lawrence Club (he lives in Woodmere) and is very loyal to the Misteros. He is a crook too.
fivetownseyes:
I know this will elicit another dumb comment from rabinowitz, but can you elaborate?
Hey anonymASS,
Gee, you've figured me out! You're a real Tzadik. A Pay Tzadik, as in "Putz." No one said anything about a bias suit. The legal term is "Libel" as in defamation of character. Don't put your moronic words in my mouth. When you call someone a crook, you'd better be able to prove it. fivetowneyes had better be covered by libel insurance, and that goes for this site as well.
Unlike you, I have nothing to hide, I have come forward and identified myself legitimately and given my real name, and the only thing I'm vested in here is my home and the taxes I pay. Since you are not a Cedarhurst resident, you probably don't pay real estate taxes to the village but nevertheless enjoy it's many benefits.
Your dirty mind is solely capable of seeing anyone who supports our local government as as someone with a vested interest in it, or a Republican.
You are relegated to spewing your garbage on a blog site. If you attempted to get it into any legitimate media organ, it would never pass the smell test and would wind up in the circular file together with the trash that you claim to fear would be uncollected.
Talk about my comments being "dumb," I guess that you know "dumb" when you see it, especially when you look in your bathroom mirror every morning.
But whatever you do, continue to refrain from letting the facts confuse you.
C'mon boychik, tell us all who you are, and then maybe we can have a discussion on the issues. Particularly those involving the vendetta and politically motivated campaign of that political procurer, Weitzman.
He's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.
And his comments certainly haven't gotten any more responsive.
If there is someone by the name of Moshe Rabinowitz, does anyone know where he works? I'd love to have his job.
Political procurer, Weitzman? Moshe c'mon, your the lacky for the republican machine? Doesn't that make you a political procurer also?
This guy doesn't seem to work much. Maybe he has a lucrative appointment like the Misteros.
Mr rabinowitz, I think you are the least respectful commenter I have yet to encounter here at Orthomom's blogsite. I cannot believe that you think you can get anywhere by calling somone an a$$.
Let's cut Rabinowitz a little slack for his ignorance.
His handlers obviously just cut him loose to deal with the bloggers, without much of a understanding of how the internet works.
Rabinowitz - Bloggers will continue to blog about the issues with or without identifying themselves, because that is the nature of blogs and the internet - They are information and issue oriented.
I would suggest that you get with the program or tell your handlers to give you some other assignment.
Hey anonymASS,
I see you still have trouble putting more than one thought in a single blog. Get some good health insurance. Your'e in dire need of an MRI. And take note - I am my own handler. Who is yours?
Undoubtedly you could use a job. But you'll never get one like mine which, contrary to your surmise, is in a prestigious firm in the private sector, pays extremely well, and requires a high degree of intelligence and reason .
Be a good boy. Come out of the wood work and tell us who you are, or are you in hiding because your picture is on the wall in the post office? The disclosure of your identity is prerequisite to any meaningful discussion on the issues. So is the depth of your background, experience and knowledge involving the matters of which you so ignorantly speak - qualities which you are seriously lacking.
You can call me anything you wish. After all, thay are only asserted in blogs. Call me dumb, ignorant, a lacky, ad infinitum. Trouble is -- it doesn't make you any smarter, more rational or less idiotic. Sticks and stones, don't you know.
Can you share your phone number with your fellow commenters to facilitate the meanignful discussion?
Might I point out that there is no one by the name of Moshe Rabinowitz living in the area, so this whole dialogue is kind of silly.
Hey anonymASS,
My phone number is unlisted, but i'll give it to you after your give me yours.
I guess you knocked on every door in Cedarhurst. Somehow you must have missed mine.
Oh! I forgot. There's no one by the name of Anonymous living in the area, so your dialogue is to be ignored.
If you really wanted to hear from anyone, you could always post your real name.
My phone number is unlisted, but i'll give it to you after your give me yours.
Uhuh, my name is Jeffrey Schwartz, but you won't find me listed either.
anonymous,
Give him your name and phone number already and be done with it.
Forget it Shlomo, This putz will never crawl out of his hole. I have bno more time to waste on this fool.
What kind of a putz would post his/her phone number on a blog? When are you going to get with the program?
Hey, if this works out for Rabinowitz, maybe Orthomom will post her number too.
Children children!! Moshe Rabinowitz AKA republican mouthpiece for the patronage mill.
I am not anonymous. Stop using my name.
Hey AnonymA$$ Schwartz,
Now that you've poked your head out of your hole, why don't you give me your phone number so we can deal with your issues in the real world. Maybe I'll introduce you to a good lawyer who can get you out of the legal mess that you've created for yourself. Check your mailbox - those papers will be coming soon.
Rabinowitz, don't make me laugh. If you knew anything about anything you would know how seriously we bloggers take your threat, which is not seriously at all. This is the blogging world. Rumor and innuendo rule here. And anyone who has tried to bring any charges against those who actively spread these rumors has been promptly cut down by any judge who looked at the case. There are blogs whose sole purpose are to spread rumors and mistruths about people. Every libel suit against them has crashed and burned. You can't scare us, you miserable obnoxious unpleasant ignorant excuse for a pencil-pusher.
AnonymA$$,
You hide in this pathetic blog and besmirch these selfless individuals who serve the public for little or no compensation. they keep your streets clean, maintain a reasonable tax levy and provide the best sanitation service in the area. So what if they're all related and they steer business to their friends and relatives. Who cares if they profit sometimes from their positions - everyone in Albany does too. Ultimately things run smoothly and the job gets done.
The only reason any of these issues are even raised is because people like Toback and Suozzi are jealous and want a piece of the action. These Democractic tools should mind their own business instead of poking around where they're not getting any business.
Rabinowitz, just keeeeeep on commenting. Your comments just make the cronyism and corruption charges look more valid. We obviously hit a nerve here, and your admission that the corruption actualluy does exist only helps the case. Keep up the good work!
Rabinowitz, just keeeeeep on commenting. Your comments just make the cronyism and corruption charges look more valid. We obviously hit a nerve here, and your admission that the corruption actualluy does exist only helps the case. Keep up the good work!
If this is corruption and cronyism, then you've indicted just about every politician in the country.
AnonymA$$ or Schwartz or whoever you are,
You have no idea what you're talking about and your smear campaign on this blog is meaningless as long as you refuse to show your face. No one takes an anonymous blogger seriously and none of your smear allegations would be worth anything other than in a libel suit against YOU. So why don't you tell me what your real name is and you can air your issues in a real forum.
Moshe, you claim this isn't corruption? Have you by any chance READ the sanitation audit?
That audit was orchestrated by Hevesi (we all know where he ended up) and his local tool, Weitzman. There's no reason to take any of their propaganda seriously. All this talk about "issues" in the Sanitation District and in the Village of Cedarhurst is nothing more than a cheap attack by the Democratic machine.
Rabinowitz, now I know that you're nothing but a crony here to do the garbage dept's dirty work. The audit was damning and that's all there is to it, no matter what motivated the Dems to initiate it.
If there really were any issues, you would run your anonymA$$ against these so called "cronies" instead of taking potshots at them from under your rock.
Don't you worry, Rabinowitz. We reform-minded and disgusted citizens will absolutely put someone against these small-time crooks masquerading as civil servants.
Reform? I could have sworn you were Orthodox. Make up your mind schmuck!
That was cute. Mr. Rabinowitz reminds me of the people who supported President Nixon by saying that all Presidents do the same thing. Whatever, Mr.Rabinowitz you have convinced me to contribute, even if only in a modest way to a serious candidate that runs on a platform to correct the abuses in the Sanitary District. Of course I have a question for you ..... if the Sanitary District's Board changes over the next three years and there is a loss of jobs, and the jobless wind up on the payroll of Cedarhurst, will you still defend cronyism?
If, if, if. If my grandmother had baitzim, she'd be my grandfather. And if you had any baitzzim you'd reveal youself.
It certainly says a lot about the local machine that they selected such a crude and disgusting mouthpiece like you.
It certainly says a lot about the local whiners and malcontents who a cowardly ignoramus like you represents.
And the so called "audit" is nothing more than a political tool used by the political procurer, Weitzman when he ran for higher office and resurrected by him in his attempt to replace that crook, Hevesi. I believe he is a Democrat. How about that anti-semite, Carter, the sodomizer, Clinton and his power hungry, hypocrite wife. They are undoubtedly your kind of folks. Disgusting and crude.
If you don't like "disgusting: and "crude" that's too bad. But it's an appropriate and deserving response to the lies, distortions and just plain dreck that you put out there.
That's very funny. Youre local handlers - Mistero and Parise make Hevesi look like an angel.
It's good you found the internet. This blog certainly wouldn't be very entertaining without you. Can you think of any honest Democrats out there, or can one only be honest as a Republican loyalist?
Are they taking care of you nicely for your efforts to try to diffuse their bad press? What kind of deal do you have? Cash payments from the club account? Free dumpster in you driveway? Getting your zoning approvals expedited? (Yes, I suppose there's no shortage of lucrative benefits for all of the local machine cronies.)
Like I said. You have a dirty mind. Your perverted view of the world has so overtaken any shred of sense, decency or objectivity that you may have come into the world with, that you can't see straight. Comparing our local leaders who run an honest and clean government to the convicted felon, Hevesi, and claiming that they are worse than him is beyond the pale and evidences a sick and perverted mind. Explain Carter, the Clintons, that hypocrite Orthodox Jew, Sheldon Silver, who belongs in prison and yes, even the Republican Bruno, Silver's across the aisle compatriot. You can't. Democrats and Republicans both have their crosses to bear, but a smarmy worm like you is unbearable. Do us all a favor and get your head out of your ass and replace it with your computer.
Moshe,
Let me understand your thinking on Hevasi. His outing of the corruption in the school districts was political? Aren't the folks in Roslyn and William Floyd in jail.
Your opinion is that Hevasi's audit of the santatation district is strictly political and without merit? You feel that Parise & Mistero are the patron saints of the 5 towns? Try and be somewhat reasonable with your logic.
How do you rationalize the audits in the school districts if the sanatation audit was political?
This discussion has nothing at all to do with the Roslyn and William Floyd school districts and your attempt to mix these issues together doesn't buy you any credibility.
Parise and Mistero are dedicated public servants who have earned their positions and their fine reputations by working hard for all of their constituents. Unlike you, these individuals are interested in the needs of everyone who lives here - not just you and your type. Unlike you, these people have dedicated their lives to public service, rather than just hoarding the almighty dollar. They and their families have worked selflessly for decades to build these communities so that you and your bloodsucker friends can live here comfortably. Your perverted lack of gratitude towards these individuals is disgraceful.
You are nothing more than one rodent hiding under a rock. Why don't you show you face so everyone can better appreciate what a sicko you are.
That's very funny, as usual. These guys and their cronies are corrupt politicians of the highest order. They haven't earned an honest buck for themselves or any of their friends or family members for as long as anyone can remember.
The fact that they've lived here their entire lives or most of their lives doesn't translate to an entitlement to have their hands in everyone's pockets. Taxpayers have no need for the "godfathers" in local government. There's a reason why the mafia has gone out of style and these godfathers aren't that far behind.
Whether you respect the opinion of fellow residents or not, this is still a democracy and residents have a right to their opinion and a right to vote. The demographics are changing and whether or not their old-school mafia style of governing ingratiated them in the eyes of their friends and family who get their handouts and no-show jobs, the growing majority does not belong to their mafia, does not receive their handouts and no-show jobs but foots the bill with their taxes. People around here tend to vote when their pockets are being picked, so this regime's days are numbered.
Rabinowitz, maybe it's time you started cozying up with some honest politicians. You probably won't get the same type of perks and handouts, but there are some honest,less tangible benefits that you can probably get.
With your tenacity (and free time), I'm sure they'd value your allegiance.
Moshe-What is the difference between Hevasi exposing crooks in his school district audits and exposing crooks in his sanatation district audits? That should be a simple enough question for you to comprehend and answer.
Hey AnonymASS,
The only perks and handouts I get, are a well run village and excellent sanitation service. What do you think that you will get by replacing them with wannabees and incompetents.
By bringing references to the Mafia into the discussion, you have revealed yourself to be nothing more than a racist and virtual hate criminal. What's next? Maybe you think that our local leaders came down off a UFO! I'll be pleased to book you on the next one leaving the planet - One Way!
Rebbitzen,
We'll be happy to listen to what you have to say, when you know anything - about anything.
Enough already!
Shlomo,
You spelled rabinowitz's name wrong.
Hey anonymASS,
Is that all you've got to say. Look at your blogs. You spelled words wrong. I made a typo, What's your excuse.
And...have you started your civil rights rehab program yet? You shouldn't wait. Otherwise, before you know it, you'll be going after blacks and Hispanics. Can Jews be far behind?
Hey Moshe-get a life.
I may not have a life, but at least I get all perks I could possibly wish for from Cedarhurst and the Sanitation District
I don't know who this blogger is who claims to be me. Undoubtedly, part of the subterfuge and underhanded methods of anonymASS and therebitzen. And to therebbitzen - is all you can do is secnd the sentiment? Or don't you have an original thought in your empty head? Or are you just anonymASS' alter ego?
We now know the identity of fivetowneyes - someone with the initials EBH. The legal papers are being drawn up. See you in court.
MOSHE RABINOWITZ said...
I don't know who this blogger is who claims to be me. Undoubtedly, part of the subterfuge and underhanded methods of anonymASS and therebitzen. And to therebbitzen - is all you can do is secnd the sentiment? Or don't you have an original thought in your empty head? Or are you just anonymASS' alter ego?
"Moshe", thanks for letting all of us who doubted the identity you presented for yourself know for certain! 5:20 PM was too late for any observant Jew to be posting. I guess your fake name is a front for Mistero and the rest of the gang. The details always trip you up, my friend "Moshe".
Hey anonymASS,
That was not my message. Probably the work of one of your malcontent cohorts setting me up for some future libel. At 5:20 P.M. on Friday, I was getting ready to attend shul - where I prayed to G-D that your perverted view of things would somehow change for the better. So what you think you know about me is just another one of the delusions from which you suffer.
MOSHE RABINOWITZ said...
Hey anonymASS,
That was not my message. Probably the work of one of your malcontent cohorts setting me up for some future libel. At 5:20 P.M. on Friday, I was getting ready to attend shul - where I prayed to G-D that your perverted view of things would somehow change for the better. So what you think you know about me is just another one of the delusions from which you suffer.
Moshe, I don't believe you. First of all, 5:20 was quite late to be "getting ready for shul". You would know that if you were who you say you are. You're a fraud and we all know it. Orthomom, you see the ISO addresses - was Friday afternoon's commenter the as the original "Moshe Rabinowitz"?
Who cares about what you believe? I know the truth. What you believe is so far off the beaten path, your comments about what or who you believe don't mean anything. Next Friday, I'll make sure to check with you to know what time I should be getting to shul. I know who I am and I'm not afraid to let you or anyone else know it. So, who are you! Until you get up the courage to answer that question, we all know who the fraud is.
Next Friday, I'll make sure to check with you to know what time I should be getting to shul.
I would check next week if I were you, "Moshe". Then perhaps you wouldn't have made the same mistake you made this past Friday.
I know who I am and I'm not afraid to let you or anyone else know it.
Yes. We know who you are too. And I highly doubt it's "Moshe Rabinowitz".
You know who I am? But you only "highly doubt" I am who I say I am. It looks like you're not sure. So tell me, who am I! I'd like to know. So would my wife and children. As I said, that post on Friday after sundown was not mine. I suspect that it is a piece of anonymASS' work, orchestrated to change the subject and continue to refuse to come clean. Why don't you answer anonymASS' question, "was Friday afternoon's commenter the (sic) as the original 'Moshe Rabinowitz'?" Yes or no! I know for a fact that the answer is "no," and so do you.
Hey anonymASS,
Have you started a twelve point program to help get you past your racism and hatred of Italians? Maybe you can find one that will cure you of your other problems, as well.
Why don't you answer anonymASS' question, "was Friday afternoon's commenter the (sic) as the original 'Moshe Rabinowitz'?" Yes or no! I know for a fact that the answer is "no," and so do you.
Uh, Moshe? Do you really want me to answer that definitively? Are you giving me permission to disclose information about your IP? Because we both know for a fact what the answer is. Are you trying to call my bluff? Say the word...
Moshe, you take the cake as one of the most offensive and obnoxious commenters in my blog's history - and that says a lot, considering the lows some of my commenters have reached in the past. The only reason I've allowed you to continue is for the simple fact that you make no one but yourself look bad with your crude rantings and ravings. We all know you are vested in this discussion. You show up out of the blue, never having commented here before, and proceed to throw insults (but no coherent counterarguments) at anyone who you feel is impugning the great honor of our sanitation department. The selfsame sanitation department that has been clearly documented to have been on the take for years. Are we to believe that you, claiming to be nothing more than a concerned local Orthodox citizen, feel more strongly about the local sanitation department being impugned than about any other local issue I've posted about?
Don't make me laugh.
"Moshe Rabinowitz is not a real name. You guys are right about the posting so close to shabbos. Only a dumb goy would have tried to pull that off."
Close to shabbos? He didn't post close to shabbos, 5:20 was already shabbos for almost a quarter of an hour by any estimate. Candlelighting was 4:47 in my house. Even 18 minutes later can't possibly give "Moshe" enough time to post at 5:20. You guys are all right. This "moshe" guy's a fraud.
How is Phil Mistero affiliated with the Village of Cedarhurst?
I just saw Phil Mistero's name printed on a petition nominating Parise and his boys for the next village election. It seems that Phil was selected by Parise for a special committee to fill any vacancies in the upcoming Village election.
I guess Parise considers it an honor to have the Chief of Sanitation Corruption serving in the village too.
As far as Moshe Rabinowitz - he made comments that were echoed in the newspapers by someone from Sanitary District # 1. He also has enough jewish background (but not orthodox) to throw a few words around - read the comments in the paper carefully and compare it to the comments on this site. from the district. If you read about comments in the Herald and other papers and read the comments he made about the "witch hunt" that the comptroller's office was on ("Hevesi being a thief"), these are exactly the same words used both in the paper and in this blog.
As for Evola, he'll have his day. "Moshe" should watch his own back.
During sanitary elections last July, I polled many Orthodox people. Surprisingly, many of them backed Joe Candella for re-election. That made no sense to me, except there are those who like their service and don't want to rock the boat. There are ways of making the system more efficient without changing the service. Believe me. There is a LOT of FLUFF on the top.
This who topic turned into a threatening tone. Everyone should watch out for legal papers.
Blogs are very much different than a website written by one person. Orthomom has little to do with the opinions of others. And they are just opinions.
I think dear Moshe WORKS in Cedarhurst but LIVES on the North Shore. Threatening people with lawsuits is just plain stupid. If one is clearly innocent, all the accusations in the world won't stick.
Moshe FINALLY learned how to use a computer and now looks to blogs to threaten people with lawsuits. over to kill you"), our blogs are safe. But I have a suspicion that there is a lawyer or two on this site looking for names and identities so that he can make more money through the municipality(ies) he may represent. Taking MOSHE'S example of Bill Clinton, he did NOT have sexual relations with THAT woman. He had an inappropriate affair, but not intercourse. So much for MOSHE'S example.
MOSHE is definitely going to great lengths to defend the village of Cedarhurst and the Sanitary District, don't you think? ABNORMALLY great lengths - and to have people divulge their identities so that he can make more money suing people - just like a lawyer. AND, he's looking for specifics on certain people.
Well, maybe there's a lot of HEAT on Moshe too. Hmmm..... But that is just MY opinion - not fact.
It seems like the entire slate of sanitation officials and employees are part of this machine. But aren't there a few people "in the Village" who aren't in the Mistero family tree?
Do they all just look the other way?
Maybe Moshe can shed some light on that question rather than to only attack or severely defend.
Moshe Rabinowitz -- who, in all likelihood, is not really Moshe Rabinowitz -- holds himself out as a pious man, a religious Jew.
Clearly, he is as phony as a three dollar bill -- or, should I say, as Phil Mistero, Nat Swergold and Sal Evola are honest.
A religious Jew would never cast aspersion upon others, resorting to slurs and name-calling. In fact, to cast such stones is a sin.
Then again, I am sure Rabinowitz (or is it Swergold?) never so much as read the Ten Commandments, let alone adheres to them!
You have to love this guy, though, for, religious observer or not, he is an anherent to ritual, following the leaders of the Sanitary District, and the dogma of the GOP, where they will eventually take all of us -- TO THE POOR HOUSE.
No one in his or her right mind could stand up for the corruption and dishonesty of the Sanitation Districts. And its a damn shame that we, as taxpayers and decent, law-abiding citizens, refuse to stand up to these special districts, as well as to Town Hall.
For greater insight into the insanity of the Sanitary Districts, and for posts on quality of life issues that impact upon every one of us -- with the notable exception of Moshe Rabinowitz, who is content to fiddle while Rome burns -- READ THE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE BLOG EVERY DAY AT
http://thecommunityalliance.blogspot.com/
Oops. Are the Community Alliance bloggers going to get hit with a libel suit too? Maybe Moshe/Legal Eagle will be busy with his typewriter - up all night (billing at Cedarhurst and Sanitary District expense of course)more paperwork.
The fact that someone is writing about this same subject in another blog tells me that there is a lot of smoke out there. And when there's smoke...
It is quite obvious that anonymASS, fivetowncockeyes and orthomomser are all the same person, combined into a single pile of filth who should crawl back into the hole from whence it emerged. Religious Jews never cast aspersions on other Jews? I guess you never heard of the Satmar and those Orthodox yentas who daily indulge in Loshan Hora while gabbing in the aisles at GG. I have no problem being true to my faith and casting aspersions at anyone, including alleged coreligionists, who hide behind aliases so thay can lie, abuse decent people and destroy reputations. You cannot accept the fact that I am who I say I am, because you refuse to say who you are. You cannot accept the fact that an Orthodox Jew supports the establishment, because your misguided thinking has you believing that we all walk in lockstep with the likes of you - or at least should.
Now that the political pimp Wetizman is on Spitzer's short list for State Comptroller, it has become more apparent that it was no coincidence that the audit report was simultaneously resurrected with his self promoting campaign, kissing Spitzer's ring up in Albany? The timing of this revelation and his attempt to run for higher office expose Weitzman's political motivation in concocting the findings in the report. If there was any truth in it, how come D.A. Rice has terminated her investigation without taking further action. You won't read about it in that left wing rag, Newsday.
As for the community alliance website, the identities of the wannabees and malcontents behind it are well known, expecially the one hiding in the shadows, whose afraid that the big shot lobbying law firm he works for will find out about his activities - activities which go against the interests of their Fortune 500 clients. The time will soon come when he will find himself on the unemployment line.
Oy "Moshe". You're just going to keep digging yourself deeper, aren't you.
AMEN Orthomom!
Swergold makes over $80k/yr working part time for the Sanitary District. I guess they pay him more than enough to troll the blogs.
What does this guy do when he's not spinning tales for the local machine?
Do people actually pay for his doubletalk in court?
Speaking of elections, they had a meeting of "public school advocates" last nite in Inwood. Rumor has it that someone who holds a job with Sanitation, who has children in the school, and whose wife may have held a job with the school district will be running for school board. We may not like the way the money is spent in the Sanitary District, but I guess they might not like the way the new Board is trying to be efficient.
"Loshan Hora," Mr. Rabinowitz? What would you know about Loshan Hora?
You are a disgrace to all that is holy, all that is good, all that is decent.
Shame on you, Moshe Rabinowitz, whoever you are!
And shame on all of us for letting the scoundrels at the Sanitary Districts -- and those who pull the strings at Hempstead Town Hall and the Nassau GOP -- for allowing this travesty, this injustice, this rape of community, to continue!
For all of you fed up with the Special Taxing Districts, there is a glimmer of hope. There is a new organization called Residents for Efficient Special Districts (RESD) which is slowly becoming a watchdog organization for the special taxing districts. They have a really nice website at http://www.resd.info with some good information. They are looking for more people to join and help the cause. RESD is made up of both Democrats and Republicans. This is not some fringe group with an agenda. We are suffering death by government. This is your chance to help change things for the better and bring some common sense and pragmatism back to local government.
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This "Moshe" fellow is about as Orthodox as bagels and lox. He knows all the same yiddish and jewish words that my gentile secretary knows from answering my phone.
The funny thing is that he thinks his spin will carry more weight if he makes believe he's Orthodox and throws around a few jewish words. But these issues have nothing to do with religion, and no one here really cares what anyone's religious persuasion is, so long as they comment on the issues.
Hey anonymASS,
It's big of you to hire a gentile. You seem to think that there are too many of them working for the Sanitation District. Couldn't you find a nice Jewish person for the job - someone who won't influence your children? Or is your employee the most qualified to do the job.
You are all (if you are more than one person, which is doubtful) repeating yourself (yourselves?)
Try Gas-X. It might help.
Hey anonymASS,
It's big of you to hire a gentile. You seem to think that there are too many of them working for the Sanitation District. Couldn't you find a nice Jewish person for the job - someone who won't influence your children? Or is your employee the most qualified to do the job.
You are all (if you are more than one person, which is doubtful) repeating yourself (yourselves?)
Try Gas-X. It might help.
Hey aonymASS,
What's this "amen" business. Shouldn't it be "awmayn," or is your gentile secretary having an untoward influence?
Moshe has such a big mouth for a little putz who pays his secretary slave wages. On top of that he speaks to officials the same way he speaks to us in this forum.
I would characterize him as another "Bruce Cutler" - protecting the interests of organized crime.
How many Jews work at the sanitation on the trucks? Why aren't there any?
C'mon Nat, Why don't you dust off that old hebrew-english dictionary? Maybe you'll come up with something more impressive than meshuggah or chutzpah.
I would guess there are just as many as you'll find in a certain family tree. (zero)
12:25 AM: Please - don't insult our intelligence. These are highly visible positions on public payrolls that are easily searched. The players and sub-players are already known. There is a very long and specific family tree.
Hey anonymASS,
You forgot, "gay in der erdt, kish mir in toochis, vehr geharghet, gay cocken off'n yom." Or did you lose your dictionary. You think that I'm Swergold? You better be sure, because he is a lawyer and I just a layman. But I know enough about law and electronics to know that your days as "anonymASS" are over. We know who you are.
You want to know why there are no Jews working on sanitation trucks? That's easy. They prefer to pursue careers as doctors, lawyers and yes, real estate appraisers and mortgage brokers, if you know what I mean.
By the way, I may just be the one standing next to you in shul on Shabbos, listening to every word of your vile remarks when you should be davening.
Hey fivetowncockeyes,
If you want to know who posted that blog in my name after sundown, ask your colleague in defamation, anonymASS. A setup if I ever saw one. You have questions? How about answering some of mine? Or, do you suffer from selective curiosity.
Hey anonymASS,
You forgot, "gay in der erdt, kish mir in toochis, vehr geharghet, gay cocken off'n yom." Or did you lose your dictionary. You think that I'm Swergold? You better be sure, because he is a lawyer and I just a layman. But I know enough about law and electronics to know that your days as "anonymASS" are over. We know who you are.
You want to know why there are no Jews working on sanitation trucks? That's easy. They prefer to pursue careers as doctors, lawyers and yes, real estate appraisers and mortgage brokers, if you know what I mean.
By the way, I may just be the one standing next to you in shul on Shabbos, listening to every word of your vile remarks when you should be davening.
Hey fivetowncockeyes,
If you want to know who posted that blog in my name after sundown, ask your colleague in defamation, anonymASS. A setup if I ever saw one. You have questions? How about answering some of mine? Or, do you suffer from selective curiosity.
Looks like you couldn't find a hebrew-english dictionary
Try this: http://www.dictionary.co.il/index.php
For anyone worried about being sued for defamation, remember, TRUTH IS AN ABSOLUTE DEFENSE! Any suit -- by the SD1 Commissioners, Evola, or Swergold himself -- would be deemed frivilous, the full weight of the evidence being against those who misappropriate our tax dollars. [Not only that, but the press will bury them, and elected officials, including the Town of Hempstead Supervisor, will be forced to repudiate the likes of Evola and Swergold.]
As for Moshe Rabinowitz, can anyone say "straight jacket?" Exhibit "A" in the insanity defense...
"You want to know why there are no Jews working on sanitation trucks? That's easy. They prefer to pursue careers as doctors, lawyers and yes, real estate appraisers and mortgage brokers, if you know what I mean."
What a racist remark. I know for a fact some Jewish men applied - and heard nothing, yet those with "connections" were hired. Why they didn't pursue this further, I cannot answer. Oh yes, there are Jewish electricians, plumbers, contractors, floor cleaners, etc. A very racist remark.
As far as your yiddish is concerned, my grandmother spoke it. A person in Orthodox circles wouldn't lean only on yiddish "old country" phrases. Another clue that you are b.s.
We all don't think you are a layman at all. You gave that away a long time ago in this blog. Anyone who travels in the circles of the Misteros, Cittadinos and Parises and DEFEND the Sanitary District are suspicious. Believe me, they don't allow too many people in their circles unless their either: 1) have to (elected) or 2) have something over your head. They all have dirty hands - co-horts.
and you people who are out to destroy a PUBLIC school district have clean hands?
Before "us people" got involved you had a system with spiraling costs,and downward achievement. The "at risk" children have never been served,you have a segregated school system,and in spite of some of the highest paid teachers in Nassau County and a student teacher ratio of about 9 to One the only thing that goes up are teacher salaries. Now,when Dr. Mansdorf amd company try to right the ship with efficiencies, outside consultants and common sense you use double talk to say we are trying to destroy a system. I guess if transparency,good fiscal management and accountability are trying try to "destroy a system" then we are guilty. Just maybe you are mixing up the heroes with the villains.
I don't know what these "us people" and "you people" characterizations have to do with the corruption in the sanitation district. My children are in public school and I'll vote for anyone but Mansdorf, but I'd vote for Mansdorf any day over the Mistero crew in the sanitation district.
Too bad Mistero has his hands in the school district too. You just can't get away from him job-mongering. Anytime/anywhere there are tax dollars to be spent around here, he needs to control the jobs. What's worse - a school district with Mansdorf at the helm or Mistero in the till?
Nice to see the new Assistant Superintendent driving around in the Sanitary District-leased Explorer. He is none other than George Pappas, son of Edith Mistero and nephew of Phil and Jesse Mistero. Apparently Joseph Kenn has jumped ship.
With all of these allegations over their head, they STILL keep everything status quo.
where we are paying among the highest per/property taxes ($579 in 2006)
Awwww poor widdle middle-class suboibinite has to pay high taxes. I'll tell you about high taxes. I pay almost $2,000 a year in property taxes on a modest little semi-detached in Baltimore City that wouldn't fetch more than $250K if I tried to sell it today. It could be worse, as Maryland has a system to keep property taxes from rising too suddenly because of increases in property values -- my assessed value for tax purposes is < $100K, so i would shudder to think what the taxes would be were I assessed a full market value.
All that said, the folks at Baltimore City Department of Public Works are polite and professional when I call, and I generally have no problem with the trash collectors.
Maybe you need to move down here to Dixie. Lot's of orthodox here, too, though most of 'em are a little ary of all the New Yorkers moving down and driving up property values, thus messing up housing affordability within the eruv.
Of all of the irrelevant comments that I've seen around here, yours certainly takes the cake. Do you have any clue what people around here pay in property taxes?
My sanitation taxes alone are almost the entire property tax our friend is paying in Baltimore. If I lived that close to Washington DC, I would do very well financially.
So the comment on taxes in Baltimore really is irrelevant.
Hey all you malcontents,
I prefer old time Yiddish. It was the language of the Jews who came to the U.S. during the great migration from the shtetls of Eastern Europe and who established a Yiddish culture and way of life here, which unfortunately no longer exists. In those days, Hebrew was a "dead" language. Today it is Yiddish. I try to keep it alive. Without those caring and determined refugees from the anti-semitism of late ninteenth and early twentieth century Europe, today's Jewish communities in this country would not exist. The displaced survivors of Hitler's death camps would still be displaced. They sent them care packages, sponsored them at personal financial risk so they could come to America and live the good life. They took them into their homes. How many of you remember the HIAS? How many of you would do any of this, today? Those events are drawn from my own memory and actual experience. They saved many of those poor wretches who through their efforts were able to come here, prosper and produce progeny, like yourselves, so you could experience the good life. Some of those descendants are probably some of you. Instead of complaining about all that is made to work in our community, you should appreciate what you've got. Because I don't go along with your carping ingratitude, you question my authenticity and send out counterfeit messages after Shabbos begins, attributing them to me to demean my sincerity. You deserve no rsepect and nothing more than the tenor of my messages because you engage in half truths, assertions unsubstantiated by facts, fraud and hide behind aliases to conceal your identities.
I know as much or not more Ivrit as any of you, and do not need anyone to tell me how and in what language to express my comments. I have a second home in Israel and spend two months out of every year there, give ten per cent of my income to Jewish charities. "Tzduckah," or do any of you would-be intelligentsia have a better word for it? I will proudly match my Yiddishkeit to that claimed by any of you malcontents and hypocrites.
The would-be legal mind who informs us that truth is a defense to claims of defamation, is correct. But half truths, rumors and outright lies are not. When you call someone a crook, you had better be able to prove it. When all was said and done, the politically motivated Weitzman audit couldn't prove any criminality. Neither can any of you. D.A. Rice's refusal to take this any further action is proof of this. If I was a lawyer, I'd advise you all to start tranferring your assets.
Hey all you malcontents,
I forgot. one more thing.
"Gay in der erdt, kish mir in toochis, vehr geharghet undt gay cocken off'n yom!"
Thanks for the wishes Moshe, I mean Nat.
I have a second home in Israel and spend two months out of every year there
Uhu, and my other car is a lamborghini.
Nathaniel, with a little bit of effort and a dictionary, you could probably learn a few hebrew words to add to your collection. Granted, you'll still need to worry about using them out of context, but that's what makes your posts all the more entertaining.
And you may want to elaborate a little more on some other orthodox practices like mikvah and mezuzah - your "Tzduckah" sounds like it was lifted from a third-rate actor with a glue-on beard and sidecurls.
Again, we have lost focus of the subject.
As far as "Moshe" is concerned, be continues to defend the goings on of the Sanitary District - and has intimate knowledge of it.
Why were there so many "no bid" contracts? When new fences and landscaping was done on and around district property, including the flagpoles and flags, why didn't they go up for bid? I read the Herald every week and have never seen those things go up for bid - including the two Ford Explorers that are leased. I remember before Phil took the helm, a short guy used to drive around in a gray, older vehicle. Was that not enough? Why was another position at $100K+ position created after Phil took helm - but it was okay when he was commissioner?
These are tax dollars - MY tax dollars we are talking about. These are the taxes of the struggling families in the area who are not only trying to educate their children in our communities, whether it be public or private. We spend our money shopping in the area, supporting the local economy. So the strong claims both Weitzman and Hevesi's offices wrote about (they don't do the audits personally, so I am sure all those professional accountants are all lying), where is the tightening of the belts? Wages being paid 20% above collective bargaining agreement, people who show up twice a month for meetings receive retirement and health benefits? Workers who work 15 hours a week and get paid for 40?
This sounds like a political patronage mill if I ever heard of.
Moshe, give us answers rather than the general "politically motivated" banter you have been spewing.
Let's face it. We all know the sanitary district is as corrupt as they come. This is old-school corruption, which the Mistero machine has come to rely on to support all of their family and friends. Rather than cleaning up their act in response to the audit, they seem to be staying the course. I guess they consider it a vindication that there haven't been any criminal charges as of yet (Moshe's probably taking credit for that). It's self evident that the taxpayers are getting fleeced by these guys every day that they control the district, and that's not going to change until they're all imprisoned or voted out.
But it would be interesting to know how much of the same corruption exists in the Village of Cedarhurst.
Parise's books don't get much scrutiny from anyone, because he manages keep the budget somewhat level, with all the extra taxes coming in from local businesses. Obviously, this is not so much a function of good budgeting as it results from what is one of the proportionally highest business tax bases that exists in the area (as compared to the village's residential property tax base). So the fiscal abuses are not as identifiable as they are in Sanitary District 1. But the village shares its accountant/treasurer with Sanitary District 1, and he's undoubtedly using the same funny math in the village as he is in the district.
The cronyism in the village is alive and well and is comparable to that of the Sanitary District. The mayor has managed to bring in every one of his friends and family (who aren't already employed by the sanitary district) and provides them with salaries, benefits and in some cases, a steady stream of business from locals who need permits.
There is a well-known quote, "sunlight is the best disinfectant". Enough said.
Another well known quote" The best defense is a good offense. Hear to tell, some from the Sanitary District may be running for the School Board.
Moshe,
Try to get it right this week - shkeias hachamah is at 5:14.
“I can't comment on the veracity of many of the claims about Cedarhurst (and I don't even live in Cedarhurst).”
“I don't know much about the Parise "regime" or the Sanitation issues.”
So shut up!
You malcontents finally figured out that I am Nathan Swergold. I confess. Wait a minute! I thought I’m Clarence Darrow, or maybe F. Lee Bailey. Maybe I am Perry Mason. Definitely not Alan Dershowitz or Twerski, shkeias hachamah, don’t you know. Or maybe, I am you, anonymASS, posting a blog in my name after Shabbos. Probably not! You see, you really don’t exist.
AnonymASS, fivetowncockeyes, orthomomser and thebebbitzer,
Instead of cherry picking from my remarks, you have no answers to my declarations about the motives of the pimpster, Weitzman, the convicted felon, Hevesi or the deafening silence from D.A. Rice on the report. A sad case of mental constipation, perhaps? Or maybe there just are no answers. C’mon, your perverted, miserable minds can come up with something.
Just remember that "it ain't over until the fat lady sings."
I don't think the Sanitary district will get away unscathed. When the laws are passed to consolidate local municipalities and have strict oversight, a lot of people will be looking for jobs - and I don't mean the guys who pick up my garbage. It will be the liars and the manipulators who have been "living large" off the taxpayer's money that will be looking for a job. Perhaps they could put their applications in to pick up garbage. Wouldn't THAT be something? Imagine 80 something year old Nat Swergold on the unemployment line.
I wouldn't be too concerned. He'll move into the Mistero estate in Atlantic Beach.
AnonymASS,
"When the laws are passed to consolidate local municipalities and have strict oversight, a lot of people will be looking for jobs..."
Nassau County is a lot bigger than the five towns, only three of which have been invaded to any degree by refugees from Brooklyn and Queens. The Mosheach will come before consolidation, so don't hold your breath, or maybe you should.
I have a great idea for peace in the district. Lets call it the cronyism fund. Everyone gets to pay a tax based on what an average honest district would charge. Then the fund would come in. People who supported the excess, perhaps like Mr. Rabinowitz could contribute to the fund and make up the difference from average to cronyism. Given the large number of District residents who Mr. Rabinowitz is sure support the District there will be no problem raising the funds. The overall amount of liability will not change. Only, those that do not support excess, cronyism and patronage will be able to stop paying for it.
AnonymASS,
It looks like you have something against anyone who has a job, pays taxes and contributes to the economy. You ought to try it and give your computer a rest. But you'll be happy when your cronies take over and do the very things you're complaining about? If that ever happens, you will disappear. So, maybe that's not such a bad idea. The next sacrificial lamb that you put up for election could use your disappearance as a campaign promise. And maybe, just maybe, you can come up with someone who doesn't work for the anti-Israel, Islamic emirate, Qatar. Perhaps someone who works for Saudi Arabia, Syria or even Iran.
Too bad he lost. That guy has a lot of experience dealing with garbage. But all is not lost. I hear there's an opening in Dearborn, Michigan.
FiveTownCockEyes,
If anyone is sad it's you and your cowardly pals hiding behind a nom de plume. You think your smart enough to know anything about me. Think again, if you are capable of thinking. According to your pathetic narrow mindedness, I must be a secular Jew because I don't march in lock step to your misguided view of government and politics.
As far as my comment about three of the Five Towns which have been invaded by refugees from Brooklyn and Queens, I did not describe them as belonging to any particular race or group. YOUR REMARKS TELLL US WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE! So who is the real racist? if you are referring to Jewish people in your comment, as I conclude you are, since when are Jews a race? Ever hear of the Yemenite Jews, the Jews in India, China and Black Africa? There are Jews of all races. So I guess you are not really a racist. Just an ethnic bigot.
FiveTownEyes said...
Then "Moshe", please clarify for all of us SPECIFICALLY to whom you were referring to when you said ""Nassau County is a lot bigger than the five towns, only three of which have been invaded to any degree by refugees from Brooklyn and Queens".
FiveTownCockEyes,
I'll give you all the specifics that you want, after YOU and your phony rumor mongering- oops! loshen hora pals let us all know who you are! It's Friday. Is this one early enough for you?
Moshe-MOUTH Let's meet at Toddy's Wednesday morning at 7:30am. I'll be the one in a suit, blue shirt, red tie.
You mean Toddy's the merchant whose was arm-twisted into becoming Shomer Shabbos.
Sorry, can't meet you on Wednesday morning. I'll be trading at my job in the financial district. But I'm pleased to hear that you have plenty of idle time to sip coffee at Toddy's on a weekday. It explains a lot. Idle time leads to addled minds.
And... the only suit you'll be wearing is the wrong end of a lawsuit.
No doubt Joe Stalin would have been pleased about the red tie.
very convincing bit about the financial district
would you like us to believe you trade in your sanitation hat for a job in the financial district on wednesdays?
Moshe MOUTH What market are you trading at 7:30am? You must work long days-How do you find time to see Mondello, Mistero and Parise to get your spins on politico's?
Why would I or any rational person care about what bitter malcontents, wannabees, ignoramuses and yellow bellies like you and your pals believe? You think I work for the Sanitary District? Think again! That is if you have the capacity for thinking. But probably not, since you and your coterie are the real garbage men.
Maybe an extended stay in one of those mental homes in the Rockaways might just help you. If you tried it, it would definitely help the rest of us.
Moshe-MOUTH Can we make a reservation for you? What's a convenient time for us to meet. I realize your Sooooooo busy-but you're the one hiding now.
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