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I've opposed adding new "federal holidays" for decades and truly believe most of the existing ones should be revoked. They're a waste of taxpayer money and insulting to the working poor. All of the civic/historic people and events they claim to "honor" would be better accomplished by keeping kids in school to participate in observances rather than sitting home playing video games.....while paying billions of dollars to government employees to not work (and paying the essential employees double time and a half to show up). And how about the lower economic class? How nice that the working class can "celebrate" the holiday by waiting on all the government employees their taxes support. Because a lot of those government employees spend their holiday shopping or eating out. Those non-union service and retail workers don't really benefit from having a "federal holiday". They're still working, or losing a day's pay if they don't come in. Since their kids' teachers are all having a paid day off, they have to lose wages or find childcare.
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This made me chuckle:
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Chemung County Politics Open Chat
MsKreed replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Chemung County Politics
It really is surprising that he'd leave sooner, if his term limits aren't up for two more cycles. After the County Republican Committee's "Disloyalty Report", could his strategy be to concentrate on the local "Horseheads" division of the Republican Committee (where he might feel he has more "allies)? Or, maybe he's under the impression that his previous terms are counted in the limits....OR perhaps I could be mistaken about the Term Limit law? I was sure it began with the current term when I was researching and sharing details about the public referendum.....but unfortunately, the County Charter online is an outdated version so it’s hard to double-check. On the Legislature page, there are two links to the Charter, and neither are current. The link at the top left of the page is labeled “Chemung County Charter (PDF)” and is a scanned image that isn’t searchable. There’s another link at the bottom right identified as “Chemung County Charter (as amended by Local Law No. 2 of 2022)”. That one opens to a searchable pdf document......but they are both obsolete. The districts are still defined as the 2013 borders and populations derived from the 2010 Census. And Articles II and III (LEGISLATIVE BRANCH/EXECUTIVE BRANCH) sections do not reflect the 2023 Local Laws that implemented Term Limits. On that note, @Lawana Morse or @Bill McCarthy.....Can one of you please reach out to the webmaster/IT and have that updated the to current Charter (ideally in searchable document format, rather than scanned image)? -
a brief outrage ? I thought I misread that....but you may have meant to spell it like that. It still works. LOL
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Chemung County Politics Open Chat
MsKreed replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Chemung County Politics
The way I understood it, the Legislature term limits (three 4-year terms) started with the current 2023-2027 term (elected in 2022). And the previous terms were sort of grandfathered in. If I understood correctly, then all current legislators can still run in 2026 and 2030....and serve through 2034. -
Chemung County Politics Open Chat
MsKreed replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Chemung County Politics
I believe so. The Charter is available (HERE) online (although it hasn't been updated to reflect the redistricting after 2020 Census or the Term Limits). Under "Section 201. County Legislature; Members; Qualification", subsection 5 says.... -
Chemung County Politics Open Chat
MsKreed replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Chemung County Politics
For those of you who are (unconstitutionally) blocked form his page....here's the rest of the self-promotional blather: -
Chemung County Politics Open Chat
MsKreed replied to Twin Tiers Living's topic in Chemung County Politics
I haven't found this "press release" in any local news outlets. The announcement appears to only be on his own FB page. So it's basically just Joe referring to himself in the third person and "quoting" himself. The entire notice may be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legislatorbrennan -
I love this idea!! The Re-Store is just down the road from me and always had a broad selection.....a lot more furniture, fixtures and DIY material than clothes and toys that most thrift sores carry. So Tool Library is a good complement. It took them about a year to reopen after a fire in 2023, so they fell off my radar. I used to try to swing by every month or so to see what they had for sale. I need to get back into that habit. Their website (https://www.habitatcorning.org/tool-library) has more detail on the program. It looks like valid local ID plus credit/debit card are required.....along with a nominal annual fee.
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Well yes, there is a kind of personal connection since they died practically in my backyard. I attended a few events at the Surf Ballroom (where they held their last show) as a teenager. But aside from that, American Pie has always been a favorite song of mine. And I like to remember the day the music died. The local headline is sort of on the nose with the lyrics...😉 February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step
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I played it back twice because I couldn't believe how Netanyahu kept a straight face. Just barely raised an eyebrow. Would not want to play poker with Bibi! LOL
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✔️ Check! Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 members of her country’s national guard to the border to address drug trafficking. ✔️ Check! Rubio hails Panama's move to exit Chinese infrastructure plan
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Today in History (from my hometown newspaper, where the crash took place: )
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Hitler was not elected. He ran for President in 1932 and lost. In 1933, he was appointed as Chancellor by the elected President (guy he lost to). https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-rise-to-power/the-nazi-rise-to-power/elections/ Edit to add: When I was in school, we learned about various Parliamentary form of government around 9-10th grades, many of which still exist. So we were familiar with the concept of quasi-democratic Executive heads of state (Prime ministers, Premiers, Chancellors, etc) when we later studied WWII and the Holocaust.
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If You Care About Healthy Food, Confirm RFK Jr.
MsKreed commented on Guest Writers's blog entry in Guest View
This is an example of a weird shift in left/right partisanship that I find baffling. For decades.....the trend of opposing (and mistrusting) big corporations' influence and power was considered decidedly "progressive" and "liberal". And supporting policies that allowed corporate giants unfettered control was clearly a "right wing" position. It's just bizarre to me to see the "left" now blindly trusting multi-billion dollar Big Ag and Big Pharma industries.