Adam

i think it worth attention, though i can see a few Legislators trying to make hay from the process and not doing the peoples' business. Thanks as usual for coming in and keeping folks involved!

Detroit took a real Rodgering from the refs their last game

On 12/23/2023 at 11:24 AM, Chris said:

I initially was going to disagree with you on this. But I wasn’t entirely sure what the judicial definition could be. I looked it up and found: 

 

My guess is the difference is in the organization, or lack thereof in the case of Jan. 6th. As despicable as it was, I can see the other side of the coin that says had the vote not been certified the events of that day wouldn’t have happened. Therefore a defense attorney could shoot down a charge of “insurrection” relatively easy.

They’re still very lucky I wasn’t in charge that day.

But I agree and hope the SC overturns this, if only for the reasons I stated above.

"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."

I am a Non-Attorney Spokesperson: reading the clause above, there is no mention that such a person is barred from running for office, in fact, if you want to be technical; the fact that the disability can be removed by 2/3 vote of Congress would seem to imply or allow such person to run for office, and once the electorate has spoken, leaves it up to Congress to sort out if needed. Nowhere does this clause give individual States or its officers, particularly those looking to use such theater for their own advancement, powers or authority to preempt the Amendment.

3 hours ago, MsKreed said:

And that is the issue that's been un-resolved since 1948 when Palestinians (PLO, then Hamas) began their campaign to exist 'from the river to the sea' by attempting to eradicate Israel.  

Without defending reports of indiscriminate bombing by the IDF, one must be careful not to let that be used as reason to condone the barbaric acts that Hamas has carried out on large scale....like the f%$k-sticks like "Queers for Palestine" marching across campuses and "protesting" by disrupting traffic, etc. 

(Warning: this video link contains extremely graphic descriptions of incidents that the NY Times has investigated and independently verified...Weaponized Sexual Violence).

there are plenty of videos and verified stories of Israeli "settlers" assualting  and displacing palestinian land owners, their crops being raided and then destroyed all while IDF or police look on and do nothing, or children being detained for years on little more than "because we say-so" as well as IDF provoking and intimidating women/children just because they can, long before 10/7. there MUST be a distinction between civilian and combatants and realizing this is difficult at best concerning the tactics of hamas cowards; carpet bombing areas that you tell folks are safe, or shooting people surrendering( even the hostages they are supposedly doing this for) are certainly not actions conducive to de-escalating or being rid of radicalization. i do not excuse nor condone the actions of 10/7 nor ANY other barbarism. im simply tired of hearing Israel use past wrongs of others as justification for theirs that are ongoing and claiming/being given the moral high ground for what would be considered crimes against humanity if many other Nations were doing the same

4 hours ago, KarenK said:

Just seems like everyone forgot that Hamas started this whole thing.

true, however, no one is twisting Israel's arm to continue its indiscriminate slaughter of an entire population. telling people to evacuate to certain "safe" areas, only to then bomb the shit out of those very areas. changing the definition of victory from eradicating hamas( impossible anyways), to now in addition; end radicalization etc sets up goals that are unrealistic as well as impossible to objectively measure...it is pretense for land grabs and frankly, Israel( or the Zionist factions of its leadership) are doing almost EXACTLY that which was done to their parents/grandparents.

Ones right to exist should not be an excuse to eradicate another's 

ketchup AND mustard for hotdogs

one argument is that Yes, there IS a need for housing in almost any area of the country; the real concern is what kind of housing? these residents are likely envisioning another Dewitsburg/Hathorn court/Jones Court development...and can anyone really blame them? Elmira is not exactly the vision of middle-class white picket fencing and frankly any deals the City has entered into these last 20+ years would make the Village Idiot wince.

As to property values i have to agree with the concern; these pie in the sky projects are funded, generally, by taxes, paid for by property owners. Now, many of these housing projects are owned/operated by either the municipality or some developer getting a huge tax incentive/write-off/grant money pay-out and therefore generate little if any tax revenues. the occupants of these buildings, by design or piss-luck, are  not the most productive of citizens, nor do a certain number really care for appearances of the property( his last paragraph is telling in which population these developments are geared towards)

in a few years when the incentives have expired, the managing group will move on their responsibility and interest to the area evaporated; do you think the surrounding properties will be given tax breaks or fair market value offered when they cannot sell? 

Mr Brinn is correct, he has a duty to ALL the people in his district. property owners, specifically responsible ones, are what can anchor a neighborhood and to the Rev's point: looking years beyond the next election cycle means recognizing that a multi-unit rental development, particularly geared towards homeless/recovery/etc is not a way to draw people into an area, at least not those with the means to rehab the large numbers of properties so desperately in need of it.

End of the Day, he must take off the Reverend cap and look beyond the "instant gratification" of housing those in recovery and legislate wisely in order to recover the housing issue this area faces.

i watched it, was decent premise though some really weird and, frankly, useless side story with wild animals.

was also put off by the line about not trusting white people

slowly but surely, segregation is being re-introduced in this society

On 12/14/2023 at 8:09 PM, Lawana Morse said:

This is what we confirmed before the vote so we were feeling optimistic until Mr Donovan flipped. 

Cannot state enough that it is some comfort that there are Legislators such as yourself that still recognize the distinction between Community interest and self interest!

its those types of shenanigans that are just purely sickening. He was adamant that he was against the pay increase in earlier communications so given the reputation he has had in the community for years,  im curious as to what kind of pressure was placed behind closed doors to get that flip. it seems awful convenient as well that audio/video were not working for this meeting as well.

interesting videos of Israeli "settlers" raiding Palestinian olive groves, with IDF/Police standing by(guard) then once the crops are gone, destroying the trees. other stories, documented independently, of palestinians that have owned land for generations being barred from accessing it  by IDF/police due to the war activity, yet "settlers" are given free access.

in the old city, right-wing jewish groups are in the streets celebrating holidays, they also have paraded through arab neighborhoods while arabs are not allowed to to to the grand mosque or are ordered to close their businesses due to war related claims or to make sure those parades are marched without issue.

this along with palestinians being told to go south for safety from fighting, now either being bombed, or herded into overcrowded and unsanitary areas for their "safety" kind of points to Israel of maybe having aspirations of gaining real estate more than eliminating hamas and what they are doing to palestinians now is awfully reminiscent of Poland 1938.

5 hours ago, MsKreed said:

This week's Full Legislature meeting had a video issue, so the live stream and recorded video were not available. 

how convenient, with Brennan absent, and the original vote standing, it would have been a tie( cant have that) methinks the caucus prior to the meeting made sure that didnt happen

2 hours ago, Chris said:

I’d like to see Brett’s definition of “hard work.”

im thinking the act of breathing/thinking is a chore for some....they apparently believe they deserve compensation for existing

2 hours ago, Chris said:

Believe me, no one is more disappointed than me, one of his constituents.

im refraining from an email demonstrating your second-place status in that regard

interestingly, i heard on NPR tonight, that in the aid given thus far, payment to " public servants" has been funded as well.

early on i supported funding Ukraines fight, but now, it seems more like Biden is repaying Someone over there for some favors or sumthin....theres gotta be an off ramp before we go broke

On 11/30/2023 at 12:14 PM, Chris said:

charge of assaulting a pregnant person

bit off topic buuuut: theres a special charge for assaulting a pregnant "person", interestingly progressive terminology. More interesting; Texas REALLY has a thing for pregnancy down there

On 12/9/2023 at 7:25 AM, MsKreed said:

That's FB completely useless algorithm that arbitrarily decides what is or is not "relevant".  I am constantly forced to select "All comments" when checking comments on any page I visit. 

yeas, that drives me insane, but he blocked me quite a while back, ive always been respectful, but hit hard with factual ammo, so now i have found a work around, to at least be able to monitor his hypocritical lunacy

9 hours ago, Chris said:

You can find it in response to a post on this page.

In a follow up, apparently just doing the job you were elected to do in the first place is enough to justify giving yourself a raise:

 

i can only see 3 actual posts there....truth must've pissed off more people than i thought over the years

On 12/1/2023 at 9:10 AM, Chris said:

I saw this posted on Twitter and laughed. Man, what a fitting backdrop:

 

its doubly fitting given the name on  on the truck

reality politics:

16 minutes ago, Elmira Telegram said:

Source

I think in this instance, id have to think it was Israel that initiated. they've been saying all along that they would continue operations. relative "peace" for too long and any excuse to continue military action would likely find much less support. with hostages still in hama's possession Israel maintains cover.

12 hours ago, Elmira Telegram said:

Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues has died at age 65

Read more here.

Not sure if right topic to post this but: A genuine thanks to Legislator Morse for engaging on this site, there are 2-3 others i have had good interactions with, but it would be nice to have more of them, as well as the management team, using this site to engage various people seeing how it is much more drama free rather than the book

i guess, in light of that info, being that there are two members of the Legislature on the Board, as well as Mr. Roman and Ms. Burlew( both Supervisors of municipalities i believe), where is the accountability to tax payers that do ultimately fund this entity?

it appears to many of us that the IDA operates as if answerable to no one but themselves and given the situations with the last two tenants of that building accountability and even replacement of members is long overdue

2% is the maximum increase without having to go to voters so often many who either do not attend meetings or at least read the minutes wouldnt necessarily notice it...of course you could just do like some and claim no increases over last 4 years; you'd be surprised how many don't question it

why do i have suspicion theyll find in favor of the politicians..

14 hours ago, MsKreed said:

I stand corrected. I found this list of names from August .

I missed it and hadn't heard any names since Margeson had discussed it in June.

So with Margerson still being the "spokesperson" in the most recent interview, I guess I figured they are laying low. 

laying low is a BIG issue; each one of them should be out in front informing the public of what they are going to do different than the last 20+ years.....i was asking only because if they were not announced, some letters were fixing to go out

so am i to understand, the group of "professionals" has yet to be identified?