07/22/2023
โโ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐โ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐โ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Ten years have passed ..... A big โthank youโ to all of our readers who reside throughout Rockland County, Orange County, and in New Jersey.
Preet Bharara once remarked that a corridor of corruption was running through Rockland County. How right he was! Where is he now after having been โfiredโ by Trump? He was speaking the truth at one time and had the power to expose and prosecute political criminality.
As we have said every year, we hope we have been able to provide each of you with useful educational information on the politics AND the corruption that has been pervasive in this community and which continues as we have shown in our posts just as recently as this past week.
Many attempts have been made to have this page removed and we assume that if Bharara was unable to survive then why should we expect anything different? Corruption only survives when good people do nothing and history teaches us that unfortunately most good people are afraid to do something and as a result live in silence and fear.
When we began this page in 2013 Alex Gromack and Ed Lettre controlled the Town, Ed Day was not expected to win the position of County Executive and Legislator Frank Sparaco appeared to be a rising star on the political horizon destined to become the kingpin and kingmaker in Rockland.
The Conservative Party and the bloc vote was adamantly opposed to Dayโs election but a group of citizens rallied to his support and provided the necessary votes to twice overcome the Conservative leadershipโs opposition and the bloc vote against him.
Then according to a statement put out by the bloc, we learned that Day treated the ultra-Orthodox religious community differently during Covid and sat down with the community. We were informed by a statement issued by the religious communityโs leadership to vote for him for a third term. The statement said in essence that despite Dayโs poor behavior in his first two terms he had changed and the bloc should accordingly vote for him for a third term.
Gone at that point was the basic principle on which many of Dayโs original supporters worked to put him into office - โEqual Treatment For All With Special Treatment For Noneโ. Today, many of those who worked formally and informally to put him into office for two terms now watch as the Rockland he claims to be reviving shows aspects of becoming a third-world theocracy. He has even lost the support of many in the first responder community for his lackadaisical approach and leadership towards code violations and the growth of slum landlord properties.
The arrogance of the powerful interests that controlled Rockland ten years ago led former Republican Party Chairman, Vinnie โPea Coatโ Reda, Legislator Frank โMother Natureโ Sparaco, and former Clarkstown Highway Superintendent Wayne Ballard to sue CWTDWYTK claiming it was โmaking them look like criminalsโ. With a wealth of questions we were about to ask during depositions the cowards ran. Reda was eventually removed from party leadership, Sparaco spent time in the local jail for election improprieties and then left the county, while Ballard recently escaped conviction during a bench trial in Judge Russoโs court over his alleged actions leading up to the Evergreen fire.
As to former Supervisor Gromack, he lost an election to present supervisor George Hoehmann after we published a series of articles on the Townโs finances showing that he was attempting to sell the Middlewood Senior Housing complex to shore up the townโs reserve fund. Previously he had attempted to get Rockland County Sewer Funds to pay for the construction of a police garage under the aegis of former Police Chief Sullivan who was later dismissed after a disciplinary hearing on his activities with the Rockland County Strategic Intelligence Unit.
That unit, under the leadership of Stephen โWipe My Hard Driveโ Cole-Hatchard - who among other discretions had been allegedly trying to get rid of a judge and a sheriff - took a great interest in reading one of this Facebookโs publications on the cost of running the Clarkstown Police Department and became overly interested in who had liked and commented on the post. He had passed this information to the police chief of Clarkstown in a highly improper action conducted by the intelligence unit operating out of a building in Pearl River.
Supervisor Gromack, it was later learned, had taken payments from Richard Brega which were not declared on his ethics forms. Gromackโs wife and daughter had also been employed by Brega who was convicted and imprisoned for corruption associated with the running of a bus contract given to him by the county legislature under Ramapo Legislator Schoenberger.
The contract was so underbid that some members of the county legislature attempted to save Brega by proposing to give him money to wash his buses daily so that they would not burst into fire as one had done in Pearl River due to an overheated brake.
Brega had allegedly bundled campaign contributions to Schoenberger. The latter, after Bregaโs conviction, quietly stepped down as a legislator and disappeared into the Ramapo wilderness.
Of late it has become increasingly obvious that the behavior of the ultra-Orthodox community in Rockland County, and the associated corruption remains Rocklandโs number one problem.
Who can forget former Ramapo Supervisor, the imprisoned Christopher St. Lawrence? Yet what has changed in Ramapo? The answer is โNothingโ. Ramapo is controlled by the Ramapo bloc vote and the present Supervisor, Specht, is in our opinion nothing more than a puppet figurehead fronting for the Ramapo bloc. That vote formerly was in control of the Rockland County Democratic Party as was evidenced when a disdained Democrat, who was perhaps really a closet Republican, Judge Walsh, became District Attorney with nearly 100% support of the bloc.
In Ramapo โThree Car Garagesโ can now be constructed on single family lots and can be operated as โHouses of Worshipโ. The District Attorneyโs office has done next to nothing to help stem the bad behavior of those who operate slum landlord housing. Neither has the county legislature where the sale of the Sain Building still stands today a monument to bloc dereliction in the heart of downtown New City.
Legislator Wieder trashed, and burned in a public bonfire, a report on the requirements for the teaching of secular education to the Haredi children now receiving little to no education in trailers parked in the back yards of private homes while successive NY State Governors still pay periodic visits to the religious leaders of these communities promising to bring the stateโs checkbook to their aid in return for their vote.
Today Congressman Lawler and State Senator Weber pile jaw-dropping compliments on the education being meted out in such schools. Both Weber and Lawler spoke about the issue of New York Stateโs mandated secular education in religious schools and the requirement for it to be substantially equivalent to that taught in public schools. Religious schools are attended by over 30,000 children in Rockland County.
Weber stated that โ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐. ๐๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ โ ๐ฌ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ค๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐จ, ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ. ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐จ.โ
Apparently Weber believes that it is โour valuesโ not to teach 35,000 children growing up in Rockland English, Mathematics, and Science?
Lawler said that he saw โ๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ข๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐. ๐ผ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ช๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎโ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎโ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ.โ
One wonders just how honest and sincere Lawler is being when he speaks like that? Shortly after his election Lawler rolled Speaker McCarthy up to Rockland County where he spoke to a predominantly religious crowd. Where were the similar speeches to Rocklandโs secular citizens? Today Lawler is totally silent on RLUIPA, the federal law that is slowly destroying all logical zoning in Rockland County. A review of it was promised when it first passed and only a person elected to Congress can start that process. Guess why? Correct! It benefits a group to which Lawler is now tied at the hip.
Rockland County still faces crises of unparalleled magnitude. County Executive Ed Day says he is making Rockland great again and claims we are living in a โrenaissanceโ.
Some renaissance! Seven people have died in fires during his watch! He is now reduced to complimenting Sarah Wallace for repeatedly standing on the Rockland County โBully Pulpitโ he used to occupy and asking the hard questions he used to ask. Ten years ago he and Hoehmann championed term limits in the most strident terms. Day promised he would only serve two terms. Today Day is in his third term with the support of the bloc vote.
Hoehmann had a religious conversion on the road to the end of his fourth term. In a flash of ethical revelation his eyes were opened and he discovered that he had put an illegal term limits law into force by not holding a referendum! It seems he then felt a โmoral obligationโ to put matters right! Today he is running for an additional term beyond the limit that his โillegal lawโ denied to Frank Borelli and Justin Sweet.
After the last November elections the election districts were redrawn by agreement with bloc-controlled legislators. Ed Day said he was the only one who would veto such a thing if he won a third term.
One of the most important elections coming up this November is that for District Attorney of Rockland County. There are three candidates in this race - the blocโs candidate, Judge Walsh, on the Republican line, the blocโs candidate, Judge Walsh, on the Democratic line, and the blocโs candidate, Judge Walsh, on the Conservative line.
Everyone knows how successful Walsh was in prosecuting criminal cases in his first term. But what does it matter now who the District Attorney is when County Executive Day, Congressman Lawler, and State Senator Weber all depend on the bloc vote to ensure their own re-elections and when a 20 year judge in office in Clarkstown allegedly confessed that the justice system in Rockland County was corrupt, the religious community could fix cases, and that he had smoked ma*****na ever since he left law school including while adjudicating cases in his own courtroom?
Preet Bharara: Where are you now?
That is a short summary of where this CWTDWYTK journey has taken us as we enter our eleventh year with you our 16,000 followers. If we have made a difference to your day-to-day lives as engaged residents then it is all worthwhile.
We look forward to hearing your feedback and please share this post with your Rockland County friends. There is a lot we can do together to control our own destinies if we would just drop our party affiliations and vote in our own bloc according to the principle of โEqual Treatment For All, Special Treatment For Noneโ.
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น!
