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Thursday, March 24, 2005

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Monster

Neighbors say Michael Flory, a man the kids called “Mr. Mike,” seemed like a decent guy. They never worried about letting their children play at Mr. Mike’s house. Police say Flory sexually abused his victims – little boys and little girl
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Unanswered questions

Although his attorney tried valiantly to create “reasonable doubt,” the evidence against Bryant, including two signed confessions, was overwhelming. In the likely event that his attorney does not succeed in getting the verdict reversed on appe
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Beware easy answers in the zoning debate

In Bayside and now in Douglaston and Little Neck, Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) is leading the charge, pushing to change neighborhoods currently zoned R2 to a more restrictive R2A, limiting the size of the new homes and the percentage of the property
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DEP sirens make sense

According to the DEP, its drivers were stuck in rush hour traffic “just like everyone else.” But they are not like everyone else. Their response is critical. With each minute of delay the situation got worse for the flooded homeowners, who wat
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Weiner needs to step up to the plate on Cross Harbor

Clearly, you do not have to be a traffic engineer to realize that the construction of a storage facility 200 feet high with a foot print of 43 acres and a cubic volume of approximately 416,000,000 feet would hold an enormous amount of cargo; this cargo wi
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Let’s vote incumbents out

Bill 375 sponsored by 14 City Council members including Council Finance Chairman David Weprin would force movie theaters to list the price of tickets in every newspaper ad they run. Does anyone seriously believe that moviegoing audiences are unknowingly p
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Go back to drawing board on Cross Harbor Tunnel

Miller says: “Instead of doing what’s right and standing by his support for this important issue, Mayor Bloomberg is letting thousands of New Yorkers continue to have their health at risk from diesel truck traffic.”

Perhaps Miller
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Queens taxpayers deserve better

In Congress those two resemble Abbott & Costello, but there’s nothing funny about the way they failed to deliver for New Yorkers and failed to represent their constituents.

U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner caters to Manhattanites who have donated
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Sit through meeting before commenting

The fact that Mr. Skala was and is completely out of step with his neighbors on this issue had nothing to do with my decision. Mr. Skala and I agree and disagree on a number of matters. However, my decision had everything to do with the numerous complaint

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