A Dispassionate View of Nuclear Energy

         Nuclear energy isn’t an abstract issue.  It’s a fact of life, but the facts are often lost in emotional and partisan debates.  It’s time to take a dispassionate view.

The 400 nuclear plants throughout the world account for 20% of the world’s electricity.  France garners 75% of all its electricity from nuclear power. There are one hundred nuclear plants throughout the USA. Since 1962, six nuclear plants, beginning with the Oswego facility in 1962, have been built in New York.  They account for about 13% of the state’s electric generating capacity, 26% of its power supply, and 11% of total consumption. 

They were developed largely due to the fact that they produce power far more economically than other sources.  Overall production costs are approximately 1.76 cents per kilowatt-hour.  Coal is the next cheapest, at 2.21 cents, and natural gas costs about 7.61 cents. Unlike oil and coal, there is little in the way of supply problems. Supplying plants utilizing those two sources require constant and large scale delivery efforts. By contrast, in nuclear plants, a single uranium pellet can deliver the equivalent of 1,780 lbs. of coals, or 149 gallons of oil. Because of this, nuclear plants are not subject to significant supply problems.  The source is home grown, freeing Americans from the whims of unfriendly foreign governments. The various factors that interrupt deliveries to other types of plants don’t affect nuclear facilities. 

          Operationally, nuclear plants are environmentally friendly.  James Hansen, who introduced the concept of global warming in 1988, advocated the use of nuclear power as a means to combat the issue. Unlike hydroelectric plants, there is no need to dam rivers or disrupt the surrounding environment.

         Radioactivity is one of the most frequently cited concerns in discussions on the use of nuclear power plants. Oddly enough, old fashioned coal-fired plants actually emit more radiation into the air than nuclear facilities. No American has ever been killed or seriously injured because of a reactor accident or radiation exposure from a U.S. nuclear power plant. (Even the well known Three Mile River incident failed to produce any significant radiation problems.) Internationally, the Chernobyl incident resulted from an inherently faulty design; another example of the blatant disregard for worker and environmental safety that characterizes Communist nations. The harm done to Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant—Japan depends on nuclear plants for about 30% of its power-- resulted from a level of poor planning not characteristic of the American experience, questionable plant siting, an unprecedented combination of extreme natural disasters, and the failure of conventional power to allow safety mechanisms to work.

New York’s need for abundant, home-grown, affordable, nonpolluting energy renders nuclear power a viable option, providing that safety and security remains a top priority for plant operators.

10 Point Plan to Restore NYS to Prosperity

On his WVOX show this morning, COMACTA president Frank Vernuccio unveiled his 10-point plan to restore NYS to prosperity:

1.     Allow Public Referendums on key issues.  For far too long, “three men in a room”—the Governor, the Assembly Speaker, and the Senate leader-- have controlled all that occurs in state government. Individual legislators have little say in the ultimate outcome of key issues.  We need to break that logjam, and insure that the people’s business—not the interests of the politicians—gets done.  Allowing easy access to public referendums on key issues would change the dynamics of Albany.

2.     Freeze all taxes.  For over three decades, New York has ranked either first or second in the nation as the highest taxed state. We have little to show for it.  Our roads and bridges are crumbling, our grammar and high schools are not serving our children adequately, and our economy, particularly upstate, is far too weak.  Giving more money to Albany is about the same as giving extra drugs to an addict.  It will cure nothing, and only make matters worse. Halting future tax hikes would give businesses the confidence to hire employees and energize the economy.

3.     Impose the nation’s most stringent measures of proof for benefits, to ensure that only citizens and legal residents have access to them, and that only those truly qualified—by both legal residency and eligibility—receive them.  We should not shortchange those New Yorkers truly in need by wasting scarce resources on con artists or those with no legal right to be here.

4.     Abolish member items, and replace them with objective criteria.  Worthwhile civic organizations should not have to support individual politicians just to get the funds they are entitled to.  This encourages politicians to provide funds based on how many votes or campaign contributions they receive from organizations, rather than on how worthwhile an organization is.

5.     Adopt a voucher system.  The fact is, despite spending more per student than any other state in the nation, (NY spends $18,126 per student, compared to the national average of $10,499) the results are poor.  Schools must strive for excellence, not bureaucratic compliance.  We need to refocus our educational system to emphasize the needs of students, not educational unions and bureaucrats.

6.     Make use of our natural resources.  New York has vast supplies of natural resources that cannot be tapped for reasons having more to do with ideology than ecology. This limits our economy, increases unemployment, and robs the state of revenue that could be used to limit taxes.

7.     Free local governments—eliminate unfunded mandates.  Albany’s politicians enact measures that make them popular in the eyes of their campaign contributors or party leaders, but force local governments to carry the burden.  This takes away local government’s ability to pay for truly essential services to meet the political needs of Albany.  This harms communities across the state.

8.     Establish a statewide Ombudsman’s office with appropriate power—and mandate that those who administer it cannot run for political office for a decade after leaving their position.  The vast bureaucracies that administer New York’s numerous agencies and regulate so much of our daily lives and businesses frequently fail to do what is necessary to protect New Yorker’s rights. Intra-agency appeals offices frequently do little more than affirm what their parent agency does.  A statewide ombudsman office, manned not by politicians but by fair, dedicated professionals, could change the balance of power between citizens and the bureaucracy.  The ombudsman’s office would also have jurisdiction over all complaints and charges of misdeeds of elected officials, and have the prosecutorial power to bring charges against them.

9.     Forbid elected officials from engaging in any profit or fee generating activities with those doing business with the state, both while in office and for a period of five years thereafter. The reasons are obvious. We must insure that the needs of New Yorkers are paramount.

10.  Forbid public service unions from contributing, as an organization, money, endorsements, office space, or volunteers to political campaigns. Public service unions have gained so much clout in Albany that it seems we work for them, not they for us.  Their unmatched influence has totally eclipsed the ability of all citizens or organizations to have a voice in Albany.

     New York can be both prosperous and a great place to live—if only Albany will get out of the way of the wisdom of its constituents, and the ability of its enterprises to reignite the economy.   

New York's Shrinking Workforce

            As the “Great Recession” continues to affect our state, it is becoming increasingly apparent that we will soon have to face life with a potentially much smaller state workforce.

The issue is particularly prominent this year, as negotiations with the Public Employees Federation (PEF) dominated Governor Cuomo’s attention.  During the hard bargaining, (inspired in no small part by the state’s $10 billion dollar budget gap) 3,496 positions were identified as being vulnerable to elimination, a result of PEF’s member rejection of the proposed five year contract.  While the result may not be that severe, the hard fact is that sooner, rather than later, the number of individuals in state government service will begin to decrease. Certainly, it is unlikely that all of the record-setting 30,772 state employees who retired last year will be replaced.

One of the most tenacious issues affecting Albany’s payroll is the continued existence of the Triborough Amendment.  In 1967, the “Public Employees Fair Employment Act,” known popularly as the Taylor Law, was enacted. It required Albany to negotiate with unions, and prohibited public employees from striking, imposing severe penalties for doing so.  It was one of the first statutes in America to comprehensively address the rights and obligations of state employees. 

The strong penalties mandated for illegal strikes were rarely enforced. At various times, corrections officers, transit workers and others engaged in strikes and job actions. An attempt at labor peace was made in 1982 with the passage of the Triborough Amendment, which prohibited the State Government from changing any provision of expired contracts until a replacement was agreed to. The concept seemed, at first, reasonable. While unions still lacked the legal right to strike, they did have the security of being protected by the provisions of an agreement that was fairly recently acceptable.  It provided automatic pay increases for salary or longevity step schedule hikes, even after contracts establishing them had expired, unless there was a new agreement. Further, in an era when all employees are being asked to contribute more to their own health insurance, Triborough provides an avenue for public employees to reject the state government’s attempts to ask public employees to do the same. Governor Cuomo’s mandate relief study team, (including Deputy Westchester County Executive Larry Schwartz) is reviewing the Triborough Amendment. Westchester Assemblyman Robert Castelli introduced a bill to repeal this provision during the recent legislative session.

In practice, Triborough contains a serious flaw.  During times of downturns, such as in today’s harsh economic climate, the state lacks the funds to offer new contracts with more attractive terms to unions, and may even be forced to request give-backs. Under the provisions of the Triborough Amendment, unions have no incentive to replace an expired but still effective agreement with one that is less attractive.

The end result is that Albany has few options, other than reducing its workforce by layoffs or by not replacing retiring employees. New Yorkers will have to endure reduced service while this dilemma continues to produce acrimony between the state government and those who staff its agencies. 

COMACTA SPONSORED RADIO BREAKS NEWS ON HOLDER SCANDAL

HOLDER NEEDS TO GO AND DOJ NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED

 

On the  July 16th, 2011 “And Nothing But the Truth” show, sponsored by COMACTA, hosts Frank Vernuccio and Larry Allison along with regular guest “2nd amendment” Mike Timlin first questioned Attorney General Eric Holder’s assertion in his May 3, 2011 testimony before  Rep Darrell Issa’s  House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.that he had only learned about about  “Operation Fast and Furious “in the past several weeks”.  The evidence on the public record at  that time including a statement by President Obama on  March 22, 2011 during a Univision interview that neither he or Holder had authorized this rogue operation made Holder’s timetable of what he knew and when he knew it… untenable on it’s face.

 

 It took the mainstream media over 2 months before they reached the same conclusion.  Now that e-mails to the AG from mid 2010 have surfaced indicating that he had official knowledge of this operation this situation now rises to a level of seriousness concerning either the Attorney General’ s veracity before congress  or his level of competency in a critical Cabinet position.  These revelations along with shocking disclosures about the inner workings of the Obama Justice Department in other sections such as the Division of Civil Rights as delineated in J. Christian Adams new book “Injustice” , demand that a Holder resign and a special Counsel be appointed to investigate the workings of the DoJ in it’s entirety.

Unaccountable Agencies & Politicians Assault Commuters

     Hudson Valley residents commuting to jobs in Manhattan may be facing even more difficult challenges in their daily routines, thanks to a coalition of unaccountable agencies, politicians, and union leaders. The increased tolls and fares which have already been implemented on Hudson River crossings and the political push for congestion pricing are harbingers for future levies on drivers and riders north of New York City. Beyond the immediate question of higher costs, the larger issue of agency accountability must be raised.

    Legitimate questions exist concerning how funds already collected by authorities imposing or seeking fare hikes have been spent, and what motivates the advocates for increased prices. Already, The AAA has petitioned the federal Transportation Department to review the Port Authority’s dramatic toll spikes, on the grounds that, in violation of a 1987 federal law, the monies will not be used for transportation purposes.

    Indeed, the fact is that the Port Authority’s financial crunch is a result of its massive investment in commercial realty, not in bridges or tunnels.  It is rather ironic that the PA was originally formed in the 1920’s to build a cross harbor freight tunnel from the mainland to NYC.  It never attempted this task, and after a period of investment in other transportation projects, turned its attention, and its treasury, to commercial real estate, particularly at the World Trade Center site.

     Not to be outdone, the MTA is, of course, claiming that it requires a vast infusion of cash, as well. However, the long history of questionable financial accounting and poorly executed projects (the 2^nd Avenue Subway is a salient example) warrants prudent investigation of how any additional funds would be used.  Combined with decades of exceptionally generous union contracts granted following illegal strikes, it can be clearly seen that any hikes granted to this agency will not improve transportation and will, in fact, reward exceptionally poor management and a “public be damned” union attitude. 

     Despite the extraordinary impact the Port Authority and the MTA have on our lives, we have no direct vote on their leadership, and only limited ability to review their finances.

     Further adding to the potential misery, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Working Families Party have resurrected, yet again, a controversial proposal to impose a fee on all vehicles entering the Manhattan business district. The concept has been repeatedly rejected by legislators and the public. 

    Bloomberg has made no secret of his belief that private vehicles should be excluded from most of Manhattan.  He has pursued his car-free vision over the objections of many of his own constituents. In addition to its harmful effect on Westchester commuters, residents of New York City’s outer boroughs would be placed in the absurd position of having to pay to drive within their own city. However, now in his third and presumably final term, his need to be responsive to the wishes of area residents is limited.

    The motivation of the Working Families Party is clear.  Formed in 1998 by various unions, its primary focus is increased pay, benefits, and job security for union members. Fare hikes, increased tolls, and congestion pricing schemes allow more funds to be available for future union contracts.

The common problem facing commuters, therefore, is that neither the public authorities nor the politicians are directly accountable to them, nor do they share their basic interests.  Absent active opposition from the general public, tough times face both drivers and passengers.

The End Of The Final Frontier?

     The final flight of the iconic Space Shuttle signals more than the end of the world's most advanced spacecraft.  Due to the Obama Administration's decision to kill the planned successor to the STS, it marks the complete end of America's ability to put men in space.  Stunningly, the United States' only means to place astronauts in orbit is by renting a seat--at $51 million per trip-- on Russian craft. Every asset in orbit--including the Space Station--that requires human attention is now under the complete control of Moscow.  The move is totally unnecessary.  Most experts believe the Shuttles still have years of use left in them.  It's like throwing a car away after logging only 30,000 miles on the odometer.

      To be clear, this not a mere interlude between the end of one manned program and the start of another.  Obama's elimination of funding for any follow-up to the shuttle program means that there is no plan for American manned spaceships for the foreseeable future.  

      Astronauts Neil Armstrong (the first man on the moon, who rarely makes public comments) Jim Lovell, and Gene Cernan recently wrote that "NASA's human spaceflight program is in substantial disarray with no clear-cut mission in the offing.  We will have no rockets to carry humans...for an indeterminate number of years."

     Russia's only viable rival for manned space flight is not the US--it is China.  While the White House has surrendered the Final Frontier to the Kremlin, Bejing has major plans to construct its own space station and to send men to the moon, where it will be able to claim the unlimited riches to be found in abundance there, including Helium 3, a potential and affordable power source that may be the major source of future energy. American plans to build on past successes to return to the moon and stake claim to its resources are now officially dead--a historical mistake that may someday be compared to the Viking retreat from North America, leaving the New World to be claimed by successors England and Spain.  

     The Obama administration won't accept responsibility for the consequences for its own decision. Questions about its destruction of America's greatest scientific and engineering legacy, and the key to its future,  are met with vague responses about potential programs in the years after even a potential second Obama administration is over, and hopes that somehow the private sector can develop manned spaceflight capabilities.  Indeed, the private sector is developing capabilities in this area, but without any human program goals by NASA, and without a definite budget commitment, there is no assurance and very little possibility that much significant use will be made of those capabilities.  Ironically, the very tool America needed to access the Lunar surface, the Ares rocket, has passed preliminary tests, along with the design of the crew capsule.  The key part of the work has been done and paid for;  Obama has just decided to throw it in the waste bin of history.

     Major endeavors cannot be turned on and off .  The huge loss of personnel that is now underway will mean that the decades of experience and knowledge will be lost forever, a true "brain drain" that will be difficult to replace.  When the Apollo program ended, experts at least had the Shuttle program to look forward to;  however, even that more benign gap in our manned spaceflight capability resulted in a loss of expertise that took a decade to recover from.  

     At a time when jobs, particularly  skilled jobs, are fleeing the nation in the midst of the Obama depression, the decision to kill the American manned space program is incomprehensible. Almost 7,000 skilled positions have been lost.  Estimates place the total number of skilled and related positions that will be eliminated at 27,000--at time when the unemployment rate has increased to 9.2%, and amidst fears that the best and brightest scientific minds are no longer being attracted to the USA.  

     Serious issues, not just related to space, must be asked about Obama's decision.  This is not a budget saving move; other NASA programs, particularly those involving international cooperation, will actually receive increased funds.  Manned spaceflight is the area where the future well being of the nation is most affected.  But that future lays outside of the lifespan of the current administration, marking this move one of the most selfish in presidential history.  It is also one of the most important elements in American prestige--an area that the current White House seems to care little and know less about.  

Facts On Our National Debt

     Within less than one month, Congress will probably vote on whether to raise the National Debt, which has doubled over the past five years.

     The federal government borrows forty cents of every dollar it spends.  As a result of the Obama Administration's dramatic spending increases, the national debt grows at the rate of $1.6 trillion annually, (that's $120 billion each month.)

      A very significant portion of this debt is the result of the federal government doing what it was never, constitutionality or logically, structured to do.  Areas such as education are far more efficiently structured on the state and local level than on a national level.

Independence Day

The dignity and freedom of each individual is the core message of America. In this era of ever increasing power and reach by government, and ever diminishing comprehension of our "unalienable rights" by academia and the media, we at COMACTA urge all Americans to renew their dedication to the principles in our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.

Obama's War On Older Americans

     President Obama's most vigorously fought battle was the institution of health care legislation which raided funds destined for older Americans to provide coverage for others.  The legislation included the IPAB--the Independent Payment Advisory Board (known popularly as a "death squad" for its capability of denying services to seniors.)    Now, it has been discovered that another aspect of "Obamacare" will directly attack older Americans.  According to published reports, older Americans with similar health and income histories as their younger counterparts would pay much higher rates for the same coverage.

     Never has a Presidential administration been more divisive.  Obama has pitted the young against the old, the poor against the middle class, unions against business.

OPEN LETTER TO DELTA AIRLINES ON SAUDI ALLIANCE

                                                                               June 23, 2011

Richard H. Anderson

Chief Executive Officer

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

1030 Delta Blvd.

Atlanta Ga. 30320-6001

                                                       Re: Delta’s decision plan to add Saudi Arabian Airlines to your

                                                              Sky Team Alliance

Dear Mr. Anderson;

The decision to add Saudi Arabian Airlines to your Sky Team Alliance and thereby abide by the anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, anti-Buddhist, anti-Hindu and anti-every other religion travel policies of the Saudi government does great discredit to your corporation. This is, in effect, an acceptance of the judenrein policy of the Saudi government.

Your decision in this matter places you in alliance with those who oppose the principles of freedom and tolerance that Americans hold dear.  Delta, by entering into this business agreement, also sends a message to other non-Muslims that that they will act as an agent for the Saudi government in enforcing laws, policies and prejudices that are repugnant, odious and profoundly anti-American.   This action is an error of such magnitude that it cannot fail to detrimentally affect your corporate and moral credibility, to the extensive detriment of your shareholders.

We urge you to reconsider this immoral and ultimately unprofitable decision.

                                                          Very truly yours,

                                                                        Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., J.D., President

                                                                        Larry L. Allison, Vice President

Cc: Edward H. Bastian, President

      Stephen E. Gorman COO

      Glen W. Hauerstein  Exexcutive VP

      Mark Halter CFO

      Richard B. Hirst General counsel

      Andrea Fischer Newman Senior VP-Govt. Affairs

      John E. Walker Senior VP-Corp. Communications

      Theresa Wise  CIO

      Howard Kohr, Executive Director, AIPAC

V:an

Education in Crisis

     The Community Action Civic Association (COMACTA) is deeply concerned about the lack of both quantity and quality in the teaching of American History in our schools.  The quantity speaks for itself;  statistic after statistic clearly indicates that students are not proficient in this subject so vital to the future of our nation.
    What little is taught is frequently, and horribly, bad.  Examples abound.  "The People's History of the United States," a Marxist view of the US, has been used as a text in Washington, D.C.  In Tucson, Arizona, "Occupied America," written by the radical Rodolfo Acuna, is among the prescribed texts. The book recommends the conversion of the Southwestern US into a "Chicano Nation" and advocates the killing of whites "if necessary."
     COMACTA will focus on this national crisis.  Look for future updates.
     

NY: Dead Last in Freedom

George Mason University has reported that New York ranked dead last in it's "Freedom in the States" list.

According to the study, NY's high taxes, high spending, excessive regulations, eminent domain abuse, second amendment violations, and other restrictions render it the least-free state in America.

Stop Attacking Our Military

     The relentless assault by the Obama Administration against the U.S. military has endangered both the nation, and the nation's defenders.

       The  White House's proposed  $400 billion budget cuts over the coming twelve years falls in far too great a proportion on the Department of Defense.  The potential cuts are so severe that Admiral Mullen, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has actually suggested the possibility of cutting the pay and benefits of servicemen and women.  The problem is, our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines are already underpaid, and many live in substandard housing, at a time when they are being worked and deployed at an excruciating pace.

     Of course, far less dramatic cuts are threatened to a whole host of other programs that politicians hold dear;  programs that are little more than bribes to home district voters to shore up their re-election bids.

     At a Congressional hearing held on June 1, Democrats opposed the idea of making the unions representing NON-military federal employees pay for the time those employees spend on union activities, a reasonable cost-saving concept initiated by F. Vincent Vernuccio III of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.  However, those same Democrats have traditionally supported cuts in the defense budget that could lead to slashing the pay of our  service people, who, of course, are not unionized. The fact is, unions traditionally contribute heavily to the Democrats, and military personnel do not.  So the Democrat members follow the money, to the detriment of America's safety.  That's disgraceful.

Memorial Day 2011

For over two centuries, American independence, and the freedoms that are cherished by people throughout the world, are all the result of the heroism of the men and women of our armed forces.  Let us pause this Memorial Day, and every day thereafter, to honor and give our undying thanks to those soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who gave their lives for our nation.

HEALTHCARE REFORM LEGISLATION HURTS SENIORS

The impact of President Obama’s  healthcare legislation on older Americans must be examined more thoroughly.

There are several areas that concern observers who worry about how seniors will fare under the legislation.  The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) has unprecedented power to decide how to ration health care via the mechanism of price controls.  Those concerned with the IPAB’s power have termed the group a “death squad.” The IPAB as the power to fix Medicare payments at so low a rate that doctors and hospitals will have no viable economic choice but to stop providing certain types of treatments, especially those costly or frequent treatments typically required by older patients. 

The legislation replaces doctors with bureaucrats in nationwide healthcare planning. Paying for it’s expensive price tag will require taking urgently needed dollars away from Medicare.  Plans call for reducing Medicare funding by $575 billion over the next decade. Former NY Lieutenant Governor Betsy McCaughey stressed that the White House’s own actuaries admit that Medicare spending per senior will be sharply reduced under the plan, from $16,162 to $14,731 per senior in 2019.

The decisions of the IPAB won’t be advisory.  According to the Obamacare legislation already enacted, those decisions will have the full force and effect of law, unless Congress directly rules against it.  (Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow at the Ethics & Public Policy Center, in a recently published article, questioned the constitutionality of giving this unelected organization such vast powers.)

The financial impact of Obamacare will be harsh on the general public—except those with political connections.  Organizations that played important roles in getting President Obama and other prominent Democrats elected have received “waivers” exempting them from the harsh costs of the legislation.  These include, of course, groups that raised funds for his campaign, as well as supporters of Senate Leader Harry Reid and (former) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Over the past half century, America has acted forcefully to end discrimination based on race, sex, or ethnicity.  Unfortunately, age discrimination continues to play a harmful role in our society.  Men and women over 50 seeking to find new employment are overlooked with relative impunity. Now, thanks to a heartless new healthcare system, they will also face truly deadly discrimination in receiving medical care, as well. 

Legislative Reform Can't Succeed Without Campaign Reform

LEGISLATIVE REFORM CAN'T SUCCEED 

WITHOUT CAMPAIGN REFORM

     New Yorkers are clearly unhappy with their state government.  Corruption, high taxes, and many policies that run contrary to the popular will have long been Albany staples.  Yet the reelection rate of incumbents remains remarkably high--indeed, it equals that of the old USSR.  

     The reason for this dichotomy is clear.  Campaign and ethics laws are geared to favor the reelection of those already in office.  Combined with the regular advantages of incumbency, this makes sitting elected officials almost immune to challengers, whether from another party, or from reformers within their own parties.

    Several Examples:

•      The use of taxpayer-funded "official" newsletters that are thinly-veiled campaign literature;
•      The use of "member items" to reward or punish constituency groups that support incumbents;
•       Campaign finance laws that favor organization candidates that can raise funds to hire professionals to wade through complex regulations, or to raise large amounts of cash early in the election season and qualify for debates that have funding requirements; and
•       New voting machines that also provide a boost to incumbents facing challenges from third parties.  If a voter mistakenly votes for a candidate on both a major party line and a minor party line, the vote on the major party line is automatically counted and the minor party line is ignored.  While this doesn't affect the immediate election, this does weaken the position of minor parties seeking to reform the system in the long run.

     Incumbents feeling reasonably secure from the wrath of voters have little incentive to change their behavior.  Therefore, to force current elected officials to improve their ethics and become more responsive, inappropriate campaign practices must first change.  

     The Community Action Civic Association, Inc. is attempting to accomplish this, and invites all concerned citizens, organizations, and fair-minded elected officials to join in this effort.  Please contact Frank Vernuccio at nycommunityaction@gmail.com.

Join us for our April 16 broadcast featuring Betsy McCaughey, who has fought for real health care reform and against Obamacare.

 

Also featured be a discussion of the bizarre governing policies of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

 

The producer of the new movie, "Atlas Shrugged" will discuss the film.

 

Jason Adolphus, the entrepeneur who opened the acclaimed "La Bella Havanna" restaurnat in Yonkers will discuss what it's like to start a business in the face of an ecoomic downturn. 

 

The broadcast can be heard on your radio at 1460 am in the Westchester/northern NYC area, and WVOX.com worldwide.