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BY BRYAN FUMAGALLIOF MAHOPAC NEWS

Financial disclosure reports show that donors based outside of the area poured an unprecedented amount of money—$452,300 to be exact—into the coffers of the Putnam County Democratic Committee (PCDC) earlier this month.

The money was used solely to help bankroll the campaigns of State Senate candidates Justin Wagner and Terry Gipson. Prior to the infusions, all of which oc-curred on Oct. 9 and Oct. 14, the PCDC had just $5,391.89 on hand.

Putnam County Democratic Committee Chairman Ken Harper

says he is thrilled with the support because it shows there are quality candidates running in Putnam.

“This has been a very success-ful cycle,” Harper said. “We have a great slate of candidates and it is great that people are recogniz-ing that.”

Harper also said that control of the State Senate could be de-cided by the Wagner and Gip-son races, so it makes sense that support came in from outside of the county. Wagner is running against Republican Dr. Terrence Murphy, a Yorktown council-man, for the open seat in the 40th Senate District, which includes Mahopac, and Gipson, the incum-bent Democrat, is running against Republican Sue Serino in the 41st

District.“The contributions are com-

pletely unsolicited but as far as I know no laws have been broken,” Harper said. “It is funny, I ask myself what I’m doing right.”

Tom Connolly, with the State Board of Elections, confi rmed that these donations are com-

pletely legal, as there are no limits on contributions to party com-mittees, nor on the amount those committees can give to individual

Major windfall has supporters, opponents raising eyebrowsCounty Democrats receive nearly half million of unsolicited cash infusion

‘ You are shocking me. � e Putnam

County Democratic Committee has that kind of money? I am

rolled over by it.’Sam Oliverio

Candidate for Putnam County Executive

BY BOB DUMASFOR MAHOPAC NEWS

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s (D – Cold Spring) claim to be a “Clinton Democrat” was re-inforced Monday when Hillary Clinton — a former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator and First Lady — appeared at a campaign rally held at the Pinnacle Restaurant in neighboring Somers to throw her support behind the candidate.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton campaigned on Monday for the reelection of Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney during a rally at The Pinnacle Restaurant in Somers.

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‘They are getting big money from New York City–

de Blasio I guess.’Tony Scannapieco

Putnam County Republican Chairman

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candidates.“Since they were transfers, the

party committee is allowed to transfer money to candidates that it is supporting,” Connolly said. “There is no limit on that transfer.”

The activity from the Putnam County Republican Committee was a drop in the bucket compared to its Democrat counterpart. Coun-ty Republican Chairman Tony

Scannapieco said that the commit-tee held a fundraiser earlier this month for Odell and Michael Bar-tolotti, who is running for county clerk, and currently has about $3,000 on hand.

County Democrats currently show a balance of $24,631.89.

“They are getting big money from New York City–de Blasio I guess,” Scannapieco said.

According to campaign finance reports available on the state elec-tions website, a total of $202,300

was contributed to the Putnam Country Democrats by three po-litical action committees based in New York City on Oct. 9. The larg-est contribution came from CWA District One PAC in the amount of $102,300, followed by contribu-tions of $50,000 a piece from 32 BJ United ADF and Roth and Sons Management.

The rest of the money sent to the PCDC came on Oct. 14, highlight-ed by a $100,000 donation from Alexis E. Lodde, co-founder of

Dallas, Texas-based MV Transpor-tation Inc. Another notable contri-bution came from New York City resident John Catsimatidis, who Forbes called “an oil and grocery store kingpin, as well as a wan-nabe politician.” Catsimatidis, who Forbes estimates is worth $2.3 bil-lion, ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City in 2013. Records show he donated $50,000.

Rounding out that day’s con-tributions is $60,000 from the Latham-based NYSNA PAC (NYS Nurses); $25,000 from the District Council NYC UBC; $10,000 from Brooklyn-based Kingsland 359, LLC and $5,000 from Marsam Realty Corp., based in Demarest, New Jersey.

On Oct. 15, money was trans-ferred to the Wagner and Gip-son campaigns in the amount of $94,000 to Friends of Justin Wag-ner and $92,000 to Friends of Terry Gipson. On Oct. 17, the PCDC transferred $155,000 to Friends of Justin Wagner and $92,000 to Friends of Terry Gipson.

The news of the money transfers came as a surprise to local Demo-crats, including Putnam County Legislator Sam Oliverio, who is running to unseat County Execu-tive MaryEllen Odell, a Republi-can.

“You are shocking me,” Oliverio said. “The Putnam County Demo-cratic Committee has that kind of money? I am rolled over by it.”

While Oliverio said nobody from the PCDC contacted him with offers of financial support, he said he would not expect any because he does not accept campaign con-tributions.

Democrat Andrew Falk, who is running to unseat Republican State Assemblyman Steve Katz in the 94thth State Assembly District, which includes Mahopac, said while he was not familiar with the transactions, he understands why the money was allocated to the sen-ate races.

“There is a lot of money coming in for the senate races, but I am just concerned about my race,” he said. “All this outside money shows we can use some campaign finance re-form. As for what is coming from Dallas, Texas and Catsimatidis—that is very interesting.”

Meanwhile, Murphy said be be-lieves the origination of the dona-tions is cause for concern, but did not provide specifics.

As of press time, Wagner’s cam-paign could not be reached for comment, and County Democratic Chairman Ken Harper reiterated that enthusiasm for the candidates is driving the support.

“We have competitive races this cycle in our county and we are working within the rules of the elections law to support candidates and win a Democratic State Senate majority.”

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Your NeighborYour NeighborPAGE 3MAHOPAC NEWS – Thursday, October 30, 2014

BY LIZ BUTTON OF MAHOPAC NEWS

An overnight fi re at the Feed Barn in Ma-hopac obliterated the structure’s facade last Friday, the second fi re at a place of business in Mahopac in recent weeks.

The department was dispatched to a com-mercial fi re alarm around 2:45 a.m. and responding units found the Feed Barn at Mahopac Village Center on Route 6 to be ablaze, according to fi re offi cials.

The Putnam County Fire Investigation Team and arson sniffi ng dogs from the state K-9 unit looked into the cause of the fi re at the 161 Route 6 business, which sells a vari-ety of animal and pet food. The Feed Barn, a Purina dealer, has been in operation for the last 30 years, and has two other locations: one in Brewster and one in New Milford, Conn.

“Right now they have ruled it to be ac-cidental and they’re saying the cause was electrical in nature,” Mahopac Assistant Fire Chief Bill Bahr said, adding that the investi-gation is still ongoing.

Bahr said the department has reached out to the owners and the management company that owns the shopping complex to report the damage, which extends to that section of the complex’s roof.

Several bystanders watching the continu-ing investigation around 11 a.m. expressed worry about the safety of the two cats who were known to patrol the store’s aisles. Mahopac Fire Captain Mike Klein said the owner’s cats were unharmed, nor were any human injuries sustained in the blaze.

Putnam Valley resident Sue Guzman, who has raised chickens in her own coop for about four years, said the locally owned Feed Barn was her one-stop shop for feed.

“It’s tough because it’s the only nearby chicken feed seller for me...Will have to go to their Brewster store or tractor supply in Patterson,” she wrote in a Facebook post Friday.

“Everyone in the community is going to miss them while they rebuild hopefully, and we will have to fi nd an alternate place to pur-chase our feed supplies in the meantime,” Guzman said. “A lot of people are very hap-py that the cats made it out alive. In addition to the nice employees there, we all knew and

loved those cats. So that was great news!”Several other businesses next door to the

feed shop that were peripherally affected by smoke and water damage included Advanced Health, Rite Aid and Performax Fitness. A representative from the health center’s Car-mel offi ce confi rmed that the Mahopac loca-tion sustained some smoke damage, but may re-open this week.

Another one of the damaged properties

is leased by Tom Casey, a fi nancial advisor with Edward Jones. Casey said he couldn’t speak about the incident because of an Ed-wards Jones policy about speaking with press. However, he confi rmed that his op-eration would be up and running almost immediately, either out of his offi ce or in a temporary space, depending upon when the people who assess the damage give him the OK. If he is not in his offi ce, his phone num-

ber – 845-621-8647 — will be forwarded to his cell phone or his temporary space, Casey said.

Justin Nash, marketing manager for Rome Barbershop, Iconic Hair, said that while damages to the space are signifi cant, the owners and staff are glad everyone is safe.

“We direct our loyal clients to visit our Yorktown Heights location at 1925 Com-merce St.,” Nash said. “In the meantime, we’ll be sending our Mahopac staff over to the Yorktown shop.” Iconic Yorktown can be reached at 914-245-3701, Nash said.

Dan Fraser, owner of Fraser Brothers Hardware, got the call from his alarm com-pany at 5 a.m.

He was at the store by 5:12 a.m., where he confronted a tremendous amount of water damage. Since the fi re was up on the top of the structure, the fi re department had to peel back the roof and spray their hoses from the top down.

A number of mutual aid fi re departments assisted at the early morning scene. Ma-hopac Assistant Fire Chiefs Bahr and Bill Nickisher set up the command center and put out calls to the Mahopac Falls Fire Depart-ment, the Mohegan FAST Team, as well as Somers, Brewster, Yorktown, Carmel, Put-nam Valley and Croton Falls, which was on standby at Mahopac headquarters.

The Putnam County Bureau of Emer-gency Services was also on hand as were the Carmel Police and Putnam County Sheriff units, along with Mahopac Fire Police, who took control of traffi c.

Now that the smoke has cleared, Fraser es-timated that damage to his store would be in the tens of thousands of dollars.

“I don’t know what’s going to be salvage-able and what’s not,” Fraser said. In the meantime, he is waiting for the report from the shopping center’s insurance adjustor, and his own adjustor was scheduled to evaluate the damage the next day.

On Friday afternoon, electricians were as-sessing the damage so that they could get the power back up and running.

“The plan is to keep moving as fast as we can [to re-open],” Fraser said. “The key is, nobody was hurt.”

-With additional reporting by Brett Freeman

Overnight fi re devastates Feed Barn Store’s two cats found safe and sound

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When Putnam County voters go to the polls on Nov. 4, they will be asked to cast a ballot for the next county executive.

Voters will have two choices: Republican incumbent MaryEllen Odell or Democratic challenger Sam Oliverio, a longtime county legislator. Both candidates say that the differences between them are stark and clear.

Here is a look at the candidates’ positions and goals:

MAryEllEN ODEllIncumbent Republican MaryEl-

len Odell says she is proud of what her administration has accom-plished during the three years she has served as county executive.

“We have kept our budgets un-der the cap and we have under-spent our budget twice and have maintained our high Moody credit rating,” she said. “That’s what tax-payers want to see.”

Odell, who has lived in Putnam County for the past 50 years, was sworn in as county executive in November 2011 after winning a special election. The special elec-tion was necessitated when Vincent

Leibell, who had won the county executive election, pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges.

Odell had served as the State Senate’s director of veterans and local government affairs just prior to winning the special election.

In the 1990s, she co-founded the Carmel Sports Association, and became a member of the Hamlet of Carmel Civic Association, the Carmel Industrial Development Agency, and Putnam Economic Development Council. She was also named to the executive board for the Gold Star Mothers statue in Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park.

In January 2006, Odell was ap-pointed to fill a vacancy on the Put-nam County Legislature represent-ing District 5, which includes the Hamlet of Carmel and portions of the Towns of Kent and Patterson. She was re-elected to the post in 2007 and served as chair for the Personnel and Protective Services Committee, and sat for two terms as deputy chair of the Legislature.

During her five-year career as a legislator, Odell helped form and chaired the Fiscal Vision and Ac-countability Commission, which was comprised of citizen volun-teers, business leaders and elected

officials. During her tenure as a legislator, she was honored by the Putnam County Joint Veterans Council with its Honorary Veteran Award.

Odell said her victory in the County Executive special election three years ago happened because she was the type of administrator the voters were looking for.

“I think Putnam County was looking for someone who had the background and experience that I was able to deliver,” said Odell, a 1978 Carmel High School gradu-ate. “I was a working mom and raising two kids and running a small business. I had a commit-

ment to my community and neigh-borhood.”

Odell said she brought in entities and initiatives from the private sec-tor to help create county programs.

“I went to work with the seniors and veterans. I brought in all those initiatives and let government work with them,” she said. “You have no idea till you get there if they will work. What I did was cre-ate programs like the liaison office to veterans and the Commission on Fiscal Vision and Accountability. I created that commission because I wanted to invite business own-ers and people from private sector to meet local officials to exchange ideas about where government could do better and save taxpayer dollars. I wanted to know where we could consolidate. Consolida-tion was an underused opportunity. One initiative that came out of that is the video conferencing we use now where inmates remain in facil-ity and conference with the court-room via satellite.”

Odell said her administration had a vision, but knew it had a limited amount of time to see it through.

“We wanted to rebuild the county government structure and we brought in people from the pri-vate sector; that can be tricky,” she

said. “But I am proud of the team we put together and we have some brilliant minds that have helped us save taxpayer dollars and deliver better services.”

Those services, Odell says, in-clude the transportation system featuring the rebranded Putnam MOVES bus service.

“I wanted to focus on that be-cause mobility is an economic driver and we pay our bills with tax dollars,” she said. “The trans-portation system was a folly. It was a 30-year-old system that was used by less than 1 percent of the popu-lation and no one knew it existed.”

Now the Putnam County Cham-bers of Commerce helps offset the cost with its advertising dollars on the buses and shelters, which Odell said has saved a million dollars.

“The number of veterans using it has grown and we know seniors are using it more because we’ve cre-ated shopping days that are getting them on the buses more,” she said.

Odell pledged to provide “the best services that taxpayers de-serve” and to rebuild the county’s infrastructure, including roads and bridges.

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ship with the business community and create jobs with the Economic Development Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce,” she said. “And we will continue to address the war on addiction. We will also continue the fight with Albany over unfunded mandates and combat Medicaid and workers’ comp fraud. I don’t believe government should continue to grow. Instead, we will streamline our services.”

Odell said there is a “very stark contrast” between her and her op-ponent – Democratic County Leg-islator Sam Oliverio.

“My opponent is part of the sys-tem and part of a legacy of issues,” she said. “He’s had 18 years on the legislature and I have yet to hear one thing he has accomplished. Here in my administration, during the last three years our accomplish-ments are real and tangible.”

SAM OlivEriODemocrat Sam Oliverio is a

long-time veteran of Putnam Coun-ty politics. He has served nearly 18 years as a county legislator for Dis-trict 21, which includes his home-town of Putnam Valley.

Oliverio, a Lakeland High School graduate and current assistant prin-cipal at Putnam Valley High, said he decided to challenge incumbent MaryEllen Odell because he feels the county is heading in the wrong

direction under her administration.“I feel strongly that our prior-

ity has to be health and safety,” he said. “The current administration has a reliance on business inter-ests. Business is important and it has a role, but it cannot usurp our resources. Resources were used for golf course improvements while roads are going into disrepair and that is wrong.”

Oliverio said the county needs to take a more balanced approach.

“There needs to be more empha-sis on our infrastructure and envi-ronment,” he said. “I understand that business is important, but how much are you willing to pursue that? There needs to be a proper balance and right now it skews so much toward business and that bothers me.”

Oliverio lauded former County Executive Paul Eldridge, who was appointed to fill in for Vincent Lei-bell after Leibell was sent to prison on fraud charges. Oliverio said he would try to emulate Eldridge’s ap-proach to the job.

“Eldridge stood up to the plate and hit home run after home run,” Oliverio said. “He understood the relationship between the county executive and the legislature. Now [the legislature is] a rubber stamp. Time after time we hear about things after the fact. My father helped write the county charter and I believe in it emphatically, but it’s being ignored.”

Oliverio accused the Odell ad-

ministration of making costly reno-vations on the county executive offices without consulting the leg-islature.

“The third floor was renovated and it cost about $80,000 for things like carpeting and furniture,” he said. “That was when I said I have to run for county executive and started putting money aside.”

Oliverio said he will not take out-side donations in his election bid.

“I am paying for this all by my-self and will spend about $20,000 to $30,000,” he said. “I won’t take donations. I won’t be beholden to anyone; I am the people’s candidate and will cut off special interests. I am bipartisan and have no problem representing anyone”

If elected, Oliverio pledges to do away with the executive’s com-

munity liaison position, a post he says was created by Odell and pays $40,000 a year in salary.

“Why are we paying 40 grand for a community liaison?” he asked. “If I am elected, there will not be a phone call that enters my office that I won’t know about it. No one will intercept a call that is meant for the county executive. I don’t believe in that. This is a small enough coun-ty.”

Oliverio called Odell “a good person” and said he liked her, but that they have different philoso-phies and disagree on many issues.

“Our differences are really cut and dry,” he said. He points to a county measure that called for in-creased security around the Indian Point power plant.

“[Odell] vetoed it. It was a safety issue,” she said. “The legislature overrode her veto by an 8-1 vote. That’s the type of major disagree-ments I am talking about.”

Taxes are also on Oliverio’s mind. He said the county sales tax issue needs to be examined.

“Every year we get a couple mil-lion more in sales taxes than what we think we are going to make,” he said. “We do a couple of differ-ent things. We could lower the tax a little bit and give a break to the people, or we can return some of that excess back to the towns based on the sales tax that they generate. [Odell] wants to keep the money strictly in the county.”

Oliverio would also like to see

school taxes become income-based, rather than based on prop-erty values.

“Seniors and young people can’t afford to live here,” he said. “It’s better to do this equitably. A flat rate is fair and you are not crippling anyone.”

Oliverio said he would reduce the county executive’s salary from $146,000 to $102,000. He notes that if elected he would have to give up his assistant principal job, but won’t accept retirement money while serving as county executive.”

“People say, ‘oh sure, you can cut the county executive salary because you can afford to – you will be pull-ing in that retirement money,’” he said. “But I won’t touch that [retire-ment] money while I am serving as county exec.”

Oliverio also notes that he has voted against and then refused the 34 percent pay increase the legis-lature voted for itself 10 years ago.

“I returned my portion back to the taxpayers,” he said.

He also voted “no” on three of the last four county budgets.

“I have constantly urged the county to stop using false revenue sources to artificially lower taxes while at the same time hitting resi-dents with double-digit tax increas-es,” he said. “The county finally agreed with this policy and last year actually put money into the fund balance.”

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to the week when former President Bill Clinton spoke on behalf of Maloney at Somers Middle School during his first campaign for Con-gress.

Maloney, who represents the 40th Congressional District, which includes Dutchess County, parts of Putnam (including Carmel/Ma-hopac), and parts of Westchester, which includes Somers and York-town, is seeking re-election against former Congresswoman Nan Hay-worth in a rematch of the 2012 campaign.

Maloney is a former member of President Bill Clinton’s staff and

has known the Clintons since the early 1990s.

“I went to Little Rock to work on the Clinton campaign in 1991 and slept on the floor,” Maloney told an enthusiastic standing-room-only crowd. “I saw Hillary speak. She was tough and smart and she was

real and focused like a laser beam. Our [campaign] signs say ‘Clinton Democrat for Congress,’ but I nev-er said which Clinton.”

Clinton expressed mutual admi-ration for Maloney, saying she has fond memories of knowing him for the past 23 years.

“It’s been a great personal plea-sure to see him run for and win his seat in Congress,” she said. “He’s been a tireless champion of middle-class families and is always looking for ways to work across the aisle.”

The rally was attended by a large number of Democrats from both the state and local levels, including former Lt. Governor Al DelBello,

State Senator Terry Gipson (D-Rhinebeck) from the 41st District, Putnam County Clerk candidate Lithgow Osborne and state Senate candidate Justin Wagner.

Gipson encouraged the crowd to help get more Democrats elected to the New York Legislature.

“It’s been a great ride, but it’s been a little lonely,” Gipson said. “We need more Democrats. To be here with Sen. Clinton is the high-light of my career. She has set the bar so high and we want to follow in the footsteps of what she has done.”

When Clinton took the stage, she recalled one of her husband’s early campaign mottos from his first campaign – Opportunity, Respon-sibility and Community – and said that Maloney has emulated those virtues in his political life.

“When we first criss-crossed paths crossing the country back in ’91, that was our message,” Clin-ton said. “I am proud of how hard Sean has worked since then. He has the values and the experience to create jobs. I have seen how he has done exactly that by finding common ground [with Republi-cans]. He gets it.”

Throughout his speech, Malo-ney expounded on his desire to aid the middle class and referenced his parents as major influences in forming his political philosophies and goals.

“My folks didn’t expect govern-ment to do anything for them,” he said. “They had five kids in college and took care of my disabled sister all on one income. That is where I learned how to serve my country – from men like my dad. We don’t care about what color you are, what religion you are, or who you hold hands with as long as we all move forward together.

“I think the proudest day of my life was when I got to walk my par-ents into the Oval Office to meet the president,” he added.

Clinton echoed the theme of the campaign rally – Women for Ma-loney – when she said that Malo-ney stands for equality, particularly women.

“He is standing up for equality in the workplace and a woman’s right to choose her own health care,” Clinton said.

Clinton also extolled Maloney’s ability to be a job creator while walking back a statement she made at a political rally last Friday in Massachusetts, when she said, “Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that

PAGE 8 MAHOPAC NEWS – Thursday, October 30, 2014

SHOULD ODELL BE TRUSTED WITH FOUR MORE YEARS AT THE HELM OF PUTNAM COUNTY?

LET’S LOOK AT THE RECORD OF BLOATED GOVERNMENT IN A $145 MILLION COUNTY BUDGET AND GROWING DEBT

We need to look behind the numbers, the hype and the public relations spin attendant to the budget and to Odell’s leadership and general administration of the county.

A. BONDS TO FINANCE OPERATIONS Odell has pursued a policy of when in doubt, bond and more bond. The undisputed indebtedness of the County is over $65 million, with over $15 million incurred during the last three years and every year the interest or debt service must be paid by you, Yet for starters, she has bonded $400,000 for the bikeway; $500,000 for the Morningthorpe Bridge; $300,000 for septic repairs on Tilly Foster. What is on the horizon is the County’s possible liability attached to the on going Deshovic litigation. Westchester County has paid over $6 million to settle his claims of false charges and imprisonment. It has been reported that Putnam’s share will approximate $10 million, of which $4 million is also slated to be bonded.

The County’s current Moody’s Aa2 (good but not the highest as touted by Odell) bond rating might quickly evaporate, As with the national debt, it will be future generations - your children and grandchildren - that must pay the bill.

B. SALARY INCREASES The combination of new positions, salary increases, position step upgrades amounted to $1 million, exclusive of health and pension benefits. Were increases and upgrades tied to performance?

C. CONTRARY TO REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES OF SMALLER, LEANER GOVERNMENT, DOING MORE WITH LESS, ODELL HAS PURSUED A POLICY OF DOING LESS WITH MORE. Starting with Odell’s Executive office, headed by a former Sheriff ’s Department Investigator, a “Constituent Services” position is listed - exact duties vague, at an annual salary of $44,400. Two “Temporary” Press Relations positions were established on lines totaling approximately $60,000, in addition to a Confidential Secretary whose salary increased from $35,000 to $42,000.

Consultants have been hired attached to the Transportation Czar, Vincent Tamagna ($75,000 with benefits approximating $100,000) at a cost of $60,000. Similarly a consultant from Philipstown was hired in the amount of $20,000 to direct the Tourism Department’s sponsored summer bike race. And what was the Tourism Director doing? A Special Services line for the Highway and Facilities Department ballooned from $50,000 to $263,060.29 without justification from the Director, Fred Pena. And last, but not least, the Director of Economic Development Corporation is commanding a salary of $75,000 with her total budget increasing from $140,001 in 2012 to $175,845 in 2015. Questionable additions of two cars totaling $60,000; two sheriff ’s deputies and inspector ($115,000) exclusive of pensions and health benefits to Philipstown, purportedly to beef up the force in western Putnam . Aside from allusions to increases in drug trafficking, statistical data to support such a large increase to this sparsely populated area of the country in comparison with that of the highway and population dense eastern Putnam, were not provided.

Inexplicable cuts - While this spending spree was going on, Odell cut $22,000 from Legal Aid Services, the very entity that is so essential to our most vulnerable populations - seniors, veterans, disabled.

D. TILLY FOSTER Odell accepted contributions during her last campaign for County Executive from the very person and entity that she was sworn by the mandates of the Lease to oversee and to regulate. Her relationship with the Society, its Board and Whipple frustrated attempts to obtain accurate information as to the management and financial status of the Farm. Failed to compel the Whipple Society to submit required financial reports for the lease termination year 2013 as per lease legal requirements. To this present day, the legislature and the general public remains ignorant of the revenue and losses incurred by the Farm. Failed to exercise her executive authority over Tilly Foster, countenancing the failure of the Whipple Society to require leases from warehousing of tractors in two buildings and a private rock n’ roll collection, housed rent free over a period of six years, thereby incurring financial losses to the taxpayers and the county of approximately a total of $150,000 at market rate rentals.

Recently, Odell and some members of the Legislature approved the rent and utility-free, upgrading the cottage with air-conditioning and architectural alterations for the vet tech, (market rent - $17,000) who continues to be employed during the day by the Highway Department and whose duties are limited to 20 chickens, two pigs and two alpacas. In order to provide cover, Odell engaged a certified veterinarian, Assemblyman Steven Katz, as a volunteer.

THIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, VOTE THE PERSON NOT THE PARTY. NOTE: THE LEgISLATuRE IS PRESENTLY REVIEWINg THE COuNTY BuDgET, SO AMOuNTS IN THIS AD MAY BE REVISED uP OR DOWN. CITIzENS FOR HONEST, OPEN AND RESPONSIBLE gOVERNMENT

‘He is standing up for equality in the workplace and a woman’s right to choose her own health

care.’Hillary Clinton

Former Secretary of State and likely presidential contender

clinton FROM page 1 ‘ Young women are graduating from college

with mountains of student loan debt and senior women have seen a cut to their Medicare benefits. That’s Sean Maloney’s ‘Women’s

Agenda.’Terence Michos

Adviser to Nan Hayworth

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STOP COMMON CORE.Returning control to parents and teachers.Protecting our kids from Albany’s over-testing.

PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.Safeguarded our drinking water by banning the use of pesticides on our fields.Creating green jobs by bringing solar projects to the Hudson Valley.

CUT TAXES. CREATE JOBS.Delivered two consecutive tax cuts and on the verge of delivering a third consecutive cut this year.Helped create $250 million in economic growth and new jobs.

PAID FOR BY COMMITTEE TO ELECT TERRENCE MURPHY, 3030 CHEN CT, YORKTOWN HTS, NY 10598.

create jobs.”On Monday in Somers she said

she “shorthanded this point.”Reaffirming that “trickle-down

economics has failed,” she then clarified, “Our economy grows when business and entrepreneur-ship come together to create jobs. We have a growing number of businesses in our country who are showing what it means to be re-sponsible citizens.”

Clinton added that while the country is facing a litany of prob-lems and threats both internal and external, Americans shouldn’t be afraid.

“Fear is not going to help us solve our problems,” she said. “Fear will not help bring us together.”

On our Facebook page, Halston Media (parent company of Ma-hopac News, Yorktown News and The Somers Record) asked its readers to submit questions we could ask Maloney during the Q&A session after the rally. One reader asked the congressman to address the country’s growing defi-cit, and while Maloney did not lay out a specific strategy to combat it, he admitted it was a major concern.

“We need to balance the bud-get,” Maloney said. “But we need to do it in the right way. We have to pay down the debt.”

Several readers asked for Malo-ney’s view on education, particular

the new Common Core standards.“Common Core was terribly im-

plemented,” he said. “We need to stop it and back it up.”

Another reader asked about Maloney’s view on the recent Eb-ola crisis and if he thought there should be a travel ban from at-risk countries.

“I called for a travel ban on di-rect flights a while ago,” he said. “We need better protocols. I think

the president was a little slow off the mark on this one. But we also need to celebrate our health care workers who put their lives at risk.”

In an interview with Nan Hay-worth after the Clinton/Maloney rally, Hayworth said it was disin-genuous for Maloney to portray himself as a Clinton Democrat.

“The record shows he is a Pelosi/Obama Democrat,” she said. “He has supported the president’s disas-

trous agenda. He likes to brag that he is a bipartisan, but he voted 80 percent of the time with the presi-dent and Nancy Pelosi. In June we had a primary for the Independence Party and I won decidedly. So that tells you who the Hudson Valley thinks is the real independent.”

Hayworth noted that Maloney has been a staunch supporter of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obam-aCare), which she claims has ad-

versely impacted small businesses throughout not just the Hudson Valley region, but the entire coun-try.

“I am about standing with folks in the Hudson Valley against the Washington agenda that [Maloney] has voted for over and over again,” she said. “Small businesses are suffering and are being held back. $716 billion dollars came out of Medicaid [to pay for ObamaCare] and Maloney has supported it at least 10 times.”

Hayworth said young people are fleeing the region because they can no longer afford to live here.

“Look at energy prices. We have had a price hike because the Feder-al Energy Regulatory Commission has imposed that burden,” she said. “I have tried to reign in the regula-tors and make them accountable. [When I was a congresswoman], I co-sponsored the REINS Act that would stipulate that if a regulator wants to impose a regulation that would cost more than $50 million, they would be subject to an up and down vote in Congress. [Maloney] opposed that.”

Terence Michos, an adviser to the Hayworth campaign, added a final point.

“Young women are graduat-ing from college with mountains of student loan debt and senior women have seen a cut to their Medicare benefits,” Michos said. “That’s Sean Maloney’s ‘Women’s Agenda.’”

Photos: Deena Bell

hillary Clinton was glowing on Monday after talking about her new granddaughter, Charlotte, during a rally for the reelection of Congressman sean Patrick Maloney in somers.

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By BrETT FrEEMANOf MahOpac News

This newspaper studiously avoids endorsing candidates for political office.

Unlike a large daily newspaper, we have a small staff and we feel that we can’t objectively report on political candidates and also make endorsements.

However, during this hotly contested political season, a situation outside of traditional politics has arisen where we feel that our support of a particular candidate for a public role is appropriate.

When we learned that Dr. Brian Mahoney stepped down from the Mahopac Board of Education last week, we suspect-ed that his resignation was possibly for the purpose of throw-ing his hat into the ring for the superintendent position.

We don’t know who else the board will be considering for the position, but if Mahoney is interested, we urge serious consideration of his candidacy.

He has impeccable credentials. Mahoney, who has his doctorate in educational leadership from Fordham University,

is currently serving as the headmaster of EF Academy, an in-ternational boarding and day school for Grades 9-12 located in Thornwood. Prior to this position, he served as principal of the Harvey Middle School in Katonah and as the Head of School in Rockland Country Day School in Congers.

He also has strong roots in Mahopac. As a lifelong resident, graduating from Mahopac High School in 1992, he previ-ously taught fifth grade at Austin Road Elementary School. He currently has two school-age children at Austin Road and a 2-year-old who will be entering the public school system in a few years.

Sure, there are the naysayers. Some people on social media questioned whether Mahoney ran for the school board posi-tion back in May in order to gain inside information about the attributes his board colleagues were seeking for the position. But this theory seems off the mark because Mahoney put his hat into the ring for school board when everyone thought John Kopicki was set to be the district’s next superintendent.

Mahoney is a strong candidate for superintendent because he can identify with teachers and staff while simultaneously identifying with taxpayers. While his career background,

which has included several roles in private schools, is uncon-ventional, that difference should result in new perspectives and new ideas. His staff would almost all have extensive public school backgrounds, so the leadership team, collectively, would not suffer from any void on that dimension.

Importantly, as a resident and taxpayer of Mahopac, pre-sumably for years to come, he would have to live with any fis-cal and strategic decisions that he would make for the district.

Finally, Mahoney seems like an ideal antidote to all of the controversies that plagued the board last school year. He ap-pears to be independent of any coalition, since he ran as an in-dependent, in fact as a write-in candidate, after former school board President Ray Cote removed his name from consider-ation after he was caught on an open mic making disparaging comments about a resident’s weight.

So, Mahoney’s short tenure as a trustee was a response of sorts to try to remedy the disrespect felt by critics of the district’s previous leadership.

Mahoney is a bright, fresh face and the board would be remiss if it didn’t seriously consider hiring him for the superin-tendent position.

Board should seriously consider Mahoney for superintendent

Newspaper columnists have long endorsed political candidates despite research indicat-ing little influence on voters.

So, to better understand this surprising phenomenon, I conducted a non-scientific poll of three readers of this column. I wanted to find out whether my personal opinion about who one should vote for and why might have any value.

I asked my buddy Connie, who said that my opinion would reveal my hidden bias against Republicans, annoy him to no end and absolutely not influence his choice. I then asked Lefty, who said that if I badmouthed a Democrat, I should be willing to shoulder the blame if he/she was defeated.

Lastly, I asked Mumbles. He muttered that

he could make up his own mind, thank you very much, without any help from me.

Not one to be easily dissuaded, I decided to focus on a few select races. I have chosen

to endorse candidates that not only demonstrate a genuine ability to tackle complex problems and tasks, but who also pos-sess and model an inner strength of character that can hopefully influence our humanity toward one another.

Sam Oliverio, running for Putnam County Executive, is a kind, gentle and giving man. He has represented District 2 in the County Legislature for the past 18 years with verve and unusual commitment.

Vote as if the future depends on it

BerNie KOsBerg

HERE AND NOW!

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Chris Day. Nita Lowey. Nan Hayworth. Sean Patrick Maloney. Andrew Falk. Justin Wagner. Terrence Murphy.

None of these candidates for office are go-ing to utter an original thought not authorized by their respective party pooh-bahs. These are soldiers, not leaders.

However, for the of-fices they seek, that is the primary requirement. The leaders of these respec-tive parties are loath to nominate a candidate they fear will go off the reservation. This is what it is.

In a representative democracy, which is our governing structure, we elect the candi-date we want to fight our battles.

So, your choice next week is to whose beat do you want your candidate to march?

I say this because I cannot think of one reason why anyone who has eyes to see, ears to hear, and a mind that can think for itself, would want to vote for any candidate that would continue to promote the policies that the Democrats in leadership positions have enacted, or are advocating for. In the Congressional races, even though President Obama is not on the ballot, he was correct in saying his policies are and the elected Demo-crats have had his back and voted for those policies time and time again. Is this the beat in which you want your candidate to march? There is no such thing as a moderate Demo-crat if they support such policies.

In fact it is these policies that the Demo-crats are running from. They are trying very hard to re-write history and tell you that they disagree whole heartedly with what is happening even though they voted for or

supported the policies that have gotten us to this place. They must lie about who they are, for the truth would surely invite defeat. They manufacture fears that the Republicans are such monsters, that even though the Democrat

policies are failures, it is better than what the Republicans would do if elected.

History does not start when you wake up; nor did it start when you were born. History is.

When the Republicans held all the levers of government, no agency got less money than the year before. There was not one proposal to limit a woman’s right to choose, not one!

They expanded Medicare. They expanded the power of the Department of Education. Mom and dad did not receive less money in Social Security, nor were they forced to eat cat food. Economic opportunity was pro-moted for all, regardless of race or gender. Unemployment was 4.6 percent and I’m not referring to part-time jobs or jobs involving hamburger flipping.

The government did not pick the winners.

The case against voting Democrat

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BAZZOSAYS

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Vote for politicians who

care about global warming and the

environmentTo the Editor:

In case all the signs, talk of scandals and people sharing their opinions on things weren’t a give-away, Election Day is right around the corner!

Although I’ll be in New Or-leans come the fi rst Tuesday of November, my absentee ballot will be counted right alongside yours. Thanks to the wondrous Internet, I’ve been able to stay reasonably connected to local happenings, but honestly, I must admit that deep down it absolutely pains me how politically-minded I’ve become over the past year. Despite my best efforts to stick my head in the sand, it’s been impossible to ignore the many simmering issues currently affecting our town, state and country.

From stagnant wages, reproduc-tive rights, radical jihadists, Ebola outbreaks, student loans, border crossings and drug overdoses to gender equality, net neutrality, Common Core, Russian aggression, police militarization, mass surveil-lance and stubborn ol’ racism, there is certainly a lot to weigh come

polling time. On top of it all sits the massive

elephant in the room, global climate change, a subject still largely ob-scured by the mass media. However, Spectra Energy’s Atlantic Bridge proposal has recently renewed local discussion about natural-gas use and what truly needs to be done to ensure not only a livable, but also prosperous, future for all.

As some of you may recall, I wrote a letter published in the June 19 edition that attempted to clarify the present state of our climate. To briefl y recap, Earth is warming and we are the reason why! This is a sentiment shared by 97 percent of the world’s climate scientists and each week new fi ndings bolster existing concrete, foundational evidence. In fact, this past August was the hottest in modern history, and so was September! This streak of anomalies has positioned 2014 to be one of the hottest years on record, along with 2005 and 2010.

Invariably though, someone will always respond with the undying myth of supposed planetary cooling since 1998. While there has been a noticeable lag in surface temperature rise over the past decade and a half, it is well understood that this ‘miss-ing heat’ has been absorbed by our shockingly-warm (and increasingly-acidic) oceans. Others may instead point to the recent mild summer as justifi cation towards further inac-

tion, which demonstrates a bit of confusion differentiating weather and climate.

To be fair, much of the country did experience irregular warming of less than 1°F throughout August and September, and the Northeast even had an uncharacteristically cool August. That said, it’s essen-tial to realize these local instances are exceptions rather than the rule. Specifi cally, the Middle East and western Asia experienced warming almost 8°F higher than normal over that August-September period and portions of Antarctica (that place with ice) saw an absurd 15°F spike!

It is almost universally agreed that average global surface tem-perature rise should be limited to 2°C (or roughly, 3.5°F) above pre-industrial levels by 2100 in order to avoid catastrophic effects to our modern, globalized civilization. Unfortunately, at our current rates of greenhouse-gas expulsion, we will cement a grave future for our children and grandchildren by 2040. This is largely due to the ability of heat-trapping gasses to persist in our atmosphere for up to a century, as is the case with carbon dioxide. A worrying time lag therefore exists between any future emission cuts and the actual, sought-after release of trapped heat.

Experts in the climate fi eld have also called for a peak in global emis-sions to occur by 2020, and late next

year, a U.N. conference in Paris will be the deadline for world leaders to develop a new legally-binding treaty to address our accelerating climate crisis. Considering 2013 saw the largest global release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in three decades, we’ve clearly lost the luxury of implementing gradual, evolutionary emission cuts. Although the Euro-pean Union is decently positioned to reduce its GHG output by 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, the United States has remarkably increased its emissions since 1990. Besides those residing in mining-de-pendent, drought-stricken Australia, no other global citizens of a country larger than 10 million individuals emit more GHGs on a per-person basis than Americans.

Here in the United States, misinformation campaigns have successfully transformed an exis-tential threat into a hyper-politicized issue. Nowadays, realists are too often treated as alarmists and any reasonable debate regarding po-tential mitigation strategies has consequently been absent from Congressional fl oors. When asked about climate change, it’s become the norm for elected offi cials to assert that they’re not scientists and to defl ect with ‘beliefs’ that humans couldn’t possibly be responsible for what we’re currently witnessing. An obvious symptom of our country’s uncomfortable fi nancial-political

entanglement, individuals elected to represent the public are instead speaking on behalf of dirty-energy interests.

Alas, this brings us to natural gas- the bridge fuel to a sustainable future! As nice as it sounds, after accounting for the methane leakage that occurs throughout extraction and pipeline transport, the reality is natural-gas use is just as emissions-heavy as burning coal, if not more. And that says nothing of the dam-ages of fracking, a topic so conten-tious, Gov. Cuomo ordered federal scientists to downplay the health and environmental risks eventually included in a 2011 state-commis-sioned study.

Increased fracking, pipeline con-struction and natural-gas use are not the answers to our present or future concerns, regardless of where they may take place. Without the assis-tance of incredible amounts of gov-ernment subsidies, the dirty-energy sector would be unable to hold its competitive advantage in our global marketplace. In a true free market, renewable technologies could easily outpace their dirty counterparts and provide clean, reliable energy on a large-scale, independent of foreign reliance, seemingly forever.

I sincerely applaud the efforts of the so-called “angry moms” of Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expan-

LETTERS

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JUSTIN WAGNER Where the Candidates Stand TERRENCE MURPHYSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTS A Woman’s Right to Choose OPPOSESSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTS 10 Point Women’s Equality Agenda OPPOSESSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTS Maintain Assault Weapons Ban OPPOSESSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTS Maintain Background Checks for Gun Purchases OPPOSESSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTS Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform OPPOSESSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTSSUPPORTS Tax Free Zones to Encourage Business Growth OPPOSES

JUSTIN WAGNER Where the Candidates Stand TERRENCE MURPHY

Property Tax ReliefJustin has a real plan to lower property taxes by eliminating wasteful redundancies in government and passing a constitutional amendment to prevent new unfunded mandates.

Reform AlbanyJustin’s plan to clean up Albany; build a truly independent ethics enforcement agency, pass campaign finance reform to clamp down on a system that resembles legalized bribery, and strip the pensions of corrupt officials.

Create JobsJustin will support job-creating investments in New York’s crumbling infrastructure and promote tax incentives for small businesses that create jobs on Main Street.

Oppose Algonquin Pipeline ExpansionThe Algonquin Pipeline Expansion will threaten our health, safety, and property values by transporting fracked gas within feet of schools, parks, playgrounds, and residential neighborhoods. Justin will oppose the plan to extend and expand this pipeline.

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sion for making amazing strides in demanding elected offi cials to actu-ally represent the will of the public. Their work is a defi ning example of grassroots organizing and offers a beacon of hope in a world where corporately-funded ‘AstroTurf’ movements have become far too common.

The upcoming midterm elections will undoubtedly serve as critical determinants of our society’s future, and we must all ensure our informed votes refl ect our best interests.

James G. Hartwell Mahopac

Odell revitalized the Putnam County Golf

CourseTo the Editor: As a long-time Putnam County

resident, I would like to take this opportunity to express my opinion about the Putnam County Golf

Course. As an active person, I try to take

advantage of all the things that Put-nam has to offer. I regularly ride the bike path and hike the many beauti-ful trails throughout the county. Unfortunately, in the past, the golf course had a lot to be desired with mud everywhere and cart paths that could have passed for tank traps.

The course, now under the control of Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell, has had a fabulous turn-around. Improvements in the drainage system have cleared up the course, cart paths have improved, trees are being cut back and dead ones removed. The amount of peo-ple playing the course is at a steady increase and the rates for county residents are reasonable (Westches-ter courses hammer non-residents). The pro shop and services are fi rst rate, but that’s just the golf. The Friday barbeques have become a big success with $15 all-you-can-eat and live music. Special dinner and a show are planed for the fall.

We recently had our daughter’s bridal shower in the main ball room and were very happy with the food

and the service as well as the beauti-ful setting. The paved parking lot made getting in and out so much easier and the ladies didn’t have to worry about ruining their shoes.

The Putnam County Golf Course has been revitalized and the credit goes to the great staff and the vision of Putnam County Executive Mary-Ellen Odell.

Tom and Peggy LynchMahopac

Former Town Supervisor

endorses OdellTo the Editor:

I don’t normally write an en-dorsement for a political candidate, but this year I am compelled to re-quest your indulgence and ask your readers to return MaryEllen Odell to the offi ce of Putnam County Execu-tive on Dlection Day, Nov. 4.

As a former elected offi cial, I had the opportunity to work together with MaryEllen on many commu-nity projects that continue to this day to be an enormous benefi t to

the Carmel-Mahopac community. MaryEllen has a rare quality of using a common sense, solution-based approach to governing and has remained her own person.

Unfortunately, today, too many politicians are hostage to special in-terests and consequently lose touch with the interests and values of the people they serve.

MaryEllen deserves re-election and I know she will always place the people’s interest fi rst in all projects that she undertakes.

Frank J. Del CampoMahopac

Frank Del Campo was Carmel Town Supervisor from 1996-2003.

Odell meets the needs of her constituents

To the Editor: As a resident of Mahopac for the

past 73 years, I would openly like to declare my support of MaryEl-len Odell for the position of County Executive.

Ms. Odell has had three years of experience in the offi ce of County Executive. In this short time, the amount of progress made in the county is the most I have ever seen come out of the County Executive’s offi ce.

When MaryEllen was on the Putnam County Legislature, she was a doer, backing up her words with action. Now, MaryEllen as County Executive is making a difference once again.

The list is long: Providing ser-vices to the seniors, making veterans a priority, keeping our roads safe and clear, working with the energy companies to get power restored during the hurricane, revitalizing downtown Main Street in Brewster, refurbishing and rebranding the county golf course and restoring Tilly Foster Farm to a farm for the

people! MaryEllen has a good under-

standing of the needs of the people in the county and does her best to meet those needs while maintaining a fi scally responsible approach. She is trustworthy, honest and dedicated in investing precious hours required for this offi ce.

I am confi dent that MaryEllen is the only deserving candidate for the offi ce of County Executive.

Kurt BegerMahoapc

Wagner, Falk, Oliverio,

LoBue and Whetsel support environmental

safeguardsTo the Editor:

As someone who has been study-ing the dangers of hydrofracking and pipelines for several years, I am extremely concerned about the com-ing elections.

Some candidates for election have led the fi ght for preserving our air and water quality and reducing global warming, while others have shown little regard for the facts. This letter is to acknowledge those candi-dates who cared enough about their neighbors to educate themselves and publicly take a stand.

Justin Wagner and Andrew Falk, candidates for State Senator and State Assemblyman, asked many questions and did a great deal of research. Falk went even further and visited the fracking fi elds of Pennsylvania to speak with those whose lives have been devastated by fracking. Wagner and Falk both sup-port establishing a ban on fracking in New York State and making sure

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that independent safety and health impact assessments are conducted before considering approval of the AIM pipeline.

That proposed pipeline is only 1,500 feet from Indian Point’s 40 years of radioactive spent fuel rods; close to two seismic faults; intersect-ing with two proposed 1,000 mega-watt electrical power lines; 450 feet from an elementary school; close to an historic church; and passing through residential neighborhoods. That is absurd.

Sam Oliverio, a legislator for 18 years, who is running for Putnam County Executive, led the success-ful effort to have Putnam County be the fi rst county to pass a resolution calling for safeguards. Oliverio and Dini LoBue, legislator from District

8, have worked tirelessly to protect their constituents, showing that a Democrat and a Republican can, indeed, work cooperatively.

Wendy Whetsel, currently on the Putnam Valley Town Board and running for Putnam County Legis-lator in District 2, has long been a supporter of environmental safe-guards. In my conversations with her, I have been impressed by her extensive knowledge and efforts to educate the public about a variety of environmental threats.

Justin Wagner, Andy Falk, Sam Oliverio, Dini LoBue and Wendy Whetsel are truly people of great integrity. They deserve the support and, most importantly, the votes of all who care about the health of their family and their neighbors.

Jerry Ravnitzky Mahopac

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This is fact. The Democrats lie and play on fear. You must not take counsel of your fears.

This is in fact a government at war with its people. From economic and foreign policies, we see nothing but failure. After six years, anyone who still believes this is President George W. Bush’s fault is a lost cause. Lost are also those who made wrong choices and now believe someone owes them a living. I will not bore you with the data I have written about time and time again that show in detail the failures, but I will ask one question: What is it that you want Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney to give us two more years of?

To vote for Maloney is to vote for a representative that will march to the beat of Obama’s drum.

You must remember he lied when he said the government was shut down when it was only 17 percent of the government.

He lied when he said the seques-ter cut government funding, when in fact it cut the rate of growth.

No agency got less money, and in fact agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control got more than requested.

He voted during the partial shut down to keep the war memorials shut to veterans, but supported the march of illegal aliens on those same grounds.

He voted against all the fi xes to Obamacare he now says he is in fa-vor of simply because a Republican proposed them. He misrepresents himself because the truth hurts.

Your choice must be Nan Hay-worth. She will be a good soldier and vote for polices that will halt this downward economic spiral eco-nomic and disastrous foreign policy.

Is she perfect? Hell no! However, considering the person who now occupies this seat, she can not do worse, and in many cases better.

Also, at least she is not a phoney. Up in Albany, there can be no

choice. Andrew Falk will not stand up to

the corruption. He will not vote for policies that will increase economic opportunity for all. He says he will, but then he says he will vote

to make it more expensive to hire someone. He would vote against any opportunity for the Souther Tier to get out of its economic doldrums. He will continue to force us to send money to countries that wish us harm. Even though medical mari-juana is settled law, he can not take yes for an answer, because he does not like they way Assemblyman Steve Katz came to his conclusion. Like Justin Wagner, Falk lies about the Women’s Equality Act and what it stands for. He lies about Katz’s po-sition. Worse, he lies when he says Katz wants to hurt women.

Andrew Falk will continue to march to Gov. Cuomo’s drum beat.

Do you really want more of this contempt for the residents of New

York? The choice must be Katz. He too is not perfect, but we are

not electing Gods. We are electing a person who can, will and has uttered independent thoughts not sanctioned by the party pooh-bahs, which is why he was not on the list I started this column with.

Another name not on the list is Rob Astorino.

He has taken the battle to Cuomo. Cuomo blinked.

Cuomo has now run ads saying Astorino, if elected, would enact policies that will kill your mom and dad. Cuomo has an economic and ethical record on which he cannot run. That is why he must lie and scare the beejeebers out of you and make you fear Astorino. The only

thing you must fear is four more years of this governor’s contempt of anyone who gets in his way.

Cuomo is not a leader, but a bully. He says those who disagree with him have no place in New York. He says he is the government.

This is a mindset that must be feared. If re-elected, it will get worse, and political payback will be ugly.

Astorino has laid out platforms on economic policy; on energy policy; on education policy; and on fi ghting corruption. He has told you what he will do if elected. He has shown courage.

You can fi nd Astorino’s policies

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in various postings on my blog, Bazzomanifesto.

Cuomo runs on the fact that under him, we now have gay marriage. Even this, he has marred by not re-appointing the judge who forced the legislature to do its job, the job the governor now touts as a success. He cannot run on his economic or ethical policies. In fact, his platform is “I will not tell you what it is until after the election.”

See. It’s contempt for the voter. The choice must be Astorino, for

he has shown leadership while the governor has shown cowardice.

No, the Republicans are not per-fect. They have some social beliefs in which even I disagree. However, those beliefs are not on the ballot, nor in danger of ever becoming law. What is on the ballot is the policies of this president and governor.

If you want more crap and fear, vote Democrat.

If you want hope and opportunity for ALL, the you must vote Republi-can/Conservative.

This is what I say, what say you?

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school system. Though ranked within the top

10 counties nationwide in median household income, Putnam is facing many long-term problems that are not being attended to by the pres-ent administration. We’re seeing an exceedingly high rate of home foreclosures; hundreds of empty storefronts; high taxes; the misuse of long-term bonding for recurring annual operating expenses; a heroin epidemic; and over 50 percent of our county’s roads and bridges rated

as unsafe. The present Putnam County Ex-

ecutive has not made the concerted efforts necessary to support small business development in spite of the economic and social dangers that lurk ahead.

MaryEllen Odell has selected political cronies to lead the Eco-nomic Development Corporation, the Industrial Development Agency and the Putnam County Tourism Offi ce. All three agencies lack knowledgeable leadership; they are

neither innovative nor creative; and all have failed to develop a cohesive approach among the towns to work together and collaborate.

Interestingly, the lower Hud-son Valley region, this past year, received $59.6 million in state-supported grants for 87 business de-velopment projects. Putnam County received state funding for only three initiatives, which totaled $1.2 million. Putnam County is the only county in the Hudson Valley region to experience a drop in tourism dollars. Without economic expan-sion, we can’t count on economic opportunities in Putnam County.

Putnam County is the only county in the region without any signifi -cant educational opportunities that lead to higher employment and job growth. This is an issue that has been bandied about politically for many years, to no avail. The reality continues to be: If you need higher education, vocational training or job readiness skills, go elsewhere.

In addition, there are few opportu-nities for individual and professional growth in Putnam County. Good jobs are hard to fi nd and living expenses run high. Even though the unemployment rate in Putnam County is low, too many young workers struggle to be independent. They are underemployed in low-

salaried jobs (not earning a living wage); others are only working part-time; and many of those who do have good jobs must commute far distances.

A signifi cant downside to this trend is that scores of these young adults, many of the best and the brightest in this county, quickly realize they must move elsewhere in order to establish their homes, fami-lies and careers. And, as Putnam County grays and our commercial tax base narrows, we run the risk of becoming disproportionately taxed and devoid of youthful vigor.

Misappropriation of tax dollars; commercial signage on the bikeway; the gross politicizing of our govern-ment agencies; the calamity at Tilly Foster Farm; the arbitrary closing of kitchens at senior centers; the enormous waste of taxpayer dollars and resources invested in a golf course that few of us use; the with-holding of surplus sales tax revenue from the towns… Now is the time for change, and a bipartisan govern-ment, led by Sam Oliverio, is the way to go.

The race to replace Greg Ball in the 40th Senate District has been particularly mean-spirited. Republi-can Terrence Murphy, a chiroprac-

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I recently read that the average person will ingest eight spiders in his or her lifetime.

Apparently, this happens when we are sleeping, which would make sense, because I don’t know any-one in their right mind who would choose to eat a spider when they’re conscious, except maybe my dog.

While this might explain that full feeling I sometimes have when I wake up, I was reluctant to believe that even one spider would willing-ly climb into bed with me and take a kamikaze dive into my mouth. I’ve smelled my morning breath. It would kill anything smaller than an elephant upon impact.

Moreover, being a light sleeper, I’m pretty sure I would wake up if I felt someone or something tickling my tongue. It’s just not the kind of thing you can continue to sleep through. I have to imagine that somewhere in the deep recesses of my sleeping mind, it would register that a spider was crawling into my mouth, and before you could say “Charlotte’s Web,” I’d be wide awake and spitting that sucker across the bedroom floor.

This is not to say that I haven’t eaten a few bugs accidentally over

the years. I distinctly remember the joy of flying down a big hill on my bike when I was kid, and then the feeling of pure horror as a bug flew into my mouth and down my throat. I had no idea what kind of bug it was, other than the knowl-

edge that it buzzed and crunched before it went down. Distraught, I told my mother, who responded that it was just a little extra protein in my diet that day.

Still, it’s one thing to inadver-tently inhale a beetle, and quite another to find out that an army of spiders are playing tonsil hockey with you on their way down to your stomach. Since I do not believe everything I read on the Internet, I decided to do a little research into the matter to help allay my fears.

The first site I checked said we swallow four spiders in our life-

time.That was better, but still not great

news.The second site I checked said

the number was closer to 20. After reading that, I felt compelled to wash my mouth out with Listerine and lay down with a cool wash-cloth across my head. But then I was worried I might fall asleep and swallow a spider, so I got up and went back on the Internet.

Another site said we swallow a pound of spiders over our lifetime. According to the site, that would be about 20,000 average-sized house

spiders. I decided this information must be flawed. If we had 20,000 spiders in our house, I wouldn’t BE in the house long enough to swal-low them.

I finally decided to check out Snopes.com, the go-to site for verification of urban myths.

According to them, the whole thing is a made-up crock of arach-nids.

Flies, however, are another thing.

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tor, bar owner and Yorktown councilman, has taken on Democrat Justin Wagner, a lawyer who came close to beating Ball in 2012. The candidates are on opposite sides of many major issues. Murphy holds ultra-conservatives views on reproductive choice, the Women’s Equality Act, the Algonquin Gas Pipeline and common sense gun safety legislation. Wagner feels that Murphy’s position on these issues is unacceptable.

Justin Wagner is knowledgeable, quick-witted and extremely well spoken. A proponent of reforming state government, he was endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters, who believe that his strong leadership potential in the Senate could lead to significant savings for taxpayers and more efficiency in government. Wagner believes in responsible gun control; is opposed to shale gas drilling in New York State; is a supporter of election campaign reform that would provide matching funds to candidates; is firmly committed to environmental protections; and is an avid promoter of the Women’s Equality Act.

Democrat Andrew Falk is chal-lenging two-term GOP Assembly-man Stephen Katz to represent the 94th Assembly District. Katz’s attendance record is poor; he has opposed raising the minimum wage; opposed cutting business taxes in

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Dear Dr. Linda,Our fourth-grade son is a math

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Sean inherited our poor spell-ing gene. Poor spelling hasn’t hurt our careers, but it’s hurting Sean’s math grades. He’s failing math because his teacher grades spelling mistakes on his math tests. He’s frustrated and unhappy because

he gets perfect scores on the math. Last night he told us that he hates math. His teacher said she under-stands, but the state requires it.

This is insane. Where do we go from here?

-Eric

Dear Eric,You’re absolutely right. Picture

Einstein standing in front of a blackboard.

What do you see on the board? Mathematical equations and

numbers, not spelling words. If the school philosophy, even

from state regulations, requires grading spelling on math tests, it should be a separate grade. One grade assesses the student’s math. Another grade assesses spelling.

If students aren’t receiving two

grades, Sean’s math grade and the other children’s math grades are invalid. For a test grade to be valid, it must refl ect what the teacher is assessing. If the teacher is assessing how well the student is doing in math, the grade must refl ect that. Understanding math concepts and being able to per-form mathematical procedures has nothing to do with whether the child can spell the words.

I saw a fi fth-grader last year who was an outstanding math student from kindergarten on. At 5 years old, he understood why 5+X=10. He loved playing with numbers.

However, his fi fth-grade teacher wouldn’t allow him to go into the advanced math class because he wasn’t writing out why certain

mathematical processes occur. He could explain it to her verbally, but had diffi culty getting it down on paper.

He said to me, “I don’t under-stand her questions.” He showed me using numbers why the for-mula works. “It just does math-ematically,” he commented.

At this point, he had already taught himself algebra and geom-etry. In fact, his math ability was beyond the advanced math class. Yet, he sat in fi fth grade all year following the fi fth-grade math curriculum and not doing well because of his writing diffi culties.

Did this child reach his potential in math? Was he turned off from math? What are we teaching our children about school?

This is an extreme case. The child was gifted in math, but not receiving the proper education.

His spelling and writing abilities clouded his potential in math.

Schools need to fi nd each stu-dent’s strengths and give them op-portunities to soar in those areas.

If the school or the state is in-sisting that students know how to spell mathematical terms in order to assess a child’s math success, it needs to establish a grading system that doesn’t hold our good math students from moving ahead.

Talk to Sean’s teacher again and the principal to explain your concerns.

-Dr. Linda

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areas of the state suffering severe economic hardship; voted to defund Planned Parenthood; opposed the public fi nancing of election cam-paigns; opposed a moratorium on the issuance of hydrofracking per-mits; opposed the Women’s Equal-ity act; and opposed setting limits on greenhouse gasses.

Falk, known for his passion and enthusiasm, is focused on address-ing the needs of the middle class. He is concerned that our elected of-fi cials have been unresponsive to the challenges of this diffi cult economy and that we are burdened by high taxes and gross ineffi ciencies. Falk enjoys a wide range of endorse-ments from a host of local organiza-tions and unions; is a proponent of universal health care; will fi ght to protect Social Security, unemploy-ment insurance and the right to a liv-

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The Putnam County Legislative race for District 2 pits a Republican businessman against a Democratic Putnam Valley Councilwoman.

Bill Gouldman, owner of On the Rocks whiskey bar in the Midtown West area of Manhattan, and Wendy Whetsel, a former commercial artist and three-term town council mem-ber with strong environmental in-terests, are locked in a battle for the right to represent Putnam County Legislative District 2, which covers Mahopac’s Lake Secor area and the Town of Putnam Valley.

The seat was made available in this year’s election after Democratic County Legislator Sam Oliverio, who after six terms on the legislature and, before that, a fi ve-year stint as a Putnam Valley town councilman, announced he would run against in-cumbent County Executive MaryEl-len Odell, a Republican.

Gouldman, who owned mar-tini bar Vintage in Manhattan for 16 years before opening On the Rocks four years ago, said he is running for the legislature because it needs a businessman’s perspective.

“I believe that county government

should be run like a business,” said Gouldman, who said he has been endorsed by the Conservative, Inde-pendence, Libertarian and Republi-can parties. “If government were run like a business, we’d have a lower cost of services and cut waste. I’m concerned about our future: our lo-cal future, our state future, our na-

tional future.”Gouldman, who has lived in Put-

nam Valley for the past 20 years, received an MBA from Wagner Col-lege and a bachelor’s degree in mar-keting from Salem College. He is a member of the Putnam Valley Vol-unteer Fire Department and the Ro-tary Club, and ran against Assembly-

woman Sandy Galef, a Democrat, in 2008 and 2010 in pursuit of her seat representing the 90th State Assembly District, which covers upper West-chester and Putnam counties.

Putnam County is the smallest county in the state, which makes it one of smallest counties in the na-tion, Gouldman said, and it is also

uniquely located between New York City, Poughkeepsie and Albany.

“Because of that, we have great resources, so we should think out of the box in terms of seeking possibili-ties for non-traditional types of busi-nesses,” he said. “There are many horse farms in Putnam County, so we could try to market those kinds of things and let government help generate business for people outside the county to use some of those fa-cilities,” he said. The same tourism principle could apply to Putnam’s many scenic Christmas tree farms and apple orchards. “This would in-crease tourism revenue, and encour-age people to travel, stay, live and eat in Putnam County.”

“When I am elected, my tenure would be based on three things: lim-ited government, greater freedom for all of us and doing more with less,” Gouldman said at a Sept. 30 Putnam County Chamber of Commerce can-didate forum. “I believe government should work for small businesses, not against them. Small businesses in Putnam County are the creators of opportunities, the creators of jobs and the creators of prosperity for all of us in Putnam and in New York

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The inaugural HOPEwalk for breast cancer awareness on Oct. 4 raised about $12,000 for Community Cares.

The event was organized by Krista Do-nahoe and Colette Neilis.

Community Cares brings meals, clean laundry and a clean house to moms and dads in medical crisis. Over 200 people

participated in the walk, despite the very rainy weather.

The 5k event started at the Mahopac Firehouse and went around Lake Casse. Halfway around Lake Casse there was a water station manned by the Mahopac var-sity cheerleaders and the walk ended back at the firehouse. An afterparty was hosted

by the Claddagh Bar and Grill. The success of the event was due in large

part to the 65 student volunteers from Ma-hopac High School varsity football, cheer, colorguard and MOST groups. Attendees of the HOPEwalk included the Mahopac teachers, school nurses and school district bus drivers.

Inaugural HOPEwalk raises $12k for Community Cares

Drew Nursery School teachers showing support for the cause.

Members of the varsity football team stand with

Krista Donahoe and Colette Neilis, the co-

founders of HOPEwalk.

Patty Murray, Patti Vellek, Karen D’Iorio and Luci Gennusa

Breast cancer survivor Paula Ahearn with her son Nick, 12, are happy to show support for the cause.

Community Cares founder Amy Sayegh with friends who came up from Yonkers to support the walk.

Mahopac Maniacs supporting HOPEwalk. Francesca Mangione, Page Gianfia, Caleigh Ryan, Victoria Corrado, Chelsea McNulty, Claire Winchell, Sarah Jeunemann, Beatrice Lopez and Kelly McGourty Celeste Jacklett, Alice Foley, Fran Shea, Jill Talcovitz and

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Tom Cleary, who lost his wife Tracy to breast cancer this year, and his twins Ryan and Emily, came to support the work that Community Cares does to help out families struggling with the fight against cancer.

Little Ryan Cleary, 4, playing with his umbrella as his dad speaks to the crowd.

Laurie McKoskey with her daughter Elizabeth, 5, came to walk with Annie Mitchell, Valerie Goodwin, Liz Adessa and Denise Corrigan.

Breast cancer survivor Mary DiVincenzo and her daughter Raquel, 15.

Camp Combe YMCA Teen Leaders volunteering at the food tables before the walk. From left: Mackenzie Barry, Alexis Delgado, Matthew Argila, team leader Lindsay Guidotti, James Ahearn, Lydia Igna and Patrick Riolo.

Andrew, Amanda and Rosie Cavaciutti ready to walk in the rain!

Karen Maulen of Community Cares registering walkers.

Heather Ryan, Dawn Brown and Ronnie Zunno getting ready to walk.

Dawn Kelly, Terri Iaccuone, Jackie Degnan and Kaylynn Jacobellis are ready to walk in the rain to support HOPEwalk.

Carmel Police Chief Mike Cazzari and his wife Doreen

And there they go! Krista Donahoe and Colette Neilis lead the way for HOPEwalk 2014.

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Gouldman said he moved to Put-nam after growing up in the Bronx, where he bought a house that coinci-dentally overlooked a piece of prop-erty his parents had owned when he was a child.

“We had a great time here. I raised my daughter here. I call it God’s country,” he said.

Opponent Whetsel, who was elected to her third three-year term as town councilwoman in 2012, said she is running for a seat on the coun-ty legislature because she believes it needs a new voice.

“I believe that democracy is founded on balance. It can’t be an all-or-nothing mentality,” she said.

Some of her past accomplish-ments as a Putnam Valley town councilwoman over the past nine years include helping institute a heat-ing oil co-op so constituents could get better prices on oil, working to redo Putnam Valley’s master plan and preserving open space, she said. Before she was elected to the coun-cil, Whetsel created and presided over the Putnam Valley Residents Coalition, which lobbied to institute tree laws in town, promoted environ-mentalism and reinstated the town’s ethics board.

Whetsel graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree and from Manhattanville College with a master’s degree in teaching. As a commercial artist, she started out working at Family Circle Maga-

zine heading the promotional art de-partment and eventually went into business for herself, starting Chelsea Direct Marketing, where she devel-oped her own client base.

Whetsel is also a member of the Putnam Valley Grange and is a strong supporter of local farming. In fact, she said, she was just certifi ed for biodiversity assessment training and said she opposes fracking and natural gas pipeline expansion in the interest of protecting the world’s wa-ter supply. Whetsel said she thinks an effective way to grow the county’s economy would be to fi nd ways to provide clean renewable energy in Putnam County.

“Installation and maintenance gives the opportunity for develop-ment and job opportunities,” she said.

Despite her more traditionally lib-eral ideas about environmentalism, Whetsel said she is very much a fi s-cal conservative, and is always inter-ested in looking for ways to cut ex-penses. She personally did not take more than a 1 percent raise all the years she has been in offi ce, she said.

“I really fought not to go over the [state’s 2 percent property tax] cap. I always say there is a distinction between what we need and what we want. I really feel that we do what is important to the community, but I don’t believe an additional burden should be placed on the taxpayers,” she said. “We have to live here. Right now taxes in New York State are the highest in the country.”

Whetsel added that another way to fi nd the money to support schools needs to be identifi ed because school taxes are “really over the top.”

DISTRICT 2 FROM PAGE 17

The Carmel Town Board unani-mously adopted its 2015 fi scal year preliminary budget at a spe-cial Town Hall voting meeting on Oct. 22.

Next year’s preliminary $42.3 million budget falls under the state’s 2 percent property tax levy

increase cap for the fi rst time since the cap was instituted in 2011, carrying with it an increase of 1.7 percent.

There are currently no changes from Supervisor Ken Schmitt’s tentative budget, which was pre-sented to the board on Oct. 1,

according to Town Comptroller Mary Ann Maxwell.

A public hearing on the budget will take place on Nov. 5. State law requires the board to adopt a fi nal budget by Nov. 20.

Public hearing on town budget set for Nov. 5

BY BOB DUMASFOR MAHOPAC NEWS

The tentative 2015 Putnam Coun-ty budget laid out by County Execu-tive MaryEllen Odell on Oct. 1 calls for a 3.6 percent hike in the tax levy as the county continues to be chal-lenged by unfunded state mandates while still remaining beneath the 2 percent tax cap.

One of the budget’s primary tar-gets is the heroin epidemic plaguing the Hudson Valley. It funds a new “War on Addiction” by increasing the sheriff’s narcotic unit budget, adds more deputies, and works with outside nonprofi t agencies that run education and awareness programs in the schools.

The $145.4 million spending package, which Odell presented to a standing-room-only crowd at the Putnam County Golf Course in Ma-hopac, is a 1.75 percent increase over last year. It calls for $40.6 million to be raised by taxes (the tax levy), up from the $39.2 million in the 2014

budget. Odell said that the average home-

owner with an assessed property value of around $261,000 would pay $989 in county property taxes, up about $13 from last year.

She said she was particularly proud that this year’s budget would rely less on appropriations from the general fund surplus, which this year calls for $2.85 million to be trans-ferred from the surplus balance.

“This is the third straight budget that has used less surplus than the previous year,” Odell noted. “We try not to go into that fund unless we really, really have to. Between 2011 and 2015 there has been a de-cline. For the last three years we have stopped relying on it to balance the budget.”

Odell said that the budget process continues to be hampered by pro-gram mandates from Albany and Washington, DC. She said that this year, the mandates total $103.3 mil-

Heroin epidemic drivesOdell’s tentative budget

SEE BUDGET PAGE 21


lion, of which only $28.4 million will be reimbursed.

“We have to manage 71 percent of our budget with unfunded man-date programs. We have no control over them and there is no oversight or accountability,” Odell said, not-ing that the number of unfunded mandates have increased from 2014 to 2015. “We can’t continue in this direction.”

She said the mandates account for more than 200 programs and con-sume the county’s entire property tax levy and a vast majority of its sales tax dollars. As an example, she notes that there are 6,000 Medicaid-eligible residents in the county, for which Putnam County must dole out $10 million.

“There is something inherently wrong there,” she said.

Odell said that after paying for the mandates, the county is left funding its own quality-of-life services.

“These are the services that we live in Putnam County for and rep-resent who we are as a people,” she said. “We understand that the not-for-profi ts have been struggling and it’s been hard for us not to give them additional funding. But this year we decided to give these outside agen-cies a 2 percent increase across the board. We know it’s not a lot, but it’s a way to say thank you and we ap-preciate what they do.

We also increased contributions

to the libraries by 3 percent.”Other expenses in the proposed

budget include $6.7 million for the Sheriff’s Department, $3.5 million for the Parks and Recreation depart-ment, $4.2 for emergency services, and $5.9 million for the Offi ce for Senior Resources.

On the revenue said, besides the $40.6 million in property taxes, the budget expects $54.7 million in sales tax, $17.3 in department rev-enue and the $2.85 million from the general fund surplus.

Odell said that the county has also been able to maintain its bond rating through responsible fi scal manage-ment.

“When you can borrow at low interest rates, you take advantage of that,” she said. “We have held the line with bonding. Moody’s credit rating is the report card and it tells you if you are dong a good job or not. While the counties around us have had their bond ratings down-graded, Putnam County has re-mained solid. We will continue to have a strong bond rating that will allow us to borrow money at a low interest rate. We have an Aa2 rating and we are very proud of that.”

Odell said the main driver behind the expenditures in the 2015 budget is a focus on social responsibility – particularly the alarming uptick in heroin overdoses and arrests, which have plagued the entire mid-Hud-son Valley.

“What is really driving our bud-get? Where are the costs coming

from?” Odell said. “It’s been on the front pages for too long now – so we’ve created a war on addiction. We are going to build one army in that war.”

Odell said the county would form a coalition with police agencies and an array of nonprofi t organizations to help extinguish the problem.

“It’s a coalition – a new army – of all these entities coming together who have been fi ghting and strug-gling and crying about what’s been going on in our county, country and state. Our new campaign will focus on education and awareness and partner with law enforcement to combat the addiction epidemic.”

She said $348,000 has been allo-cated for the new War on Addiction.

Odell has also budgeted $1.6 mil-lion for the county’s narcotic en-forcement unit. She notes that since 2012, heroin arrests have increased by 200 percent in Putnam County and 40 percent of its inmate popu-lation was arrested by the narcotics enforcement unit.

“We will attack [the problem] on both fronts,” she explained. “In ad-dition to law enforcement, early ed-ucation and awareness is part of the campaign we will be bringing into the schools with SIDNE (an electric vehicle that simulates alcohol and drug impairment on a motorist’s driving skills), and the Too Good for Drugs classes given by preven-tion educators. We will continue with the private/public partnership on this because we are all in this to-

gether.”Odell noted that the federal

government has declared Putnam County a high-intensity drug traf-fi cking area.

“It is heartbreaking to have this designation because we are a very proud county, but we have to get our heads out from under the cov-ers and realize that it is happening,” she said.

Consequently, the proposed bud-get calls for the addition of two new sheriff’s deputies and one new county investigator.

“We think it is very important [to add the new positions]; the stats and numbers don’t lie,” Odell said. “The western part of the county is suffering – the numbers are rising on level-2 crimes, so we are going to maintain a stronger presence on that side of the county. It has more than 40 events a day.”

Odell said the tentative 2015 budget also aims to take care of the county’s senior population. It sets aside $100,000 for the purchase of new buses and $75,000 for the se-nior nutrition program. It also looks to increase recreation and educa-tional opportunities for seniors.

The budget also allocates $979,000 for salary increases for the PBA, sheriff’s union, and civil ser-vice union, which has been working without a contract since 2011. Ad-ditionally $551,000 was budgeted to offset increased pension costs, and $395,000 to meet rising health insurance costs.

To offset expenses, Odell said the county continues to fi ght Medicaid and Workers Comp fraud, and has increased its focus on grant oppor-tunities, and is decreasing its use of outside contractors.

Odell also noted that the county’s Alternative to Incarceration pro-gram is saving money as well.

“We knew we would get a lot of traction out of it,” she said. “It offers a lot of benefi ts. You avoid the cost of incarnation – there’s a lot of dol-lar value to that. Plus we get 3,600 hours of annual work hours, and we avoid medical services.”

The county also hopes to benefi t fi scally from the Butterfi eld Project – the conversion of the Butterfi eld hospital site in Cold Spring into sat-ellite county offi ces. Odell said it would add 70 permanent jobs and 80 to 100 construction jobs. She said it would increase the property tax base in Phillipstown and Cold Spring, as well as the county, and would reduce the burden on the tax-payer.

A brief public hearing on the budget was held after the presenta-tion, but county offi cials noted that more hearings will be forthcoming. A copy of the tentative budget can be viewed at the county’s website at putnamcountyny.org.

“Our fi scally conservative ap-proach has allowed us to maintain quality services while keeping prop-erty taxes low,” Odell concluded.

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Vincent’s family will be partici-pating in this project and making it a family tradition.

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Some safe inexpensive foods items could be pencils, stickers, bouncy balls, bubbles, mini note-pads and spider rings.

“I bought mini pumpkin stress balls and Halloween splat balls,” Pamela said. “I feel as a mother it is my job to protect my son. I would like to spread the word and hope that the community would get involved.”

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Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith is reminding all Putnam County residents to be especially careful during the evening hours of Oct. 31, as many of our young people throughout the county will be out and about celebrating Hal-loween or Harvest Fest. Parents are urged to follow the following safety tips:

COSTUME TIPS• Face Paint is safer than a mask

– and it’s more fun!• If your child does wear a mask,

make sure it has adequate holes for proper respiration and peripheral vision.

TRICK-OR-TREATERS • Wear some sort of refl ective

clothing.• Carry a bright orange bag.

• Carry a fl ashlight or glow stick.• Walk on the sidewalk or on the

left side of the road facing traffi c.• Young children should always

be accompanied by an adult. Ei-ther a parent or older child should stay within close range and never let the children go down a street by themselves. Walk with the chil-dren to each house and wait in the driveway or by the door until the children return.

• Older children should always travel in pairs or groups.

• Never venture down dark, empty streets.

• Older children should let par-ents know their route.

• Always walk together to the front door of each house.

• Never run across yards or streets.

• Avoid dark, unlighted houses.

Never go to the door of a house that seems unoccupied or has no outside lights on.

• Children should save all candy until they get home. Parents should closely inspect all candy and throw away all unwrapped or opened candy or suspicious looking good-ies.

• If your child becomes ill, call your doctor or emergency room immediately.

• Try to determine what the child has eaten and where it came from. Save all wrappers.

• Avoid fi re hazards. Remember – your jack-o-lantern and any other electrical decorations can be a fi re hazard. Keep them out of the reach of small children and away from fl ammable materials.

• Never leave your house unat-tended. An empty house on Hal-

loween is an invitation to trouble. If you have to leave your house, make sure all the doors are locked.

Sheriff Smith noted that the Sheriff’s Offi ce, the State Police, and local police departments plan to have an increased number of patrols on duty during the evening of Oct. 31. Community organiza-tions like REACT (Radio Emer-gency Associated Communications Teams) will also have volunteer members out to act as extra eyes and ears for law enforcement.

The Sheriff expressed that he wanted youngsters and families to enjoy the traditional festivities and fun associated with the evening in a safe manner, but said that patrols would not tolerate actions of law-breakers who compromise other’s safety or perpetrate mischief.

“Children dressing up in cute costumes, getting treats, bobbing for apples—those are positive parts of the night. But causing mischief and damaging or defacing other people’s property—those are very negative activities that will be en-forced to the full extent of the law.”

The Sheriff reminded residents to dial 911 to report any emergen-cies. For non-emergency calls, citizens should use the following telephone numbers for law en-forcement agencies serving Put-nam County:

• Putnam County Sheriff’s Of-fi ce 225-4300 or 265-9551

• New York State Police 279-6161

• Town of Carmel Police Depart-ment 628-1300

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the Daughters of the American Revolution will sponsor a lun-cheon at the Culinary Institute of America and tour of FDR’s home, library and museum at Hyde Park on Thursday, Dec. 11.

The public is invited to par-ticipate in a guided tour of one of New York’s most beautiful and historic estates. We’ll begin with a three course luncheon at the clas-sic American Bounty Restaurant. Then onto Hyde Park, for a guided tour of FDR’s home, decorated for the holidays. Guests will enjoy chartered transportation, departing from the Brewster Park and Ride at I84’s Exit 19 Home Depot Park-ing lot at 9:30a.m. They will be re-turned to the Park and Ride at 5:00 p.m. The cost of the tour, $95 per person, includes charter bus trans-portation, luncheon and tour.

RSVP by Dec. 1 to [email protected] or to Jennifer Malara at 845-621-4271. Make your check payable to: Enoch Crosby Chapter, NSDAR and send to Jennifer Malara, 475 North Lake Blvd, Mahopac.

For more information about the Enoch Crosby Chapter, NSDAR contact Fran Braley at [email protected].

Cornell Cooperative Extension meets

Nov. 6The 71st Annual Business Meet-

ing of Cornell Cooperative Exten-sion of Putnam County will be held on Thursday Nov. 6, at the Putnam

Golf Course, 187 Hill St. in Ma-hopac at 6:30 p.m. This business meeting is free, open to all and will include the election of members to the Board of Directors and pre-sentation of enrollee certifi cates. Cornell Cooperative Extension Association participants of record, who are county residents, age 18

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SportsSportsPAGE 24 MAHOPAC NEWS – Thursday, October 30, 2014

By: DAN WiNOGrADOffFor Mahopac News

Mackenzie Diebold is a senior libero on the varsity volleyball team. Entering Mahopac’s quarterfinal game with John Jay-East Fishkill, the defensive specialist recorded 225 digs, averaging 3.6 digs per set and recorded 293 receive successes.

How old were you when you first started playing volleyball and how did you get into it?

I was in eighth grade when I first tried out for modified volleyball because modified soccer was no longer available. Also, my mom played volleyball so she wanted me to give it a try.

What do you feel are your strengths as a volleyball player?

I feel my strengths as a volleyball player include my ability to track down a shanked pass and my willingness to repeatedly dive across the court.

What is your favorite aspect of vol-leyball?

My favorite aspect of volleyball is the competitiveness and the feeling I get when

we deny the other team a point.

During the offseason how muchtime do you devote to volleyball?

I used to play club in the off-season, but last year I got a job at Brightman Chiroprac-tic so I decided not to play.

What are your expectations for your-self and the team in the playoffs?

My expectations for myself are just to keep playing well and stay focused, and for the team to hopefully win the section title.

How would you describe who Macken-zie Diebold is to the readers at home?

I would describe myself as a very laid back person who likes to spend time with my friends and family.

Tell us one thing about yourself that not a lot of people may know.

Whenever I have to travel by plane, I cry during take-off.

Who has been your biggest role model over the years and what have you learned from them?

My biggest role models have been my parents because they taught me so many life

lessons and are always there for me.

What is your favorite subject in school?

Ceramics and Physical Education

What are your college plans? Do you know where you want to attend, or do you have a short-list of schools? What are the schools? Will you play volleyball at that college? What will you be study-ing? Why did you choose that college?

Right now I do not know where I will be attending college but I have a couple schools in mind. I want to major in either Wildlife Sciences or Zoology. I do not want to play competitive volleyball at college but I will definitely stick with it and play club or intramurals.

favorite sports team and why?My favorite sports team is Real Madrid

because I grew up playing soccer and they are a great team.

favorite athlete?Cristiano Ronaldo

favorite show on television?The Big Bang Theory

favorite movie of all time?The Shawshank Redemption

favorite band/artist?I don’t have a favorite band/artist.

facebook or Twitter? Why?Twitter because it’s more entertaining

than Facebook.

if you were to have one superpower, what would it be? Why?

I would have to pick telekinesis so I wouldn’t have to get up to get the remote that’s way across the room.

if you could pick one place to visit on vacation that you’ve never been to, where would you go and why?

If I could travel to one place for vacation I would go to Antarctica because I love the cold weather and the snow.

favorite food? My mom’s chicken pot pie and Fruity

Pebbles.

Best place to eat in Mahopac? Why?KoBu because you get a lot of good food

- I go there all the time.

Senior libero brings hustle and passion to the court

Mackenzie Diebold and her Mahopac volleyball teammates have a lot to smile about this season.

Photos: JiM MacLean

Mackenzie Diebold serves in Mahopac’s opening round playoff victory against R.c. Ketcham.

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SPORTSPAGE 25MAHOPAC NEWS – Thursday, October 30, 2014

BY DAN WINOGRADOFF

FOR MAHOPAC NEWS

The most diffi cult thing for any high school athlete is being elimi-nated from the playoffs.

To see all the hard work and en-ergy devoted to the season come to an end, each and every teammate wishes that he or she could have done more to accomplish their de-sired goal.

After an exhilarating 1-0 win on Oct. 23 against rival Carmel, No. 15-seed Mahopac (7-9-2) expe-rienced this feeling after they ran into a tough Port Chester team (No. 2-seed), who squeaked by the Indi-ans 2-1 on Friday, Oct. 24.

“It’s tough losing a game that ends your season,” senior midfi eld-er Brett Mattos said. “We worked hard for months and we came up short. I wish the outcome was dif-ferent.”

At SUNY Purchase last Friday, the Indians faced off against the number 2 seed Rams of Port Ches-ter (14-2-1).

“We felt good going into the game,” head coach Jim Gencarelli said. “We had some momentum from the back to back Carmel wins. We felt we had a great game plan that would help lead us to a

Pac falls to Port Chester in soccer playoffs

Mahopac goalie Mike Bernardi leaps high to make a save in win over Carmel.

Alin Basuljevic of Mahopac clears away from Carmel’s Michael Wilder.

Aidan Hynes clears. Tom Wilson controls for

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A first round matchup had all the playoff intensity it needed, as the Indians overcame a physical day against Clarkstown South and pulled out the 3-1 win, extending its season for at least another week.

It only took the Indians until the 11th minute to score their first goal. Erin Butler played a through ball to JoLynn Magnani who beat her girl and knocked her shot passed Vi-king’s goalie Sarah Treanor.

Shortly after, Treanor was carried off with an apparent ankle injury and was replaced by backup Kayla Tracey. Treanor finished with three saves in 22 minutes, while Tracey ended with seven saves.

The first half the referee’s let most of the aggressive play go-on, but the Indians showed a bit of frustration with the non-calls.

“I told them to keep their mouth closed,” Indians coach Ross Fumu-sa said of his halftime talk with his team. “I told them not to say any-thing to the officials, if anything needs to be said I told them I would say it, because we got a warning.”

The game totaled 21 foul calls and even a yellow card was given to the Vikings’ Bailey Cummings in the final minutes of the match.

“We’ve had a really tough sched-

ule for the past season and I think we’ve gotten used to these types of games where it starts getting a little dirty and it starts getting a little more aggressive,” Mahopac mid-fielder Kristen Reilly said. “That kind of thing teams like Arlington and (John Jay) East-Fishkill, those types of caliber teams really pre-pare you for this, so I think we ad-justed pretty well.”

The Indians looked more com-posed in the second half, settling down and creating more scoring opportunities.

“We knew coming in that they

didn’t play with outside midfield-ers, so that was kind of our focus, how we are going to adjust because they play with three wide forwards and two attacking midfielders, so our question was how are we going to adjust to that? How are we going to attack?” Fumusa said.

Three minutes into the second half, Erin Butler lofted a pass across the 12-yard box where a Clark-stown South defender shanked the clear and accidently knocked the ball in her own net. Butler was credited for the own-goal, boosting the Indian lead 2-0.

“Erin with the own-goal, that’s what pressure gives you, because sometimes it (causes) mistakes,” Reilly said.

Three minutes later, Magnani added another insurance goal. She was able to fight off a defender and touch the ball past an aggressive Tracey for her second of the day and Mahopac’s third, giving the Indians a 3-0 lead with 34 minutes left in the match.

“The easy part is putting it in the back of the net, it’s just difficult working the ball up through the defenders, but luckily they gave

us an open middle, which gave our midfielders (the ability) to pass it on,” Magnani said. “We did a re-ally good job playing it through the middle, quick one-two passes and we also did a really good job of moving up as a team and moving back as a team.”

Mahopac let up a bit toward the end of the second half, as they con-ceded a goal to Vikings’ Kelly Mc-Tigue in the 67th minute.

But Bella Rodriguez had a solid outing for the Indians, as she fin-

Magnani scores twice to lead Mahopac into quarterfinals

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“We seemed to want it more, we became a little complacent I think toward the second half, they started coming at us more so,” Reilly said. “I think our defense was good, but there is defi nitely room for improvement.”

Mahopac now travels to two-seed Ossining on Tues-day for its second round quar-terfi nal matchup. For Reilly and Magnani they would like their team’s success to con-tinue so they can keep their Indian careers alive a little longer.

“I mean as a senior you don’t want it to ever end, so I’m really happy,” Reilly said. “I’m happy we’re going to go visit Ossining, because I defi nitely think that we can beat them and I think we can go pretty far.”

“Pretty excited,” Magnani simply stated. “It’s what Kristen said, you don’t re-ally want it to end. (Ossining) looks pretty solid, (but) we have a pretty solid team (too), we’re just going to do what we can to keep it going.”

GIRLS SOCCERFROM PAGE 26

Keeper Bella Rodriguez making the save


By JiM MACLEANOf MahOpac News

It’s the same for any coach in any sport heading into the playoffs, if you beat a team easily twice during the regular sea-son and find yourself matched up once again in the playoffs, you warn your team to not look ahead.

That was the case for the Mahopac volleyball team, as the second-seeded In-dians opened up the Section 1 Class AA tournament at home Friday with a first-round match up against R.C. Ketcham. Coach Jay Melville knew he had to warn the Indians to be ready.

The message came through loud and clear for Mahopac as the Indians wasted no time setting the tone and taking con-trol. The Indians jumped all over Ket-cham and cruised to a 25-6, 25-15, 25-7 victory to advance to the quarterfinals.

“It’s a new season,” explained senior Allison Hickey. “That was the first thing coach Melville said, we have to forget about our record, every game is win or go home. We were very excited and every-one played well.”

Mahopac came out flying and took Ketcham right out of the match with an impressive first game.

With the win Mahopac improved to 15-2 overall, and now the Indians face the same scenario in the quarterfinals at home Tuesday against John Jay of East Fishkill, another team they defeated twice during the regular season.

“We’ve been playing well all season,” coach Melville said of his team. “We played Ketcham twice and beat them, so I had to remind them no team is go-ing to lay down. You can’t let them hang around. The girls did a nice job putting the hammer down fast and played well.”

Everyone got involved in the match to help the Indians cruise to the victory.

Alayne Felix led the way at the net with 12 kills, and she also added seven service points. Niamh Dodd had five kills and three blocks at the net.

Erin Purr recorded 13 service points to lead the Indians, and she also had seven digs and four kills. Casey Link had 23 assists and seven service points. Hickey added eight service points and five digs.

Samantha Morano also had seven ser-vice points, while Mackenzie Diebold had 10 digs.

Now, the Indians set their sights on the Patriots of John Jay. The winner will ad-vance to the semifinals on Thursday, with the championship game scheduled for Saturday at Hen Hud.

“We’re taking it one team at a time and I think we can go far,” added Felix. “We have a lot of potential and we’re playing well.”

Coach Melville agrees the team is play-ing well, and they also know that they face a much tougher task ahead starting with John Jay, a team that took the Indi-ans to five games earlier in the season be-fore Mahopac prevailed.

“We know what they bring to the ta-ble,” Melville said of John Jay. “It’s going to be a tough match. Every team is going to be tough at this point.”

Mahopac takes care of business on the court to advance

Niamh Dodd sets one up for Mahopac.

Allison Hickey, Jen Laga, Casey Link, Niamh Dodd and the rest of the Indians were all business as they dispatched of R.C. Ketcham in straight sets in tournament opener.

Casey Link returns for Mahopac.

Erin Purr serves one up.

PHotos: JIM MACLEAN

Mahopac’s Alayne Felix (14), Casey Link and Allison Hickey (15) had reason to smile with their performance in tourney opener.

VOLLEYBALL


victory. We did know, however, that Port Chester would be a tough matchup.”

The game was tightly contested throughout the entire match. The Indians, who were a major under-dog going into the game, knew that their heart and hustle was going to be the key to the game.

After a lack luster fi rst half, a half in which no one scored, Port Chester went up 2-0 in the blink of an eye, after Steven Hernandez and Luis Morales both netted goals.

Being down didn’t worry the In-dians, as senior Ray Arcieri cut the defi cit down to 2-1 with 13 minutes left in the game off of a free kick.

Although the Indians are famil-iar with coming back from insur-mountable defi cits, they had no more wishes in the genie bottle, as the magic ran out and the fi nal score reading 2-1.

After the game, many Mahopac

players were overwhelmed that their high school soccer career had ended.

“Just want to thank everyone who’s made these last three years of high school soccer the best ex-perience of my life. #ForeverAnIn-dian,” senior goalie Mike Bernardi tweeted.

The day prior, the Indians faced off against rival Carmel for the third time this season.

The lone goal was scored by Ar-cieri in the fi rst half, as he curled a free kick in from 50 yards out. The goal was reminiscent of Bernardi’s game-winning goal against the Rams on Oct. 18.

“I knew that the wind was to our backs,” Arcieri said. “I tried to hit the ball to the far post and put it on frame. When it went in and the half ended, there was no better feeling than to lead at half in that situation.”

Bernardi had eight saves in the win.

SOCCER FROM PAGE 25

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The goal was to qualify for the Section 1 Class AA football playoffs, but once that goal was achieved the Mahopac Indians knew they faced a tough task taking on the #1 seed in League IB in perennial powerhouse and former state champion New Ro-chelle.

As the #4-seed in League IA, Ma-hopac would have to travel to take on #1-seed and undefeated New Ro-chelle, but the Indians were certainly ready for the challenge Saturday af-ternoon.

It was a defensive struggle, but in the end New Rochelle was able to pull out a 21-7 victory to advance.

Mahopac fell to 5-3 overall, but the Indians know they pushed New Rochelle to the limit in a tight fi rst half.

The defense set the tone for both teams as neither team was able to gain many yards their fi rst couple of possessions.

New Rochelle fi nally broke the ice in the last minute of the fi rst quarter when quarterback Greg Powell con-nected with Demetrius Rodriguez on a 24-yard touchdown reception.

Mahopac’s Max Littleton burst up the middle on the PAT attempt and blocked the kick to keep the score at 6-0.

That effort by Littleton seemed to fi re up the Indians as Mahopac answered right back on the ensuing drive.

And they did it in the air. First, Ma-hopac quarterback Dan Foley was able to connect with Charles Heady for a big gain. Heady raced past the secondary and made a diving catch just before the end of the fi rst quarter.

Foley then went to the air to fi n-ish off the drive as he connected on a screen pass with Christian Donahoe, and Donahoe was able to ramble into the end zone untouched from 16 yards out to even the score at 6-6.

John Vellek converted the PAT kick and Mahopac had its fi rst lead of the game at 7-6.

The Mahopac defense kept up the momentum, holding the Huguenots to three-and-out and forcing another punt.

However, the New Rochelle de-fense was just as fi red up as it re-sponded by stopping the Indians.

New Rochelle then took charge, marching 95 yards capped off by a two-yard touchdown carry from Jared Baron. Powell carried it in for the two-point conversion and the Huguenots had a14-7 halftime lead.

That momentum carried over to the second half as New Rochelle took the kick off and marched down to score again, this time with Powell connecting in the air once again with Rodriguez for a 21-7 lead.

From there both defenses would withstand the challenge as neither team could reach the end zone again.

With the win New Rochelle moves on to the Class AA semis, while Mahopac will host North Rockland Thursday at 5 in the Class AA consolation bowl game.

Mahopac comes us short on the road at New Rochelle

Mahopac’s defense stood tall against an explosive New Rochelle offense as Matt Quigley (12) and teammates stuff a run by Jared Baron.

Charles Heady makes diving

catch for Indians.

PHOTOS: JIM MACLEAN

Christian Donahoe carries across the goal line for the only score of the game for Mahopac.

Mahopac’s Joe Cavaciuti brings down Keith Wheeler in playoff game at New Rochelle.


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As attorneys, we are all too often preoccupied by the lives and prob-lems of others.

On a daily basis we go from one client to another, utilizing all of our strength, energy and intellectual resources with the hope of provid-ing our clients with the best legal services possible. Their problems and concerns are inevitably always on our mind.

Unfortunately, our profession leaves us little time to focus on our own personal affairs, especially those related to our aging. The demographic studies done of the membership of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) reflect that our membership is rapidly ag-ing. The largest demographic group of attorneys are those over the age of 55 years. Believe it or not, if you are 55 or older, you qualify to

be a member of NYSBA’s Senior Lawyers Section.

It is my hope that this article will encourage you to take a step back and assess whether you have taken some of the most basic steps in organizing yourself for the elder years. The following are my sug-gestions for your consideration.

A. Physically organize your affairs. Locate and organize into separate folders/binders all of the most important legal documents you have executed, such as your original last will and testament, trust(s), advanced directives (pow-ers of attorney, health care proxies,

etc.), deeds to your properties, mortgages and notes, insurance policies (life, health, disability, home, long term care, malprac-tice), bank and investment records, income tax returns, passports, birth certificates and military discharge records, etc.

Organizing these documents will surely be a time consuming pro-cess, however, it will be a process that allows you to revisit many matters you may have not paid at-tention to for a number of years.

Once you have physically or-ganized these documents, I would suggest that you let your spouse and/or loved ones know where they are located. I would also suggest that you not place your last will and advanced directives in a safe deposit box unless someone other than yourself has a key and is an authorized signatory on the box;

B. Review and update your exist-ing last wills, trusts and advance directives to ensure they are up to date and reflect your present finan-cial circumstances and wishes. The last will you prepared when you were newly married with minor children may not be reflective of your current state of affairs and/or wishes. For example, your existing last will and the titling of your as-sets may not allow for appropriate

estate tax planning on your death or the death of your spouse. Addition-ally, the individuals you selected as the executors and/or trustees 25 to 30 years ago may not be the same individuals you wish to act in that capacity now.

An extremely important docu-ment to have as one ages, which is often not properly drafted, is the Durable Power of Attorney (POA). It is most important that the power of attorney be durable (survive your subsequent incapacity) and be sufficiently broad enough to allow the agent to take all steps necessary to protect and preserve your assets in the event of your incapacity. The power of attorney you signed appointing your spouse to act as your agent at a house closing may not be the one you need and want if you suffer a debilitating illness. You should have a durable power of attorney with as many powers (including broad gifting powers) as humanly possible. Many guardian-ship proceedings would be avoided in their entirety if a sufficiently broad POA was in existence;

C. Organize and review all exist-ing insurance policies. We often know that we have purchased life, disability and long-term-care insur-ance, but, it may be years since we assessed the adequacy of the cover-

age and the policies. For example, do you have life insurance that is term, universal and/or whole life? Is the death benefit sufficient to meet the current needs of your fam-ily and/or loved ones in the event of your demise? From an estate tax and planning perspective, it may be wise to have the policy owned by a irrevocable life insurance trust, so that it is not part of your tax-able estate. You also may not want your 21-year-old child receiving a million dollars outright upon your death. Generally, most insurance professionals are willing to provide a no-cost review of one’s exist-ing policies. Additionally, because of the existing low interest rate environment, the policy may not be meeting its projected rate of return, which may significantly impact the cash value projections made when you purchased the policy;

D. Organize and list the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all the professionals you are currently utilizing for your fam-ily and/or loved ones. Upon your incapacity or demise, the last thing you want your family having to deal with is trying to track down your attorney, CPA and/or insur-ance professionals. Additionally, you should advise your family and/or loved ones as to the profession-als you would recommend they contact upon your incapacity or demise. You obviously do not want someone you despise handling your estate;

E. Organize the names, addresses and telephone numbers of your physicians, therapists, pharmacies and other health care providers. At a time of crisis, having this infor-mation in one spot will be invalu-able;

F. Inventory, organize and keep at least eight years of your financial and bank records. Many families are unsure and unable to locate all of the bank and financial accounts their loved ones have at a time of illness or death. Additionally, if you need to apply for Medicaid to cover your possible stay in a nurs-ing home (which would cost you approximately $15,000 per month if you are not eligible for Medicaid and don’t have long-term-care in-surance) you will need the last five years of all bank and investment account statements and records;

G. Review what steps if any you have taken to protect your life sav-ings in the event you and/or your spouse/significant other need long-term care in the future. Clearly, no one plans to have a stroke or heart attack and/or develop parkinsons, alzheimer or dementia. It’s not part of the commercial with you and your loved one walking down the beach hand in hand enjoying

aNThoNY J. eNea

GUEST CORNER

Are you ready for the elder years?

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One of the most frustrating parts of the home selling process for a homeowner is finding out how much your home is worth.

After hearing the agent recom-mend a listing price, many home-owners aren’t easily convinced and start searching for reasons why they feel the house is worth more.

There are a lot of things that are taken into consideration when coming up with a value for a home. There are many things that add to the value of a home such as upgrades, size of home, size of backyard, location, sought after neighborhood, etc. There are also certain things that have nothing to do with what your home is worth.

Below, I will list some of the most common culprits that add to the confusion of the home-valua-tion process.

Perhaps the biggest offenders when it comes to coming up with a value for a home are the online home value estimators such as Zil-low. A lot of buyers and homeown-ers visit these websites and see the

values of various houses in the area. By their own admission, Zillow’s

“Zestimate” (their estimate of a homes value) has a median error of 15 percent in Westchester and Putnam. They also state that 60 per-cent of the real estate transactions in Westchester and Putnam had a Zestimate within 20 percent of the actual sales price.

What your neighbor’s house sold for is also not relevant to the value of your home.

Why is it not relevant? Because the home sold two to three years ago. In my experience, when a homeowner mentions the sale of a home in their neighborhood and how their house is better, most of these homes they are talking

about were sold a long time ago. In today’s market, homes sold six-plus months ago have no relevance to the current market value in your neighborhood or your town. Homes sold two-plus years ago have ab-solutely nothing to do with current market values.

Just like the home that sold a few years ago has no relevance when discussing the value of your home, the home that is for sale right now also has no relevance.

Confused? I will explain. There is no law or rule when it

comes to what someone can ask on their house. They can obviously ask whatever they want. The average days on market (DOM) for homes for sale in this area is around 150 days. That is about five months on the market with no buyer. This doesn’t take into consideration homes that have been for sale for more than six months at a time and relist, which resets the days on the market. So the true DOM is actu-ally much higher.

As I have written in the past,

there is no reason a home should be on the market for more than 30 to 60 days without a serious offer; otherwise the home is overpriced. No exception to that rule.

When a homeowner wants to list their home higher than the agent recommends because of five or six homes in the area that are for sale at a higher asking price, they must know the facts behind those prices. Those houses have been listed for six to eight months, if not more. That’s not an accurate price, not even close, and the last thing any homeowner wants is to list a home and have it sit on the market that long.

The last and one of the most common offenders to the valuation process are refinance appraisals. For some reason, bank apprais-als that are done on homes for a refinance tend to be way off from the true value of the home. I have met a lot of homeowners who mention an appraisal that was done on the house three to six or more months ago when they refinanced.

The numbers are often 10 percent off, if not more, and are usually 10 percent higher than the true value.

A lot of homeowners rely on this information when they eventually call an agent to come up with a listing price for their home. Un-fortunately, overvalued appraisals happen a lot. This is not true for every appraisal, but I see it more and more as I speak to more home-owners in the area. So don’t put too much faith into those appraisals.

When selling your home, make sure you are aware of the market and where values are. Understand that only homes that have SOLD and not homes that are still for sale (i.e., the overpriced ones) are relevant to your home and what it is worth.Mike Trinchitella has lived in Mahopac for 39 years and is a top producing Mahopac Real Estate broker at Re/Max Classic Realty. To contact Mike email him at [email protected], call 845-628-4189 or visit his website, MahopacRealEstate.com

Four things that have nothing to do with the value of your home

MIKE TRINCHITELLA

REALTOR CORNER

the glorious days of your retire-ment. Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned. One of my associates often reminds me of the

Jewish saying that “Man plans, God laughs.”

Planning for the potential need of long-term care is an endeavor that requires foresight and recogni-tion of the fact that it is possible that you may suffer a debilitating

and chronic illness. The purchase of long-term-care insurance should be strongly considered. There are many new products that are available that are a hybrid of life insurance and long-term-care insur-ance. Additionally, utilization of a

Medicaid Asset Protection Trust should be high on the list of avail-able planning options, especially as you get closer to the age of 65;

H. Review and assess your retirement goals and plans. Retiring from the practice of law as a single

practitioner or as a member of a small firm requires an organized plan and strategy. While many of us want to go out with our boots on, doing so without having a plan

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TOWN OF CARMEL PRELIMINARY BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town Board of the Town of Carmel will conduct a Public Hear-ing on the 5th day of November, 2014 at Town Hall, 60 McAlpin Avenue, Mahopac, New York, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter that evening as possible in regard to the Preliminary Budget for the fi scal year 2015 including the General Town Fund, Highway Funds as well as all Water Districts, Sewer Districts, Garbage Districts, Park Districts, Fire Districts, Fire Pro-

tection Districts and Lighting Dis-tricts, and

BE IT FURTHER NOTICED that pursuant to Section 108 of the Town Law, the proposed sala-ries of the following offi cials for fi scal year 2015 are hereby specifi ed as follows: Supervisor: $104,844.48, Town Council Mem-bers (ea): $19,645.00, Town Clerk: $83,523.72 and Highway Superin-tendent: $107,998.80;

AND BE IT FURTHER NO-TICED, that the Preliminary Bud-get for the Town of Carmel has been completed and fi led in the Of-fi ce of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, 60 McAlpin Avenue, Mahopac,

New York, where it is available for public inspection during offi ce hours.

At said Public Hearing, any resi-dent may be heard in favor of or against the Preliminary Budget as compiled or for or against any item or items contained therein. The Town Board will make every effort to assure that the Public Hearing is accessible to persons with disabili-ties. Anyone requiring special as-sistance and/or reasonable accom-modations should contact the Town Clerk.

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in place for the transition of your practice and fi les to other attorneys will create signifi cant havoc for your clients, your estate and family.

I. Review and assess any pen-sion, Social Security and annuity benefi ts you are entitled to. Review potential IRA and/or qualifi ed an-nuities and their minimum required distributions;

J. Review and organize your burial arrangements. The purchase in advance of a burial plot(s), mausoleum, crypt, etc., while it may sound morbid, will generally alleviate a great deal of stress from your family and loved ones upon your demise.

I regularly fi nd myself extolling the virtues of organization and planning to my associates and staff. As we approach the “elder years,” it’s important that we apply those

organizational virtues to our own personal and professional lives. As Winston Churchill once said, “Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”

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Yankees Manager Joe Girardi, who has appeared in commercials for Estate Motors, a Mercedes Benz dealership in Goldens Bridge, was on hand to sign autographs at the dealership on Oct. 16. Back row: General Sales Manager Robert Federico, Noel Soto, Anthony Anzalone, Glenn Visconti, Joe Girardi, Dan Azadian, Justin DeAngelis and Kevin Hebert. Front row: Ralph Brechter, Jenna Garland, Estate Motors Owner Chris Buonanno, Alma Curro, Adria Nestro, George Rodriguez and Kim Kneuer.

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