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Gotham Blog

How American Cancer Society Uses Your Money

June 2, 2010

I want to point out some of the more nauseating facts about this billion dollar organization that should make everyone’s blood boil – especially those whom have somehow been touched by this insidious disease called cancer.
ACS has been part and parcel of the destruction of wonderful small businesses, including the shutting down of thousands of bodegas over the past decade. It seems like their only success is to lobby for higher tobacco taxes which have put our wonderful New York businesses out of business and have led to an illegal cigarette and cigar market that are making the criminals very rich and honest hardworking New Yorkers very poor and out of business.

The Blog: Let’s Start Bullying the Bullies!

April 6, 2010

We don’t need to review what bullying is, what causes it, or go through the recent horrors resulting from the actions of bullies. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are hearing about the suicides and depression caused by bullying. As a society we need to start discussing how to handle this epidemic.

Blog: How Can Student Athletes Trust Hofstra?

December 14, 2009

How can any sports athlete at Hofstra University feel safe considering the decision by the University to terminate their successful football program in order to provide more educational scholarships? A football program at most universities has its ups and downs, unfortunately losing money at times, and this applies to all athletic programs at a university. However, Hofstra took a drastic approach by terminating its football program where other universities would have found a way to restructure and renew it.

Should Athletes Trust Hofstra? Read On...

Blog: Government of the Dark Ages

December 1, 2009

New York City, which represents almost half of the people in the State of New York, has one basic government, controlled by the Mayor, the City Council and the various offices under the Executive. The rest of New York State has almost 50,000 separate and distinct governments. It has been identified that New York has approximately 10,521 separate governments that overlap. In order for this state to survive and thrive into the 21st century, we must have massive reform and stand up to the special interests and eliminate these overlapping governments and services.

Read David Schwartz's Ideas on Saving New York Government...

Blog: Face it, The Polls are Useless

November 23, 2009

The old adage could not be more accurate when it comes to modern political polling, “garbage in, garbage out.” The recent elections have proven, once and for all, that the polling organizations in use by candidates, organizations and the media have lost their way in accurately predicting elections.

Why Are Polls Useless? Read on...

Blog: Why Us? The Decision to Try Terrorists in NYC

November 21, 2009

By Brad Gerstman Our US Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that terrorist prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be tried in the Southern District of New York. The trials will be around the corner from Ground Zero, which is very symbolic in many ways. That being said, I have two questions to [...]

Should We Try Terrorists in New York? Read More...

Blog: To Cut or Collect…That is the Question

November 16, 2009

As everyone is aware, the people of New York are facing a year end deficit of over 3 billion and a double digit BILLION dollar structural deficit in the next budget year. The people of New York State must brace themselves to face drastic measures. However, there is a way to avoid the drastic cuts that the Governor and Legislature are discussing. There is a way to increase New York State’s revenue substantially which will reduce the needed cuts that will impact us all.

More on New York's Budget Crisis Here...

Blog: 2009 Election Is All About Voter ANGER

November 8, 2009

Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago? We all the know the answer and the people spoke with their votes Nov 3rd. Job losses, government cutbacks, government borrowing, no real changes, same partisan fighting…..and the the voters are fed up.

What are Voters Angry About? Read More...

BLOG: American Troop Levels in Afghanistan: More, Less, or Just Right

October 27, 2009

Some argue that “the surge” in Iraq is positive proof that a dramatic increase in troops can turn this war quickly. However, the American people need more information about the current status of the war before we can formulate an educated opinion as to what the right direction will be for our troops and our Country.

Read Brad Gerstman's Take on Afghanistan Troop Levels Here...