Archive for January, 2009
What I Meant Was…
Last week, I took to task certain members of Congress who voted themselves pay raises, rewarding themselves during the steepest economic decline in decades.
A Disgusting Habit
Now that the holiday season is over I can announce that I have had it up to here with all the male hugging.
Wall Street Bonuses Take a Dive, State Deficit Soars
As New York State faces the largest budget deficit in its history, Gov. David Paterson is proposing school budget cuts and sin taxes on everything from beer and cigarettes to non-diet soda and manicures in a nickel and dime attempt to close the $13.7 billion gap.
In A Hole
To balance the books of a county with an operating budget of $2.6 billion, 8,892 employees, dozens of properties including parks, museums and office buildings must take lots of long days, nights and weekends. So when Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi presented his budget to the County Legislature on Sept. 15, 2008, he felt pretty good about what he was putting forth.
Few ‘Agape’ in Latest White Collar Bust
When Nicholas Cosmo, CEO of Agape World, was arrested on charges of mail fraud brought forth by federal prosecutors on Monday, Jan. 26, his alleged $370 million pyramid scheme became just another case in a long line of corporate crime committed on Long Island.
Buyers Beware
In this economy, the grifters are recruiting while the government’s first line of defense is in a hiring freeze.
At least until now.
