Bus ride to Wind Creek Casino, PA (formerly Sands Casino)
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The bronx Widows and Widowers
are sponsoring a bus
ride to the Wind Creek Casino,
Bethlehem PA, on Wednesday,
October 9. The bus departs 8:15
a.m. at Our Lady Of The Assumption
auditorium, Middletown
Road (between Parkview
and Mahan avenues); and at
8:30 a.m. at the corner of Morris
Park and Colden avenues. The
Wind Creek has outlet,stores,
food courts, restaurants and
a great buffet all in the casino
‘building..
Tickets are $40, with a return
of $30 in slot play. Call
Connie Andersen at (718) 829-
8142 or Fran Arico at (718)828-
5073.
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
This September marks two
important anniversaries. September
11 is the 18th anniversary
of the terrorist attacks
of 2001, killing thousands of
Americans in New York, Pennsylvania,
and Washington, D.C.
This month is also the 80th
anniversary of the start of the
Second World War, when Nazi
Germany invaded Poland.
It is deeply troubling that
both of these key events have
been belittled by Progressive
elected offi cials.
The 9/11 attacks brought
about the death of a vast number
of American lives, obliterated
when terrorists attacked
the World Trade Center, the
Pentagon, and caused the destruction
of an airliner bound
for the nation’s capital. The loss
of life didn’t end on that day.
Almost two decades later, numerous
Fire, Police, EMS, recovery
workers, local residents
and employees continue to add
to the casualty total due to illnesses
contracted in the collapse
of the twin towers. Rep.
Illan Omar (D-Minn.) describes
the incident as “Some people
did something.” In a rational
and fair society, she should
have been tossed from offi ce
as being unfi t to represent any
part of the United States. Instead,
she has been defended by
her fellow leftists.
Real Clear Politics quotes
MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid:
“For months now freshman
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan
Omar has been the target
of right-wing vitriol over her
criticism of U.S. policy toward
Israel. But the attacks reached
a new level of escalation this
week, in reaction to distorted
takes on Omar’s comments at
a recent event hosted by the
Council on American Islamic
Relations…” The site also provided
other key quotes: “Rep.
Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) defended
comments made by her
colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar,
regarding the 9/11 terrorist attacks,
saying Omar ‘speaks
truth to power.’ …Rep. Bennie
Thompson, (D-Mississippi)
chairman of the House
Homeland Security Committee…
said that he ‘saw nothing
wrong’ with Rep. Ilhan Omar’s
controversial comment about
9/11.”
Omar’s comments, and
those that defend, are disgraceful.
As the world acknowledges
the 80th anniversary of
the start of World War II, the
equally thoughtless Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
believes that millennials and
“generation Z” are superior to
those that came before. While
pitting one generation against
another is a ridiculous enterprise,
the question that needs
to be asked is, what, exactly led
to her conclusion? She stated “I
think young people are more informed
and dynamic than their
predecessors…I think they’re
profoundly courageous, because
they’re willing to puncture
more taboos and have conversations
that, frankly, older
generations sometimes struggle
to have.”
A bit of fact checking is
needed here. Having “conversations”
in a nation that has
a First Amendment is hardly
an act of heroism. And, by the
way, the generation of the late
1700’s, which fought and won
against the world’s greatest
military of the time, the British
Empire, and then went on
to write the Constitution and
the Bill of Rights that enacted
that First Amendment has to
be considered a bit more dynamic
than Ms. Ocasio-Cortez
appears to give them credit for.
One supposes she also doesn’t
recall the generation that
fought for the abolition of slavery,
and didn’t just “converse”
about the issue but went to war
to achieve the goal. Not to mention,
of course, that the historychallenged
Congresswoman
apparently forgot all about the
1960’s, when segregation and
voting rights abuses were at
last defeated.
But AOC’s sheer foolishness
in making that statement
during a year when the focus
should be on those who endured
the Great Depression,
then went on to defeat Nazi
Germany and Imperial Japan
in the largest war ever fought,
boggles the mind.
Differences of opinion, even
vast disagreements, are actually
a good thing for a free society.
They uncover faults and
help resolve them. But when
elected representatives, like
Illlan Omar, display contempt
for the enormous and violent
loss of life of fellow Americans
at the hands of foreign terrorists,
or, like Alexandria-Ocasio
Cortez, lack the knowledge
or intellect to engage in a
thoughtful debate, the nation
suffers.
BY LYNN GERBINO
Hello all. I hope you all had
a wonderful summer. It is time
to get to work again after a restful
summer.
We do have some wonderful
news. I received a call from Assemblyman
Michael Benedetto
last Friday afternoon telling
me the great news that the MTA
bus service in Throggs Neck
will be virtually unchanged.
This is a great victory for us
as the changes proposed would
have been devastating for our
residents and especially for
our seniors who rely on public
transportation to get to local
places.
Thank you Assemblyman
Benedetto. We appreciate
the fi ght you fought and won
against the MTA on our behalf.
Assemblyman Benedetto
will be the guest speaker at our
next meeting on Tuesday, September
24, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Villa Barone Manor. The assemblyman
will also talk about
his fi ght to get the tolls lowered
on the Throgs Neck and Whitestone
bridges, as well as what
is happening on the NYS Assembly
Education Committee,
which he chairs. We can all
personally thank him at our
meeting.
Our other two meetings before
our holiday break are:
Tuesday, October 29, where
the guest speakers will be from
NYC Offi ce of Emergency Management;
and Tuesday, November
26, where the guest speaker
will be from Providence Rest
Nursing Home. All of our meetings
are on Tuesdays at 7:30
p.m. at the Villa Barone Manor.
You can cut this out and put on
your fridge to remember the
dates.
You can contact us on Facebook
- Throggs Neck Homeowners
Association where we
put up to date information as
soon as we receive it or give us
a ringy dingy at (718) 823-0627.
All are welcome. Join your
fellow community members.
See you there.
BY ANNIE BOLLER
Our Tuesday, September
17 meeting will have guest
speaker Assemblyman Michael
Benedetto. Please join us with
any questions or concerns.
We’re in need of new members.
Please bring a friend or
neighbor. New cameras have
been installed within the area
covered by the 45th Precinct.
That’s the good news. The bad
news is that we’re losing nine
offi cers assigned to the 45th.
The cameras are located
at: City Island Avenue and
City Island Bridge; west side
of Bruckner Boulevard, north
of Wilkinson Avenue; southeast
corner of Tratman Avenue
and St. Peters Avenue; Lane Avenue,
northside, one block east
of Benson Street; southwest
corner of East Tremont Avenue
and Waterbury Avenue; northwest
corner of Dewey Avenue
and Cross Bronx Expressway
southbound; northeast corner
of Brush Avenue and The
Home Depot entrance; Zerega
Avenue, northside, one block
from Westchester Avenue; and
Crosby and Westchester avenues.
The Pelham Bay Taxpayers
& Civic Association will
resume meetings on Tuesday,
September 17 at 7:30 p.m. in St.
Theresa’s cafeteria. Our October
meeting will be on Tuesday,
October 22.
The 45th Precinct Community
Council and 45th Precinct
are holding a ’Coffee with a
Cop’ event on September 12, 6 to
9 p.m. at the Ice House café, 140
Reynolds Avenue in Throggs
Neck. Great time to meet and
greet our offi cers.
Membership dues are due.
Please send to 1720 Mayfl ower
Avenue, #9H, Bronx, NY 10461.
Our email is pbta1965@
gmail.com.
Councilman Mark Gjonaj (c) joined local leaders in announcing
funding for the installation of NYPD cameras throughout the 13th
Council District. Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark Gjonaj’s Offi ce
/gmail.com
