Day: December 9, 2019

Not bad for a part-time job. Westchester legislators vote themselves a 52% raise.

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So base pay goes from $49.200 to $75,000 annually. Of course they waited until after the election and bypassed the Compensation Review Board. The proposed raises didn’t surface until shortly after local elections last month, when all 17 seats on the county Board of Legislators were up for grabs. That was a point of contention … Read more

Feast of St. Juan Diego (And Tim’s Birthday!)

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Yes it’s also Tim’s birthday. Tim’s birthday today.   By a funny “Divine set-up” Brigid’s birthday is on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and of course Juan Diego was her messenger! He is the first indigenous Saint of the Americas, canonized by John Paul II in 2002. St. Juan Diego (1474–1548) was a … Read more