Environment & Energy

The mayor and other Common Council members were falling all over themselves in self congratulatory mode because they had broken ground on a new development at Minerva Place with 14 units that will use a geothermal heating/cooling system. That's good. However, what were they thinking in recent years when they approved THOUSANDS of new housing units that have zero renewable energy systems? No geothermal, no wind, no solar. NOTHING!

These recent developments include The Gramercy (Clayton Park), City Center/Trump Tower, Bank Street Commons, Jefferson Place, Ritz-Carlton, The Avalon. These developments increase traffic enormously. The city did not have the sense to include proper retail to limit needless driving. Residents at Bank Street Commons in particular must drive for almost everything.

Clifford Blau for Mayor

My friend Cliff Blau would make a great mayor of White Plains, NY. He has both intellectual and financial integrity. Cliff is a life long resident of White Plains. He grew up in a house in the suburbs and has lived in a coop in downtown for many years, so he understands both sides of the equation that has tilted toward house owners for far too long. Cliff graduated from White Plains high school and became a certified public accountant.

Cliff actually likes White Plains unlike many of the rest of us residents who live in White Plains because it is a convenient compromise. Cliff would be a major upgrade as mayor.

Let's write in Clifford Blau for mayor in the next general election, bypassing the usual nonsensical procedures that help keep the two traditional parties in power. Let's also improve on the lame attempt by those two old farts who ran in 2007 for the Common Council as insurgents with a fake new party to get them on the ballot. Forget the ballot. WRITE-IN!

All that is needed is a web site with write in unstructions and some poll watchers, preferably lawyers, to ensure that the write in votes are counted.

Vote for Clifford Blau for Mayor of the City of White Plains, NY.

How about a convention to select candidates?

Common Council member Power is concerned that tax payers will be charged for a primary to clear up the mess of the local Democratic party. Tax payers should not pay for party activities. Selecting candidates is a party activity. Let the party pay for this activity whether it is a primary, convention or lottery.