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@Mammele
It is NOT a hoax.
Unit numbers come from assorted government records.
Way back when, your home may have been part of a subdivision of land and the plot records showed it as unit #4. These would predate the municipality and Post Office assigning street addresses.this is the Decennial Census, an every 10 year count ordered in Article One of the US Constitution. The Bureaui of the Census conducts many other surveys each year for economic and statistical purposes. Last year they ran a 4 month program trying to verify address accuracy, to make this years’ count be more accurate.
DovidBT……………………………..
You mean well, but could get in trouble. The ONLY information you may leave on an NOV is the 12 character case number. If the respondent is hesitant to have the interview close up, you may write your Census Phone number on the NOV an ask that the respondent call your phone when you retreat to the edge of the property or your car and you will conduct the interview over the phone.How do I know this? My nephew, off from college (in person learning) since March 10, is a Census Field Supervisor. We donated space in conference room (unused due to Covid) for training sessions of both CFS and Enumerators. I heard so many hours of Orientation and Training, that I could conduct the sessions myself.
A local Enumerator was terminated for leaving business cards when he got live responses. Another was written up for handing out voter registration info,Do your job, enjoy the income. The rate is quite good for a short term job.
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@n0mesorahJerusalem is NOT the CapitOl of Israel……………………………
It is the CapitAl of Israel.
The CapitOl is a building in Washington DC that houses the Senate and House of Representatives.BTW….Trump has released loads of criminals from Jail, both Jewish and non-Jews. This is not something I praise.
Time to review your history and geography.
Jamaica is in the Americas
Black Africans, were enslaved in Jamaica
Their descendants, even if mixed with indigenous peoples (Caribbean Indian) or Whites are considered Black (in most cases).
If they immigrated to the US, they are Classified African-AmericanThe current 2020 Census, being conducted by the Trump Administration, asks respondents for Race. If the answer is Black, it acts for origins. Jamaica is one of the choices.
Blacks in the Americas since before 1808 came as slaves. Their descendants are African-American if they end up in the USA (unless they CHOOSE to be known as Mixed Race).
Who is davening b’yedidus or outdoors? and not showing respect for those davening in a shul??????
I have an extended family of about 50 people davening in an appropriate indoor setting with an Aron Kodesh and Sifrei Torah (having belonged to my zaidey’s bungalow colony in the 1940s, 50s and 60s) every day since March 12th.
I show respect for those wanting to daven inside our local shul, by keeping my 50+- home so they can be in compliance with the occupancy limits ordered by our governor. I could say, we own those 50 seats and let those who don’t own seats stay home.As for respecting those who wish to daven indoors without masks>>>>if they are here in Connecticut, this would break the law; and I (an attorney) do not condone or respect law breaking.
I believe you attacked then wrong person.
BTW, we have had Yuntif minyanim at the CTL compound for decades. It is not something new. This allowed our late parents and grandparents to enjoy the company opf the whole family when the elders were no longer able to walk to shul. It is 4+ years since Mrs. CTL was able to make that walk. At least she will have a full minyan present here, surrounded by her family. I”H the weather will be beautiful and members of the shul will come by for an outdoor kiddush on their way home each day. We shall observe both indoor and outdoor limits set by out state.@Someone in Monsey
Far be it for me to defend Akuperma, BUT he posted this was the first election where NONE of the candidates….and delineates Trump, Biden, Pence, Harris.You incorrectly interject with JFK and conveniently leave out the other three: LBJ, Nixon, Lodge.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr, came from a family whose roots were in Massachusetts before the Revoluition. LBJ ancestor George Washington Baines was born near Raleigh, NC in 1809, Nixon’s Maternal line descends from Thomas Cornell who arrived in Boston in 1638.Don’t make accusations without reading and understanding a post, then check the facts.
You won;t be called out or embarrassed that wayNO, I and my family will not be in shul.
Since March 12 when all the grandchildren, great-nephews, great nieces came to spend the rest of school year and summer, Minyan has been held at the CTL Compound. B”H we have Sifrei Torah and all necessary items for daily, Shabbos and Yuntif minyanim.Although CT is is good shape, we have elected to keep our approx 50 family members out of our shul so other members may attend and not exceed the Covid mandated capacity limits.
@ProudR
There is NO question posed in the OP. He just rambles on and on in bad English.
I replied to the Inaccurate Headline used by the OP.I pointed out the reality of the office she seeks.
I;ll not get into any partisan politics between now and 11/3, I know most on YWN are Conservative Rs. I won’t change their minds, they won;t change mine. I will make factual corrections
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kamala Harris wants to be the VP of The UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Individual people don’t have VPsNice try, but your trolling doesn’t work
@CommonSaychel
Contrary to your belief, MOST Town Clerks are not Passport acceptance/processing agencies. As for County Clerks, I have no clue. CT has not had any County Government since 1960.I just entered my Zip Code in Travel.State.Gov
The nearest 250 locations that are Passport acceptance agencies are ALL Post Offices. In Fact, the US Passport Agency run by the Dept of State in Stamford and NYC will only take applications from emergency last minute travelers leaving the country within a few days who present their airline ticket with the application in person.‘As for Check Cashers, you don;t find these in small towns, and the UPS stire could be 10 miles away.
You use the KEY WORD: “SERVICES” The USPS is a service, the same as Fire, Police EMS, Public Schools, Roads, Libraries…..it is NOT supposed to break even or turn a profit. It exists to serve the taxpaying public.
That’s why things such as books, or recordings for the blind ship at reduced rates
That;s why there was established Rural Free Delivery@truebt
“the question is what are you trying to accomplish by knowing your ancestors names? You will learn far more about things that matter by interviewing relatives.”Genealogy involves far more than finding out your ancestors’ names. It can record where they lived, what trade they plied, Marriages, divorces, births, deaths, dates, criminal and armed forces records, etc.
I found out that a great-great grandfather’s 5 and 6th children were actually twins (born two days apart) and their mother died shortly after birth, he remarried and I am descended from the second wife. Both wive’s had the same name, so when I heard family stories growing up, I never learned their were two wives, or the great-great uncle and great-great aunt were twins.
I also had been told the family came to America from City X, whereas recorded records show City X was the seat of regional government where passports were issued (and appeared as place of origin on ship’s manifest), in fact they came from Town Y…30 miles away. I visited Town Y in the 1980s and was able locate the gravestones of my Triple Great Grandparents. Family stories would have never led my to this town, and previous searches for information in City X bore no fruit.@participant
YOU GOT THAT WRONG…..“”We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of …”
Preamble to the Constitution if the USA…….promote the GENERAL WELFARE, insure DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, does mean keep us safe, from all enemies, foreign and domestic…this includes infection, pandemic, cyber attacks, not just people shooting guns or dropping bombs.
Proud
So you think I am the worst people…..
Send me a list of the organizations/yeshivos/hospitals your family uses and I;ll make sure they are not on my Tzedaka list.Your broad statement shows your ignorance and hatred.
BTW…learn to write proper English if you wish to be taken seriously. You are the worst, the situation could be worse. As it is time for my lunch, I’ll go grill some knockwurst
@2cents
The Post Office will deliver a letter for 55 cents
I dare you to get a rate even TEN times that from UPS, FEDEX, DHL…………………………….(for an individual not a contract commercial user).Commercial carriers are NOT a replacement for the USPS
Will the eventual closure of the USPO impact you?
It will affect me is a way much different than most in the CR.
It is no secret that I and our family trusts have real estate holdings. In Fairfield County we own two commercial properties where the USPO leases space for retail branches. They pay handsomely and on tile with long term leases. They have helped to educate my children and grandchildren.
I am far from the only American who is a supplier to the USPO and would be affected. Even the local gas station around the corner from my home has a contract to maintain the non-electric jeep tyoe delivery vehicles used in our town and supply the fuel. Our area POs use local janatorial companies to do their cleaning, snow removal, etc.
Every day (prior to Covid) there would be long lines of people waiting to get Passports. The PO is the the processing arm of the Dept of State Passport Service. They process the applications, can take your passport photos for a fee, sell you a money order to enclose in the envelope, etc.
In the inner city there is a dearth of banks. Poor people use the USPO as their bank, they buy money orders there and mail them to pay their bills. They also can get cash back when using a debit card, as opposed to using a commercial ATM with a few dollar fee.
Both the homeless and those traveling can have mail sent to Genera Delivery, Anytown USA XXXXX and pick it up at the PO.There are commercial companies that help. but you should look at Jewishgenealogy dot com for assistance with your quest.
Lots of helpful information as well as groups doing particular locations. translations of memory books from the alte heim, etc@Meno
What I suggested using Bill Pay for any vendor who will accept a check, works now. If the USPS closes down, the bank will not be able to issue and mail those checks to pay the bills.1
Keep your hate to yourself
You do not have a crystal ball, and POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC logic is FAULTYI suggest you troll elsewhere, it is very tiring. Don’t vote Biden, he’ll still win NY, CT, NJ without your vote. Harris will NOT be driving the bus, as you say, unless it is to take driving directions from Biden. I know Joe (met him many times over the decades that I’ve been involved in the party at state and national level). He is steady, works well with others (something Trump is not and cannot do) and if he is running as the candidate, the VP candidate is his supporter, not his boss.
I’ll not be touting a candidate during the next 70 days on YWN. It is obvious who the right wing Republicans are and who are the minority who support the Dems. Arguing is futile, YWN has a set political agenda as evidenced in their headlines and news stories.
I will leave you with one question?
Are you (and your family) better off in 2020 than in 2016?I and my family are not,neither are the 170,000 Americans dead from the Corona Virus, whose response was mishandled by Trump.
End of Conversation. Until Nov 4, I will not answer or post anything else about the race
@Gadolhadorah
here in CT if I go on the Electric or Gas company (both owned by the same holding company) website and want to pay my bill I have two choices:
#1 MUST only receive electronic bill and can pay on line by checking account only
#2 Get paper bills and can’t pay on line by checking account
Otherwise, you are transferred to a third party payer system (Western Union) who will handle your debit or credit card payment and collects a fee of $3.95.That’s why I use my bank’s billPay system which is free.
AmilZola
I pay through my bank’s bill pay on line. I do not go to the vendor’s assorted websites as it takes too much time.
If a vendor is not set up to receive ACH transfers from my bank (and I have three like that). The bank issues a bank check and mails it paying the postage (no charge to me). I just know that when I pay bills, if I enter payment info by 7PM, vendors receive the payment the next business day. If a check has to be mailed, the bank BillPay will show me the day the payment will be received by the vendor.That said, as an attorney I use the USPS very often. Lots of documents that need to be delivered in hard copy, things requiring signed proof of delivery, etc. so much cheaper than UPS, FEDEX. etc.
@AviK
I have heard and read T Sowell and am not impressed.
You are in Israel, are you under the healthcare plan? I;d like everyone in America to have that option and am willing to pay more taxes to do so.
This is a representative democracy and we elect legislators to decide what to tax and how to spend. We can vote for others in the next election if we are not happy with their choices. I’d rather that than a parliamentary system with votes of no confidence and 3 failed elections and no government formed.We will never agree
@AviK
I think Trump has filled the courts with terrible judges who will set us back 100 years.
You, as a resident of Israel place far more importance on US support of Israel in evaluating a President than others who do not live in Israel. While important, it is not paramount in my criteria.Right now the damage he has done with Sino-US relations is crippling our economy and benefiting his buddy Putin. Trump never met a dictator he didn’t like. He follows the Hitler playbook and has been destroying our society.
I am far from Marxist, but like many social programs, such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and am happy to pay taxes to fund them. I 100% oppose school vouchers that fund parochial schools with taxpayers’ dollars.
When this all implodes Trump will be blaming son-in-law, Jared, the House Jew………They’re running a special at Brisk
A free case of Lipton Tea for all new students…………………………We need some levity in this time of Covid
@Gadolhadorah
No I do not have a drone over the compound. I do have a balcony outside the rear room in the attic of the main house that gives quite a view. I used the binoculars I received as a Bar Mitzvah gift more than 50 years ago for a quick survey of the damage.
Being do it ourselfers. I took out a two story ladder to check the garage roof. Today, grandsons got busy cleaning, debris, older ones cutting thick tree limbs with chain saws. Later they will be divided with the log splitter and stacked as cord wood to season for at least a year. Having 5 fireplaces in the original 1803 part of main house, we use a lot of firewood in the winter.When we had solar panels installed last year, the solar company used a drone to inspect our roof. Much safer than sending a man up there to the peak.
Didn’t lose electricity or get flooded, BUT
100 year old Oak tree came down on a corner of the garage and hit trunk of car
Limb from Silver Maple came down and took out 10 feet of pool fence and may have damaged pool liner.
B”H everyone was inside house and safe
Already notified insurance carriers, submitted photos and started claims process………………….@ Ben Levi
A googled definition without attribution……………..That said, I have no problem with regulation by the community as a whole. That means a representative government sets the rules. Things such as permits, OSHA, minimum wage, workers’ compensation insurance, Unemployment Insurance tax, EPA requirements, etc.
“Owned” is not really socialism, it is Communism, which I do not favor.
Someone in this thread keeps posting Communism/Socialism as if they are one and the same. NOT, also the OP’s question was about Socialism, not Communism.
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Obama is working very hard to elect Democrats because we have suffered great;y under Trump nd the McConnell Senate.
He is not working to salvage his legacy.I don’t know any rich Dems in my small town. I do know some comfortable people in both parties and unaffiliated, as well. None of us are patting each other on the back….DON”T YOU KNOW THERE”S A PANDEMIC?????????????????
The party isn’t shifting to Socialism. FDR started that in the 1930s with Social Security, Johnson in the 1960s with Medicare. I want single payer Universal healthcare like the rest of the civilized world. Mrs. CTL was in the hospital again last week…6 days in ICU. Her policy is through ACA, I’m on Medicare. If Trump had her way, she’d have no coverage because of preexisting conditions. Maybe you don’t care if you go bankrupt trying to pay medical expenses, I do.
This might cause 1 not to vote for Obama (if he was running for office) because he endorse this person. The Democratoc Party as a whole did not make this endorsement and it is faulty logic to refuse to vote for someone who did not endorse because Obama did.
1 just hates Dems@CoffeeAddict
I objected to Trump’s plan that capped deduction for state taxes at $10K. This was aimed at Blue states. The flyover states have much lower taxes/My comment quoting my late father has to do with income taxes.
I have made no comment about the Biden plan as I stated I have yet to read the plan and there are no firm details, Furthermore, I will comment after the plan is finalized and available to digest.
That said, there is a good reason for like type property swaps, besides avoiding capital gains taxes on a direct sale. Once a property is fully depreciated for tax purposes (generally 29 years, the loss of the depreciation expense makes the same rents a taxable profit and is a disincentive to keep the building. If one swaps the new owner gets to depreciate it all over again, rents can remain the same and the commercial tenants are not hit with a rent increase if they have a triple net lease to cover the increased income tax without depreciation.
I have clients who have used to swaps for tax advantages, often on small commercial buildings or apartment buildings of less than 12 units. I don’t generally sell real estate, but place it into trusts for future generations of the CTL clan
@CoffeeAddict
I have not read the proposed plan
I do not know what ‘special tax breaks in the real estate industry for people making $400K+’ are.That said, the OP is mis-characterizing the Plan and how it is to be funded. I did a quick Google search and find:
“Biden’s campaign says the 10-year plan will be paid for by “rolling back unproductive and unequal tax breaks” for real-estate investors making more than $400,000, as well as increasing “tax compliance for high-income earners.”
The tax breaks are not in the real estate industry per se, but for those investors in Real Estate making more than $400K per year.I read this to mean profits of more than $400K per year from Real Estate Investments, not that one’s income is $400K+ and has any profits from real estate investments.
Please do not worry for CTL. #1 I do not personally profit more than $400K annually from Real Estate Investments. As a Trust and Family attorney, most of our real estate holdings are held in various trusts.
Furthermore, to quote my late father Z”L, when he’d be writing a hefty check every April 15th. “America is a great country, you’ve got to make it to pay it.”
It is both my honor and privilege to make a large income and pay taxes on it.
BTW, I filed my taxes July 14th. This year, I was able to restructure things due to the Trump Tax changes and restore the 25K that had not been there for Tzedaka in 2018. B”H our philanthropy increased to its highest level ever in 2019.“The statistics show race isn’t a big issue (black cops are just as likely to kill blacks as white cops are). The issue is police abuse of people they are arresting, regardless of race (and perhaps not regardless of class – rich people tend to get much better treated when getting arrested). There is no excuse for police to being injuring unarmed persons, even if they deserve it.”
RACE is a BIG issue. Many police departments (including the one in my small town) have been found to practice systemic Racism. It is NOT just about Killing Blacks, or Arresting Blacks.
Much of the systemic racism is the HARASSMENT of Blacks (and Latinos). No shooting ior arrest need be made, but get caught driving across the Town line while black…..DWB and you have much greater chance of being pulled over, having your license and registration run and checked fro an insurance card. You also will be illegally questioned as to why you are here and where are you going.The State of CT has sanction our police Deoartment and abiout 20 others, issuing, fines, ordering changes, including training, asked that certain top personnel be demoted or fired, etc.
Also, you are not just as like to get ANYTHING by a Black cop as a White Cop, when your small town/suburban police force is 98% white.
@ Ben Levi
“He has lost money by running for office and that is why he won’s show his taxes.”
He refused to show his tax returns while running for office. They covered years he was not running, and could not have had a loss because he was running for office. He lied when he said he’d release the returns.
He lied when he said he could not release the returns because he was under an audit by the IRS. A taxpayer is never forbidden to release his/her filed returns because there is an ongoing audit.Have you ever been audited by the IRS?????????????
I have, both personally and for my business returns. I was not instructed by the IRS that I could not release or show my returns to anyone during the audit. In fact I released them to banks during the audit as I was applying for financing for a real estate development at the time. The bank that provides our rolling business line of credit requires I release to them my (and all partners’ in the CTL firm) tax returns every year. The CTL Law Firms is a partnership, not a corporation and we partners are personally liable for the loans. Last year, we borrowed a large amount to buy land and construct our first freestanding NY office.@som1
I did reply earlier, but is must be lost in Cyberspace, perhaps shot down by Trump’s Space Force…..#1 Forbes has no more access to Trump’s financial records than you or I do. You read an OPINION, not provable facts about his net worth
#2 Many people have seen tax increases, but many more have seen increases in state and local taxes during this administration. Not as much money is flowing to local and state government from the Feds and uit has to be made up from increased and new taxes.
#3 I never said we should not have travel restrictions because of the Corona Virus. We should have locked the country down tight in March and had national stay at home orders and REQUIRE face masks when out of your own home
His nonsense about 15 cases and it will be over soon, and it will be warm soon and it will go away is ridiculous. Same with the ineffective anti-malaria drug and ingesting bleach.
#4 Incompetents on the Federal payroll, Let’s start with Betsy DeVos (knows nothing about education), then Dr. Ben Carson, who may have been a brain surgeon, but is totally unqualified to run HUD, and it is a shambles. Then there’s Don Jr’s girfriend bringing in a 6 figure salary plus benefits. Lynne Patton, an event planner who planned Eric Trump;s wedding was made Director of Region II (NY and NJ) HUD. Mabe she can choose flowers and a band, but she is not able to run this agency.
The list goes on and on.
#5 Putin’s Puppet………..Trump is beholden to Russia and its Putin controlled Banks for the financing that kept his business alive when no one else except Deutschebank would loan him money. CTL daughter worked fro a Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, responsible for running/provisioning/staffing his 100M super Yacht. They spent a month in Turkey in summer 2015 with all the Russian big shots at a resort, Trump and flunkies were in and out, cutting deals and receiving instructions.
#6 I”YH, If the pandemic lifts and travel becomes safe, Mrs. CTL and I plan to spend January and February 2021 in our House in Herzyla Pituach, instead of our home in Florida. If Trump wins reeelction we might stay longer.If it’s not your close relative or the closest of friends you say nothing, unless you have a doctor/[patient or Rav/Congregant relationship.
It is not your place to discuss an eating disorder unless you are asked.
Basically, mind your own business.@DovidBT
Biden was not my first choice, but he is preferable to Trump.
I’ll vote for him and even made a modest contribution.
Trump will not win my state (and didn’t in 2016).I would have voted for Romney if he was the nominee
You are so gullible………you actually believe Trump’s net worth fell 30% since Januaruy 2017?
He has never released financial information….how would you know.
What has been released is how much money Ivanka and Jared have been raking in since that day.Meanwhile President Bonespurs is busy selling Beans…………………..
I don’t hate Trump. I despise his words and actions.
My taxes have increased substantially under his administration.
Our Civil rights have been scaled back
He surrounds himself with incompetents on the federal payroll
His handling of the Corona Virus has been a travesty that has cost thousands of lives.How’s that wall coming, that Mexico will pay for? NOT
He is Putin’s puppet and I;m not laughing at the show.Can I get a refund for my cost of admission.I will be thrilled when he is defeated in November and gone by January 20, 2021 at noon. I can’t tolerate 4 more years….who knows, it might prompt me to spend some of my retirement in our house in EY.
Moshe from Midwood………………………..
Both Mrs. CTL and I grew up in homes with private in-ground pools. Our siblings all have them as well as some of the married children, nieces and nephews.
We have never allowed a child under 12 to swim unsupervised and the pools are fenced and alarmed. Our youngsters were taught to swim the summer after they were out of diapers. It is always safety first.By and far most Americans are NOT conservatives. Don’t be fooled by the religious Jews and Evangelicals. The average American wants government social programs, Medicare, Social Security, equal rights, etc.
Trump is NOT nor has ever been a Conservative. He is a charlatan who lies to the Conservatives to get their votes and enrich his family and friends while destroying America.
A pox on the house of Trump.@Shady
Since it hasn’t happened in thousands of years there is no reason not to be comfortable until it happens.@1
It would have to be a virtual pool party.
CT has restrictions on those coming from 22 of the other states.
I will not risk our extended family’s health by bringing in a group with unknown health risks.
@Amil Zola
I am glad you were able to fulfill your original plans for the pool.
We planned a pool when we bought the property more than 30 years ago. 5 years after we moved in and were in the midst of never ending renovations and additions (original house is more than 200 years old) the town put in sanitary sewers. Once we hooked up, the septic tanks and leaching fields could be removed and a large pool installed.
We also live out of doors as much as possible in New England. I have a full outdoor kitchen and a smokehouse for meats and fish, as well as an outdoor pizza oven. We grown and can (or freeze) lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.
We went solar for electricity, cutting summer bills from $1200 per month to $10 per month.
This Covid period with all the youngsters in residence has allowed much construction, teaching them homeowner life-skills, they would never learn in Yeshiva or day school. I was very lucky that when i was in Junior High I went to Yeshiva in the morning and public school in the afternoon. Back in our days boys were required to take shop courses, and I learned woodworking, plumbing, drafting and electrical skills that have been in use for more than 50 years.Small town or country living is not for everyone, but it works for us.
Thank you and use it good health…………………
It was one of the best investments Mrs. CTL and I ever made. This is our 25th summer using the pool. With all the grandchildren here since March it has been invaluable.
Three years ago, we made the decision to heat the pool…it was $3500 well spent. We used to open the pool June 15 and close it Labor Day as schools were about to open.
This year, we opened it in April and will keep it open until mid October. Our youngsters are not using public parks, trails, ball fields this year. Only G-d knows how schools will open this fall.
Using only our own labor we added a trampoline pit this spring, an additional Basketball 1/2 court and yesterday, we mixed and poured a concrete strip for shuffleboard and hopscotch (potsy to old time New Yorkers).
Our children and grandchildren have acquired useful skills needed by homeowners and have a real sense of pride and accomplishment in using things they help construct.
We have been mocked for having a family compound, but 2020 has shown this to be a wise decision.Moderate is a relative term.
I have been a delegate to the Democrat National Convention many times over the years. I am a Biden Delegate to our state convention,
Compared to the other candidate on our ballot August 11…Bernie Sanders, Biden is a moderate.@1
always posting LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Biden is NOT bring in 11 million illegal immigrants. These people are already in the USA. If the President brought in people by changing rules or standards, the newcomers would NOT be illegal.Some of us would like to cut some police funding. The police in my town are a racist bunch who profile and stop people for Driving While Black. The department has been sanctioned by the State of CT..,
You don;t know who he’ll appoint in his administration and that they’ll be anti-Israel…you have no crystal ball,
Certainly Satmar is anti-Israel and you are not screaming they are scum.@commonsaychel
The funds from the CARES ACT received by school districts for COVID-19 related expenses MUST be shared with private/parochial/day schools and K-12 Yeshivas.
Make sure your associated schools have made contact and requested their shares.In our town, the funds have been shared with 2 Catholic K-8, 1 Catholic High School, 1 Protestant K-12 and a non-demoninational Jewish K-8 day school. The nearest Day schools and Yeshiva High Schools have received funds from their local public Boards of Ed.
This money can be used for masks, cleaning supplies, setting up distance learning (software and equipment, buying separation material (plexiglass dividers) etc.@CommonSaychel
Please don’t make assumptions…………………
This daughter lives in a house in Kew Garden Hills, works mostly from home (pre Covid 19) coming to our CT office about once a week, She handles our client cases in NY Surrogates Court. Her husband heads our NY office and handles contract law.
So she flew from a frum area in NYC to LA (which does have frum people) and return.
None of the family living here in small town CT has contracted the virus.
I”YH she will recover quickly. We have made no contact delivery of food and all other needs to her.This is why we isolated ALL of our grandchildren and great nieces and Nephews here back in March and they will stay for the foreseeable future. We don;t expect to allow any to return to school/yeshiva/college in person this fall. It will be on-line learning, the older ones teaching the younger ones and Mrs. CTL and I teaching the older ones. Not quite the ‘one room schoolhouse’ as we have multiple learning spaces.
@syag
Our local health authorities have been telling us that 3 weeks is a more realistic time frame than the previously used 14 days, Especially in the 15-40 year old group. She may have been able to be tested and confirmed earlier but not having a raised temperature, she was not a priority for testing.She self isolated upon return, her husband has been at his parents and her kids have been with us (and all our other grandchildren) since March 12.
YES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Thee is still Corona Virus in the Frum World.
This past Friday, our eldest daughter tested positive.
Three weeks ago she flew to and from Los Angeles on business (against our advice).
She was there less than 48 hours, wore masks, used sanitzers and tried to avoid being close to people. BUT so many of the people were not wearing masks.B”H she appears to have a mild case, but the long term after affects are unknown.
Keep your guard up…..we are in for many more cases@Ben Levi
Your comment has NOTHING to do t=with this thread’s topic………………
Did you post in the wrong place?
Maybe you should copy and paste and use it to start a new thread about Trump, Blacks and the mediaI object to the OP’s premise about ‘investing in America’
How long before we have to move to EY
Should we rent in USA and buy in EY………………………………I don’t consider buy a piece of property as investing in a country. You are investing in the real estate. Governments come and go, the land remains forever.
To quote a currently controversial piece of American culture, Gone With The Wind:
“Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin’ for, worth fightin’ for, worth dyin’ for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.”My investment in America is my participation in elections and politics. It is not my purchases and holdings of real estate (which I have in multiple countries).
The investment in a home for your family (as opposed to continuing to pay rent), is generally an investment in your family and its future security. No longer at the mercy of landlords and rent increases, etc.
That is the same no matter where in the world you live.@Haimy
The question of what a reasonable salary for the founder of a frum charitable organization may be absolutely meaningless. Many were founded by volunteers who never drew a salary. You need to ask what the paid executives of the charity are receiving as salary.BTW>>>
A charity that pays its CEO 100K but only raises 1 Million is paying too much,
but if it pays 100K and raises 10 Million, the salary is a bargain