Romney Takes Florida With Large Margin
GOP candidate Mitt Romney won Tuesday's Republican primary with more than 46 percent of the vote.
Elections
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Romney Takes New Hampshire, Santorum Falls to Fifth
Candidate Mitt Romney takes decisive lead in New Hampshire primary, but Santorum tumbles to fifth place.
The results of the New Hampshire Republican primary may change the pace of the current horse race for the party's presidential nomination. After coming up short in polling, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is currently poised to win with a decisive lead. Questions about Romney's ability to ignite voter enthusiasm linger, however. Former Texas congressman Ron Paul will likely finish second. Paul's campaign for the Republican nomination has been noteworthy, in part, because of his consistent criticism of both his Republican opponents and many of the national policies enacted under former Republican administrations. But the most surprising reversal of fortune visited former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. After a rally in …
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
POLL: Iowa Caucus Puts Romney and Santorum in Tie; Rye Republican Responds
Rye Republican Judge Peter Lane offered his analysis of the Iowa Caucus results. What do you think of the field?
Going into last night’s caucus in Iowa last night, it was a too-close-to-call race between U.S Representative Ron Paul of Texas, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. And once the results came in, it appears there is still very little margin between the three Republican presidential candidates Romney and Santorum finished in an apparent tie each earning 25 percent of the vote, Paul a close third with 21 percent. Ironically, the candidate who may have fared the best last night was a Democrat. “Obama did not do badly tonight,” said Judge Peter Lane, executive director of the Rye Republican committee on Tuesday night after most Iowa precincts reported their results. He cited two reasons for …
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Iowa Caucus Final Poll Snapshot: Close, But Romney's Ahead
Polls on the Iowa Caucus give Mitt Romney a slight lead with Ron Paul and Rick Santorum close on his heel.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Rye City Marks 70th Anniversary; Swears in 3 Council Members
New Year's Day marked the 70th birthday of the City of Rye and the installation of new councilmember Laura Brett and incumbents Catherine Parker and Joe Sack.
If New Year’s Day weren’t an auspicious occasion on its own merit, the start of 2012 was also the seventieth anniversary of Rye’s incorporation as a city and the installation day for newcomer Laura Brett and incumbents Catherine Parker and Joe Sack to the city council. After acknowledging the recent deaths of former Rye Mayor Mary Ann Ilse and Councilman Ed Collins, Mayor Doug French commended Brett, Parker and Sack for answering the call to public service. “Few people raise their hand to serve,” noted French, “You should all be commended. And it is that commitment to public service – with no pay or benefits – but simply to volunteer to make ours a better community with which our City was born 70 years ago on this day and at …
HEALtheHARBOR.com
11:12 am on Monday, January 2, 2012
This is not a joke and not meant to be sarcastic, it is just so sad that it even has to be said at the same time we celebrate Rye's 70th birthday. The best gift Mayor French could give the city is his resignation. Click below to watch Mayor French's long running municipal misconduct. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6nWzVM99R8 more ›
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Rye City School Bond Referendum Defeated
In a vote of 306 votes, Rye City residents defeated a $19.9 million school bond referendum.
At 9:50 p.m., the Rye City School Board of Education certified the defeat of the $19.9 million referendum. With a 306 vote margin– 1471 Yes votes and 1777 No votes, the monies which the board had hoped would be directed toward the construction of new classrooms and renovation of existing facilities would not be forthcoming Before adjourning the meeting to certify the election's results President Laura Slack made a statement which included the following remarks: "Although the board is disappointed...Our challenges have not changed ...Unfortunately, those who could not vote, our children, are the true losers tonight." Slack expressed her frustration that a well-mobilized campaign of what she charactized as misinformation had been directed …
RyeDad
6:48 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
NY Firefighter: I'm guessing no one from the Rye Hysterical Society would even recognize your family name. In case your wondering I voted No. Those labs were fine enough when we were there. $20,000,000? Playoffs? Playoffs.......................... more ›
Rye City School Bond Referendum Election Today
Rye City residents cast their vote today on a $19.9 million bond the school hopes to use for high school renovation and expansion.
Today is the day Rye City residents will cast their votes on a $19.9 million dollar bond referendum. Members of the school board have argued that there is an acute need for additional classrooms and updated facilities at the middle and high school building, though some members were concerned about the timing and size of the bond request fearing the community may be in a belt-tightening mindset at this time. Many parents, especially those with students in oversized elementary classes at Osborn and Milton schools are in support of the bond to ensure the teacher-student ratio does not continue to grow and that their children will have use of updated classrooms and equipment. For many residents, with or without children, there is trepidation …
Bob Zahm
7:15 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
I voted today around 5; took about 20 minutes because of the large turnout and there being only one voting machine available - seemed to have been some problems with another machines. Another one was supposed to be "on the way". Regardless of your stand, if you've not voted, please get out and do so. The POs and PTAs are certainly promoting voting. more ›
Monday, December 12, 2011
Zahm Clarifies His Position on School Bond
Former Rye City school board member Bob Zahm clarifies his position on the upcoming school bond issue and how it has been characterized by group opposing the referendum.
This is user generated content. It reflects the viewpoint of the submitter and does not imply the support or opposition of Rye Patch. We’ve had more than enough misinformation coming from “The Committee” opposing the proposed $20 million bond. “The Committee” says that taxes will increase 33 percent over the next 5 years. This figure is wrong in two ways. First, the actual forecasted increase is 25 percent. Second, implying that the increase is due solely to the proposed bond ignores the real spending drivers -- employee contracts and NYS-mandated costs. Calculation of the 25 percent rate is shown in the following table. [The District’s recently reported forecast increase of 23 percent omitted the compounding impact of multiple-year …
POLL: Rye residents voice mixed feelings on proposed $19.9M bond referendum
Rye City school district residents share their opinion about the $19.9M proposed bond vote Tuesday.
Rye City residents have varying opinions on upcoming school bond referendum– Will it be positive or negative for the school district and the Rye community? The revenue generated from the proposed $19,996,000 dollar bond referendum will be used to construct 16 new classrooms, 12 science labs and 4 general education classrooms. Completion could be completed by the 2014-2015 school year. The district says there is a necessity for more modern learning facilities as well as bathrooms and locker rooms. If the bond referendum succeeds, Rye residents will pay an average $47.17 increase in taxes for the first year that will increase to $300 by the year 2015. Wendy Bafone has children in the middle school and high school: “I am for the bond. I …
sp
1:06 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
I moved to Rye years ago for the schools. I want to see my daughter have the same quality facilities that drew us to Rye and caused us to pay a premium for our house. People are forgetting that good schools are one of the big things that keep our housing prices high! more ›
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Rye Resident Lays Out His Argument for Postponing the Rye City School Bond
Resident Bertrand de Frondeville says: NO pain, ALL gain if Rye’s 87% silent majority rises and says NO to protect education quality and taxpayers with a sounder bond next year.
This is user-generated content. Rye Patch does not endorse or oppose political candidates or election issues. Where are the 87% who did not vote last May? And why the costly “ugliness” of a new Science Taj Mahal, plus 12-16 added classrooms, that may well be excessive? Hear: I hope that all eligible Rye voters will vote December 13 and will consider voting “NO”on this Rushed Bond Issue, in favor of a sounder one next Fall: NO Pain, ALL Gain. Questions welcome! A four-page detailed study available on request to bbdf@defrondeville.com
Barbara Anderson
6:18 pm on Wednesday, January 4, 2012
I've heard that only 4% of Iowans actually took part in the events. Is this true? more ›