Beacon Memo

A few quotes from the commenters at BCN:

"No, we have to say something to Steve: a damn good mayor. A consummate compassionate pro working under crushing economic conditions. There's a lot of anger out there, and Steve got way more of it than he deserved. Politics is brutal." -Ben Royce

" I hope everyone who voted for Randy Casale understands that the Mayor can't wave a magic wand and make everything perfect.  Running a city is an ongoing, every-changing process and requires community involvement." -Ryan Green

Today's the day, Beaconites. Get out there and exercise your right to vote!

From the city website:

A roundup of reports on the weekend storm: 

-86,000 Central Hudson customers were still without power Monday morning. Repair workers are reportedly dealing with damaged transporters, downed lines, substations and a large feeder line down between Beacon and Glenham. 

-Some blocks in Beacon are going on 3 days without power, including areas of Ward 1 close to 9D.  

-Last night the city set up a warming station at Tomkins Hose Firehouse. No food or beds, but you can get a free ride there (or could last night) by calling AJ Taxi Service at 214-0011.

There was a pea soup fog at 7am, but it will burn off in a big way. High temp will reach 83 degrees.

MTA warns of possible Metro North delays.

Finally, an opportunity to extract some substance from our local political candidates: 

Beacon Candidates Forum

The Howland Cultural Center, Beacon Deserves Better and Beacon High School Social Studies department are proud to present a

Candidates’ Forum at the Beacon High School auditorium

Wednesday, October 19th from 7:00 to 10:00 PM.

The gathering will be an opportunity for Beacon citizens to ask candidates about their ideas and plans for Beacon's future.

Candidates will respond to questions gathered through question boxes located at Main Street businesses. Questions can also be directed to [email protected], or submitted on index cards provided at the auditorium on the night of the event.

Candidates: 8 city council candidates (Wards 1 - 4), two District 16 County Legislative candidates, four At-Large City Council members, two District 18 County Legislative candidates and two Mayoral candidates:

Marlene Fredericks and Diane Spiak-Pisanelli for Ward 1

Charlie Kelly and Pam Seegler for Ward 2

Agnes Compagnone and Ben Giardullo for Ward 3

Thomas Cunningham and Sara Pasti for Ward 4

Joe Galbo, Ali Muhammad, George Mansfield and Justin Riccobono for City Council-at-Large

Ori Brachfeld and Alison MacAvery for County Legislator District 16

John Forman and Jerry Landisi for County Legislator District 18

Randy Casale and Steve Gold for Mayor

Nature of Questions:

The emphasis will be on non-partisan, future-oriented questions about the candidates’ ideas and plans for the City of Beacon. All questions must be directed to the office for which the candidate is running, not to individual candidates.  Each candidate for that office will have an opportunity for a timed answer.

It is intended that the questions and answers address ideas and issues and not the record of the other candidate or party. The questions will be selected based on that criteria by a committee consisting of Beacon High School teacher Frank Lofaro, Florence Northcutt of Howland ...