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Comes to Hudson River Museum Sledding in Westchester WESTCHESTER’S OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED NEWSPAPERS Vol 33 Number 7 www.RisingMediaGroup.com Friday, February 14, 2014 ‘Art of Video Games’ Comes Kaplowitz & Klein Targeted By To Hudson River Museum West. Coalition for Legal Abortion American Art Museum, opens Feb. 17 at the Hudson River Museum and runs through May 18. The museum will be only the fourth museum in the country – and the only one in the New York Metro area – to host this exhibit since it left the Smithsonian in 2012, and has programmed a full sched- ule of workshops, talks and musical performances around the exhibit and will add Friday evening hours during its stay. “The Art of Video Games” will occupy the entire State Senate Co-Leader Jeff Klein County BOL Chairman Michael Kaplowitz lower gallery of the museum, with more than 20 kiosks and By Dan Murphy with Skelos than with the women of New York other displays positioned ac- Two Westchester Democratic elected of- – and Klein doesn’t care that by doing so, he, cording to the five major eras ficials have found themselves the target of the Klein, is empowering and advancing an anti- in the 40-year history of home Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion. I choice agenda. video games. Guest Curator received the following fundraising email from “Let’s remember that Jeff Klein, when he Chris Melissinos labels the the WCLA dated Feb. 5, titled “The Demise of served as a NYS assemblyman, used WCLA- eras as Start!, 8-Bit, Bit Wars, Abortion Rights in New York State.” Choice Matters and the issue of choice to win Transition, and Next Genera- “The end of abortion rights in New York his primary for New York State Senate. Klein The Art of Video Games Family Day will take place Sunday, Feb. tion. Within each era there are State is coming, and not with a bang but with swore then, as he has every election since, that 23 at the Hudson River Museum. Come dressed as your favorite four genres of game, includ- a whimper,” reads the email. “Its demise is al- nothing would stand between him and fighting video game character and play games in the video arcade. ing target, adventure, action ready in full swing. The cause is the election of for a woman’s right to comprehensive reproduc- By Steve Force and tactics. A total of 80 video politicians like Jeff Klein and Michael Kaplow- tive rights – which include the right to have an “The Art of Video Games,” an interac- games have been selected to illustrate the evo- itz, who claimed to be pro-choice advocates to abortion. Clearly, he lied. tive, visually stunning and thoroughly engag- lution of this medium, and games are shown get our votes but then aligned themselves with “And then we have Michael Kaplowitz ing touring exhibit created by the Smithsonian Continued on Page 8 anti-choice extremists immediately upon their who was just re-elected to represent county Dis- election. The deceptive tactics of the Kleins and trict 4 (New Castle and parts of Yorktown, and Kaplowitzs are effectively facilitating the ero- Somers). Kaplowitz has had his eye on being sion of a woman’s right to choose right here, Westchester County Board chairman for years. Congressional Preview: Hayworth- right now. So, as soon as he was re-elected, Kaplowitz “These elected officials – Klein to the went to the anti-choice legislators with whom he New York State Senate and Kaplowitz to the had voted to pass the 2012 budget that gutted Maloney Rematch & 2 Untouchables Westchester County Legislature – lied to the funding to community health centers, food pan- pro-choice community to get elected, and then tries and senior nutrition programs, and dramati- consciously turned their backs on their con- cally raised the cost of child care, to negotiate stituents for their own political gain,” continues his deal. the email. “Why? Because New York State is a “Kaplowitz agreed to support Jim Maisano pro-choice state with the vast majority of voters (who voted against ensuring safe access to re- supporting comprehensive reproductive rights, productive health care clinics) for the position of which includes abortion.” Westchester County Board vice chairman and to According to the Sienna Research Institute, appoint Sheila Marcotte (who opposes abortion 80 percent of New Yorkers support the passage rights even in cases of rape, incest or to save the of the Reproductive Health Act, which is aimed life of the woman) as Budget Committee chair- at protecting reproductive freedom for women person in exchange for making Kaplowitz the and ensuring a woman’s right to make private new Westchester County Board chairman. health care decisions regarding pregnancy. At “It is important to understand that the Bud- least two-thirds of voters from every party, re- get Committee is, in fact, the most important gion and demographic group support it, with the committee for women’s rights. The departments exception of self-identified conservatives who that relate to women and families comprise a support it 64-29 percent. large portion of the county budget. The budget Former Congresswoman Nan Hayworth Rep. Sean Maloney Email Context: Decisions Made for Personal chairperson decides what will appear on the Gain, at Our Expense agenda and who will be heard. “Jeff Klein, immediately after being re- “Kaplowitz single-handedly empowered elected to the New York State Senate to repre- the anti-choice minority on the Board at the ex- sent District 34 (Pelham and part of Mt. Vernon pense of women throughout Westchester County. and the Bronx), aligned himself with the Repub- Now this minority can work with Westchester’s lican anti-choice extremist Dean Skelos. Klein right-to-life extremist county executive who has claimed it was an act of independence. In reality, already imprinted an anti-choice agenda on his it was a power-grab by a self-absorbed, egocen- administration – ending sex education funding, tric politician who thought it was more impor- receiving awards for abstinence-only program tant to enhance his own personal power than to support and vetoing the most basic of rights, safe stand up for women who elected him and make access to reproductive health care. Kaplowitz, up his constituency. personally, has empowered this County Execu- “Did you know that it was Sen. Klein who tive zealot Rob Astorino, who called abortion “a refused to bring the 10-point Women’s Equality straw man,” as he prepares to run for governor. Agenda to the floor of the Senate for a vote – just Call to Action because anti-choice Skelos did not approve? “These men – Klein and Kaplowitz – are “Unfortunately, Klein would rather stand Continued on Page 8 Rep. Nita Lowey Rep. Eliot Engel By Dan Murphy We will look for two Republican candidates Sledding in Westchester; Westchester has three members of the U.S. to appear shortly to challenge both Engel and House of Representatives up for re-election this Lowey, but we see little drama in either race. The November: people of Westchester are happy with their long- A Community Pastime Rep. Eliot Engel now represents the most of serving congressmembers. Westchester – 60 percent – in the 16th District, The race that Westchester will hear a lot which includes all of southern Westchester, north about will be in the 18th District, which is one of to Greenburgh, Scarsdale and Mamaroneck. the more fluid congressional seats in the country Rep. Nita Lowey now represents mid-north- over the past 10 years. Republican Sue Kelly was ern Westchester County, from White Plains to defeated in 2006 by Democrat John Hall. Rye and north along the Hudson River to Peek- However, Hall was defeated in 2010 by Re- skill, and Rockland County, in the 17th District. publican Nan Hayworth, who was then defeated Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney represents sev- in 2012 by current Congressman Sean Patrick eral northern Westchester communities – Somers, Maloney, a Democrat. Hayworth will now chal- Katonah, Lewisboro, North and South Salem, lenge Maloney again this year, in a race that will Bedford, North Castle and Mt. Kisco – as well as include major contributions and campaign spend- portions of Putnam, Dutchess and Orange coun- ing from both parties. ties in the 18th District. The seat is one of the few swing districts in Lowey and Engel are the two “untouch- the country, and a seat which can be won by either ables” in the Westchester congressional delega- party. tion. Both are widely popular in their overwhelm- Campaign finance reports recently filed ingly Democratic districts, and both are among show Hayworth with $500,000 on hand; Maloney the House of Representatives’ longest-serving reportedly has $1.1 million on hand. “I’ve spent members of Congress. Both were first elected in the last 14 months touring our district, speaking to 1988, and both have been rumored to be retir- families and individuals who want change, people ing for more than a decade, but every two years who want a representative in Congress who will Katie and Alexis enjoy a day of sledding at Croton Gorge Park. they have been re-elected by wide margins. They speak for them, work for them, and never for- clearly still have a passion for representing West- get the principles that make this country great,” By Dan Murphy One of the most picturesque Westchester chester in Washington, D.C. stated Hayworth in an email asking for donations. One of the good things about the winter winter locations is Croton Gorge County Park. Engel, whose district also includes a large Maloney, who defeated Hayworth by a 52- of 2014 in Westchester is that there is plenty of When you drive into the park, you travel over a portion of the Bronx, faced token opposition two 48 percent margin in 2012, said he looks forward snow for great sledding.
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