September 15, 2026 • 34 mins
Bob talks about green cards and welfare, September 11th TV coverage, Sam's soccer game, the disabled veterans property tax exemption, and Mitch McConnell.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today than what we experienced yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
At least partly sunny skies, a little bit more cloud
cover than yesterday.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Highs today in the mid-70s.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
For tonight, mainly cloudy, a couple showers possible overnight and
not as cold as last night.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
We'll be in the mid-60s.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
And for tomorrow, mainly cloudy, chance of a couple showers
and a little more humid with highs in the mid-70s.
From the 13 WHAM Weather Authority, I'm meteorologist Marty Snyder
on Rochester's news weather and traffic station. News Radio WAM 1180.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Downtown partly cloudy, 54 degrees. We're up to 52 right
now in Clarkson.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
That's 802 on Rochester's source for breaking news, weather, and traffic.
Speaker 5 (00:38):
News Radio WAM 1180.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
A homicide investigation underway in Penfield after deputies discovered a
dead woman inside an Ewald Drive home.
Speaker 6 (00:47):
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says deputies were originally responding
to a burglary report Sunday afternoon when the case took
a deadly turn. Detectives secured the scene, obtained a search warrant,
and collected evidence. Investigators say there's no indication of any
ongoing danger to the community. Bud Lowell, NewsRadio, WHAM 1180.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Rochester police have an arrest in a deadly stabbing east
of downtown. 34-year-old Jonathan Sheeran of Dundee allegedly stabbed 77-year-old
Mark Stekloff nearly three dozen times inside Stekloff's North Union
Street home back in July and then took off in
Stekloff's vehicle. Sheeran has been charged with secondary murder. He
was already in Wayne County Jail on unrelated home invasion charges.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
A 17-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash in Wayne County.
Speaker 7 (01:30):
Investigators say that he was riding a Kawasaki on Wood Lane.
in the town of Arcadia around 12.30 Sunday morning when
he left the roadway and hit a ditch. First responders
did try to save his life, but the rider was
later pronounced dead at Newark Wayne Community Hospital. Dave Deboe,
NewsRadio WHAM 1180.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
The Palmyra Village Board officially has accepted the resignation of
Police Chief Kyle DiNardo. DiNardo had faced accusations that he
accepted a $ 10, 000 payment for providing security at the Wayne
County Fair, but Village and Fair officials say that claim
was not founded. At a packed Village Board meeting last night,
DiNardo's wife, Christina, said the allegations took a heavy toll
on the family.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Our family accepted those sacrifices because we knew how much.
Speaker 7 (02:10):
The department meant to Kyle.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
DiNardo served as Palmyra's police chief for the past four years.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Leaders in Washington are weighing in on the debate over
whether to regulate the AI sector amid fears that technology
could threaten humanity. Fox's Lucas Tomlinson has details from the
White House.
Speaker 8 (02:28):
We didn't see President Trump yesterday here at the White House,
but we heard from him quite a bit on True Social.
He vowed to press on with the development of AI.
We did hear from Vice President Vance on the subject
before he left for Kansas City.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
We want to make sure that we actually regulate smartly
and we're thoughtful about the risk here.
Speaker 8 (02:46):
Anthropix co-founder spoke to our own Brett Baer last night
about why the U.S. needs to win the AI race.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
How you keep being ahead is you make sure that
you don't roll the dice on public safety, which is
why you need to get some kind of policy regime
in place here.
Speaker 8 (03:00):
Now, the stock market is up big since President Trump
returned to office, driven by AI stocks.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
President Trump dismissed concerns about the safety of AI development,
alleging that those calling for the implementation of guardrails around
the technology were part of the sick conspiracy.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
And today is National Voter Registration Day, a day created
in 2012 with the goal of trying to get as
many Americans registered to vote as possible before upcoming elections.
Thousands of community partners across the country, including many here
in our area, will be heading out into the field
to try to get people signed up to vote. You
can learn more about it at nationalvoterregistrationday.org. NewsRadio WAM 1180
time is now 8.05. Thanks for listening to the morning news.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
He's back. Bob Lunsbury. I vote for him. On NewsRadio
WAM 1180.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
You're a good man, sir. Good morning, Rochester.
Speaker 9 (03:51):
Yesterday we found out that Mayor Mamdani and Attorney General
Tish James, you've heard of these wonderful folks, that they
are suing the Trump administration. They say, that Donald Trump
is trying to make it difficult for people to receive
green cards or visas if those people are on welfare
or are apt to go on welfare. Madam Danny gave
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an impassioned speech about how those who are down on
their luck have every right to be here and live
off your taxes. That last part isn't a direct quote,
but it was, of course, implied. And so the deal is,
according to James and Zoran Mamdani, two of the brightest
people on the planet, that this damned, evil frigging Trump,
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what he's doing is he's taking fine, prospective American welfare
recipients and not even letting them in the country.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
Right.
Speaker 9 (04:45):
He won't give them visas. He won't give them green cards.
And at any rate, this obviously outrages Trump. not just
Tiss James and Zoran Mamdani, but their partner, Kathy Hochul,
and Democrats across the state. Of course, when you hear that,
you go, hold it. Now, when freaking grandma came over
and grandpa, they had to go immediately to work and
(05:08):
they had to have somebody at the church or a
cousin come Luigi had to promise to support them so
they would not become a drag on the taxpayer, right?
When your people came here, they had to pay their
own way. When the new people come in here, they
just go on the taxes. I guess you have to
pay their own way, too. And Ma'am Danny and Tiss
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James and Kathy Oak will say this is their right.
And they say that, like all evil, this arises from
Donald Trump and his hatred of foreigners or something like that.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
I'm not exactly sure. Well, here's the deal.
Speaker 9 (05:45):
In 1882, the Congress of the United States passed something
creatively called the Immigration Act. The Immigration Act included something
called the Public Charge Rules. And this public charge rule
said that no person could come to or remain in
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the United States if they were apt or proven to
be a public charge, meaning sucking off the taxpayer's.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Teat, right?
Speaker 9 (06:18):
1882, as America first time legislatively significantly laid down the
rules for immigration, it said, well, gladly have you come,
but you freaking got to work.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
Okay?
Speaker 9 (06:31):
And if you don't work, you can't come here. And
if you come here and don't work, we'll kick you out.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
You can't stay.
Speaker 9 (06:38):
Now, the Immigration Act of 1882 and its public charge
rule has been the law of the land in regard
to the foundations and fundamentals of American immigration for 140 years.
Donald Trump didn't think this up.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Okay?
Speaker 9 (06:56):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
This is a law that.
Speaker 9 (06:59):
Has existed and in varying degrees been enforced for 140 years.
And this new kind of era of let's ignore it,
let's ignore it, which to be honest with you, began
with the Obama administration and was intensified during the Biden administration.
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This notion that the executive branch will ignore the Immigration
Act and and the public charge rule, that's a new innovation, right?
The last two Democrat presidents have not enforced this aspect
of federal law. But the Congress has never repealed this
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public law. And all Trump is doing is saying, why don't.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
We obey the law and the books?
Speaker 9 (07:47):
Now, I understand Trump's goofy. I understand some days Trump
is a pain in the ass. But on this issue,
Trump is standing right next to John F.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Kennedy, Right?
Speaker 9 (07:57):
He's standing right next to Jimmy Carter. He's standing right
next to Franklin Roosevelt. He's standing right next to Harry Truman.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
Right?
Speaker 9 (08:06):
He's standing right next to a line of presidents who
have consistently applied this law passed by Congress. I'd like
to point out that for almost half of the period
of time in which the Immigration Act has been extant,
Democrats have controlled Congress. And they have not ever sought
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to repeal the public charge rule. Speaker Emerita, Nancy Pelosi,
while she bore significant sway in power in the U.S. Congress,
never once suggested repealing or modifying the public charge rule.
And so this might surprise you, but Zoran Mamdani and
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Tish James and Kathy Hochul are full of crap on
this deal, right? And people who come here don't have
a right to go on welfare. It's never been that way,
and it shouldn't be that way now. If you can't
support yourself, and if your cousins or your church won't
support you.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Then you can't come here.
Speaker 9 (09:10):
It's been that way for 140 years, and we ought
not to look the other way just because the Democrats
are trying to recruit more voters. Time for Traffic and
Weather on the 10s on NewsRadio WHAM 1180.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
From the Clark Peskin... It is.
Speaker 9 (09:29):
Going to be, meh, come see, come saw kind of day.
Partly to mostly cloudy. This morning there could.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
Be some showers.
Speaker 9 (09:36):
This cloud shelf that's coming over central Monroe County might
be evidence of that.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
The anticipated high is in the low 70s.
Speaker 9 (09:44):
54 is the temperature at 813. And you're listening to
News Radio WHAM 1180.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Here's the thing. A day late and a dollar short.
Speaker 9 (09:56):
But watching... The local TV news last week. Friday, the
25th anniversary of September 11th, I'll be honest with you,
it was moving to watch different reports on different channels
from different places across this region where people stopped, paused,
and expressed gratitude and respect for to respect for those
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who passed, gratitude to those who served in the wake
of the Muslim terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. I
thought that maybe that was particularly true on our college campuses,
where sometimes, if I can be honest with you, I
question the patriotic inclination of some of the administration and faculty,
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and where you wonder, with these young folks today kind
of come through these brainwash in high schools.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
It is, to be honest with you, um, it was comforting.
It was inspiring.
Speaker 9 (10:55):
Um, it was touching to see, uh, these people, largely
young people, um, uh, remembering that attack and across the
region in town after town, uh, you had firefighters, you
had VFW, you had Legion, uh, you had local elected
officials who were, um, stopping, pausing, remembering. And that speaks
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well of those individuals, those organizations, and those communities. And
I just wanted to say thank you, and God bless
you for doing it. It was, again, an affirmation, I thought,
of those three things that brought us together in the
wake of September 11th, our shared near-automatic commitment to God, family,
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and country. The notion that we still care about our
fallen brothers and sisters, that we still respect the service
of first responders and military people. And the fact that
we stand together in our families and as a community
of families, all of it touched my heart. And so
if you are engaged, involved in any way in putting
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those on or attending those or supporting those, thank you
very much. It says very good stuff about you. And
I think it says very good stuff about our region
as and our country.
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Take a break.
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The weather is autumnal, partly to mostly cloudy today. A.M.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Showers are possible.
Speaker 9 (13:36):
Then this afternoon for your after-school soccer game, it ought
to be low 70s. Turned out pretty nice. 54 is
the temperature at 821, and you're listening to NewsRadio WHAM 1180.
Speaking of soccer, last night Mount Morris Modified was at,
forgive me, years and years ago. There are three schools, Harley, Allendale.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
And Columbia.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
Okay.
Speaker 9 (14:07):
I think, right. And I think they're separate. At one point,
two of them were married, I think. And through many years,
all three of them have come together to play sports, HAC,
so that they can field teams.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
And that's tremendous.
Speaker 9 (14:26):
Last night, Mount Morris modified at seventh and eighth grade,
what you used to call junior high, came up to
the campus and In Pittsburgh, I think it was, of
one of these schools. And it was a nice field, right?
You felt like you were in the woods. And the
teams played to a 4-4 tie. And a shocker modified
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in Section 5 now goes to two four-minute overtime periods.
with the opportunity for a golden goal.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
There you go.
Speaker 9 (14:59):
Whatever the hell any of that means. But my dear
bride and I were sitting there watching Sam play, swatting
the mosquitoes, and remarking about, well, my, it does get
cold when the sun goes down. But here's the thing.
We have son, Scott, 15, playing junior varsity soccer. We
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have son Sam, 13, playing modified soccer. And we have
two grandsons who are playing like a community soccer league
or whatever else like that. And so the deal is
that if the older boys have two games a week
and the younger boys have one game a week each,
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That's two, four, six soccer games in the course of
a week that, say, a loving father or grandfather would attend.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
And here's the thing.
Speaker 9 (15:57):
We've been watching a lot of soccer for a lot
of years, and it is a joy, and it is wonderful.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
But, you know, I.
Speaker 9 (16:08):
At any rate, we're watching a lot of soccer these days,
and I am working out pretty well. My folding chair
game and my what coat to take or not to
take game. And we are, again, just now plowing into
what will be about six weeks or so of wonderful,
intensive soccer. And not that I'm not all the time
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following every bit of action on the field. I would
note that last night at whichever one of these wonderful
private schools they played the game at, there was a hawk,
a red-tailed hawk, which either lives around there or whatever.
But it, you know, while the game was going on,
it killed and ate a rabbit. I did not point
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this out because I didn't want to.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
You know what?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
That hawk just did. You know why it's over there?
Speaker 9 (16:57):
Anyway, and don't look now. It's taken half a rabbit
with it. But I thought that was pretty cool. And
then Saturday, there's a complex of soccer fields down by Lakeville.
And I think it used to be part of a church.
Now I think that the church is gone. I think
maybe it's a wedding or a party house type place.
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But you still play on their fields down there. They
have a tall pole with lights or something on it,
I think. And we, here's the thing, my wife and
I had 13 consecutive years of watching our children play
on that field, all right?
Speaker 1 (17:38):
And then last year, we didn't have anybody in that
league anymore. So it was like, wow, a year off.
Speaker 9 (17:44):
But now we've got two grandsons back in that league
on that field, and we rejoice in this. But the
deal is, up on top of one of those poles,
There's an osprey nest, right? A stream runs out by there,
and it's not far from Canisius Lake. But the game
is going on, and here's this astounding osprey flying around.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Pretty cool stuff.
Speaker 9 (18:07):
So at any rate, if you ever get bored with soccer,
I suggest you combine it with birdwatching, right? Two of
your high adrenaline activities combined at one time. You couldn't
ask for more.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Time for news. We'll get that from the great Joe Lasky.
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Speaker 5 (18:36):
I'm a big.
Speaker 9 (18:41):
Fan of the veterans outreach center. And now as we're
into the fall and we're headed towards veterans day, I
think back on the what 50 year history of this
organization started by veterans, uh, lads and lasses just back from, uh, uh, Vietnam. And, uh,
To be honest with you, they got a kick in
the teeth from some of the established veterans organizations. And
so they created the Veterans Outreach Center, which has, for
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this half century since, provided at no cost services of
various types to veterans. If you are a veteran or
if you like to support veterans, let me give you
the website here in a moment where you can learn
about services and supports that might be available to you
or ways that you could contribute and help be a
friend to these people who have worn our nation's uniform.
The website is is vocroc.org.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Serious crash?
Speaker 1 (19:28):
You remember, was it last week or the week before?
By the way, are you doing well?
Speaker 5 (19:32):
I hope so.
Speaker 9 (19:32):
I'm very grateful to the great Joe Lomonaco and to
two absolute giants, Gary Smith and Don Alhart, who hosted
the program yesterday.
Speaker 7 (19:43):
Mr.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Smith, Mr. Alhart, absolute giants.
Speaker 9 (19:48):
And both of them, as I have over the years,
you know, ambled about the periphery of their professions, both
of them incredibly gracious. Both of them true gentlemen from
another era when folks were just a little bit classier.
Both of them graced the airwaves. not just with their
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broadcasting skills, but with their very characters. You may recall
last week or a week before or something like that,
Monroe County Legislature, I think maybe unanimously, passed a property
tax exemption for veterans who are 100% service-related.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Disabled, right? Whatever sort of disability.
Speaker 9 (20:36):
That might be, if the government gave you 100% as
you were discharging, then Monroe County made a recommendation of
Adam Bellow and then the legislature. So 100% disabled, you
get a property tax exemption. All very nice and everything
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else like that. But there's a back story to that.
which illustrates maybe some of the– and I'm not being
critical right now of Monroe County officeholders. In regard to this,
if you support this exemption, they absolutely did the right thing.
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They didn't do anything squirrely or out of line. I'm
not criticizing them. However, on this exemption, in a larger
statewide sense, there was a hell of a lot of
squirrely and out of line that went on. And I'll
explain that to you in just a moment. Time now, though,
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Well, it's going to be partly to mostly cloudy today.
Could be some showers this morning. And then this afternoon,
low to mid-70s, the forecast high. It is 55 at 841,
and you're listening to NewsRadio WHAM 1180. So there was
signed on February 13th, 2026.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
That's this year, right? February 13th. Is that the day
before Valentine's Day?
Speaker 9 (22:18):
I think so. Famously celebrated as Valentine's Eve. At any rate,
on that date this year, Kathy Hochul, with a fair
amount of fanfare, signed Chapter 77 of the Laws of 2026.
the title Veterans Tax Exemption. What it does, here's a
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quote from the Association of Towns. It amends real property
tax law, and then it has a citation, to make
a 100% property tax exemption mandatory statewide for qualifying veterans
with a 100% service-connected disability, removing previous local opt-out choices.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
Right?
Speaker 9 (23:02):
So, This was a law passed by the state legislature
and then signed on February 13th by Governor Hochul, which
says mandatory statewide 100 percent property tax exemption for veterans
who have a 100 percent service connected disability. And the
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change this made was that previously it had been a
local opt-out. But in February, Governor Hochul signed a law
that said no more local opt-out. This is what New
York State believes for our 100% disabled veterans, and that's
the way it's going to be. So that's what she signed,
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Chapter 77 of the laws of 2026, Veterans Tax Exemption,
That's what Kathy Hochul signed with lots of fanfare on
the 13th of February, 2026. Well, in May, beginning of,
middle of, you remember that whole budget thing? Well, in
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her budget, the governor introduced and insisted on a.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Change to this.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
Which took it back to exactly what it was. that
local municipalities can choose to opt in to a property
tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans, which is what Monroe
County did. And again, we applaud and appreciate them for that.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
But in February.
Speaker 9 (24:42):
Your special girlfriend, Comrade Kate, signed a law with all the,
look at me, how much I love veterans, saying all
across the state, veterans are going to get this 100%
property tax exemption if they are 100% service-related disability.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Okay? And then how long is it from February till May?
Speaker 9 (25:01):
Of course, the budget's supposed to be done by April 1st,
and you know what? Come on, that's a stroke job there.
But so she got March.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
You got April. You have about two months later, right?
Two months later, Kathy Hochul insists in the budget negotiations
that that very thing she signed with all the hoopla
be removed and is now gone.
Speaker 9 (25:30):
And so what's happened is it has gone back to
the way it was, which is local opt-in. And the
thing is that all the members of the legislature and
the Democrat governor all get to say, you know, yeah,
we passed this for veterans. And they got their, you know,
their free publicity back in February. But very quietly in
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the midst of this massive hundreds and hundreds and hundreds
of page budget was hidden this little detail that made
it all go away.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
So, yeah, no, they love you. They really, honestly.
Speaker 9 (26:06):
Your politicians love you so much. Oh, and they love veterans. Love, oh,
love the veterans 100%.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Take a break. Back in a moment. This is NewsRadio. Wham! 1180.
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Right.
Speaker 9 (26:29):
I swear, I swear it was cold out. I was
out last evening and it was chilly. No, I was chilly.
Thank goodness I had a hoodie. But this chilliness, it
reminds me that they got this thing coming called winter, okay?
Maybe you've read about it somewhere. Saw it in a
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Hey, it's going to be.
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Partly to mostly cloudy today. A chance of morning showers
as the morning passes. That seems a little bit less likely.
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High today.
Speaker 9 (28:50):
In the low to mid-70s as anticipated. It's 55 at 851,
and you're listening to NewsRadio WHAM 1180. Mitch McConnell was
seen apparently alive yesterday, and.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Here's the deal.
Speaker 9 (29:10):
Mitch McConnell, as leader of the Senate, I think he
did that for a record or near record length of time.
And that's all wonderful. And I appreciate his service and
everything else. But one of the fictions we can buy
into in life is that we're indispensable. Now, certainly folks
can play important roles. But, you know, there are a
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lot of people on earth. God did not give us
a shortage, nor did he give us a shortage of
people with talent, drive, verve, and all those other things.
And the deal is that Mitch McConnell, you know, age
hits different people different ways. He's 84 years old, which
doesn't automatically mean that you're, you know, old and incapable
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or stuff like that, but it can happen. And it
has happened to him for some few years now. And
as his body and mind have worn out, as they will,
it's nature's way, it's God's way. We wish we were young,
we wish we still had it, all those other things.
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But there's a certain grace to recognize, man, I've lost
too much off my fastball. It's time for me to
come down off the mound.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 9 (30:26):
And This notion where he's been absent for four or
five months. We get these photos of him with his
wife at some kind of nursing home or something. And again,
God bless him from the standpoint of his health and
his life. But it's never about you. It's always about
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the job you do. And when you can't do the
job well, particularly if you're in a public service setting,
then duty and honor require you to make way for
others who can. And this, again, he's been out of
service functionally for months. He says, I'm not 100%, but
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I'll be able to make it for some votes still.
And as he sits there, you know, in that little
chair being pushed by this large group of men, it's
like you're seeing a demonstration of, you know, the mortician's
arts there. He looks, you know, from an embalming standpoint,
I guess he looks pretty good. You walk by old
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Joe in the box and say, he looks like he's
just taking a nap.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
I guess that's a.
Speaker 9 (31:38):
Win for the undertaker and his or her abilities. But,
you know, the United States Senate is supposed to be
one of the, it's supposed to be the world's great
deliberative body. And, you know, I know we got a
lot of old people in there and stuff like that.
And I'm not against old people by any means. And
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old people aren't necessarily diminished. And old people should not
be disqualified on the basis of age from being able
to render service, including in public.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
Life like this.
Speaker 9 (32:09):
But the man is, he should have left office certainly
months and maybe years ago. And it becomes an unfortunate
thing bad representation of our government when, you know, we
have these folks who just frigging can't let go of,
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of power. And, you know, anyway, I shut my mouth.
Mitch McConnell is back. If you've been waiting for that,
then I guess you are pretty happy. Friday, Saturday, TV
and social media, I don't know if you saw, but
in the big September 11th ceremony in New York city,
where they went through, as they do each year, and
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read the names of those who have fallen, the folks
providing the video feed did a cutaway from the reading
of the names to a man who had his face
in his hands sobbing directly to Congresswoman AOC and Mayor
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Mamdani as they off to the side were sharing a laugh.
big smiles, laughing, as at least one person is sobbing,
and as the names of people murdered by Muslim terrorists
were being read in a moment of reverence and reflection.
Speaker 6 (33:31):
You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 9 (33:31):
So, at any rate, not a good look, to say
the least. News is next with Joe Lasky, the voice
of Finger Lakes. We'll be back when he's done on
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For tonight, mainly cloudy, a couple showers possible overnight and
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We'll be in the mid-60s.
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And for tomorrow, mainly cloudy, chance of a couple showers
and a little more humid with highs in the mid-70s.
From the 13 WHAM Weather Authority, I'm meteorologist Marty Snyder
on Rochester's news weather and traffic station. News Radio WAM 1180.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Downtown partly cloudy, 54 degrees. We're up to 52 right
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A homicide investigation underway in Penfield after deputies discovered a
dead woman inside an Ewald Drive home.
Speaker 6 (00:47):
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says deputies were originally responding
to a burglary report Sunday afternoon when the case took
a deadly turn. Detectives secured the scene, obtained a search warrant,
and collected evidence. Investigators say there's no indication of any
ongoing danger to the community. Bud Lowell, NewsRadio, WHAM 1180.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Rochester police have an arrest in a deadly stabbing east
of downtown. 34-year-old Jonathan Sheeran of Dundee allegedly stabbed 77-year-old
Mark Stekloff nearly three dozen times inside Stekloff's North Union
Street home back in July and then took off in
Stekloff's vehicle. Sheeran has been charged with secondary murder. He
was already in Wayne County Jail on unrelated home invasion charges.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
A 17-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash in Wayne County.
Speaker 7 (01:30):
Investigators say that he was riding a Kawasaki on Wood Lane.
in the town of Arcadia around 12.30 Sunday morning when
he left the roadway and hit a ditch. First responders
did try to save his life, but the rider was
later pronounced dead at Newark Wayne Community Hospital. Dave Deboe,
NewsRadio WHAM 1180.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
The Palmyra Village Board officially has accepted the resignation of
Police Chief Kyle DiNardo. DiNardo had faced accusations that he
accepted a $ 10, 000 payment for providing security at the Wayne
County Fair, but Village and Fair officials say that claim
was not founded. At a packed Village Board meeting last night,
DiNardo's wife, Christina, said the allegations took a heavy toll
on the family.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Our family accepted those sacrifices because we knew how much.
Speaker 7 (02:10):
The department meant to Kyle.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
DiNardo served as Palmyra's police chief for the past four years.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Leaders in Washington are weighing in on the debate over
whether to regulate the AI sector amid fears that technology
could threaten humanity. Fox's Lucas Tomlinson has details from the
White House.
Speaker 8 (02:28):
We didn't see President Trump yesterday here at the White House,
but we heard from him quite a bit on True Social.
He vowed to press on with the development of AI.
We did hear from Vice President Vance on the subject
before he left for Kansas City.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
We want to make sure that we actually regulate smartly
and we're thoughtful about the risk here.
Speaker 8 (02:46):
Anthropix co-founder spoke to our own Brett Baer last night
about why the U.S. needs to win the AI race.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
How you keep being ahead is you make sure that
you don't roll the dice on public safety, which is
why you need to get some kind of policy regime
in place here.
Speaker 8 (03:00):
Now, the stock market is up big since President Trump
returned to office, driven by AI stocks.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
President Trump dismissed concerns about the safety of AI development,
alleging that those calling for the implementation of guardrails around
the technology were part of the sick conspiracy.
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And today is National Voter Registration Day, a day created
in 2012 with the goal of trying to get as
many Americans registered to vote as possible before upcoming elections.
Thousands of community partners across the country, including many here
in our area, will be heading out into the field
to try to get people signed up to vote. You
can learn more about it at nationalvoterregistrationday.org. NewsRadio WAM 1180
time is now 8.05. Thanks for listening to the morning news.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
He's back. Bob Lunsbury. I vote for him. On NewsRadio
WAM 1180.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
You're a good man, sir. Good morning, Rochester.
Speaker 9 (03:51):
Yesterday we found out that Mayor Mamdani and Attorney General
Tish James, you've heard of these wonderful folks, that they
are suing the Trump administration. They say, that Donald Trump
is trying to make it difficult for people to receive
green cards or visas if those people are on welfare
or are apt to go on welfare. Madam Danny gave
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an impassioned speech about how those who are down on
their luck have every right to be here and live
off your taxes. That last part isn't a direct quote,
but it was, of course, implied. And so the deal is,
according to James and Zoran Mamdani, two of the brightest
people on the planet, that this damned, evil frigging Trump,
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what he's doing is he's taking fine, prospective American welfare
recipients and not even letting them in the country.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
Right.
Speaker 9 (04:45):
He won't give them visas. He won't give them green cards.
And at any rate, this obviously outrages Trump. not just
Tiss James and Zoran Mamdani, but their partner, Kathy Hochul,
and Democrats across the state. Of course, when you hear that,
you go, hold it. Now, when freaking grandma came over
and grandpa, they had to go immediately to work and
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they had to have somebody at the church or a
cousin come Luigi had to promise to support them so
they would not become a drag on the taxpayer, right?
When your people came here, they had to pay their
own way. When the new people come in here, they
just go on the taxes. I guess you have to
pay their own way, too. And Ma'am Danny and Tiss
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James and Kathy Oak will say this is their right.
And they say that, like all evil, this arises from
Donald Trump and his hatred of foreigners or something like that.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
I'm not exactly sure. Well, here's the deal.
Speaker 9 (05:45):
In 1882, the Congress of the United States passed something
creatively called the Immigration Act. The Immigration Act included something
called the Public Charge Rules. And this public charge rule
said that no person could come to or remain in
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the United States if they were apt or proven to
be a public charge, meaning sucking off the taxpayer's.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Teat, right?
Speaker 9 (06:18):
1882, as America first time legislatively significantly laid down the
rules for immigration, it said, well, gladly have you come,
but you freaking got to work.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
Okay?
Speaker 9 (06:31):
And if you don't work, you can't come here. And
if you come here and don't work, we'll kick you out.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
You can't stay.
Speaker 9 (06:38):
Now, the Immigration Act of 1882 and its public charge
rule has been the law of the land in regard
to the foundations and fundamentals of American immigration for 140 years.
Donald Trump didn't think this up.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Okay?
Speaker 9 (06:56):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
This is a law that.
Speaker 9 (06:59):
Has existed and in varying degrees been enforced for 140 years.
And this new kind of era of let's ignore it,
let's ignore it, which to be honest with you, began
with the Obama administration and was intensified during the Biden administration.
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This notion that the executive branch will ignore the Immigration
Act and and the public charge rule, that's a new innovation, right?
The last two Democrat presidents have not enforced this aspect
of federal law. But the Congress has never repealed this
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public law. And all Trump is doing is saying, why don't.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
We obey the law and the books?
Speaker 9 (07:47):
Now, I understand Trump's goofy. I understand some days Trump
is a pain in the ass. But on this issue,
Trump is standing right next to John F.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Kennedy, Right?
Speaker 9 (07:57):
He's standing right next to Jimmy Carter. He's standing right
next to Franklin Roosevelt. He's standing right next to Harry Truman.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
Right?
Speaker 9 (08:06):
He's standing right next to a line of presidents who
have consistently applied this law passed by Congress. I'd like
to point out that for almost half of the period
of time in which the Immigration Act has been extant,
Democrats have controlled Congress. And they have not ever sought
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to repeal the public charge rule. Speaker Emerita, Nancy Pelosi,
while she bore significant sway in power in the U.S. Congress,
never once suggested repealing or modifying the public charge rule.
And so this might surprise you, but Zoran Mamdani and
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Tish James and Kathy Hochul are full of crap on
this deal, right? And people who come here don't have
a right to go on welfare. It's never been that way,
and it shouldn't be that way now. If you can't
support yourself, and if your cousins or your church won't
support you.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Then you can't come here.
Speaker 9 (09:10):
It's been that way for 140 years, and we ought
not to look the other way just because the Democrats
are trying to recruit more voters. Time for Traffic and
Weather on the 10s on NewsRadio WHAM 1180.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
From the Clark Peskin... It is.
Speaker 9 (09:29):
Going to be, meh, come see, come saw kind of day.
Partly to mostly cloudy. This morning there could.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
Be some showers.
Speaker 9 (09:36):
This cloud shelf that's coming over central Monroe County might
be evidence of that.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
The anticipated high is in the low 70s.
Speaker 9 (09:44):
54 is the temperature at 813. And you're listening to
News Radio WHAM 1180.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Here's the thing. A day late and a dollar short.
Speaker 9 (09:56):
But watching... The local TV news last week. Friday, the
25th anniversary of September 11th, I'll be honest with you,
it was moving to watch different reports on different channels
from different places across this region where people stopped, paused,
and expressed gratitude and respect for to respect for those
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who passed, gratitude to those who served in the wake
of the Muslim terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. I
thought that maybe that was particularly true on our college campuses,
where sometimes, if I can be honest with you, I
question the patriotic inclination of some of the administration and faculty,
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and where you wonder, with these young folks today kind
of come through these brainwash in high schools.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
It is, to be honest with you, um, it was comforting.
It was inspiring.
Speaker 9 (10:55):
Um, it was touching to see, uh, these people, largely
young people, um, uh, remembering that attack and across the
region in town after town, uh, you had firefighters, you
had VFW, you had Legion, uh, you had local elected
officials who were, um, stopping, pausing, remembering. And that speaks
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well of those individuals, those organizations, and those communities. And
I just wanted to say thank you, and God bless
you for doing it. It was, again, an affirmation, I thought,
of those three things that brought us together in the
wake of September 11th, our shared near-automatic commitment to God, family,
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and country. The notion that we still care about our
fallen brothers and sisters, that we still respect the service
of first responders and military people. And the fact that
we stand together in our families and as a community
of families, all of it touched my heart. And so
if you are engaged, involved in any way in putting
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those on or attending those or supporting those, thank you
very much. It says very good stuff about you. And
I think it says very good stuff about our region
as and our country.
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Take a break.
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How Canada is responding. These mail ballots.
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The weather is autumnal, partly to mostly cloudy today. A.M.
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Showers are possible.
Speaker 9 (13:36):
Then this afternoon for your after-school soccer game, it ought
to be low 70s. Turned out pretty nice. 54 is
the temperature at 821, and you're listening to NewsRadio WHAM 1180.
Speaking of soccer, last night Mount Morris Modified was at,
forgive me, years and years ago. There are three schools, Harley, Allendale.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
And Columbia.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
Okay.
Speaker 9 (14:07):
I think, right. And I think they're separate. At one point,
two of them were married, I think. And through many years,
all three of them have come together to play sports, HAC,
so that they can field teams.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
And that's tremendous.
Speaker 9 (14:26):
Last night, Mount Morris modified at seventh and eighth grade,
what you used to call junior high, came up to
the campus and In Pittsburgh, I think it was, of
one of these schools. And it was a nice field, right?
You felt like you were in the woods. And the
teams played to a 4-4 tie. And a shocker modified
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in Section 5 now goes to two four-minute overtime periods.
with the opportunity for a golden goal.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
There you go.
Speaker 9 (14:59):
Whatever the hell any of that means. But my dear
bride and I were sitting there watching Sam play, swatting
the mosquitoes, and remarking about, well, my, it does get
cold when the sun goes down. But here's the thing.
We have son, Scott, 15, playing junior varsity soccer. We
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have son Sam, 13, playing modified soccer. And we have
two grandsons who are playing like a community soccer league
or whatever else like that. And so the deal is
that if the older boys have two games a week
and the younger boys have one game a week each,
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That's two, four, six soccer games in the course of
a week that, say, a loving father or grandfather would attend.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
And here's the thing.
Speaker 9 (15:57):
We've been watching a lot of soccer for a lot
of years, and it is a joy, and it is wonderful.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
But, you know, I.
Speaker 9 (16:08):
At any rate, we're watching a lot of soccer these days,
and I am working out pretty well. My folding chair
game and my what coat to take or not to
take game. And we are, again, just now plowing into
what will be about six weeks or so of wonderful,
intensive soccer. And not that I'm not all the time
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following every bit of action on the field. I would
note that last night at whichever one of these wonderful
private schools they played the game at, there was a hawk,
a red-tailed hawk, which either lives around there or whatever.
But it, you know, while the game was going on,
it killed and ate a rabbit. I did not point
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this out because I didn't want to.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
You know what?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
That hawk just did. You know why it's over there?
Speaker 9 (16:57):
Anyway, and don't look now. It's taken half a rabbit
with it. But I thought that was pretty cool. And
then Saturday, there's a complex of soccer fields down by Lakeville.
And I think it used to be part of a church.
Now I think that the church is gone. I think
maybe it's a wedding or a party house type place.
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But you still play on their fields down there. They
have a tall pole with lights or something on it,
I think. And we, here's the thing, my wife and
I had 13 consecutive years of watching our children play
on that field, all right?
Speaker 1 (17:38):
And then last year, we didn't have anybody in that
league anymore. So it was like, wow, a year off.
Speaker 9 (17:44):
But now we've got two grandsons back in that league
on that field, and we rejoice in this. But the
deal is, up on top of one of those poles,
There's an osprey nest, right? A stream runs out by there,
and it's not far from Canisius Lake. But the game
is going on, and here's this astounding osprey flying around.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Pretty cool stuff.
Speaker 9 (18:07):
So at any rate, if you ever get bored with soccer,
I suggest you combine it with birdwatching, right? Two of
your high adrenaline activities combined at one time. You couldn't
ask for more.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Time for news. We'll get that from the great Joe Lasky.
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He's the voice of the Finger Lakes on NewsRadio WHAM 1180.
Speaker 5 (18:36):
I'm a big.
Speaker 9 (18:41):
Fan of the veterans outreach center. And now as we're
into the fall and we're headed towards veterans day, I
think back on the what 50 year history of this
organization started by veterans, uh, lads and lasses just back from, uh, uh, Vietnam. And, uh,
To be honest with you, they got a kick in
the teeth from some of the established veterans organizations. And
so they created the Veterans Outreach Center, which has, for
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this half century since, provided at no cost services of
various types to veterans. If you are a veteran or
if you like to support veterans, let me give you
the website here in a moment where you can learn
about services and supports that might be available to you
or ways that you could contribute and help be a
friend to these people who have worn our nation's uniform.
The website is is vocroc.org.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Serious crash?
Speaker 1 (19:28):
You remember, was it last week or the week before?
By the way, are you doing well?
Speaker 5 (19:32):
I hope so.
Speaker 9 (19:32):
I'm very grateful to the great Joe Lomonaco and to
two absolute giants, Gary Smith and Don Alhart, who hosted
the program yesterday.
Speaker 7 (19:43):
Mr.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Smith, Mr. Alhart, absolute giants.
Speaker 9 (19:48):
And both of them, as I have over the years,
you know, ambled about the periphery of their professions, both
of them incredibly gracious. Both of them true gentlemen from
another era when folks were just a little bit classier.
Both of them graced the airwaves. not just with their
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broadcasting skills, but with their very characters. You may recall
last week or a week before or something like that,
Monroe County Legislature, I think maybe unanimously, passed a property
tax exemption for veterans who are 100% service-related.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Disabled, right? Whatever sort of disability.
Speaker 9 (20:36):
That might be, if the government gave you 100% as
you were discharging, then Monroe County made a recommendation of
Adam Bellow and then the legislature. So 100% disabled, you
get a property tax exemption. All very nice and everything
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else like that. But there's a back story to that.
which illustrates maybe some of the– and I'm not being
critical right now of Monroe County officeholders. In regard to this,
if you support this exemption, they absolutely did the right thing.
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They didn't do anything squirrely or out of line. I'm
not criticizing them. However, on this exemption, in a larger
statewide sense, there was a hell of a lot of
squirrely and out of line that went on. And I'll
explain that to you in just a moment. Time now, though,
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Well, it's going to be partly to mostly cloudy today.
Could be some showers this morning. And then this afternoon,
low to mid-70s, the forecast high. It is 55 at 841,
and you're listening to NewsRadio WHAM 1180. So there was
signed on February 13th, 2026.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
That's this year, right? February 13th. Is that the day
before Valentine's Day?
Speaker 9 (22:18):
I think so. Famously celebrated as Valentine's Eve. At any rate,
on that date this year, Kathy Hochul, with a fair
amount of fanfare, signed Chapter 77 of the Laws of 2026.
the title Veterans Tax Exemption. What it does, here's a
(22:39):
quote from the Association of Towns. It amends real property
tax law, and then it has a citation, to make
a 100% property tax exemption mandatory statewide for qualifying veterans
with a 100% service-connected disability, removing previous local opt-out choices.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
Right?
Speaker 9 (23:02):
So, This was a law passed by the state legislature
and then signed on February 13th by Governor Hochul, which
says mandatory statewide 100 percent property tax exemption for veterans
who have a 100 percent service connected disability. And the
(23:23):
change this made was that previously it had been a
local opt-out. But in February, Governor Hochul signed a law
that said no more local opt-out. This is what New
York State believes for our 100% disabled veterans, and that's
the way it's going to be. So that's what she signed,
(23:44):
Chapter 77 of the laws of 2026, Veterans Tax Exemption,
That's what Kathy Hochul signed with lots of fanfare on
the 13th of February, 2026. Well, in May, beginning of,
middle of, you remember that whole budget thing? Well, in
(24:04):
her budget, the governor introduced and insisted on a.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Change to this.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
Which took it back to exactly what it was. that
local municipalities can choose to opt in to a property
tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans, which is what Monroe
County did. And again, we applaud and appreciate them for that.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
But in February.
Speaker 9 (24:42):
Your special girlfriend, Comrade Kate, signed a law with all the,
look at me, how much I love veterans, saying all
across the state, veterans are going to get this 100%
property tax exemption if they are 100% service-related disability.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Okay? And then how long is it from February till May?
Speaker 9 (25:01):
Of course, the budget's supposed to be done by April 1st,
and you know what? Come on, that's a stroke job there.
But so she got March.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
You got April. You have about two months later, right?
Two months later, Kathy Hochul insists in the budget negotiations
that that very thing she signed with all the hoopla
be removed and is now gone.
Speaker 9 (25:30):
And so what's happened is it has gone back to
the way it was, which is local opt-in. And the
thing is that all the members of the legislature and
the Democrat governor all get to say, you know, yeah,
we passed this for veterans. And they got their, you know,
their free publicity back in February. But very quietly in
(25:54):
the midst of this massive hundreds and hundreds and hundreds
of page budget was hidden this little detail that made
it all go away.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
So, yeah, no, they love you. They really, honestly.
Speaker 9 (26:06):
Your politicians love you so much. Oh, and they love veterans. Love, oh,
love the veterans 100%.
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Maybe you've read about it somewhere. Saw it in a
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Partly to mostly cloudy today. A chance of morning showers
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High today.
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In the low to mid-70s as anticipated. It's 55 at 851,
and you're listening to NewsRadio WHAM 1180. Mitch McConnell was
seen apparently alive yesterday, and.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Here's the deal.
Speaker 9 (29:10):
Mitch McConnell, as leader of the Senate, I think he
did that for a record or near record length of time.
And that's all wonderful. And I appreciate his service and
everything else. But one of the fictions we can buy
into in life is that we're indispensable. Now, certainly folks
can play important roles. But, you know, there are a
(29:34):
lot of people on earth. God did not give us
a shortage, nor did he give us a shortage of
people with talent, drive, verve, and all those other things.
And the deal is that Mitch McConnell, you know, age
hits different people different ways. He's 84 years old, which
doesn't automatically mean that you're, you know, old and incapable
(29:55):
or stuff like that, but it can happen. And it
has happened to him for some few years now. And
as his body and mind have worn out, as they will,
it's nature's way, it's God's way. We wish we were young,
we wish we still had it, all those other things.
(30:17):
But there's a certain grace to recognize, man, I've lost
too much off my fastball. It's time for me to
come down off the mound.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 9 (30:26):
And This notion where he's been absent for four or
five months. We get these photos of him with his
wife at some kind of nursing home or something. And again,
God bless him from the standpoint of his health and
his life. But it's never about you. It's always about
(30:48):
the job you do. And when you can't do the
job well, particularly if you're in a public service setting,
then duty and honor require you to make way for
others who can. And this, again, he's been out of
service functionally for months. He says, I'm not 100%, but
(31:11):
I'll be able to make it for some votes still.
And as he sits there, you know, in that little
chair being pushed by this large group of men, it's
like you're seeing a demonstration of, you know, the mortician's
arts there. He looks, you know, from an embalming standpoint,
I guess he looks pretty good. You walk by old
(31:34):
Joe in the box and say, he looks like he's
just taking a nap.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
I guess that's a.
Speaker 9 (31:38):
Win for the undertaker and his or her abilities. But,
you know, the United States Senate is supposed to be
one of the, it's supposed to be the world's great
deliberative body. And, you know, I know we got a
lot of old people in there and stuff like that.
And I'm not against old people by any means. And
(31:58):
old people aren't necessarily diminished. And old people should not
be disqualified on the basis of age from being able
to render service, including in public.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
Life like this.
Speaker 9 (32:09):
But the man is, he should have left office certainly
months and maybe years ago. And it becomes an unfortunate
thing bad representation of our government when, you know, we
have these folks who just frigging can't let go of,
(32:31):
of power. And, you know, anyway, I shut my mouth.
Mitch McConnell is back. If you've been waiting for that,
then I guess you are pretty happy. Friday, Saturday, TV
and social media, I don't know if you saw, but
in the big September 11th ceremony in New York city,
where they went through, as they do each year, and
(32:53):
read the names of those who have fallen, the folks
providing the video feed did a cutaway from the reading
of the names to a man who had his face
in his hands sobbing directly to Congresswoman AOC and Mayor
(33:13):
Mamdani as they off to the side were sharing a laugh.
big smiles, laughing, as at least one person is sobbing,
and as the names of people murdered by Muslim terrorists
were being read in a moment of reverence and reflection.
Speaker 6 (33:31):
You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 9 (33:31):
So, at any rate, not a good look, to say
the least. News is next with Joe Lasky, the voice
of Finger Lakes. We'll be back when he's done on
NewsRadio WHAM 1180.
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