tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84512652024-03-13T00:48:20.881-04:00Vinny's New Utrecht BlogVincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-81045519587043189012010-12-14T18:50:00.000-05:002010-12-14T18:50:27.319-05:00Dyker Holiday LightsHey folks, check out my <a href="http://dykerholites.blogspot.com/">Dyker Holiday Lights</a> blog and submit holiday photos to <a href="mailto:val11214@yahoo.com">val11214@yahoo.com</a>.Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-54523450622180295802007-09-06T01:38:00.000-04:002007-09-06T01:41:18.078-04:00The Apocrypha is now online!The 1769 Apocrypha, scanned and compared with various print editions, is online at <a href="http://avapocrypha.googlepages.com/">http://avapocrypha.googlepages.com/.</a> Check it out! Better than ever on the Internet!Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1168751626948453572007-01-14T00:11:00.000-05:002007-01-14T00:13:46.960-05:00Bill Moyers on Net neutrality victories<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rhx_15qKoJM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rhx_15qKoJM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1153008601222268522006-07-15T19:47:00.000-04:002006-07-15T20:10:01.233-04:00Photos of the 2006 World Cup celebration in Bensonhurst<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shamstarek.com/photos/81098686-S-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.shamstarek.com/photos/81098686-S-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Photos of the 2006 <a href="http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/">World Cup</a> celebration on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, in which fans celebrated Italy's win over France on Sunday, July 9, are available at <a href="http://www.shamstarek.com/">www.shamstarek.com</a>. On my block, which is some distance from where Shams Tarek took his <a href="http://www.shamstarek.com/gallery/1657338">photos</a>, fans were honking their horns and waving the Italian flag for 2-3 hours late Sunday afternoon.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></div>Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1141248385723533762006-03-01T16:26:00.000-05:002006-04-16T01:00:18.550-04:00About Mark LanesDisregard what I wrote about Mark Lanes, for what I have heard from a source who attended the Community Board 10 meeting Monday at the Knights of Columbus hall on 13th Ave., the owner of Mark Lanes sold the lease to Century 21 willingly and received a year's free rent and didn't tell anyone about it, leaving patrons to speculate that the owners were being forced to close.<br /><br />The bowling alley will close Aug. 1 and be replaced by a 280-car parking lot.<br /><br />My apologies to Century 21, Community Board 10 and to any persons who were asked to sign an online petition. It was a good-faith error.Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1140411017423273482006-02-19T23:35:00.000-05:002006-02-20T14:50:20.540-05:00Where are you, Karen Bell?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/254/574/1600/vandegraaf_2003-9-17_012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 141px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/254/574/320/vandegraaf_2003-9-17_012.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Where are you, Karen Bell? What has happened to your <a href="http://karenshorts.prodandponder.com/">blog</a>? I used to read it every day. You last updated it four months ago. You used to describe things that happened in and around Bensonhurst, the neighborhood where you and I live, in a very intelligent manner.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Karen Bell in California on Sept. 17, 2003 in an image downloaded from the original Karen's Shorts blog, which, like the current one, is offline.</span>Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1140155544929560012006-02-17T00:51:00.000-05:002006-02-17T00:53:47.776-05:00Save the Mark Lanes Bowling Alley!As you have read in the newspapers, the <a href="http://www.markandmelody.com/"><b>Mark Lanes Bowling Alley's</b></a> lease is scheduled to run out this summer. Century 21, the new owner, will tear down the bowling alley and turn it into a parking lot - that is, if they get a city variance. A public hearing from Community Board 10 would also be required. Now is the time to save Mark Lanes by signing a petition, as my good friend <b>Maria "The Ice Cream Girl" Campanella</b> has done. Click the link below to sign:<br /><br /><div align="center"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?rush06&201">http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?rush06&201</a><br /></div>Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1129950113663373732005-10-21T23:00:00.000-04:002005-10-21T23:27:42.643-04:00Letter to NUHS Principal, Dr. Howard Lucks<i>The following is a letter to Dr. Howard J. Lucks, principal of New Utrecht High School that was sent by mail:<br /></i><br />October 21, 2005<br /><br />Dr. Howard J. Lucks, Principal<br /><a href="http://www.newutrechths.org/">New Utrecht High School</a><br />[address omitted]<br /><br />Dear Dr. Lucks:<br /><br />Last Election Day, Nov. 2, 2004, I was asked for photo ID by an auxiliary police officer. I refused and instead offered my voter registration card, which he accepted. The reasons why I refused to show photo ID are twofold: 1) the photo ID that I have contains my old address, which would have resulted in the officer directing me to the wrong voting machine. Although I have written my new address on the back of my card, officers look only at the front, not the back; 2) if I had submitted to the officer’s request for photo ID, this would have made this policy acceptable even though many voters, including seniors and minorities, lack photo ID, which could result in voters being turned away from the polls and possible legal action taken by disaffected voters, jeopardizing New Utrecht’s policy.<br /><br />New Utrecht’s policy, I learned in an e-mail from the Board of Elections, is for “the safety of the School and it’s [sic] students,” even though one would be hard pressed to find any students on either Primary Day or Election Day. I ask that New Utrecht’s policy be modified to allow for voter registration cards to be used instead of photo ID on both Primary Day and Election Day. The polls open in two weeks. The City Council election between Vincent Gentile and Pat Russo, for example, could be close, and this could result in legal challenges. The time to act is now.<br /><br />The best way to contact me is either by e-mail or by phone after 1 p.m. I hope to hear from you and have the matter resolved soon.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Vincent La MarcaVincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1129949929272669882005-10-21T22:51:00.000-04:002005-10-21T22:58:49.276-04:00Courier-Life has a website!Courier-Life publications has a website - <a href="http://www.courierlife.net/">www.courierlife.net</a>. The publisher of the <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.baynewsbrooklyn.com/">Bay News</a> and the <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.brooklyngraphic.com/">Brooklyn Graphic</a>, among others, has joined a growing list of community publications in Brooklyn - the <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.brooklyneagle.com/">Brooklyn Daily Eagle</a>, the <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.brooklynskyline.com/">Brooklyn Skyline</a> and the <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.brooklynpapers.com/">Brooklyn Papers</a> - on the Web.Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1126384844272199942005-09-10T16:40:00.000-04:002005-09-10T16:40:44.276-04:00Voter alert! You could be denied the right to vote Tuesday!Dozens of voters in Bensonhurst could be denied the right to vote this Tuesday if they are asked for photo ID to enter the <a href="http://www.newutrechths.org/">New Utrecht High School</a> polling place and they don't have it. If you live in Bensonhurst and your polling place is New Utrecht, tell them to modify their policies to allow voter registration cards to be used instead of photo ID. The Democratic mayoral primary could be affected by this ridiculous policy. Also please try to contact the <a href="http://vote.nyc.ny.us/index.html">New York City Board of Elections</a> about this matter.Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1125182806209312852005-08-27T18:02:00.000-04:002005-08-27T22:12:19.513-04:00Letter to the Editor: Asked for photo ID at New Utrecht High School<em>This letter to the editor was sent to four Brooklyn newspapers on August 25, 2005.</em><br /><br />On the morning of Election Day, Nov. 2, 2004, I was asked by an auxillary police officer for photo ID in order to enter the polling place at <a href="http://www.newutrechths.org/">New Utrecht High School</a>. I felt this was a violation of privacy and inconsistent with Board of Election policy. I believe that IDs should be properly handled by poll workers. I'm sure hundreds of voters in Bensonhurst were asked for photo ID that day and that some of them were turned away from the polls.<br /><br />It could happen again. Two important events, the mayoral primary on Sept. 13 and the general election on Nov. 8, are coming up soon. The photo ID policy, established by New Utrecht High School and tolerated by the <a href="http://vote.nyc.ny.us/index.html">Board of Elections</a>, could have an effect on City Council races, the mayoral primary and election as well as the MTA bond question involving the Second Avenue subway and other capital projects involving billions of dollars.<br /><br />Hundreds of voters, many of them seniors who lack photo ID, could be denied the right to vote if they cannot enter the polling place, for to be denied access to the polling place is to be denied the right to vote as there is no alternate way to vote on Election Day.<br /><br />The photo ID policy, if allowed to stand, would appear inconsistent with both the <a href="http://www.fec.gov/hava/hava.htm">Help America Vote Act</a> and the Board of Elections' own policy. The Help America Vote Act requires that all first-time voters who registered by mail after January 1, 2003 be required to show their driver's license or their Social Security card in order to vote. The Board of Elections' implementation of HAVA is to allow those who registered before 2003 and all other voters not to show their ID; for first-time voters the policy is to be as least restrictive as possible. New Utrecht High School says that photo ID is required to maintain school safety. As the Board of Elections' Brooklyn office wrote in an e-mail, "It is the School's policy that all visitors to their facility, whether it is Election Day or not [sic] be required to show ID when entering the site...this is the School's policy. This policy has nothing to do with HAVA or the Board of Elections, but [with] the safety of the School and it's [sic] students."<br /><br />I ask New Utrecht High School to do the seniors and other voters a favor and modify the photo ID policy on Primary Day and Election Day. The policy doesn't appear to be working; in the past several months, one student shot himself in the leg and another was stabbed. If the school wanted to enhance school safety while securing privacy, they would have installed metal detectors.<br /><br />As for me, if I don't see any change by Sept. 13, I may have to sit out the primary.Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1123220807614429182005-08-05T01:37:00.000-04:002005-08-05T01:46:58.216-04:00FlickrI just joined <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a>. My page is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/97715065@N00/">here</a>.<br /><br />It's been very hot these last couple of days.<br /><br />Sorry it's been a while since my last blog entry.<br /><br />Added the most recent issue of the <span style="font-style: italic;">FHNU Newsletter</span> to <a href="http://www.historicnewutrecht.org/">www.historicnewutrecht.org</a> (of which I recently have been the webmaster).<br /><br />Recent movies I watched: Roger & Me, The Negotiator, Paparazzi, Trading Places, Farenheit 9/11.Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1108688566600400642005-02-17T20:02:00.000-05:002005-02-17T20:07:06.000-05:00Election Day revisitedI wrote about three months ago about being <a href="http://vinnysnewutrecht.blogspot.com/2004/11/election-day.html">asked for ID</a> at <a href="http://www.newutrechths.org/">New Utrecht High School</a>. I e-mailed the <a href="http://vote.nyc.ny.us/index.jsp">New York City Board of Elections</a>. They e-mailed me back the very next day, promising an investigation. Today they e-mailed me the results of the investigation, hoping this will resolve the matter. In the e-mail they claimed the ID issue had nothing to do with the Help Americans Vote Act. Dissatisfied, I replied to them, offering several possible solutions. The e-mail exchanges are below. More to come when they give a further reply.<br /><br />My e-mail to Virginia Busti, Nov. 2, 2004:<br /><br /> Hello,<br /><br />My name is Vincent LaMarca and I have been a registered voter since 1988. I was asked for ID to <i>enter</i> the polling facility at New Utrecht High School by an auxilllary police officer at approximately 6:40 AM today. Is this legal? Is this required for all voters? Was this on orders from the NYPD or the 62nd <span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Precinct</span>? For as I understand HAVA, only first time voters who registered by mail since January 1, 2003 are asked for ID. Please explain the situation to me.<br /><br />Thank you for reading this e-mail.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Vincent LaMarca<br /><br />Her reply on Nov. 3, 2004:<br /><br /><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="500472714-03112004">Mr. LaMarca:</span></span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="500472714-03112004">You are absolutely correct...<u>only </u>first time voters (who registered after 1/1/03 and who did not provide ID at the time they registered) were required to show ID. Apparently some poll workers and police did not comprehend the written, verbal and filmed instructions and in their misdirected zeal asked all voters for ID. I've requested that the Brooklyn Board of Elections look into the matter at New Utrecht HS and question the poll workers there. They will be reinstructed and if necessary disciplined.</span></span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="500472714-03112004">I apologize again for the inconvenience caused you by this incident and hope that all your future voting experiences will be pleasant ones.</span></span></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="500472714-03112004">Virginia Busti</span></span></div><br />A reply from Salvatore Barrera of the Brooklyn Board of Elections, Feb. 17, 2005:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Dear Mr.. LaMarca,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I am in receipt of an e-mail message from you that was forwarded to my</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">office by Virginia Busti. In your message you state that you were asked for</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">ID by an auxiliary police officer when entering the site of New Utrecht HS</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">to vote for the November 2, 2004 General Election.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">After several inquires into the matter we have discovered that New Utrecht</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">HS had an officer at the site that day. It is the School's policy that all</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">visitors to their facility, whether it is Election Day or not be required to</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">show ID when entering the site. I spoke to Mrs.. Mayoni, the Assistant</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Principal of School Safety at New Utrecht, and she confirmed that an officer</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">was at New Utrecht on Election Day and that this is the School's policy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">This policy has nothing to do with HAVA or the Board of Elections, but the</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">safety of the School and it's students.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me at [phone number omitted]</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> or by e-mail.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thank you for your inquiry. I hope that this resolves the matter.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Sincerely,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Sal P Barrera </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Administrative Associate </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Brooklyn EDO Department<br />[address omitted]<br /><br /><br />My reply of Feb. 17, 2005:<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Dear Mr. Barrera,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thank you for your reply to my e-mail. I appreciate it that complaints</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">are addressed in a swift fashion. Your interpretation of HAVA is</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">technically correct. However, your reply fails to resolve the matter.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The notion that a school can interfere with the rights of voters in</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">order to protect students who should be at home on Election Day seems</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">shocking to me, especially if citizens are denied the right to vote as</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">a result.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I propose to you a number of possible solutions to the matter:</span><br /><br /><br /><ol style="font-family: georgia;"> <li>Ask New Utrecht High School to close the building to students and teachers as their presence interferes with the rights of voters.</li><li>Also ask the school to relax its policy on ID on Election Day and leave the ID issue to the Board of Elections.</li><li>Should New Utrecht High School fail to make changes to its policies, then perhaps an alternate site should be considered for those voters who registered prior to January 1, 2003 and who do not wish to be asked for ID. The voting could be conducted by paper ballot and could take place at a number of locations, including other public schools, public libraries or catering halls. One possible location in Bensonhurst could be the historic New Utrecht Reformed Church Parish House.</li><li>If Board of Elections finds none of the above solutions palatable then they should encourage eligible voters (out-of-towners, those on vacation, the elderly and disabled) to cast an absentee ballot. The absentee ballot should be given the widest possible publicity (television, radio, newspapers and the Internet). </li> </ol><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> I hope the propsed solution will resolve the matter of being asked for ID. As Virginia Busti remarked in a previous e-mail, "only first time voters (who registered after 1/1/03 and who did not provide ID at the time they registered) were required to show ID."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Sincerely,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Vincent LaMarca</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> P.S.: The assistant principal's name is Geraldine Maione, not Mayoni.</span> <pre wrap=""> </pre>Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1108439880519863882005-02-14T22:58:00.000-05:002005-02-14T22:59:01.996-05:00Update since I've last wroteHello,<br /><br />I've been away for three months since I've last wrote.<br /><br />I will, at the Annual General Meeting, be elected a trustee at the <a href="http://www.historicnewutrecht.org/">Friends of Historic New Utrecht.</a><br /><br />I've begun adding photos at the web site I edit, <a href="http://www.newutrechtchurch.org/">New Utrecht Reformed Church</a>.<br /><br />Please visit both sites. And help contribute funds to save the church!Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1099539609726675912004-11-03T22:40:00.000-05:002004-11-03T22:40:09.726-05:00The day after Election DayWas up until 2:45 AM this morning when all signs were clear that Bush would win Ohio and the presidency.
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<br />Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1099438710146509282004-11-02T18:40:00.000-05:002004-11-02T18:40:55.066-05:00Election Day<div><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Voted for Kerry on Election Day. Waiting for the returns. Was asked for ID as I entered the polling station at </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/app/post.pyra?blogID=8451265&postID=109943871014650928&quickEdit=true"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">New Utrecht High School.</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> See the NYC Board of Elections </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/app/post.pyra?blogID=8451265&postID=109943871014650928&quickEdit=true"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">FAQ.</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> According to the FAQ, the </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/app/post.pyra?blogID=8451265&postID=109943871014650928&quickEdit=true"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Help America Vote Act</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> (HAVA) requires only that ID be required for voters who registered by mail after January 1, 2003. I have been a registered voter since 1988 and therefore I do not need to be asked for ID either by the auxillary police officer or the poll worker.
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<br /><span style="color:#0000ff;">Boondocks is on vacation...</span>
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<br />I replied that it was false and I gave them six links which are given below:
<br /></span><ul><li><a href="http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.ucomics.com/boondocks</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><li><a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/21/Floridian/Comic_leaves_comfort_.shtml"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/21/Floridian/Comic_leaves_comfort_.shtml</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><li><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/10842419p-11760215c.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/10842419p-11760215c.html</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><li><a href="http://www.nynewsday.com/mynews/ny-a3979848sep21,0,47949.story"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.nynewsday.com/mynews/ny-a3979848sep21,0,47949.story</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><li><a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=71879"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=71879</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><li><a href="http://snapculture.blogspot.com/2004/09/what-washington-post-doesnt-want-you.html"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://snapculture.blogspot.com/2004/09/what-washington-post-doesnt-want-you.html</span></a></li></ul><span style="font-family:georgia;">Here is another link for viewers to this blog: </span><a href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000641607"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Heated Debate Over Spiking of 'Boondocks' Strips</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span>
<br />Vincent La Marcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066776588136985934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451265.post-1095999002631586262004-09-24T00:10:00.000-04:002004-09-24T21:24:05.383-04:00Boondocks<span style="font-family:georgia;">Both the </span><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;">New York Daily News</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and </span><a href="http://www.newsday.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Newsday</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> print editions refuse to publish Boondocks for this week. In the case of the Daily News, a notice appeared in both Monday's and Thursday's paper saying, "Boondocks is on vacation and will return on September 27." No word, no debate on why the News refuses to publish the controversial strips, about a black-oriented reality TV program.</span>
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