u/Advanced_Arachnid359

How much is Trumps trip costing us taxpayers?

I want to know (and think we should demand) to know to the penny how much money and resources Trumps little stunt is costing us taxpayers. All that money being wasted on police, road closings, and hell, they even had to shut down 550 Harrison (Upstate Doctors building) to all appointments today because this felon. Not to mention the inconvenience. I want to know!!! And demand the Republicans pay us back!!!

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u/Advanced_Arachnid359 — 6 days ago

Fishing access in Manlius/Jamesville area?

Hey folks. I'm looking for a good fishing access spot for a person with mobility issues. We went to Jamesville Reservoir today and we were sent to the parking lot by the beach. The problem is that it is a long walk on somewhat uneven ground to get to the shore, it's rather shallow for fishing there and I didn't see any signs of other, easier access fishing spots. Can I get some recommendations for this area for better spots I can just drive up to, with a very short, flat walk?

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u/Advanced_Arachnid359 — 2 months ago
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ICE harassed Election worker at Polls over Instagram Post.

From Syracuse.com

By Michelle Breidenbach | mbreidenbach@syracuse.com

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents issued a warning to a Syracuse woman Tuesday to remove a social media account they said threatens federal agents.

PaigeLynne Gonyea said she believes they are referring to a January post where she named the ICE agent who shot protester Renee Good.

Gonyea was working as a poll worker Tuesday afternoon at the Central Library on Salina Street when agents called to meet with her. She said she invited them in.

She said she did not want to meet them outside alone.

“I’ve seen the news, especially in Minnesota,” she said. “And I didn’t want anything to happen to me at all.”

The agents handed Gonyea a form letter that says they were investigating threats made against ICE personnel. The form says the agents had identified an Instagram account they believe breaks federal law. They asked her to remove and discontinue the behavior, according to the unsigned document she shared on Instagram.

“This notice officially informs you that it is unlawful to threaten to assault, kidnap, and/or murder a federal official or that federal official’s immediate family member with the intent to impede, intimidate, and/or interfere with the federal official’s duties or retaliate against a federal official due to the performance of their duties,” the document said.

The document said she could be subject to both federal and state prosecution.

The agents had New Jersey phone numbers and license plates. She said the agents held a folder with copies of her social media posts and her drivers’ license.

“They tried to scare me into signing it while I was working,” she said.

Gonyea posts frequently about immigration on her social media accounts. In January, she posted the name of Jonathan Ross, citing news reports. Ross is the ICE agent who shot protester Renee Good in Minnesota. His name has been widely reported in news stories and other social media posts across the world.

“I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted,” the post says.

PaigeLynne Gonyea posted the name of the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis in January. She said this post triggered a visit and a warning from federal agents claiming she "doxxed" the agent.

Gonyea said she does not consider it doxxing to quote a news story and call for an indictment.

“I didn’t dox his personal information, such as address, phone number,” she said.

Gonyea said she does not intend to delete her post. In addition to the attorney general’s office, she said she has contacted Rep. John Mannion, Mayor Sharon Owens and the New York Civil Liberties Union.

“For ICE to come to me over a social media post just feels very 1984 to me,” she said. “They definitely should have known better to not go into a polling place, even if I said it was OK.”

Gonyea shared the video and the document and posted her story on Instagram shortly after the encounter.

During Tuesday’s primary election, Commissioner Dustin Czarny got calls and texts that ICE was inside a voting site. He said he rushed to the library in downtown Syracuse. He spoke with the worker and connected her with the staff for the state Board of Elections and the attorney general’s civil rights office.

Kevin Ryan, the Republican commissioner, said he talked with his staff about whether this was a hoax. He said he called his contacts at Homeland Security, who confirmed they had made the visit.

Ryan said they told him they called the woman first and she invited them in.

Czarny said election law authorizes only specific people to be inside a polling place: Poll workers, elections inspectors, voters eligible to vote at the site and someone a voter brought to assist them in voting.

“There’s no role for law enforcement officials to be inside a polling place unless they are responding to an emergency of some kind,” he said. “There is no indication of that here.”

There were no voters in the polling place when ICE agents arrived, Gonyea said.

David Brody, one of the two agents, said he could not answer questions from a reporter.

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u/Advanced_Arachnid359 — 4 months ago

CNY-DSO and lack of group home placement for adults with disabilities.

I am parent of a 36 year old son with non-verbal Autism. My son has been on the EMERGENCY waiting list for group home placement for over 8 YEARS, without getting even a screening for a group home. WTF? Worse, I also work with the same population and I am in and out of homes all the time and they HAVE HAD openings in state homes! Im getting REALLY sick of this and I know I'm not alone here! Are there other parents in the area also dealing with this? Maybe consider a class action suit like they did in Western New York?

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u/Advanced_Arachnid359 — 4 months ago

Well Syracuse, I guess the DOT read our complaints about the Brighton Street traffic circles. I drove through today and Signs are now up!! Lol, now let's hope people can read them! A Reddit success!!!

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u/Advanced_Arachnid359 — 5 months ago

Okay, the DOT is absolutely hellbent on putting traffic circles everywhere. Im sure they have all sorts of engineering and math to back up their idea. My issue is that it seems so few people understand how to navigate them.

I see this every day at the double Brighton Ave traffic circle. Its insane. Im surprised we dont have had more accidents and serious road rage issues. Examples I see every DAMN day:

Getting off 481 south to Brighton, there are 2 lanes: a right hand turn lane to turn onto Brighton and a left hand lane that continues into the traffic circle. However, drivers in the right turn lane suddenly figure out they want to go into the circle and instead of waiting for the drivers in the correct left lane to enter, they bolt out in front of those drivers, going into their lane instead of taking the right. I almost plowed some twit in a truck this morning that pulled that crap. Im sure your company would have been a bit annoyed if I damaged their pretty little truck because you slammed into me from the wrong lane!

Going up Brighton/East Senaca turnpike to Jamesville is ANOTHER traffic circle. (Who came up with that insane idea??!!). Something I see WAY too often is people not realizing "stay to the right". People will get to it and go LEFT to turn on to Rock cut road. This puts them into on coming traffic on the WRONG side of the road. Please just continue around the circle and make a right at your exit!! Head on collisions SUCK.

Im sure incidents like this are happening at every one of these little roadway nightmares. Please learn to navigate them!

Reduce road rage. Straighten up and drive right!

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u/Advanced_Arachnid359 — 6 months ago