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Monday’s Death Notices in the NY Daily News

MONTERA-Minnie P., (nee Citarella), age 97, died in Hudson, Florida on June 2, 2007. Mrs. Montera was a lifelong resident of Long Island City and Astoria. Her beloved husband Adolph & son, Paul, predeceased her. She is survived by son, Peter P. Montera, retired Circulation Manager of the NY Daily News, now of San Antonio, TX and a daughter, Anne Poskiff, of Hudson, FL, 9 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, 11 greatgreat grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Burial will be in the family gravesite in New Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at Saint Thomas More, R.C., Church, Breezy Point, NY at Noon, June 27. Arrangements under direction of THOMAS C. MONTERA INC., Funeral Home, Bronx, NY, 718-824-3700.

Yes, I am one of the 21 great-grandchildren and my daughter is one of the 11 great-great-grandchildren.

At least Rep. Gordon corrected his mistake, but he did it after the paper did the research and contacted him. This kind of stuff goes on all the time, but I applaud the Press-Register and other media outlets for exposing it.

Mobile Press-Register: Gordon runs afoul of property tax law

It’s not surprising that the AEA has a non-solution solution to the problem with double-dipping. To my mind what needs to be eliminated is pretty clear cut, but tough to legislate. We should not be preventing educators or state employees from becoming legislators, but we should be prohibiting legislators who are not state employees from becoming state employees after they have entered office. Most state employees and many educators are already prohibited from running in “partisan elections” if their offices are funded with federal dollars by federal law. So there is certainly precedent for doing something, but I don’t believe anyone has identified the appropriate response yet.

Birmingham News: Two-year colleges: Hubbert says fire lawmakers not doing jobs