tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post6945142688885760430..comments2023-04-25T15:52:41.154-07:00Comments on Bronx Political Chatter: Koppell Defends Local School Attacked by Riverdale Review: UPDATETony Perez Cassinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669140687027259816noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-56339932016653167782011-02-10T18:15:09.080-08:002011-02-10T18:15:09.080-08:00Andrew Wolf claims the controversy is not about hi...Andrew Wolf claims the controversy is not about him but about the First Amendment . In this he could not be more wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-40375404009669651492011-02-07T10:54:55.197-08:002011-02-07T10:54:55.197-08:00RE: The Secret Deal to Finance the Review . . . . ...RE: The Secret Deal to Finance the Review . . . . The allegations that the local politicians were involved MUST be true, otherwise those politicians would surely have come out to deny them and indignantly attack the accusers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-14524421583213711422011-02-07T06:41:42.361-08:002011-02-07T06:41:42.361-08:00It’s amazing and disappointing that the local elec...It’s amazing and disappointing that the local elected officials have never really taken on Andy Wolf for the Riverdale Review’s biased, false and destructive reporting over all these years. <br /><br />The local elected officials, especially the longest-serving ones (Oliver Koppell, Jeffrey Dinowitz and Eliot Engel) should have pushed hard to stop Wolf’s false and misleading portrayals long ago. <br /><br />However, as we now know, these elected officials have been in close and collective collaboration with Wolf from the start. This is why they do not and cannot deny the allegations of the secret deal that helped finance Wolf’s purchase of the Riverdale Review back in the early 1990s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-47481246913718945582011-02-06T08:03:16.401-08:002011-02-06T08:03:16.401-08:00I totally agree with Anon. Jan. 21 3:55 PM . . . T...I totally agree with Anon. Jan. 21 3:55 PM . . . There is NOTHING even remotely analogous between Nazi collaborators and the local elementary school’s parents’ association.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-64580366485871547442011-02-01T08:56:51.111-08:002011-02-01T08:56:51.111-08:00Andrew Wolf is a vile bully. The local politician...Andrew Wolf is a vile bully. The local politicians should be ashamed for supporting him and his terrible tabloid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-15859226011469016052011-01-31T02:15:26.079-08:002011-01-31T02:15:26.079-08:00It's time for the boycotters to step up the pr...It's time for the boycotters to step up the pressure on Wolf's advertisers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-74112421689745800712011-01-29T14:42:08.194-08:002011-01-29T14:42:08.194-08:00Soon it will be GAME OVER for the RIVERDALE REVIEW...Soon it will be GAME OVER for the RIVERDALE REVIEW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-39120097452230116032011-01-29T07:58:58.070-08:002011-01-29T07:58:58.070-08:00N.Y.C. Councilman G. Oliver Koppell (and U.S. Rep...N.Y.C. Councilman G. Oliver Koppell (and U.S. Representative Eliot Engel, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., N.Y. State Senator Adriano Espaillat and N.Y. State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz) don't get it. The people have the right to protest and boycott an obnoxious, offensive, lying rag like the Riverdale Review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-53920807355081391012011-01-23T19:42:18.709-08:002011-01-23T19:42:18.709-08:00The Nazi-sympathizing smear against the boycotters...The Nazi-sympathizing smear against the boycotters of Mr. Wolf's ridiculous publication is just one more example of how absurd and reckless that man's hate-filled rants have become. He deserves to be shunned by decent, fair-minded readers and advertisers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-89383773918218856562011-01-21T15:55:31.571-08:002011-01-21T15:55:31.571-08:00Note to Andy Wolf: Nothing is quite like the Hol...Note to Andy Wolf: Nothing is quite like the Holocaust or state collaboration with Nazi Germany … These things are NOT available for analogy to Bronx civic, political or educational affairs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-22786486819174076172011-01-20T14:06:51.324-08:002011-01-20T14:06:51.324-08:00Forever after he should be known as "Cop Out ...Forever after he should be known as "Cop Out Koppell". Certainly better than G. Oliver-never liked guys with first initials instead of names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-16240027667652303912011-01-20T09:20:32.512-08:002011-01-20T09:20:32.512-08:00Wow....what a stunning failure these local politic...Wow....what a stunning failure these local politicos are. I am just appalled at how overwhelmingly idiotic and ham-handed their approach has been to this whole situation. Keep Up That Boycott!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-82972264410542055562011-01-17T18:52:31.503-08:002011-01-17T18:52:31.503-08:00Although Koppell is not being up-front about the s...Although Koppell is not being up-front about the secret relationship with that rag, at least he's publicly acknowledging that Wolf's attacks on Public School 24 are baseless nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-64794373135285815482011-01-17T17:39:31.069-08:002011-01-17T17:39:31.069-08:00Mr. Koppell’s sudden praise for P.S. 24 is just a ...Mr. Koppell’s sudden praise for P.S. 24 is just a masquerade, so it’s best for the parents and the other boycotters to continue with their assertive stance against him for not revealing his true relationship with the Riverdale Review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-39693340364786842582011-01-17T08:48:51.394-08:002011-01-17T08:48:51.394-08:00People in Riverdale and Kingsbridge are clearly fe...People in Riverdale and Kingsbridge are clearly fed up with that yellow-journalist thug Andrew Wolf and his McCarthy-esque attacks not just on PS 24, but also on the Ampark School, SAR Academy & High School, and the Riverdale-Kingsbridge Academy MS/HS 141. <br /><br />City Councilman Oliver Koppell, U.S. Representative Eliot Engel, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. should all be defending these important local educational institutions from Andy Wolf's damaging lies, manipulative half-thruths, and wild distortions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-36195467231164944032011-01-17T08:19:34.592-08:002011-01-17T08:19:34.592-08:00this pretty much sums up the entire debacle on bot...this pretty much sums up the entire debacle on both sides:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0&ob=av2nmand justice for allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550359049945714343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-10544706864574912292011-01-17T06:13:48.920-08:002011-01-17T06:13:48.920-08:00REGARDING THE ALLEGATIONS OF A SECRET DEAL BETWEEN...REGARDING THE ALLEGATIONS OF A SECRET DEAL BETWEEN CONGRESSMAN ENGEL, COUNCILMAN KOPPELL AND ANDY WOLF ... It is unethical and disgraceful for elected officials to secretly solicit and steer cash to a politically motivated newspaper in exchange for supportive coverage of themselves and negative propaganda about their opponents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-71501986370199393672011-01-16T15:05:40.606-08:002011-01-16T15:05:40.606-08:00Yes ... Instead of supporting Wolf, these local po...Yes ... Instead of supporting Wolf, these local politicians should support their constituents (who are rightfully upset about Wolf's spiteful and deleterious misrepresentations).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-3253127473658401992011-01-15T09:11:53.588-08:002011-01-15T09:11:53.588-08:00I guess Oliver Koppell has decided that he really ...I guess Oliver Koppell has decided that he really doesn't need Andy Wolf anymore!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-91078342531239700542011-01-14T13:35:24.389-08:002011-01-14T13:35:24.389-08:00Haven't Riverdalians had enough of these rusty...Haven't Riverdalians had enough of these rusty politicians like Oliver Koppell, Jeffrey Dinowitz and Eliot Engel? Change would be nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-12431801922745424732011-01-14T10:15:25.293-08:002011-01-14T10:15:25.293-08:00Wolf needed Koppell's letter like a "luch...Wolf needed Koppell's letter like a "luch in kup!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-37817413988052474802011-01-14T09:39:01.098-08:002011-01-14T09:39:01.098-08:00Neither Koppell nor Engel ever answered the charge...Neither Koppell nor Engel ever answered the charge leveled against them exactly 8 years ago by Richard Stein, the then Co-publisher of the Riverdale Press, that these politicians secretly helped to finance the purchase of the Review. More recently the boycotters have asked the same question. The politicians' continued silence is an admission of guilt.<br /><br />This secret deal is not a trivial matter. It means that the Review has never been a newspaper in the true sense-an independent voice-but a lackey, a mouthpiece for them. Those who seek to defend the Review under the banner of "free press" should understand that it is not free of the politicians' influence nor has it ever been. <br /><br />Moreover, Wolf has shown that he can be bought by advertisers and has even threatened those who don't buy ads with not covering their events. For example, in a letter to the Riverdale Y, Wolf told them he could not print notices of their public events unless they advertised in his paper. How is that for blackmail?<br /><br />Andrew Wolf is a corrupt fraud, masquerading as a respected newspaper publisher. Riverdale community leaders should be ashamed and embarrassed that they have allowed this disgrace to go on for so long. They have long been cowed by the vitriol of Andrew Wolf. It's time for them stand up and be counted.<br /><br />Hooray for the boycott!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-12072420813668687812011-01-14T08:43:12.349-08:002011-01-14T08:43:12.349-08:00With friends like Koppell & Fettman, Wolf does...With friends like Koppell & Fettman, Wolf doesn't really need enemies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-74245137867622840522011-01-14T07:15:54.348-08:002011-01-14T07:15:54.348-08:00You forgot to mention that the Riverdale Press als...You forgot to mention that the Riverdale Press also has a letter from Mr. Fettman (Andy Wolf’s nutty, long-winded, self-important poster boy for inappropriately interpreting the Constitution). <br /><br />Anyway, Fettman actually DENOUNCES Andy Wolf and says “The proponents of the boycott of the Riverdale Review have every justification for being deeply offended by its [the Riverdale Review's] recent editorial that compares some individuals in our community with Nazi collaborators during World War II.”<br /><br />Although he still blathers on about Wolf’s First Amendment rights (ignoring the fact that the boycotters have First Amendment rights to engage in a public boycott of an offensive newspaper), Fettman’s letter is a big slap in the face for Andy Wolf. <br /><br />Here’s the link: <br /><br />http://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/Its-time-to-terminate-the-Review-boycott,47881?content_source=&category_id=6&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=&town_id=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554264138811233395.post-91284018331932352172011-01-14T06:04:35.042-08:002011-01-14T06:04:35.042-08:00The rest of the local politicians should follow Ko...The rest of the local politicians should follow Koppell by jumping from the sinking ship known as the Riverdale Review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com