Talk:Mike Kaplowitz

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This is a very notable local politician. This race has been mentioned in several large publications including the Gannett papers and New York Times. Has implications on US Congress with Ball considered to be a future candidate for that race. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davisam1950 (talk • contribs) 09:20, 17 February 2008

Unbalanced tags, NPOV, etc.

 * Michael B. "Mike" Kaplowitz (born September 3, 1959) is an financial planner
 * Is he a Certified Financial Planner? Chartered Financial Consultant? Who awarded him this degree?
 * His work in private industry provided both his corporate and individual clients with sound financial management and helped them to substantially grow their portfolios
 * Is there a citation for this?
 * He waged an uphill battle in the overwhelmingly Republican district
 * "Overwhelmingly", according to whom?
 * His popular appeal with moderate, fiscally conservative Republicans, Democrats and independent voters was credited with helping him win the race.
 * This is not verified by the citation given
 * Since his election in 1998 he has worked to forge bi-partisan alliances on the legislature and in the community
 * This is not verified by the citation given
 * He was re-elected in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 by wide margins
 * In an "overwhelmingly Republican" district?
 * His education and expertise as an attorney and certified financial planner led to his appointment as Chair of the Budget & Appropriations Committee in 2003
 * Why wasn't he appointed in 1997, then?
 * During the difficult 2002 budget discussions in which he and County Executive Andy Spano were at odds, Kaplowitz found a way to cut over $50 million in the proposed budget
 * What way?
 * And in 2005, as Budget Chair, he was able to deliver a 0% tax increase
 * What is a 0% tax increase? And this is uncited
 * He is an aggressive supporter of tax fairness and has always supported sales tax over property tax, describing it as a “more equitable and less onerous” way to provide revenue.
 * Uncited
 * He worked to forge partnerships among the State, County, local municipalities and school districts that ultimately resulted in shared sales tax revenue and further lowered the local property tax burden
 * Uncited
 * Kaplowitz also fought for and won relief for thousands of Northern Westchester homeowners who were paying sewer taxes despite never being hooked up to sewers
 * Firstly, the citation does not match the statement. Secondly, I google'd this and found: "Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz, D-Somers, let down constituents who pay a county sewer tax but have no sewers to show for it. Kaplowitz backed a $3.5 million plan to install sewers in the Quarry Heights enclave on the North Castle-Harrison border while leaving a similar proposal for homeowners in his own District 4 unresolved"
 * In 2005, Kaplowitz and Spano announced a plan to save the financially insolvent Westchester Medical Center from closure
 * Dubious. It is supported by a Youtube video of Kaplowitz talking. A quick google on this finds numerous articles stating the exact opposite of what is written here.
 * To the opposition of Ryan and his fellow Democrats on the board, Kaplowitz made a principled objection the legislative pay raise stating
 * Tenditious prose ("principled"), also, the only source for this is a press release from the Kaplowitz campaign
 * ...leading the fight to convert Indian Point
 * Peacock, weasel, tenditious, etc
 * Many have viewed this possible match-up as the first real test for Ball, who had no prior political experience before running for the Assembly and is only in his first term
 * Many who? I'm canning this sentence, he already defeated a well entrenched incumbent in Will Stephens who held the seat for 12 years, and whose family held the seat since 1929. A run by a county legislator is not a "real test" compared to that.
 * Ball has also been dogged by controversy surrounding
 * Dogged by who? There was only one article published about this that I could find on google, and it was not even from a local paper
 * An article published in the Washington Post in June 2007 revealed that Ball may have illegally funneled thousands of dollars from the charity to his campaign coffers
 * Failed verification, also defamatory as the article states there was nothing improper
 * Kaplowitz has been elected five times and has a proven record of winning over voters from all walks of life and of all political persuasions
 * According to whom?
 * He also has an ability to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and will likely be supported by the New York State Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee (DACC)
 * Uncited
 * Kaplowitz is expected to make a decision about the race sometime in the early spring.
 * Expected by whom?

Obviously, this article is rife with problems, including failed verification, peacock terms, weasel words, uncited references, NPOV, etc. It will take a collaboration from skilled editors to make it acceptable. A cursory search of local newspapers and google has found numerous articles which I've attempted to place in the article to balance out what was already there. However, something will still need to be done about the political advertisements at the very top and very bottom of the article. Mrprada911 (talk) 17:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I would also add that the first time this article was written, it was A7. It reappeared in less than four hours.

09:15, 17 February 2008 Nick Dowling (Talk|contribs) deleted "Mike Kaplowitz" ‎ (A7 (bio): Real person; doesn't indicate importance/significance: non-notable local politician - only 'considering' running for state politics. Written as an ad, with some BLP concerns) Mrprada911 (talk) 05:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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