tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502844387578908642Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:47:01 +0000Independent News and Opinion on Bronx Current Events, Politics, Sports and Morehttp://www.yourbxnews.com/noreply@blogger.com (.)Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502844387578908642.post-2406804888741254015Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:12:00 +00002009-09-02T13:25:55.577-04:00Mayor Bloomberg announced his plan to provide free flu shots to all city school children yesterday. The program will be administered by school nurses in the form of a nasal spray, both during school hours and on weekends. The free vaccine is an effort to stop the spread of the swine flue and curb panic among the public. This comes after the White House recently stated that up to half the countyhttp://www.yourbxnews.com/2009/09/bloomberg-nyc-to-provide-free-flu-shots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502844387578908642.post-8346992628342705128Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:17:00 +00002009-09-02T02:11:31.595-04:00The New York State Young Democrats held their straw poll for the upcoming Democratic Primary tonight in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. Below are the results: Public Advocate: Eric Gioia 45%, Bill Di Blasio 24%, Norman Siegel 17%, Mark Green 14%Comptroller: John Liu 50.5%, David Yassky 43.8%, Melinda Katz 3.8%, David Weprin 1.9%Mayor: Bill Thompson 85.1%, Tony Avella 14.9%http://www.yourbxnews.com/2009/09/new-york-state-young-democrats-straw.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502844387578908642.post-3403607466207995276Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:18:00 +00002009-09-01T15:55:31.337-04:00There was an interesting comment made on WFAN 660 AM sports talk radio about the Yankees not winning the World Series whenever a Republican President is in office. Is this true? Let's find out...To the video tape:The world series wins in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 were all while President Bill Clinton was in the white house.Then there were the Yankees dark days of the 80's and early 90's while http://www.yourbxnews.com/2009/09/yankees-to-win-world-series-due-toobama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (.)0