Philip Joseph LaTessa (born 1961) is an American businessman and politician from Syracuse, New York. He was elected as the City of Syracuse City Auditor in 2003 and currently is a candidate for re-election to that office.
Personal Life
Philip LaTessa was born in Manhattan and attended Immaculate Conception Grammar School on East 14th Street and lived at Stuyvesant Town . His parents relocated to Syracuse where he was enrolled in the public school systems in Syracuse and then graduated from Christian Brothers Academy High School in Syracuse [http://en. .org/wiki/Christian_Brothers_Academy_(Syracuse,_New_York)]. LaTessa lives on the east side of Syracuse, where he has resided since 1994 .
Business Career
LaTessa earned his Bachelor of Arts B.A. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1984. He briefly lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and returned to Syracuse. After working as a Financial Adviser, LaTessa was offered a position with JP Morgan Chase as a Mortgage Loan Officer.
In 1997 LaTessa started The Funding Source, a mortgage company . In 2001 the firm was licensed by the New York State Department of Banking as a Mortgage Banker and received HUD Approved FHA Lender status. The Funding Source has over 30 employees.
In 2002 LaTessa started Weichert Realtors, First Residential Group which grew to be the 7th largest real estate firm according to the Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors by 2006. LaTessa's real estate company has over 60 affiliated agents and staff.
LaTessa also started the Greatwood Companies in 2004: Greatwood Title and Abstract, LLC employs Attorneys and Paralegals who facilitate closings. Greatwood Appraisal, LLC offers appraisal services. Greatwood Property Management, LLC performs property management work for investors in Central New York.
Political Career
LaTessa ran for the city wide office of Syracuse City Auditor in 2003. He was elected with over 62% of the vote.
LaTessa has been an independent watchdog over the city finances performing financial and performance based audits on a regular basis. LaTessa has been cited in numerous publications including The Manhattan Institute following his audit of the national HUD 108 loan scandal in Syracuse .
LaTessa also performed the first Performance Audit of the HUD funded program Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today (TNT). . This audit reviewed the pilot program in use in Syracuse and its impact on the neighborhoods and community.
In January of 2007 City Auditor LaTessa was interviewed for the position of New York State Comptroller following the resignation of New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi . LaTessa was one of eighteen candidates interviewed by the New York State Legislature and
LaTessa is a member of the Democratic party and is running for re-election in 2007.
Personal Life
Philip LaTessa was born in Manhattan and attended Immaculate Conception Grammar School on East 14th Street and lived at Stuyvesant Town . His parents relocated to Syracuse where he was enrolled in the public school systems in Syracuse and then graduated from Christian Brothers Academy High School in Syracuse [http://en. .org/wiki/Christian_Brothers_Academy_(Syracuse,_New_York)]. LaTessa lives on the east side of Syracuse, where he has resided since 1994 .
Business Career
LaTessa earned his Bachelor of Arts B.A. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1984. He briefly lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and returned to Syracuse. After working as a Financial Adviser, LaTessa was offered a position with JP Morgan Chase as a Mortgage Loan Officer.
In 1997 LaTessa started The Funding Source, a mortgage company . In 2001 the firm was licensed by the New York State Department of Banking as a Mortgage Banker and received HUD Approved FHA Lender status. The Funding Source has over 30 employees.
In 2002 LaTessa started Weichert Realtors, First Residential Group which grew to be the 7th largest real estate firm according to the Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors by 2006. LaTessa's real estate company has over 60 affiliated agents and staff.
LaTessa also started the Greatwood Companies in 2004: Greatwood Title and Abstract, LLC employs Attorneys and Paralegals who facilitate closings. Greatwood Appraisal, LLC offers appraisal services. Greatwood Property Management, LLC performs property management work for investors in Central New York.
Political Career
LaTessa ran for the city wide office of Syracuse City Auditor in 2003. He was elected with over 62% of the vote.
LaTessa has been an independent watchdog over the city finances performing financial and performance based audits on a regular basis. LaTessa has been cited in numerous publications including The Manhattan Institute following his audit of the national HUD 108 loan scandal in Syracuse .
LaTessa also performed the first Performance Audit of the HUD funded program Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today (TNT). . This audit reviewed the pilot program in use in Syracuse and its impact on the neighborhoods and community.
In January of 2007 City Auditor LaTessa was interviewed for the position of New York State Comptroller following the resignation of New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi . LaTessa was one of eighteen candidates interviewed by the New York State Legislature and
LaTessa is a member of the Democratic party and is running for re-election in 2007.
Robert Joseph Jacoby (b. April 22 1988) is a New York based American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
Rob Jacoby grew up in White Plains, New York and graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford, New York. He began saxophone instruction at the age of eight with his mentor, Milt Williams, father of actress/singer Vanessa L. Williams and actor/comedian Chris Williams. By age eleven, his interests concentrated on jazz music and he began studies in this genre elsewhere.
When Jacoby was only twelve years old, he began playing in musical productions in local theaters, honing his reading abilities and doubling skills. Jacoby started his own group called the Westchester Blue Notes, a sextet, who performed throughout Westchester County in New York and the rest of the tri-state area. Jacoby began to lead his own quartet/quintet and started performing in local clubs, restaurants, and bars. At the age of fifteen, Jacoby began studying with Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Ralph Lalama, who took the young musician under his wing and became one of his mentors.
Over his short, yet fruitful, career, Jacoby has performed at the Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room, the Garage, the Bowery Poetry Club, and has been seen at Smalls, Sweet Rhythm, Showman’s, and the Bar Next Door. He has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with greats including Joe Lovano, Ralph Lalama, Steve Turre, Dennis Irwin, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Potter, Brian Lynch, Joe Magnarelli, and Barry Ries.
Recent work
Jacoby has had the pleasure of recording for world-renowned jazz producer Teo Macero. The recording included legendary musicians such as Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Alex Sipiagin, George Garzone, and others. The album was released in the summer of 2007.
In addition to his first sideman recording, Rob also recorded his first album as a leader in 2007. The album is entitled, "Step Up," recorded on the Garagista Music label. The quartet/quintet album features Grammy Award winner Brian Lynch on trumpet, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist John Ray, and drummer Ron Vincent.
Jacoby is currently attending New York University in the Jazz Performance program, led by Dave Schroeder, and is given the opportunity to work with such luminaries as Don Friedman, Ralph Lalama, Brian Lynch, Joe Lovano, Billy Drewes, Jim McNeely, Dave Pietro, and Rich Shemaria.
Rob Jacoby grew up in White Plains, New York and graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford, New York. He began saxophone instruction at the age of eight with his mentor, Milt Williams, father of actress/singer Vanessa L. Williams and actor/comedian Chris Williams. By age eleven, his interests concentrated on jazz music and he began studies in this genre elsewhere.
When Jacoby was only twelve years old, he began playing in musical productions in local theaters, honing his reading abilities and doubling skills. Jacoby started his own group called the Westchester Blue Notes, a sextet, who performed throughout Westchester County in New York and the rest of the tri-state area. Jacoby began to lead his own quartet/quintet and started performing in local clubs, restaurants, and bars. At the age of fifteen, Jacoby began studying with Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Ralph Lalama, who took the young musician under his wing and became one of his mentors.
Over his short, yet fruitful, career, Jacoby has performed at the Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room, the Garage, the Bowery Poetry Club, and has been seen at Smalls, Sweet Rhythm, Showman’s, and the Bar Next Door. He has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with greats including Joe Lovano, Ralph Lalama, Steve Turre, Dennis Irwin, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Potter, Brian Lynch, Joe Magnarelli, and Barry Ries.
Recent work
Jacoby has had the pleasure of recording for world-renowned jazz producer Teo Macero. The recording included legendary musicians such as Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Alex Sipiagin, George Garzone, and others. The album was released in the summer of 2007.
In addition to his first sideman recording, Rob also recorded his first album as a leader in 2007. The album is entitled, "Step Up," recorded on the Garagista Music label. The quartet/quintet album features Grammy Award winner Brian Lynch on trumpet, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist John Ray, and drummer Ron Vincent.
Jacoby is currently attending New York University in the Jazz Performance program, led by Dave Schroeder, and is given the opportunity to work with such luminaries as Don Friedman, Ralph Lalama, Brian Lynch, Joe Lovano, Billy Drewes, Jim McNeely, Dave Pietro, and Rich Shemaria.
Five Across The Eyes is a suspense/horror film directed by Greg Swinson and Ryan Thiessen and produced by Trauma One Entertainment. It was shot in 2005 in Morristown, TN and neighboring Greene County, TN.
Taglines:
* Getting home by curfew is gonna be hell.
* This summer the sh*t hits the van.
* The taste of blood and broken teeth isn't so bad.
Plot
On their way home from a high school football game, five teenage girls become hopelessly lost. When they stop to get directions at a desolate store, the girls are involved in a minor fender bender which leaves an unattended SUV one headlight short. Inexperienced and frightened that they'll get into trouble, the girls flee the scene of the accident and speed away down the dark and unfamiliar roads. As they blindly make their way across an area the locals call "The Eyes", the girls are suddenly shocked to see one lone headlight appear behind them. As the driver of the damaged SUV begins one terrifying assault after another, the five girls will lose their innocence and possibly their lives in this brutal and shocking thrill ride.
Production
The script was originally entitled Chased and written by Marshall Hicks, a film school buddy of Greg Swinson. In early 2005 Marshall agreed to let Greg make the film, knowing the script would undergo extreme changes in order to fit the budget.
The film was shot over the course of nine long days in June of 2005. The filmmakers had three cameras rolling for every scene.
Trivia
* The film happens entirely in real time. In other words, the time portrayed in the story is about 90 minutes, the running time of the film.
* The first line and last line of the movie are the exact same. 'Hey.. don't mess up my mom's van'.
* The teeth that Caroline spits out are real. Greg Swinson's sister had two teeth pulled the day before filming began. So, his sister handed them over for the greater good of movie making.
* The title "Five Across The Eyes" was inspired from the chorus of the song "Case Closed" by The Duskfall. During production, The Duskfall heard about the film and donated the song featuring the title phrase to the filmmakers.
* The actress originally cast in the role of Isabella dropped out of the film one day before filming began. Sandra Paduch was then given the role with less than 24 hours to prepare.
* During the casting process, three of the actors who were offered roles, passed on the film after reading the full script, due to the graphic nature of the story.
* The film was shot in and around Morristown, TN. The same town that The Evil Dead was shot in 26 years earlier.
* Every single shot in the film was taken from inside the white van that serves as the main location of the film.
* The phrase "five across the eyes" is slang for "a slap in the face."
* To this day, Shannon McDowell and David Risdahl, the composers for the film, have never met. Even though they produced the entire score for the film together. Co-director Greg Swinson would send tracks back and forth between the two to allow them to work on the music.
* The white van used in the film was owned by one of the director's mother. The SUV that the villain drives, was owned by the director himself.
* The character's names, still from Marshall Hicks' original draft, are all named after daughters of Alfred Hitchcock's leading ladies.
* One night during filming, the production was raided by the local police. The officers even pulled their guns on Veronica Garcia, who was playing the villain, and covered in fake blood. After the producers explained what they were doing, the officers stayed on location to talk to the cast and watch a couple of takes.
* The score in the film was designed to appear as songs coming from the van's radio.
Cast
*Jennifer Barrnet as Stephanie
*Angela Brunda as Caroline
*Danielle Lilley as Jamie
*Sandra Paduch as Isabella
*Mia Yi as Melanie
*Veronica Garcia as The Driver
Awards
* Best Independent Feature at the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival in 2006.
* Best Original Soundtrack at the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival in 2006.
Notes and references
Taglines:
* Getting home by curfew is gonna be hell.
* This summer the sh*t hits the van.
* The taste of blood and broken teeth isn't so bad.
Plot
On their way home from a high school football game, five teenage girls become hopelessly lost. When they stop to get directions at a desolate store, the girls are involved in a minor fender bender which leaves an unattended SUV one headlight short. Inexperienced and frightened that they'll get into trouble, the girls flee the scene of the accident and speed away down the dark and unfamiliar roads. As they blindly make their way across an area the locals call "The Eyes", the girls are suddenly shocked to see one lone headlight appear behind them. As the driver of the damaged SUV begins one terrifying assault after another, the five girls will lose their innocence and possibly their lives in this brutal and shocking thrill ride.
Production
The script was originally entitled Chased and written by Marshall Hicks, a film school buddy of Greg Swinson. In early 2005 Marshall agreed to let Greg make the film, knowing the script would undergo extreme changes in order to fit the budget.
The film was shot over the course of nine long days in June of 2005. The filmmakers had three cameras rolling for every scene.
Trivia
* The film happens entirely in real time. In other words, the time portrayed in the story is about 90 minutes, the running time of the film.
* The first line and last line of the movie are the exact same. 'Hey.. don't mess up my mom's van'.
* The teeth that Caroline spits out are real. Greg Swinson's sister had two teeth pulled the day before filming began. So, his sister handed them over for the greater good of movie making.
* The title "Five Across The Eyes" was inspired from the chorus of the song "Case Closed" by The Duskfall. During production, The Duskfall heard about the film and donated the song featuring the title phrase to the filmmakers.
* The actress originally cast in the role of Isabella dropped out of the film one day before filming began. Sandra Paduch was then given the role with less than 24 hours to prepare.
* During the casting process, three of the actors who were offered roles, passed on the film after reading the full script, due to the graphic nature of the story.
* The film was shot in and around Morristown, TN. The same town that The Evil Dead was shot in 26 years earlier.
* Every single shot in the film was taken from inside the white van that serves as the main location of the film.
* The phrase "five across the eyes" is slang for "a slap in the face."
* To this day, Shannon McDowell and David Risdahl, the composers for the film, have never met. Even though they produced the entire score for the film together. Co-director Greg Swinson would send tracks back and forth between the two to allow them to work on the music.
* The white van used in the film was owned by one of the director's mother. The SUV that the villain drives, was owned by the director himself.
* The character's names, still from Marshall Hicks' original draft, are all named after daughters of Alfred Hitchcock's leading ladies.
* One night during filming, the production was raided by the local police. The officers even pulled their guns on Veronica Garcia, who was playing the villain, and covered in fake blood. After the producers explained what they were doing, the officers stayed on location to talk to the cast and watch a couple of takes.
* The score in the film was designed to appear as songs coming from the van's radio.
Cast
*Jennifer Barrnet as Stephanie
*Angela Brunda as Caroline
*Danielle Lilley as Jamie
*Sandra Paduch as Isabella
*Mia Yi as Melanie
*Veronica Garcia as The Driver
Awards
* Best Independent Feature at the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival in 2006.
* Best Original Soundtrack at the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival in 2006.
Notes and references
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