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State senator backs key aide as successor
Marchi says Helbock ‘is the best person to continue my work’
ALBANY — State Sen. John Marchi wants his longtime aide and the borough’s GOP chairman, Robert Helbock, to fill the seat the veteran legislator has held for nearly 50 years.
The opening gambit in the race to succeed […]

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May 5, 2006
In what has been a Republican seat in the family of Willis Stephens going back to at least World War Two, the seven term incumbent Assemblyman is facing an aggressive challenge from Greg Ball in the 99th Assembly District.
Ball is a former Air Force officer who is questioning the incumbent’s conservative credentials. […]

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Hoyt seeks to save E.C. money via Albany
A state lawmaker is aiming to reduce the cost of delivering Erie County services by $13.3 million per year.
Assemblyman Sam Hoyt said Friday he will introduce three bills to his fellow Albany legislators.
All three measures came from recommendations made last summer by an extensive review from the […]

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Senate to pass bill cutting gas tax
Senate leaders are trying once again to ease the pain at the pump.
Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno said the Senate will make a fourth attempt at passing a plan that caps the state and local sales tax on gas up to $2 a gallon.
The bill is similar to one […]

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Notice the new polls in the header… Please cast your vote..
I sent out this update letter to the NewYorkCoalition database.
Sorry for the delay in updates, I like to send out weekly updates or more often if things break our way. Actually things have been slow trying to find candidates. We have a couple […]

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