FAILING OUR STUDENTS
By Bob Confer
It’s been said that knowledge is power. Most definitely, knowledge and the use thereof has been the key to America’s economic success of the past two centuries as well as our astounding impact on the rest of the world. Calling upon our mental acumen and hands-on skill sets, we have […]

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Nozzolio’s spending dwarfs other local reps
By Anne Gleason / The Citizen Auburn, New York
Saturday, May 6, 2006 11:51 PM EDT
One of Albany’s best-kept secrets has just become public, and Cayuga County residents can now see the disparity in member item spending between its five elected state representatives.
Member items in the state Legislature, or funding awarded […]

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The Record - Take part in effort to reform New York
Take part in effort to reform New York
That’s why a coalition of reform groups - working together under the umbrella of the New York Public Interest Research Group - is sponsoring “Reform NY” Lobby Day on Tuesday at the state Capitol in Albany.
The coalition is […]

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As Suozzi Shouts and Bares His Knuckles, Spitzer Merely Shrugs
Thomas R. Suozzi is looking for a fight.
Last month, Mr. Suozzi, the self-proclaimed insurgent Democratic candidate for governor, declared that if he ran the state, he would veto the entire state budget, and challenged his better-known opponent, Eliot Spitzer, to specify his position. Then, Mr. Suozzi […]

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Future of Bernzomatic plant is in limbo
WBEN
MEDINA, N.Y. Another factory is moving operations overseas and laying off American workers.
The Bernzomatic plant in western New York has handed out pink slips to nearly 200 workers, leaving the future of the plant in limbo. Shocked employees were given the news on Friday afternoon at the plant […]

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