Reynolds undecided on Independence Party primary
BUFFALO, N.Y. Western New York Congressman Thomas Reynolds is considering whether he will again seek the Independence Party he held in the last election.
Meanwhile, the Erie County Republican’s challenger — businessman Jack Davis, a Democrat — has begun preparing for a potential Independence Party primary against Reynolds.
Reynolds and Davis each […]

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Delfim Heusler, Constitution Party Candidate for State Senate in the 35th District, wants to fight for county taxpayers by ending unfunded mandates that are passed down to our counties.
Heusler believes that we need the State Comptroller to do a financial impact statement and an analysis on how much these mandated programs costs counties, particularly […]

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Kim C. D’Souza and Brian Keeler both Democrats will be challenging each other in the Primary to get the chance to run against Steve Saland, in State Senate, District 41.
So far I haven’t heard of any Republicans wanting to run against Saland.
Brian Keeler blogs at e Pluribus Media.
It looks very green and anti-Bush. HT […]

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Angry Meeting Over Plans To Move Tolls To Newstead
Newstead, NY (WBEN) - An informational meeting turned heated as residents of Newstead blasted a proposal to move the Thruway toll barriers from Williamsville to either Newstead or Millgrove Roads.
The meeting turned ugly when residents learned they would not be allowed to ask questions, and it […]

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Erie County Lawmakers Look To Cap Gas Tax
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Erie County legislators are looking to follow the state’s lead and cap the sales tax on gasoline, once it reaches a certain price.
The state has already approved a bill that will cap the tax at 4-percent up to 2-dollars. After 2-dollars, the state […]

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Free Buffalo
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Free Buffalo Says Abolish the IDAs
Comptroller’s Audit Proves IDAs Must be Abolished
Buffalo, New York. May 24 2006. Free Buffalo will release its study calling for the abolition of Industrial Development Agencies […]

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INSIGHT
“The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country… If children were forced to learn about the Constitution, about how government works, about how […]

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New Book Claims to Expose Hillary Clinton ‘Whoppers’
By Jim Kouri
May 15, 2006
Hillary Clinton’s claim that she wanted to be an Olympic athlete and NASA astronaut is part of an effort to humanize the NY Senator, says the editor of a controversial new quote book. What other tall tales has Hillary told?
Olympic athlete. Astronaut. […]

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A True Story about Dirty Politics…
The day before the Republican Convention, an unsigned letter was sent to Republican mailboxes, attacking Greg Ball’s military service record. In response, the Following letter was sent by the Ball Campaign on May 23rd:
Fellow Republican
The recent letter (attacking my military service) that made it’s way to Republican Committeeperson mailboxes throughout […]

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Presentation in Albany addresses New York population loss
It’s a problem New York State has been dealing with for years. Now, residents are moving to other states in search of better employment opportunities.
A group of organizations, including the Business Council, said it has a plan to reverse that trend and they’re presenting that agenda in Albany.
The […]

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