Archive for July, 2006
Posted in July 25th, 2006
Dear Free New Yorker:
We’re having one of our periodic fiscal crises, mainly due to the disappointing fundraiser in June. Frankly, and I’ve always tried to be honest about our situation, we’re in danger of losing our office without a quick infusion of funds.
We greatly appreciate your support and we know that funds are often […]
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Posted in July 25th, 2006
wcbstv.com - Spitzer, Suozzi Go Round And Round At Testy Debate
Only Scheduled Meeting Touches Many Nerves
(AP) NEW YORK Eliot Spitzer, the runaway front-runner for the Democratic nomination for governor engaged in a feisty debate Tuesday with Tom Suozzi, his longshot opponent in the only scheduled debate before the September primary.
Spitzer took the unexpected offensive by […]
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Posted in July 25th, 2006
Niagara Gazette - GUESTVIEW: The problem with public pensions
By Bob Confer
Niagara Gazette
I know very few people who have or will have pensions and post-retirement benefits. It seems that most people must rely instead on investment accounts, 401(k) plans, insurance plans, and Social Security for their well-beings in their post-career lives.
Likewise, many who were at the […]
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Posted in July 25th, 2006
INSIGHT
“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.” —A.A. Milne
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Posted in July 25th, 2006
Legislature called on to provide funding for stem cell research after Bush veto - The Business Review (Albany):
A group representing colleges and medical institutions on Monday called on New York state leaders to appropriate funding for embryonic stem cell research.
The group, New Yorkers for the Advancement of Medical Research (NYAMR), said now that President Bush […]
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Posted in July 25th, 2006
Cuomo’s AG-ony of defeat
Eliot leans to Green?
A close ally of Eliot Spitzer is raising questions about the front-runner in the race to succeed the attorney general - Andrew Cuomo - and says staff lawyers in Spitzer’s office share his reservations.
“Does [Cuomo] want to be attorney general, or is this simply the consolation prize […]
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Posted in July 25th, 2006
Faso says Spitzer feels entitled to governor post
To many New Yorkers, Eliot Spitzer is known as a crusading attorney general who won a series of legal victories against Wall Street’s investment houses.
John Faso, the Republican candidate for governor, has a different impression of his Democratic opponent that he’s trying to share with state voters.
“There is […]
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Posted in July 25th, 2006
Suozzi, Faltering in Polls, Has Chance To Gain Ground in Debate With Spitzer
It’s the moment Thomas Suozzi has been craving for months: the chance to stand on the same stage as Eliot Spitzer and force the attorney general to acknowledge the Nassau County executive’s existence.
The two gubernatorial candidates are set to face off tomorrow […]
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Posted in July 24th, 2006
HILLARY GATHERS AN ARMY
INCLUDES 3G FOR STYLIST
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants, specialists in everything from fund-raising to speech-writing to hairstyling and makeup.
Clinton, the likely 2008 Democratic White House front-runner, ponied up nearly $3,000 in campaign cash for her blond tresses to get […]
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Posted in July 24th, 2006
WBEN 930 : City Police Union Turns Up Heat In Wage Fight
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - They have a court date in September, but the Buffalo police union isn’t waiting to hear the outcome as they wage their battle against the wage freeze in the court of public opinion.
WBEN’s Barbara Burns reports the union is waging […]
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