A TARNISHED SILVER MUST COME CLEAN - New York Post Online Edition: Postopinion
THE ISSUE: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s involvement with tort-law firm Weitz & Luxenberg.
On numerous occasions, The Post has pointed out that New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is opposed to tort reform that would save millions for New York’s taxpayers at the […]

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Letter to the Editor - Ban smoking bans
During the last 15 months, The Times has treated us to at least eight editorials that lobbied against smoking on private property.
We also saw at least one editorial cartoon that advocated banning smoking in one’s own home. Four of the editorials and the cartoon were published within the […]

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Taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime? Where do they think they are - Albany?
CONGRESS EARNS A SLAP
No one is above the law.
Not even members of Congress. That should be obvious - but Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) and the leadership of both parties in the House of Representatives had to be reminded of it last week.
On Monday, U.S. […]

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Time to rebel, New Yorkers
Albany needs to hear it doesn’t operate with impunity; voters have to show way
The lash end of New York’s governmental dysfunction belongs to the state’s top elected officials, and they apply it enthusiastically. The whip hand, though, is shared by many others: committee leaders, rank-and-file legislators, the news media and, finally, […]

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EXTREME MAKEOVER: ALBANY
A state of dysfunction
Excelsior, New York’s motto of ‘ever upward,’ has evolved to mean ‘ever outward,’ as tens of thousands of people flee Albany’s tyranny; it’s time to get them back
The decision to move from New York could hardly have been more agonizing for Connie and Tony Toledo, but they felt they had […]

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THE ALBANY IMPACT
Erie County residents can’t stomach any new tax increases. They’re also finding service cuts hard to swallow. And now that the County Legislature has cut just about every dime of discretionary money in the budget that it could find or was willing to trim, how can taxpayers square that circle?
God may help those […]

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Democrat & Chronicle: Local News
New Assembly majority leader needed
(July 14, 2006) — ALBANY — With the No. 2 person in the state Assembly announcing he’s leaving at the end of the year, three upstate Democrats are immediate contenders for the post, party officials say.
Joseph Morelle, D-Irondequoit; RoAnn Destito, D-Rome, Oneida County; and Ron Canestrari, D-Cohoes, […]

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Tom Suozzi will be on the radio live with WBEN’s Sandy Beach today at 4 PM..
Listen live on your PC at home or in your office.. Go to WBEN.com and click on “Listen Live”…. Spitzer has been invited but refuses to return the calls to the radio station.
KT McFarland, John Spencer and John Faso have […]

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wnbc.com - Politics - Suozzi Files Complaint Over Spitzer’s Role In Family Trust
ALBANY, N.Y. — State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s role in a family financial trust may conflict with his job policing the state’s charitable organizations, according to a complaint filed by a political rival Thursday with the state Ethics Commission.
The complaint, filed by rival […]

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A batch of Bills passed in Albany that will really get you angry..
Jim Ostrowski just received this batch of bills recently passed by the state legislature. Courtesy of the Business Council. You may wish to contact Governor Pataki to ask him to veto these bills.
You need to go read these… click here

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