Archive for August, 2006
Posted in August 16th, 2006
INSIGHT
“No matter how worthwhile an end may be, if there is no constitutional authority to pursue it, then the federal government must step aside and leave the matter to the states or to private parties. The president and Congress can proceed only from constitutional authority, not from good intentions alone. If Congress thinks it necessary […]
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Posted in August 15th, 2006
Suozzi: I won’t back down - Newsday.com
A long shot by any definition, Thomas Suozzi says he’s staying in the race for governor despite the polls, the frustration level or what anyone says.
“What’s the worst that could happen? I lose an election?” the Nassau County executive asked rhetorically during a recent interview at amNewYork’s offices.
Suozzi, 43, […]
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Posted in August 15th, 2006
Obama Warns of Gas Guzzling Cars in Town Hall Meeting — Leaves In SUV…
Illinois Senator Barack Obama warns citizens at his 50th Town Hall meeting about gas guzzling. It was among many points made to the standing room only audience at the Metropolis Community Center. Obama spoke on everything from DC politics to […]
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Posted in August 15th, 2006
Unions Blast Faso’s 401(k) Proposal
The two largest state-employee unions last week blasted Republican gubernatorial candidate John Faso’s proposal to cut the state’s fixed costs by replacing defined public pension plans with less secure salary deferred retirement programs commonly used in the private sector.
Of course they did, they are against any type of fiscal reform. […]
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Posted in August 15th, 2006
Pension politics
GOP gubernatorial hopeful John Faso raises an issue that deserves full debate
Republican John Faso probably wasn’t counting on the support of public employee unions in his race for governor this year. But if he was, he has surely lost all chances of getting it now that he has proposed a sweeping reform that […]
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Posted in August 14th, 2006
Empire Information Services: News Story
NEW YORK STATE AFL-CIO ENDORSES CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS AND STATE …
NEW YORK — (08/14/2006; 1439)(EIS) — At the New York State AFL-CIO’s Biennial Political Convention in Albany, delegates voted today to extend the 2 1/2 million member organization’s endorsement to the following candidates for U.S. Congress and the New York State […]
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Posted in August 14th, 2006
Buffalo News - A new push to merge area IDAs
The push for a single industrial development agency in Erie County is heating up again.
It started last Monday, when the Amherst Town Board, in a surprise 4-3 vote, asked the state Legislature to back a proposed merger between the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and the […]
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Posted in August 13th, 2006
Saturday I had the priveledge of meeting Mark Beyers, Mark served in Iraq and came back home severely injured, he lost his Right arm and Leg. A couple weeks ago Mark and his wife were mugged and $500 in cash was stolen from them.
I had the privledge of handing them some $$ that […]
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Posted in August 13th, 2006
Mailing tax rebates to cost state $3M
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Delivering rebates to tax payers just before Election Day will cost the state (Taxpayers) $3 million, according to the state tax department.
The state (Taxpayers) will pay about $1 million in postage to send 3.4 million checks to property owners starting next month. Another $2 […]
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Posted in August 13th, 2006
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online - 138TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT: Sides line up
Undercurrent of Erie County influence marks race between DelMonte and Parenti.
The political lines have been drawn.
The Assembly race between incumbent Francine DelMonte and challenger Gary Parenti, expected to be one of the closest primaries in Western New York, has divided local Democrats.
In DelMonte’s camp: […]
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