Archive for November, 2006
Posted in November 26th, 2006
PATAKI NOT PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL
By Bob Confer
The curtain may be closing on George Pataki’s reign as governor of the
Empire State, but rest assured this is not the last that we will see of
him. He has greater aspirations, his sights set on becoming President
of the United States. Pataki has been pursuing this dream for quite
some time and […]
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Posted in November 22nd, 2006
I will be gone to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving and my GrandMothers 100th birthday. We are leaving early Wednesday and returning Friday night late.
For your reading pleasure while I am gone, I thought I would post my news alerts, choose what you would like to read directly at the links. This is just a few of […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2006
This has got to move forward, Hevesi has lost his credibility and needs to be replaced. If he had any kind of ethical standards set for himself he would step down before all this started.
Hevesi Inquiry Expected to Get Added Power - New York Times
Gov. George E. Pataki will sign an order granting subpoena power […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2006
We have to make sure the billions that are now being spent on education are not wasted not just the future billions. We spend so much on public education and continue to spend more and more yet the schools across NYState are failing the children.
I don’t know exactly what the answer is but it is […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2006
We have been saying this for months and months….
Spitzer says state’s ‘cupboard is bare’ - Newsday.com
November 17, 2006
Now that he is getting a closer look at the books, Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer said yesterday that his initial reviews of the state’s fiscal picture show that New York is in worse shape than he first thought.
“The cupboard […]
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Posted in November 20th, 2006
I cannot believe they allow this to even be a school. Sounds much like unschooling to me - except for the 5 1/2 hours attendance requirement. No homework, no tests, no grades, … No knowledge either. This is nothing but taxpayer funded babysitting. Life is going to steamroll these kids.
No homework and no tests at […]
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Posted in November 20th, 2006
As much as I am agreement with the need for a control board here in Erie County, I think they should have waited until the legislature came out with their budget. That is their number one job, if they can’t do it why do we have them at all.
We know they are watching what […]
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Posted in November 19th, 2006
I appreciate the Cheers but what we need is signatures and public pressure applied to Governor Pataki and Gov elect Spitzer. At this time we are at 1705 signatures at the on line petition and approx 500 and growing paper signatures.
Please consider helping, print some up, pass around the link to the site and call […]
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Posted in November 19th, 2006
That sentence “political debts he owes” always sends a chill up my spine no matter what party or political candidate it is.
Spitzer Names Policy Advisers for Transition to Governor - New York Times
Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer yesterday announced the leaders and members of 13 policy advisory committees who will counsel him while he prepares to take […]
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Posted in November 19th, 2006
Mechanical Problem Grounds Air Force One
POSTED: 7:48 pm EST November 19, 2006 HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Air Force One has suffered a mechanical problem, forcing President George W. Bush to shift to a smaller backup jet as he continues his Asian trip.
The White House isn’t specifying the problem that grounded the Boeing 747 […]
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