He’s the author of one of my favorite quotes: “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”
FORMER PRESIDENT GERALD FORD’S HEALTH TAKES TURN FOR THE WORSE… DEVELOPING…
Born July 14, 1913

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Silver…. Hi Ho Silver, I wish this man would leave and take Bruno with him. Two peas in a pod.
Gov. hits Silver over perv curb
ALBANY - If a recently freed rapist strikes again, Gov. Pataki wants to make one thing clear: It’s going to be Sheldon Silver’s fault.
Pataki went to war with the Assembly speaker […]

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INSIGHT
“Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.”
—Jean Francois Revel
“The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.”
—Thomas Bailey Aldrich
“Now those who seek absolute […]

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Only in New York…….
Hevesi Case Backfiring on Spitzer - December 12, 2006 - The New York Sun
Plans by Eliot Spitzer to push for the removal of New York’s comptroller, Alan Hevesi, are threatening to backfire on the governor-elect, who is facing pressure to reverse course and accept the growing possibility that Mr. Hevesi will survive […]

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I am eargerly awaiting to see what the first 100 days will bring. I am trying to be optomistic, I really am.
recordonline.com - Spitzer advised to tackle issues quickly
New York — Expectations are high for Governor-elect Gov. Eliot Spitzer. They probably couldn’t get much higher.
And yesterday, a series of policy experts from across the state […]

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It is unbelieveable how these people refuse to work with each other to get things done for NYState. After only one trip and four hours down there I can agree that that place is the most dysfunctional in the country and until we get rid of Silver and Bruno things will not change.

No deal […]

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I always used to think that the elections were to determine term limits, not any more and not in New York.
New York Voters Want Term Limits For State Officials
Quinnipiac University Poll Finds
By a 67 - 27 percent margin, New York State voters support term limits of two terms for statewide elected officials, according to […]

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I attended this committee meeting today and grabbed this list of last minute appointees by Governor Pataki. Please don’t tell me we can’t take down the tolls. After seeing what I saw today it is no wonder why Albany is so screwed up.
There was NO reason to call the whole legislature into session. The leaders […]

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A follow up article. This is not their personal slush fund. It is time to bring all of this to an end.
FEDS TO HUNT MUCK IN ALBANY PIG TROUGH By KATI CORNELL
December 12, 2006 — The feds are vowing to look into state lawmakers’ practice of doling out cash for pork-barrel projects from a […]

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This is good news! I have been asking for the feds to step in for a long time.
Report: U.S. attorney eyeing pork-barrel spending - Newsday.com
LBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia told his investigators to take a look at newly available computerized data from the state Legislature on pork-barrel spending handed out by lawmakers, […]

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