I am in complete agreement with this platform..
NY State Conservative’s
Conservatives Support Civil Confinement, Increasing Charter Schools, While Opposing Legislative Pay Increase
Ft. Hamilton Station, NY - “Civil confinement is an absolute necessity for the protection of our children” said State Conservative Chairman Michael R. Long and the members of the Legislature have a moral obligation […]

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I am dead set against a payraise for any and all Albany legislators they do not deserve it, if anything a cut in pay is due.
Point is that even if every legislator from WNY and Upstate voted against it, NYCity’s vote will carry the day and it will happen. One, if not the biggest problems […]

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From everything I have read so far they did not go far enough.
Empire Information Services: News Story
News from New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF)
For more information: Darcy Wells 518-785-1900 Ext. 277, dwells@pef.org
PEF To Assembly Health Committee; Berger Commission - Misleading, Damaging and Just Wrong!
ALBANY, NY — (12/11/2006; 0901)(EIS) — Leaders of the New York […]

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I wonder if Buffalo will be affected?

DuPont cutting 1,500 jobs - Yahoo! News
BALTIMORE - DuPont Co. is cutting 1,500 jobs and consolidating manufacturing in its agriculture and nutrition division, and the chemical company said it will put the $100 million in annual savings into its seeds business as it steps up competition with rival Monsanto.
The […]

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If this parlimentary coup attempt fails Maliki will be even more beholden to Sadr then he is now.
Talks Under Way to Replace Iraq PM - washingtonpost.com
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
The Associated Press
Sunday, December 10, 2006; 6:29 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Major partners in Iraq’s governing coalition are in behind-the-scenes talks to oust Prime Minister Nouri […]

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Wow, this is quite the article.. When will the elected ever have to guts to do the right thing?

NY’S HOSPITAL BLOAT
PANEL’S RX FOR CLOSINGS JUST A START
By STEVEN MALANGA
November 29, 2006 — A SPECIAL commission charged with shrinking New York state’s gold-plated health-care system took the political middle road yesterday, recommending closing only nine hospitals […]

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This is an excellent article and gives you a litlle more insight into the mindset of the leadership in Albany..
Eliot Spitzer Versus the Two-Headed Monster Currently Ruling Albany — New York Magazine
His predecessor didn’t do him any favors. And the new governor will need all his wiles to defeat the two-headed monster currently ruling Albany.
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Wheeling and dealing on the backs of the taxpayers for a raise. The way I see it they care so much about the childrens education that they just may vote for what Pataki wants if their own pockets are lined with a pay raise? Most dysfunctional legislature in the country and they want more for […]

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No wonder they have been hiding this for so long.. Truly incredible how they spend our money, the worst part is they all think it’s ok to do what they do.
Member Items Pork Projects Called ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ - December 7, 2006 - The New York Sun
Of the $52 million the Assembly has doled […]

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