To young…
Staten Island Assemblyman Lavelle, 57, Dies After Stroke - News
NEW YORK — State Assemblyman John Lavelle, who worked relentlessly to secure funding for schools and take illegal handguns off the streets, died Wednesday, less than a week after suffering a stroke, state officials said. He was 57.
Lavelle, of Staten Island, collapsed after he gave […]

continue reading.....

Silver dances to a different tune, his blatant arrogance but yet quiet monotone speaking make this man dangerous.

On Pins And Needles
January 25, 2007 at 12:26 pm by Elizabeth Benjamin
The three-man independent screening panel charged with winnowing the state comptroller field to five met this morning in New York City.
Some expect the panel’s selections to be […]

continue reading.....

So now that Bruno is being investigated will it soon start with Silver? Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver sends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to a charity whose director is married to the speaker’s top aide.
Bravo to Cuomo… Having checks OK’d is a great start in keeping things in check.
LEGAL GRAFT . . . […]

continue reading.....

Unethical culture is more like it at this point… Who’s the sheriff of each house? Silver and Bruno?
Editorials: Albany’s ethical culture
Editorials
Ethics reform came to Albany yesterday as Gov. Spitzer persuaded Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno - who had allowed the Capitol to operate like a Wild West saloon - […]

continue reading.....

The significance of Federal Judge William Skretny’s ruling on Buffalo Casino, big article in ArtVoice..
No Deal on the Buffalo Casino
The federal case
The bottom line on US District Court Judge William M. Skretny’s 51-page January 12 decision in the Buffalo casino case is this: The nine-acre parcel of land in downtown Buffalo on which the Seneca […]

continue reading.....

S. Korean Internet site run by a local military analyst that Kim may be detained by the military a couple of days ago. We will see how it will develops.
N. Korea: Something May be Wrong with Kim Jong-il… in Power Struggle or Detained?
begin translation
Something’s Wrong with Kim Jong-il… in Power Struggle or Detained?
[Newsis] Quoting […]

continue reading.....

I still think a special election would have been the way to go, but here are coming to the end of the process and no one knows the next step? Nothing like writing the rules as we go is there… : )
Now what? Process for voting on NY state comptroller unclear
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — […]

continue reading.....

It’s amazing some of the reforms they have to implement upon themselves. We wouldn’t have to have these if we actually had people serving in office with their own ethical standards. Apparantly most of our elected representatives don’t have any so we need to put together a list of do nots…. Still they will go […]

continue reading.....

INSIGHT
“In the writings of the Ephesians there was this precept, constantly to think of some one of the men of former times who practiced virtue.”
—Marcus Aurelius
“I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and mature than most of the broadcast industry’s planners believe.”
—Edward R. Murrow
“When the political columnists say […]

continue reading.....

and of course Holt says he will fight this… typical. I am sure the Democrats in the leadership are relieved that this decision came down, without it they were running from calling for his resignation as they shouls have upon his guilty plea.
News - Holt Out; Calls Ruling “Legal Lynching”
Erie County Attorney Larry Rubin says […]

continue reading.....