Erie County- Third District seat declared vacant Breaking
Just heard on WBEN that the 3rd district legislative seat currently held by George Holt has been declared vacant. George Holt recently plead quilty to two counts of Tax Fraud…
County Attorney: Holt Out As Legislator
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 07:51 PM - WBEN Newsroom
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Erie County […]

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I wrote this in November of 2004 and it is still true today even under the new Governor Spitzer….
Is It Time To file A Lawsuit Against Albany?
By Rus Thompson
November 5, 2004 . . .While the majority of the country is moving forward, New York is still in reverse. The same old people, with […]

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It’s like I said a couple years ago. I doesn’t matter who the Gov D’Jour is, this time it’s Spitzer… My old letter calling for a lawsuit needs to be republished. Just one name will have to change and that’s Spitzer.
My optomism is flying away……………………
Three’s company, still
Albany’s iron triangle survives despite Spitzer’s reform talk
Sad […]

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How sick are we in this county and state… We knew he would move on to a more lucrative position, I’m not that niave.. A lobbyist?? E Gads don’t we have enough of them. Maisello joins up with Calabrese to lobby Albany, who’s next, I can only wonder. But of course Tocash was the leader […]

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Again in the headlines, let’s fund more failed research…. Over 20 years of failure and the government insists on funding it…. You want results? You want promise? you want cures and real proof, research Adult Stem Cell Research…. Use your own cells, use placentia, cord blood… There is endless promise in these.
LI’s stem cell debate […]

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FULL STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH
Tue Jan 23 2007
Madam Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
This rite of custom brings us together at a defining hour – when decisions are hard and courage is tested. We enter the year 2007 with large endeavors underway, and others that are […]

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How are we going to deal with this raving lunatic….. Iran is fully engaged in Iraq and has nuclear capabilities.. Should make us all think long and hard..
Iran: Israel, US will soon die
Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria’s foreign minister, the […]

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Details, we need details…
Reforming Albany takes more than talk - Newsday.com
New governor must use tough measures to scrub state government
BY NELSON A. DENIS
Nelson A. Denis, a former New York State assemblyman, wrote the Albany exposé novel “Dead Gringo Malt Liquor.”
January 22, 2007
When Charles Foster Kane bought The New York Inquirer in the great film “Citizen […]

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Perfect last sentence..
In the name of a supposedly noble cause, you cannot trample on far nobler principles. We are a representative, democratic republic – not a mobocracy. Live with it!
The Ignorant Leading the Stupid…Democrats tell about the power to send troops to war
Nothing like a good troop surge debate to reinstate everyone’s faith in our […]

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The Nia Falls Reporter brings up a good point here, Niagara Falls is a wasteland and the casino sure hasn’t helped things there. Seems the only business that is doing any business is the casino. Last time I went to the Falls I could not believe the vacant houses, closed up buildings and empty store […]

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