Well that gives me faith in almost half of Americans then.
Almost Half of Americans Fear Corruption if Clintons Return to White House.
(CNSNews.com) - More than six years after the Clintons left the White House, nearly half of the respondents in a new poll — 45 percent — worry that if they return, they could […]

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All of these quotes are keepers for future reference. Saying one thing when it is actually the opposite that happens. An open budget process is exactly what it means, open, open debate on the floor, open debate in committees and open negotiations, not behind closed doors. On day One, Nothing changed except two faces, end […]

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Albanys awake alright but not the way we would like to see it awake, they are still asleep at the reform switch and don’t be fooled by these measly reforms they like to call substantial. They are merely just steps in the right direction with many huge steps to go if we are ever going […]

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It took over 3 million before someone noticed? Well I shouldn’t expect to much after all this is New York government at it’s finest.
New Yorker bought jewelry using city bank account
NEW YORK Reuters - A New York social worker charged more than $3.5 million in jewelry using a city government account and then had some […]

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I am all for moving ECC downtown and this appears to be a good plan. If we are to ever revitalize and encourage businesses back to the city, we need to start someplace and this is a very good starting point. Can you imagine what a bunch of students and faculty could do to spur […]

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I’m not ready to give him a thumbs up or down yet. I would like to see some substance and some real reforms, I have seen nothing but the same old BS from Albany, sorry I can’t be more optomistic.
Andrew Cuomo’s approval rating headed up
ALBANY, N.Y. — So just who is leading the field among […]

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EXCELSIOR IS A FITTING MOTTO
By Bob Confer
New York State’s official motto is “excelsior” which is Latin for “ever upward”. Whoever chose that motto must have been a prophet, because you could not find a more fitting motto for the Empire State and how it has gone about fashioning budget and raising taxes over the […]

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Just a sampling of letters from around the area. We are not alone, we live in the real world not a box in Albany politics.
STEAMROLLER GOES FLAT EN ROUTE TO REFORM - Letters
THE ISSUE: Gov. Spitzer’s unveiling of New York state’s record high $122 billion budget.
Unlike the state budget, “N.Y.’s Broken Bank” (Michael R. […]

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In Iran or Saudi Arabia, the governments impose the Sharia law. Morals police and the “shifte”. These cannot be everywhere nor in numbers to control everything at once.
Once a fanatical “populace” in the tens of thousands goes on a religious rampage like locusts against anything that differs from their beliefs, then residents and small businesses […]

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