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“We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat.” —Queen Victoria
“We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government.” —Charles Murray
“Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.” —Nicolas-Sebasstien Chamfort

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The friends and family plan is alive and well again? When has it ever ended that’s my question. Once again the majority in the legislature are pointing the finger at Giambra as the only problem, they refuse to look in the mirror. We need to do a review of all the jobs created by them […]

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I went to the Public Hearing last night on this Local Law that has been stuck in the Government Affairs Committee since it was clocked in Jan 16,07 Why? The Committee Chair is Legislator Maria Whyte.
Basically this is the local version of the Law that forced George Holt out of office when he plead […]

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All for it as I currently see it. Anything that can and will save people money on prescription drugs need to be accessable to the general public.

Erie County Legislature to Study Prescription Drug Cards
The Erie County Legislature unanimously voted to study the possibility of a prescription drug discount card program for uninsured and underinsured […]

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Sorry but I have a very difficult time with public officals getting paid to give a speech to students or give a commencement speech. It should be an honor to speak to them, take it as an educational opportunity. Get travel and room and board paid for and that should be it.

Report: John Edwards […]

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It is everywhere across the county and local governments not just Albany. Sure Albany is the source of many, many of our problems but we have to look in the mirror too.

Upstate’s above-average tax burden
STUDY: UPSTATE TAXPAYERS PAY UP TO $6 BILLION A YEAR EXTRA IN TAXES, MAINLY TO FUND HIGH SPENDING ON LOCAL […]

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Volatility may not be as prominant right now because they have been successful in spinning what is really going on in the county legislature. I think most of the blogs in WNY realized after the very first meeting of this elected class that we had hot air blown up our skirts. We just need to […]

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The immigration Bill is like what they do with NY taxes. The majority of Americans welcome new LEGAL immigrants, we all come from LEGAL immigrants. Mine came over on the Mayflower so we have been here a long time. So you would think congress would be working on something to represent US, the Taxpayers and […]

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More analysis of our overbearing taxes in this state. At the link is a couple graphs that really show our taxes over the past few decades. The last decade shoots up like the space shuttle taking off. I wonder how many more orbits it will take before they start their decent. When they return will […]

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Have your toll money ready commuters..

Motorists Reminded To Prepare For Heavier Traffic During Memorial Day Weekend
Holiday traffic delays are most likely to occur at the Lackawanna, Ripley and Williamsville Toll Barriers and on the Grand Island Bridges near Buffalo;
at Rochester-Victor Interchange 45; at Albany Interchanges 23 and 24; at the Canaan Toll Barrier on […]

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