I wonder if this is any of the spalling they are talking about? It’s like this on almost every concrete pier. The spalling on the decking is excessive even though it is scheduled for re decking in two years. I think it should have been re decked many years before it got this bad. South […]

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Taxes aren’t that high? $12,000 a year is not that high?
How sad this is that due to the excessive taxes in this state the elderly have to resort to this just to pay taxes. Isn’t 7 bucks an hour under minimum wage? Do they get taxed on this income? Doesn’t earning a certain amount of […]

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There should not be a compromise, each one pointing fingers at the other is the perfect way to drag this out longer. I stand by my statement during the campaign to represent this district, a simple blood test will tell if the children over there are being affected. Radon testers and a test of the […]

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The Birth of Jesus Christ
18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was […]

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Once again Silver will be a roadblock to raises for judges, if he does take any action we know he will be demanding raises for his inept colleagues and band of thieves.

Silver the last holdout in judicial pay flap
As 2007 quickly draws to a close, there remains an item of unfinished legislative business that […]

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Great editorial and it really bring up the question, how much more “pay to play” exists in Albany. Not just in the pension system but in every aspect of Albany politics.

Even so, one agent caused DiNapoli problems. The New York Post reported that the fund had done two deals using a firm with ties to […]

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So they are just completing kindergarten and are entering first grade, isn’t that special. We pay for their ineptness and refusal to work and play with others.
This is the problem with electing and endorsing someone with no legislative experience but yet is still involved in government. Spitzer was a bully as AG and tried to […]

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We need openness with all our legislators, it’s conflicts like this that have an appearance of impropriety that is wrong. If there is a question about conflicts then severe ties, set the example, don’t try to cover things up. That goes for all of them. Full time legislators? No, I don’t think so they do […]

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We go the wrong direction in all the reforms in this state, we cannot continue to dump money into failing policies like hospitals and schools. Structural reforms are needed but god forbid we do any of that, the labor unions and all the rest come out of the woodwork and paint the bleak picture and […]

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At the current rate of speed this investigation will never be done.

It’s time to call in the feds
Albany is buzzing. The district attorney has issued a broad subpoena to Gov. Spitzer’s office. The Public Integrity Commission has hired a new lawyer. The moves suggest the probes into Troopergate are entering a dynamic new phase.
Yes and […]

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