Well both leaders are being challenged this year. Silver in a primary and Bruno in the general. This is gearing up to be a very interesting election year.

Bruno Challenger Surfaces as Democrats Ride High
A prominent criminal defense attorney in Albany is preparing to announce his candidacy against the Republican leader of the Senate, Joseph […]

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I just received this email update…. With the rising cost of fuel I cannot believe this is even going on. Why on God’s green earth would she and the Democrats be kissing up to Chavez?
House of Representatives voted to raise the price for gasoline
Would you believe it if we told you that the U.S. House […]

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Excellent editorial.

SOAK THE RICH, HURT NEW YORK
THE State Assembly Majority announced yesterday that it’s considering a dramatic increase in state personal-income taxes that will come down hardest on New York City residents and the key industries that are the engine for economic growth across the state.
In the face of what promises to be a […]

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This type of stuff goes on quite a bit, just proof that businesses on Grand Island suffer because of the tolls.

TOLLS: Holiday Inn loses its lunch over bridge tolls
It’s official.
After weeks and weeks of Grand Island business officials claiming the tolls stifle Island business in addition to numerous political officials saying the Thruway Authority’s $1.00 […]

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Ooooops! Who was the girl passed out in the back seat?

NY Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV charged with DWI
State Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV was charged with drunken driving after police said he was unsteady behind the steering wheel and then failed a breath test early Thursday.
Powell, who represents East Harlem in the state […]

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This comment says it all in my opinion.
Governor Spitzer’s proposal to upgrade New York’s public universities is welcome news, but his ideas need a reality check. The governor’s proposed $4 billion endowment would pay out anually only about $3M per campus, or $500 per student. By contrast, Princeton University’s endowment pays out annually about $80,000 […]

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With his removal from the terrorist front things should calm down, unless of course Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has already replaced him.

Anti-Mullah: BREAKING NEWS - MOQTADA AL-SADR DYING
While the Main Stream Media has ignored the event, sources in Iran confirm that Moqtada Sadr, the Shiite maverick Iraqi cleric, who runs the pro-Iran Sadr Brigade hit squads inside […]

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Today I received this letter of support for removal of the tolls from the Grand Island Bridges from Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco. The Assembly Bill number is A.10003 and the Senate Bill number is S.6824
We now have Bill numbers for both houses in Albany so we will be able to track them as this […]

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Plans like this are absolutely absurd. It’s like the Robin Hood syndrome, steal from the rich to give to the poor. In their constant search year after year for “more revenue” these guys will go to any and all extremes to take from you, what they think is theirs.

Assembly Democrats to propose surcharge on rich […]

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It’s about time. I hope the people in his district will get out and support the primary opponent. We need a positive change in the Assembly and this is what I have been hoping for for years. 31 years Silver has been in politics and it’s time for his term to expire. Good luck to […]

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