Mandates, unfunded mandates are killing local economies across this state. We need to focus on ALL of these mandates coming down from Albany. We are forced to do this and do that and the burden is put on us here locally and it’s high time this ended. Seems that the problem is in the Assembly, […]

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“If we are successful with this lawsuit, they are going to have to lure businesses here with lower taxes and a better business environment instead of ‘here, here’s $2 million for your company.’ ”
What a perfect quote, and exactly right. It seems that the politician that has the most power gets the most money and […]

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Whine Alert! Iannello is whining again but so typical she is calling for an investigation. So far everything I have read about what Golisano is doing is legal. A PAC can legally do a whole lot for a candidate without donating directly to any campaign. If a PAC wants to run ads, send out mailings, […]

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73% of New Yorkers want a property tax cap? Why hasn’t the Assembly jumped? The Senate is and will be voting on Friday. I can only imagine what the Democrats plan will be. I have heard a little about this circuit breaker idea and it sounds like the alternate budget with schools, in some cases […]

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STOOPID is as STOOPID does. Why do they always want to increase taxes? Or collect taxes from the Indians? Get a clue, lower the taxes in New York to be more competitive with the Reservations and that will drive up tax collections. People are heading to the reservations in droves to save on not just […]

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Wow, very cool. Jim Ostrowski filed the Lawsuit today in Albany… We signed on to this because it is the right thing to do. When there is a Law and it is written in the NY State Constitution that the government is not allowed to give money to businesses but continues to do so in […]

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Bloomberg has more money than sense. This is what happens, they think about doing things without thinking about who is going to pay and how much that burden will cost the taxpayers. This is the height of stupidity IMHO.

Before long, Bloomberg’s crazy scheme probably will ignite demands for ballots in these languages. And why not […]

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This site needs to be required reading before election day!

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This is a response I received in an email to yesterdays channel 4 news segment. I have much more to say about this whole report and the Governors reaction I will post later. It was nice to see a positive email instead of vicious threats to kill me and burn down my house. Thanks […]

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So what is the Governor going to do? Or should we say what is the Legislature going to do? This is what we are looking at… And I think it is just the icing on the cake. What is causing this financial collapse? The tare of growth of government, government agencies, taxpayer funded projects and […]

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