Rachel Barnhart had a great story a couple of nights ago complete with comments on 13 WHAM’s reporters blog about the Paetec Park debacle.  She played up the campaign contribution aspect of the issue.  Senator Mike Nozzolio was the main force behind this project.  When the stadium was built he was one of the most powerful [...]

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What is the world coming to?  We actually have public officials in this community who allow community members to say a prayer at public meetings.  The “watchdog group” Americans United for the Separation of Church and State brought a lawsuit against the Town of Greece for not prohibiting people from mentioning Jesus at public meetings. The story [...]

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Rochester is a city that has something to offer for everyone.  That’s the reason Mr. Izguhde and I decided to relocate and raise our family here.  Places like the Memorial Art Gallery, Garth Fagan Dance, The George Eastman House, the Strong Museum, the Rochester Museum and Science Center, and the Brighton and Pittsford Schools Districts, [...]

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Here’s some fair and accurate reality reporting that you will rarely find in New York State.  With such little effort placed on investigative and in-depth reporting these days, it was nice to come across this article in The New York Sun on Governor Eliot ‘Steamroller’ Spitzer’s odd show of support for his endorsed presidential candidate, Hillary [...]

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As we reported last night, Democrat Darrel Aubertine beat Republican Will Barclay in the 48th Senate District race.  In an earlier post, we explained why a Republican loss in that race would likely mean that the Senate will turn Democratic in the very near future.  I’ve talked to several people about the race this morning, and a [...]

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Boy, this is really bad.  Democratic Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine defeated Republican Assemblyman Will Barclay in the special election yesterday.  This shrinks the Republican majority to 32-30.  Occam had a great post last week. So did Prudence. Barclay’s lost is bad for anyone living in Upstate.  We’ve gone over it all in previous posts. It is [...]

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Things aren’t looking good for keeping a Republican majority in the Senate.  We’ll provide more analysis tomorrow, but for you night owls, the Albany Times-Union has called the 48th Senate District for Democrat Darrel Aubertine.

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If you can’t beat ‘em, … make something up. Or so it seems that is the way of life for Sandra Frankel, supervisor of the Town of Brighton. As Democrat and Chronicle records indicate, Brighton has the highest property taxes in the entire State of New York, including Westchester County. Make no mistake, Sandra Frankel [...]

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Great news for all of you who believe in truth and justice, someone has contacted Monroerising.com and said they have filed a complaint with the NYS Board of Elections regarding Monroe County Legislator Richard Beebe’s failure to file legaly required disclosure forms in his campaign. We will disclose the person’s name if sheI mean he [...]

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Gentle Reader: I certainly understand the feelings that a significant number of New Yorkers have about our president, George W. Bush.  Mr. Izguhde and I have vowed to never vote for a candidate, Republican or Democrat, who hails from the Old Confederacy.  I found this interesting clip on Niagaratimes.blogspot.com.  It is a clip of Senator [...]

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