Jon Powers’ big backer Charlie Rangle has failed to declare $75,000 in income from a vaction property he has owned since 1988.  According to the New York Times: Whatever his legal exposure, the tax problems present a political embarrassment for Mr. Rangel, a Harlem Democrat who has sat on the Ways and Means Committee since [...]

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The Wall Street Journal has a great opinion piece by Barbara Amiel on Sarah Palin being picked by John McCain for Vice President.  Ms. Amiel compares Palin’s experience to what Margaret Thatcher went through.  It’s very interesting and well worth the read. Sarah Palin has put the flim-flam nature of America feminism sharply into focus, revealing [...]

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Chris Lee 26th congressional district candidate has been on a two week farm tour. During that time he visited with farmers in each of the district’s seven counties, Chris discussed the critical role the agricultural sector plays in creating jobs and growing Western New York’s economy. Monroe Rising has obtained a press release from the [...]

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This is an easy one. In short, you didn’t miss a thing. Briefly, Obama’s presentation was hackneyed and, as usual, characteristically nuanced. I honestly believe the man is either viscerally incapable of telling the truth or has been blinded by his own shortsighted ideology. A prisoner of his finely honed talking points, Obama still couldn’t [...]

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Answer:  When it’s dictated and controlled by Run Away RICHard Dollinger. It’s nice having interested citizens help us share with the public how some candidates conduct their political campaigns. Dollinger held another one of his “I make the rules” debates Tuesday night.  It was billed as “open to the pubic” and supposedly anyone was allowed to [...]

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