The New York Post is reporting that Hiram Monserrate, a Senator-elect and Malcolm Smith’s 29th vote for leader, flew into a jealous rage and attacked his girlfriend because he found another man’s business card in her purse.
From the Post:
State Sen.-elect Hiram Monserrate flew into a volcanic rage and attacked his girlfriend after seeing another man’s business [...]

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Princess Caroline is starting to remind me of the title character in the Wizard of Oz.  The AP says that one of Kennedy’s aides announced via e-mail that she will support the Democratic nominee for Mayor in the 2009 election.
WASHINGTON – An aide to would-be senator Caroline Kennedy now says she will back the Democrats’ [...]

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The Caroline Kennedy for Senate story gets more and more interesting.  I’m finding it hard to believe that at the end of the day Governor Paterson is going to be able to overlook a number of issues that Kennedy has refused to deal with simply because she’s a Kennedy.
The New York Times is reporting that [...]

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I need to vent about a couple of things.
First, I have been struck by the across-the-board criticism of Gov. Paterson’s budget proposal. Don’t misunderstand me, I have many reservations about it, but most of those regard increased taxes, like the “Obesity Tax”. I think many of the spending cuts are justified. But just about every advocacy [...]

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