Today (June 17th), newspapers from across the State editorialized about the stalemate in the New York Senate.
These editorials expressed anger at the failure of the Senate leadership to put aside differences and pass needed legislation. They used words like “fiasco”, “juvenile tactics”, and ”power mongering” to describe the situation and the Senators’ conduct. In general, the [...]

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In a posting on Politico’s Shenanigans blog, Anne Schroeder Mullins, recounts a story of an interaction between an Executive Assistant and McBee Strategies and an Executive Assistant/Office Manager for Congressman Jim McDermott (D-Washington).
Apparently, if you looking to set up a meeting with an elected official, especially Congressman McDermott, DO NOT, I repeat, don’t call an [...]

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Friends, today, Dick, err, I mean Rick Dollinger was finally rewarded for taking on and unsuccessfully challenging Joe Robach last election.  According to Liz Benjamin, Governor Paterson annouced that he has nominated Dollinger to fill a vacancy on the State Court of Claims.  The NYS Court of Claims is where civil litigation seeking damages against [...]

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For the second consecutive day, Senate Democrats have refused to do the job they were sent to Albany to do.  The people are getting fed up with their theatrics and whiny “we want our power back” complaining.  They happily collect their paychecks and extra per diems, and sit around talking about lawsuits, get ACORN protesters [...]

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Friends, after a meeting at the White House with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulsen, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Cook County) dumped nearly $115,000 worth of stocks and mutual fund shares.  The meeting took place on September 18, 2008, one day before Wall St. took its epic tumble.  This meeting was [...]

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Friends, the NY Daily News reported yesterday, that before St. Patrick’s Day, President Obama tried to entice Long Island GOP Congressman Peter King into abandoning his constituents and take the job as the administrations Ambassador to Ireland. Of course, the job has since been filled by Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney (maybe why their ceremony [...]

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It’s interesting to see how far socialism is coming in our country.  First, the “stimulus” that will hurt the economy more than it helps in a couple of years (according to the Congressional Budget Office) and now ObamaCare.
The non-partisan CBO estimates that ObamaCare will actually cost us more and serve fewer people.  From the CBO:
According [...]

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The senate democrats’ actions speak for themselves.  After the newly formed bipartisan coalition state senate passed historic reforms never before seen in New York’s history, Malcolm Smith immediately sprang into action in an effort to unravel the coalition and resecure absolute power for himself and his members.
First up on the Senate Dems “block reform” agenda, have [...]

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New York’s very own U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer spent over $140,000 in taxpayer dollars jetsetting around in just the first half of the fiscal year as reported by the Politico.  Schumer was bested by only one of his colleagues, Texas Senator John Cornyn.
Isn’t it nice to know that New York doesn’t just rank right up there as one [...]

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