The union backed, ultra leftist backed Working Families Party is being investigated by the US Attorney for their questionable role in several New York City political campaigns.
From Liz Benjamin:
According to CFB filings, Lander spent close to $54,000 on Data and Field Services. He told me he had three WFP employees – including his campaign manager, [...]

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If you see a Democratic State Legislator, thank them for doing what was once thought impossible, making New York’s notoriously dysfunctional government more so.
Take a look at this — it looks like 2010 is going to be another great year for state Republicans:

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Saw this and had to share it with you.

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According to Joe Spector:
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state Sen. Hiram Monserrate has been sentenced to three years probation for dragging his bleeding girlfriend through his apartment building lobby in a violent scene caught on security cameras.
The sentencing Friday also included 250 hours of community service and 52 weeks of domestic abuse counseling. An [...]

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Looks like Malcolm Smith and the Senate Democrats lied to everyone last year when they collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from gay activists in exchange for promises of passing a gay marriage bill.
The vote was 38-24 against gay marriage according to Liz Benjamin:
Duane did not name names. But he was clearly [...]

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I can’t figure out Governor David Paterson.  First, he works to help liberal democrats take a majority in the state Senate.
Then he sounds the alarm that the state is in dire fiscal straights, then he sides with New York City Democrats in approving a budget that increases state spending by 9%.
Immediately  after that, he starts [...]

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Need proof that unions have out lived their usefulness?  A local municipal employees union is considering filing a grievance because of an Eagle Scout project.
From the Morning Call:
In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an [...]

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If you were an Albany Democrat, specifically a Democrat in the new Senate Majority, and your party suffered losses in the Erie County Legislature, lost ground in Monroe County with the deck stacked in your favor, had a long time incumbent County Executive lose in Westchester County, lost in Nassau County and had the Suffolk [...]

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Unable to find real people to back up their charges, Monroe County Democrats actually sent out mailings using stock photos available on the internet and claimed they were real Monroe County Republicans fed up with the local GOP. 
Guess what?  They were found unfair.  From the Democrat and Chronicle:
The problem the committee had was with the [...]

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We’ve been talking about the liberal/progressive/socialist movement for some time now.  But this morning’s Democrat and Chronicle makes a direct link between the “progressive” democrats and the socialists (just in case ObamaCare wasn’t proof enough):
Rochester police said they charged the four with third-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, after they allegedly went into the building to deliver [...]

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