Harry Wilson, Republican running for Comptroller and the party’s best chance for victory, unveiled an new commercial.  It is great and underscores the point that this guy can win in November.

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The following is an excellent cross-post summarizing a great first two years for Monroe County GOP Chairman Bill Reilich from our good friend Philbrick over at Mustard Street. Chairman Reilich At Two Years It’s been nearly two years since Assemblyman Bill Reilich succeeded the legendary Steve Minarik as Monroe County Republican Chairman. Minarik had a [...]

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There it was right on the front page of the morning fish wrapper – a story detailing how the City Water Bureau loses about 7.1 million gallons of water, approximately 24% of what it produces, through leaks. Ironically, this story appears one day after the brain trust at the editorial board supported turning over control [...]

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How’s this for Obama style change? Queens Congressman, and good friend of Senator Malcolm Smith, is facing mounting questions about several charities he helped found. A nonprofit founded by Rep. Gregory Meeks took in more than $1.2 million in taxpayer money over the past 15 years with little to no oversight as to how it [...]

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After reading the Democrat and Chronicle editorial page today, you would have thought that Rochester Mayor Bob “Blue Sky and Sunshine” Duffy actually accomplished something during his 4 years and 6 months in office. Duffy, re-elected mayor last November without opposition, shocked many supporters this week when Andrew Cuomo chose Duffy as his running mate. [...]

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There it is, right on the front page of the Democrat and Chronicle.  New York State Democrats are hampering economic development efforts. Rudnick said out-of-state businesses believe New York is tax- and regulation-happy. He said many businesses took note of some promises made to Empire Zone companies that were later rescinded by state government. That [...]

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Marrissa Shorenstein, a spokesperson for Governor Paterson resigned yesterday. ALBANY — The exodus of top aides from the Paterson administration continued on Wednesday when Marissa Shorenstein, the governor’s press secretary and acting chief spokeswoman, resigned and, like other departing senior advisers, implicitly raised questions about the administration’s conduct. Ms. Shorenstein became the fifth top state [...]

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It’s starting to look like it.  We told you about his former Navy shipmates yesterday. The New York Post added more to the story this morning: In hindsight, Democratic insiders wondered about activities that before had just seemed odd. They said Massa hired a surprisingly large percentage of young gay men, and paid them so little [...]

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This didn’t take long.  Joshua Green From the Atlantic is reporting former Congressman Eric Massa’s former shipmates are coming forward with stories of sexual abuse.  According to Peter Clarke, a Navy shipmate, Massa was notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates. He tells the story of his friend Stuart Borsch, with whom Massa shared a [...]

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This is pretty sad, but I guess it shouldn’t come as a shock.  According to the Democrat and Chronicle, the chairmen from the rural counties are sticking with second tier candidate Tom Reed for the Congressional seat vacated by Eric Massa. Five of the seven party leaders cited Reed’s willingness to get in the race when [...]

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