We now know that Assemblyman David Koon was intentionally snubbed by his own Democratic party and was disregarded as a possible candidate for the 29th Congressional District recently vacated by Eric “The Tickler” Massa. Last week I wrote this post about Koon complaining about the Democrat party chairs inability to decide on a candidate for the open [...]

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I’ve been meaning to get to this — Democrat Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi is behind in his re-election  – a race he was expected to win big. He is currently trailing his Republican opponent by 390 votes out of 250,000 cast. Suozzi made a name for himself across the state speaking out against our crushing [...]

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Albany, NY — In a shock to families and businesses hoping to reduce their energy costs, Assemblywoman Susan John (D-131st A.D.) and Assemblyman David Koon (D-116th A. D.) voted against legislation that would have helped our state attain energy efficiency while reducing costs for families and seniors.The Article X bill (A.2082), proposed by Assembly Republicans, [...]

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Albany, NY – Despite the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Assemblyman David Koon (D-116th A. D.) voted against creating and protecting jobs in New York.The Small Business Improvement Act (A.4694), sponsored by Assembly Republicans, seeks to jumpstart the state’s economy by eliminating red tape and obstacles that hurt small businesses and impede job [...]

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(editor’s note:  we are pleased to welcome Lucy to monroerising.com) The Arc of Monroe County is holding an on-line auction and the high bidder get to spend, ready for this?, the day with Assemblyman David Koon (D). Yes, THE David Koon!? Spend a leisurely day with Assemblyman Koon in Albany.? You can attend meetings and [...]

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The New York Times acknowledges that Senate Republicans obtained a victory in pointing out Governor Paterson’s shortcomings with his “emergency” special session, called three weeks before he is scheduled to release his 2009-10 New York State Budget. ALBANY — When Senate Republicans called Gov. David A. Paterson’s bluff this week and said they would schedule [...]

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Former East Rochester Mayor Dave Bonacchi has raised about $20,000 and has around $18,000 in the bank for his challenge against Assemblyman David Koon.  Koon raised just under $18,000 and has around $15,000 in the bank. This is an impressive showing by former Mayor Bonacchi and is a pretty good indication that he should run a competitive [...]

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I hope someone (hint, hint media) is investigating further into that illegal political attack mailpiece sent out by the State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee that lied about Joe Robach and Jim Alesi.  Monroerising reported on the Channel 10 story and began looking into who sent it out.  We then traced the piece back to the New York City mailhouse [...]

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Did the Democrat political hit machine send this out?  If so, then the Democrats seem to be submerging themselves in political scandals lately. In true Eliot Spitzer-esque fashion (no, it doesn’t involve hookers), the Democrats may have gone too over the top this time and could be in some serious trouble. News 10 NBC reported this evening [...]

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David Koon made it official this morning.  He’s committed to a life of mediocrity — he’s going to try to stay on as the junior member of the Rochester Assembly majority delegation.  According to lowhud.com Koon made it official this morning: Koon was initially thought to be a tough challenger to Alesi as Democrats seek [...]

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