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Cara Matthews over at the D&C wrote an editorial about New York City Governor David Paterson and Assembly Democrats refusing to give middle class and lower income citizens a break on rising gas prices.

Here’s a clip on Paterson’s hardline stance against cutting taxes.

Gov. David Paterson said today that he would not give in to pressure from Republicans to give the state a sales tax “holiday” between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

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The governor, speaking at a news conference in New York City, said he was taking responsibility for the issue by doing nothing.

There you have it folks!  The Democrat Governor, Democrat Assembly and some Democrat Senate members have made it very clear that they will NOT cut taxes on gas to save us money. 

Blogger Anthony Morelle makes a good point when Paterson does his typical dance by joking about the issue.  Paterson tries to explain that doing nothing to help burdened taxpayers is good for us, referencing the 1967 movie “Cool Hand Luke.”  Mr. Morelle aptly retorts:

Yeah well in 1967 gas wasn’t $4 a gallon either.  Not everyone has a government car to drive around or a mansion to live in paid for by the taxpayers

Personally, I don’t care what the reasoning is behind cutting gas taxes or if it would be a nominal savings for our working families and older folks who live on fixed incomes.  Every little bit helps when you’re not a wealthy Democrat elected official.  Cutting taxes is good, but the media is helping the Democrats by making you think cutting your taxes is bad.

Remember, the Democrat/Liberal/Progressives actually WANT gas prices to go higher to support their ”alternative fuel sources” political agenda.  ”But, doesn’t that just give more money to the big oil companies?” you might ask yourself?  ABSOLUTELY!  Their wanting to force you and I to live the way they want us to outweighes the negative impact to our family budgets.

And New York City Governor David Paterson, the Democrat Assembly and those Democrat Senators opposing these tax cuts promise that they will do nothing to help us. 

Thanks.

One more reason to not let New York City Democrats take over the entire State of New York.

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Yesterday’s D&C had a very interesting editorial about Governor Patterson’s plan to  eliminate the position of Upstate Economic Development Czar Dan Gunderson’s job. Paterson is showing his NYC bias by listening to downstate interests who feel there should be one economic development leader for the entire state.

The editorial stated:

As Paterson correctly surmised during a visit to Batavia earlier this week, the negative reaction to his intent to take away Dan Gundersen’s authority is based on fear.

People in this region have grown accustomed to being treated by Albany like second-class citizens. [Read more →]

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Apparently, everything is all hunky dory with the Upstate Economy and we’re doing just fine now.

Gannett’s Joseph Spector wrote several pieces about Governor David Paterson’s intention to eliminate Upstate New York’s Economic Development point-man, Dan Gunderson.  Here’s his original article.

Both Dennis Mullen of the Greater Rochester Enterprise and Sandy Parker of the Rochester Business Alliance have come out against Paterson’s elimination of the position which puts an Upstate focus on economic development issues in New York State.  Upstate elected officials are opposing the move too. [Read more →]

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Gentle Reader:

Our good Governor, David Paterson, has a life coach.  Would you like to guess the coach’s gender?  Would you like to guess whether he or she would be considered attractive by most people’s standards?

If you ventured a guess, the correct ones would be a) female and b) yes.  Meet Sandra Tate — according to The New York Daily News:

As a state senator, Gov. Paterson spent $4,500 in campaign money on a woman who bills herself as a “life coach.”

Sandra Tate, who calls herself a “life coach” and is sometimes known as “Reclaimurlife Diva,” got the money in 2006. Paterson aides said she did campaign work; her Web site version is a little more vague.

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On Valentine’s Day 2006, Paterson issued seven $500 campaign checks for “wages” to Tate. He later sent two more. All told, she was paid $4,500. [Read more →]

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There was a very amusing story in the New York Post yesterday about Governor David Paterson blaming the State Police for forcing him to tell everyone about his numerous indiscretions.

Here’s clip from the article.  A quote from Paterson.

“I was hearing these outrageous rumors about myself, and I decided to tell my own story before I had to respond to them.”  

Since the rumors weren’t rumors (they’re actually true) why should we believe that right after Spitzer was laid low by his own scandal, Paterson only came clean because he claims the cops were going to spill the beans?

What Paterson should have said was:

After what happened to my boss, I knew it would be only a matter of time before people found out that I was inappropriately using taxdollars and campaign funds to pay for hotel rooms for me and my mistress.

But it’s way easier to blame it on the man and those mean and nasty profiling cops when you get caught misusing funds.

Do all the drugs you want, I could care less.  But using our tax money and your political contributions illegally is just wrong.

Blaming the men and women in law enforcement just drives a bigger wedge between them and the public which helps no one.  Now we know how the “No Snitching” campaigns get started.  The regular folks are just following the lead of their Democrat elected officials.

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Danny Hakim over at the New York Times wrote a piece last week about Governor David Paterson’s remarks made before the Greater New York Hospital’s Association.  Here’s snipet of the story:

But in remarks afterward, he also took a swipe at the millions of dollars the hospital association and its close ally, the hospital workers union S.E.I.U./1199, have been plowed into Senate Republican coffers in recent years.
“I think that they make their own determinations as to where they make contributions and they can do it any way they like, but boy, it sure would be funny if they keep doing it and then there’s a change,” he said, referring to a potential change in control of the Senate, “and they come asking me about it, I’ll say, ‘That’s really not my problem.’”

Is that a veiled threat from Mr. Nice Guy Paterson?  You bet it is.  My recollection is that union’s don’t take too kindly to being bullied and threatened by pretty much anyone, especially some high and mighty wanna be tough guy politician.

So, what the Democrats are saying is, if you support democracy in this state, we’re gonna come after you if we ever take over everything?  A resounding plug for letting the Democrats steal the State Senate this year.

I love the Liberal/Progressive Elite.  We’re the party of compassion, acceptance and understanding…

Unless you don’t bow to our will.  Then we’ll threaten you and make your life miserable until you conform.

I thought this type of crap was over with the exodus of discraced Liberal/Progressive former Governor F*cking Steamroller Eliot “Go Hookers!” Spitzer.  Apparently for the Democrats, sadly it’s not.

We expected more from you Mr. Governor.

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Governor Paterson and his wife are cheapskates.  Donating $150 in old clothes when you have a combined income of $269,815 should be embarrassing.  Although it was buried on page 5b of this mornings ‘news”paper, the D&C had an article on the subject this morning.

According to the D&C:

Gov. David Paterson and his wife earned $269,815 in 2007, yet claimed giving $150 to charity, a donation of clothing to the Salvation Army, according to his tax returns released Monday.

The Patersons’ charitable contributions when he was lieutenant governor were significantly less than what were claimed by other statewide elected leaders, who also released their tax information Monday, a day before today’s federal tax-filing deadline. [Read more →]

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You’ve got to hand it to the Democratic Party here in New York State.  In keeping up with modern times the Dems have created their very own version of ‘Reality TV.’  You won’t be able to find what you’ve missed in the Democrat & Chronicle though.  They seem to be more interested in helping David Gantt run for re-election than reporting on what potential illegal activity is taking place at the highest levels of state government.

The New York Sun reported yesterday that newly minted NY Governor David Paterson did indeed use taxpayer dollars for unnecessary hotel stays near the capital, even though he only lives 11 miles away and has a state provided chauffeur to drive him around.  Paterson tossed former political colleague and ally, disgraced Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer, under the bus claiming that it was due to the demanding former Governor that Paterson needed to stay close by for the grueling schedule Spitzer forced then Lt. Gov. Paterson to keep pace with.

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Thanks to regular reader Bullwinkle — he turned us on to the New York Observer’s blog which revealed the latest Governor Paterson bombshell — that he admitted using cocaine. This surprising information was shared during an interview on NY1 News.

David Paterson is still adding to his string of confessions.

“I tried it a couple of times,” he said in an interview with NY1 News, when asked if he had ever used cocaine.

It was his first television interview since he became governor last week.

Wow! When are Jim Lawrence and the fellas at the D&C editorial board going to weigh in on this one? 

Week two is off to a great start.  I don’t think he can blame this one on Bill Lynch, the guy we posted about yesterday.  He advised the Governor to come clean on his affairs.

This is getting more unbelievable everyday!

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The New York Post had an article about Governor David Paterson firing former NYC Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch — the guy who gave him the advice to disclose his and his wife’s affairs.

March 23, 2008 — ALBANY - Gov. Paterson is angrily blaming former Deputy Mayor and long time Democratic operative Bill Lynch for the “disastrous advice” that led him to disclose his extramarital affairs, The Post has learned.

“David is furious with Lynch, isn’t talking to him,” said a source close to the new governor.

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A second source close to Paterson bitterly exclaimed, “Lynch helped the city’s first black mayor lose office, and now he’s helping the state’s first black governor do the same.”

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