Editor’s Note:  The following is a very nice piece on the sweetheart deal Paetec and Mayor Bob Duffy worked out that has Paetec only fronting $5 million of what will be a $56.5 million project to relocate Paetecs headquarters from Monroe County to Rochester.  Add to this cost the $55 million of our money Paterson [...]

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If you had $10 million in taxpayers dollars and you had a choice between the following two options, would you a) use it to keep all of the state parks open in New York State for the enjoyment of cash-strapped residents to enjoy a free/inexpensive day or weekend with your families during these tough economic times, or [...]

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A 37-year-old staffer (Troy Waffner) to Democrat NYS Senator Dave Valesky (D-Syracuse) landed a $98,000 a year government job as Assistant State Fair Director despite the fact that he has absolutely no experience that makes him qualified for the position.  Waffner also worked for 12 years on the staff of Democrat State Assemblyman Willam Magee. Waffner was [...]

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No doubt you’ve seen or read the news that the Social Security System will begin paying out more in benefits than it will receive in revenue, something the “experts” in the CBO didn’t expect to happen until at least 2016. Well we knew it would happen and President Bush did as well which is why [...]

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Well, it looks like the Democrat Party’s political witch hunt run by District Attorney Mike Green and carried out (rather poorly) by ADA “Billy the Kid” Gargan is over.  Felony and misdemeanor charges brought against Republican officials have either been dismissed or the accused found innocent… ON EVERY SINGLE CHARGE! The local Republican Party, legal experts, [...]

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Thank you once again Mr. President for raising our taxes to pay for this very important research.

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The following is a cross-post from our friend Hobbes over at Niagara Times blog.  It looks like Queen Nancy sure knows how to party, on our (taxpayer) dime, jet setting and boozing it up to the tune of $3.2 million.  Who knew Queen Nancy liked to knock back a few belts of cognac?  Hmm, could that [...]

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Leave it to the New York State Senate Democrats — they are wasting our money (over $200,000 a year) on a political office right here in Rochester.  Hats off to Evan Axelbank over at channel  8 for exposing this waste of taxpayers money.

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As we watch and wait to see exactly what health care “reform” will finally eek its way out of the hallowed halls of government we can be sure that whatever the final result the government will have its hands all over it. Will we see another big and useless bureaucracy? Probably. Will we lose the [...]

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Friends, I noticed in yesterday’s Democrat & Chronicle that the non-profit organization Action for a Better Community has received $8 million in federal stimulus funds.  Here is the article: Agency gets $8M grant Action for Better Community announced Monday that the agency will receive more than $8 million in stimulus funds under the American Recovery [...]

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