Friends, something that has seemingly been forgotten about in this whole Senate leadership ordeal has been the issue of Gay Marriage coming to a vote in the upper chamber. Before the June 8th vote for leadership change and rules reform, Democratic leadership vowed not to let it come up for a straight up and down [...]

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(Editor’s Note:  This is a cross-post from our friends over at the Niagara Times.) We brought you a post earlier this year about a bill submitted by State Senator Joe Robach and several of his Senate colleagues that calls for a referendum to be placed on the November ballot next year allowing all New Yorkers to [...]

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Democrat & Chronicle Editors were right on the mark with an editorial yesterday that called on Albany lawmakers to undo a very bad provision state Democrats quietly snuck in at the 11th hour to prevent discussion and debate.   Acting a bit overzealous in their quest to protect the rights of drug dealers/offenders over those of parents, educators, daycare [...]

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Senator Joe Robach and his Republican colleagues in the State Senate have submitted a bill that would allow employers and families to know the details of a drug offender’s conviction record.  State Democrats made it easier for criminals to have their records sealed and hidden from the public.  A drug offender could have up to one felony [...]

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Creates Online Petition For Citizens To Voice Support State Senator Joe Robach announced today that he has created an online petition on his State Senate website for citizens to register their support for reinstating the STAR Rebate Check Program. While many Upstate New Yorkers are searching for relief during these tough economic times, the recently [...]

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Friends, in response to Fred Dicker’s article in yesterday’s NY Post, I would like to present a list of the winners and losers of 2008 in Rochester and Upstate Politics.  Please feel free to add any that I may fail to recognize. WINNERS Joe Robach, Jim Alesi: Both incumbent State Senators faced heavy opposition from the Monroe [...]

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Friends, I was in Washington, DC last week and got to talking with a fellow who deals with State Legislatures in the North.  It was brought up that I was a New Yorker so the topic of our valiant state senate came up.  This gentleman told me that he has seen some crazy things over [...]

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I certainly hope so.  A bigger person probably wouldn’t feel the need to say I told you so, but I’m not that big of a person. The choice of Rick Dollinger to run for senate against Joe Robach never made sense to me.  Despite his claims to the contrary, the fact that he quit the post [...]

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I just went to the mailbox and I received my mailing from Joe Robach with Bob Duffy.  Regular readers of this blog will know I’m a little biased, but the Robach mailer is more impressive than the one Duffy did with Dollinger. The Robach mailer touches on all of the things he has done for [...]

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Citizens for Joe Robach reacted today to the latest Siena College Research poll showing Senator Robach with a commanding 13-point lead just five days before Election Day. The poll, which is the second public poll released in the race for the 56th Senate District, confirms what the voters in our district have always known, that [...]

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