Entries Tagged as 'Louise Slaughter'

Work A Little Harder — Charlie Wrangle and Greg Meeks Need New Cars!

Gentle Reader:

After a brief hiatus, I am pleased to be back with you, the readers of Monroerising.com.  I came across this article and had to share it with you.  We are all aware of a program that has the taxpayers pick up the tab for their Congressman’s car.  This is good news for Democratic candidate Jon Powers — I think he might even get a LEGAL housing allowance if he were to win.

Cincinnatus told you about Louise Slaughter driving a buick on our dime back in December. This story from wcbstv.com shows how some Congressman from NYC are living it up at our expense:

Congressman Charles Rangel was recently seen getting out of his Cadillac DeVille, which he leases for $774 per month. Then there was Congressman Jose Serrano, getting out of his Buick LaCrosse, which he leases for $317 per month. And how about this one: Congressman Gregory Meeks was recently seen waiting for Congressman John Conyers to step out of Meeks’ Lexus LS460, which Meeks leases for $998 per month. [Read more →]

Lousie Slaughter’s At It Again — Politicizing Ren Square!

I see that Congresswoman Louise Slaughter weighed in on Ren Square the other day. Appearing on RNews, Louise’s first public comments in Rochester since she politicized that veteran’s event in Brighton last month, said it all:

There are some doubts on the future of the largest project in downtown Rochester. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter said the federal money for Renaissance Square is in jeopardy. Slaughter has never supported the project. The $230 million plan includes an MCC satellite campus, a bus station and a performing arts center at Main Street and Clinton Avenue downtown; $28 million in federal money for Renaissance Square will expire in the fall.

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Slaughter called the project absurd. She would rather rebuild the railroad station and include a new bus station there.

She said the Renaissance model is an antique idea that is no longer used in other parts of the country. Well, if anyone knows about antique ideas it would be Louise.  As we’ve posted before, Louise Slaughter will be turning 79 years young this summer. [Read more →]