The New York Times dropped another bombshell today.
Mr. Paterson instructed his press secretary, Marissa Shorenstein, to ask the woman to publicly describe the episode as nonviolent, according to a third person, who was briefed on the matter. That description would contradict the woman’s accounts to the police and in court.
Mr. Paterson also enlisted another state [...]

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It looks like Governor David Paterson won’t be Governor for much longer.  Last week, his top aide, David Johnson, was the subject of a New York Times series outlining a number of misdeeds earlier in his life.  But the Times dropped a bombshell yesterday outlining a domestic violence incident involving Johnson that occurred on Halloween night [...]

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HINT:  the group, called the Better Choice Budget Campaign, includes the labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute, the state teachers union, non-profits, health care organizations and school funding groups.
Guess first… then go here to see if you were right.

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This is unbelievable.  Rumors abound that Governor David Paterson is on the verge of resiging:
Whispers have been building about huge news regarding New York governor David Paterson, who took office after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer. Friday, The Huffington Post noticed the growing media buzz about a forthcoming New York Times scoop, but little other [...]

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How’s this for good timing?  Right on the heels of former Senate Leader Joe Bruno’s conviction, current Senate Democrat Leader John Sampson recently accepted a job from one of  Albany’s biggest special interest groups.
From the New York Post:
ALBANY — Move over, Sheldon Silver!
Senate boss John Sampson has borrowed a page from the powerful Assembly speaker and [...]

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We reported on channel 8’s Evan Axelbank’s story on the Senate Democrats tax payer funded campaign outreach office on Wednesday.
There was a second part of the report– sorry no video link.  Mayor Duffy’s staff and County Executive Brooks tell Axelbank that they’ve had no contact with anyone from that office.
The State Senate says part of [...]

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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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If you see a Democratic State Legislator, thank them for doing what was once thought impossible, making New York’s notoriously dysfunctional government more so.
Take a look at this — it looks like 2010 is going to be another great year for state Republicans:

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(An e-mail from citizen/activist Russ Thompson)
Last night while negotiations were hot and heavy in Albany Senator Antoine Thompson decided to say enough with Albany and headed to Buffalo to attend the fundraiser Donna Luh worked on putting together for him.
In a time that New York state is suffering with another self inflicted fiscal crisis, Senator [...]

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I’m baaack everyone!  Now that the boring local election season is over,  I’ll be back posting on my favorite site that I love to disagree with!  Many of you may recall some of my outspoken, controversial posts on LGBT related issues from this summer.
We’ve all grown tired of those dull posts on New York State [...]

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