Here’s Democrat State Senator Tom Duane (Manhattan) giving his thoughts on Rick Dollinger and then briefly running through Dollinger’s extensive list of accomplishments that clearly make him the best candidate for appointment to the State Court of Claims. I think it’s cool that Dirty Dick is into Dylan and the Godfather.  But even these truly amazing “talents and skills” [...]

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Friends, because he comes from Staten Island, Senator Andy Lanza doesn’t get much love from us here in in Upstate.  However, let me be the one to toot his horn today.  Last night after confirming Dick, er…Rick Dollinger to the Court of Claims, Lanza stood up and called it what it was; a fraud. Liz [...]

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Friends, now that they are back in absolute control of the Senate Chamber, the Democrats have decided to…go home.  According to mutiple reports by our girl LB, three Senate Democrats have decided that they do not want to attend session and will not be in Albany, let alone the Capitol Building. The Terrible Threesome is [...]

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I wrote a post in February 2008 asking what Richard Dollinger was promised to leave the Brighton Town bench to run against Joe Robach for a job he obviously didn’t want, state Senator. I know members of the media asked him the question and Dollinger swore up and down that he wasn’t promised anything. Well, [...]

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Friends, today, Dick, err, I mean Rick Dollinger was finally rewarded for taking on and unsuccessfully challenging Joe Robach last election.  According to Liz Benjamin, Governor Paterson annouced that he has nominated Dollinger to fill a vacancy on the State Court of Claims.  The NYS Court of Claims is where civil litigation seeking damages against [...]

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Assemblyman David Gantt and his cronies have another chance to dust off their 1960′s style protest against a public defender process.  They only problem is that they will have to drive 30 minutes to get there. According to the mpnow.com website, there is a new public defender selection process about to begin — in Ontario County! [...]

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Gentle Reader: I think Richard Dollinger may be done with elective politics.  There was widespread speculation that the well heeled Dollinger was going to be appointed to the vacant County Court Seat, as a quid pro quo if you will, for running against Joe Robach last fall. Mr. Izguhde tells me that the buzz in [...]

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Pictured above is Saul Alinksy and President Elect Barack Hussein Obama. (I have annotated with arrows so you can tell the difference) Obama is teaching Saul Alinksy’s theories of government control.  Deep throat has been teaching us Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals.  Alinsky said this about his system  “Rules for Radicals were written for the Have-Nots [...]

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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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There is rampant speculation that thrice failed candidate for higher office Richard Dollinger is a leading candidate to secure the appointment to Judge Ema Belini’s County Court Seat when she vacates it for the Supreme Court seat she was elected to in November. Regular reader Blackstone has created a new website dedicated to stopping this [...]

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