State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr.’s Bizarre 2013 Wish List
Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz (D-SD38) is a rather conservative fellow, and is the last unjailed member of the “Gang of Four” senators who were deeply involved with the Tom Golisano/Steve Pigeon 2008...
View ArticleAssemblyman Says Cuomo is like Hitler, Mussolini
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin likens Governor Cuomo’s use of “messages of necessity” to Hitler and Mussolini. Under Article III, Section 14 of the New York State Constitution, a bill must be printed and...
View ArticleHow to Be Horrible at Government
A tipster directed me to the Facebook page for Assemblyman David DiPietro, to review this: I realize that anti-toll activist, perennial candidate, and Paladino chauffeur/flunky Rus Thompson wrote the...
View ArticleAssemblyman Steve Katz on the Bills Stadium
The next time you get all parochial and upset about something that’s happening in some other part of the state, and think to yourself, “why should we pay for that?” consider this. Assemblyman Steve...
View ArticleThe State Assembly Reminds you that Albany Remains Dysfunctional
Courtesy Marquil at EmpireWire.com. And to this point, it’s high time the Democrats in the Assembly grow a pair and unite to overthrow Speaker Silver’s “bossism”. To that point, the Daily News’ Bill...
View ArticleUnfair Blame and Facile Hypocrisy
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, is widely attributed to Jimmy Carter’s Director of the Office of Budget and Management Bert Lance. He coined it to describe a simple way to save government money....
View ArticleDennis the Assemblyman
(Sung (more or less) to the tune of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer) You know Cole and Fossella, Lopez, and Chris Lee, Spitzer and Massa and Weiner – those three! But can you believe, the skeeziest...
View ArticleTrump: An Exercise in Brand Destruction
Dear New York State ultra right-wing Republicans: Andrew Cuomo is right. The reason you’re so angry? You know he’s right. But I would say the state GOP is split into three distinct factions, not...
View ArticleThings to Ask the New York State Thruway Authority (Update: Ray Walter Asked...
(Assemblyman Ray Walter posted this to Facebook on Thursday… Transportation Budget Hearing today. Tweet or FB me your questions for DOT and Thruway and I’ll try to get them in.#Budget2014 …Here are the...
View ArticleAttica U.
New York State’s prisons are not necessarily filled with bad people. They are, however, filled with people who have made bad – sometimes violent – choices. They are filled with people who have broken...
View ArticleAlbany’s Culture of Corruption & Fusion
In your real day-to-day life, does last week’s Zephyr Teachout / Working Families Party brinksmanship with Governor Cuomo matter to you? @fud31how is this “deal” with WFP by @NYGovCuomo not making him...
View ArticleElaine Altman for State Senate
Elaine Altman is a teacher with 24 years of experience. She’s running for State Senate against Mike Ranzenhofer, a career politician with a weak record. Unfunded Albany mandates and the outright theft...
View ArticleThe New York Double Tyranny
The “independent” bloc of Republicrats in New York’s useless state Senate has cut a deal with Governor Cuomo to caucus with Democrats after the next election. This all comes on the heels of Cuomo...
View ArticleCuomo’s Betrayal
The biggest and worst problem plaguing Albany and New York State politics is corruption. Albany’s especial brand of dysfunction thrives in an opaque environment, and there is a complete and bipartisan...
View ArticleCarl Paladino: The Pride of Buffalo
Carl Paladino loves to send emails. Here’s one that went out Monday: I don’t really care about the substance of Paladino’s whining to his party’s state chairman. I couldn’t care less about Paladino’s...
View ArticleTeachout, Cuomo & the Dictatorship of the Bureaucracy
When I think of Zephyr Teachout, I am specifically mindful of the fact that she’s a protest vote for the liberal wing of the statewide Democratic Party. Most of them in and around the 5 New York City...
View ArticleDemocrats: Vote Teachout / Hochul September 9th
Tuesday September 9th is primary day, and Democrats throughout New York State have an important choice to make for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. I’m voting for Zephyr Teachout for Governor, and...
View ArticleSpitzer Unloaded, No One Exploded
“Jail” FINAL :30 from Rob Astorino on Vimeo. Right? Wow. This is the perfect distillation of a desperate campaign looking to get some attention. Frankly, this reboot of the Daisy ad is perfect in its...
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