Governor George Pataki began his State of the State with a mild joke on himself. He warned that people “who have sat through the previous 9 hours and 46 minutes” of his SOTSs “know they tend to be long.” No kidding. This year’s masterpiece ran way past 8,000 words. The guv could have […]
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News Briefs 11.13.02
A new county name? There’s a movement afoot to change the name of Monroe County. A small group of local folks is dead serious that it’s time for a new name. Michael Argaman, an activist and financial advisor, is leading the effort. “President James Monroe doesn’t deserve to have the county named after him,” […]
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Primary time in the puppet regime
It’s a shame former Conservative Party candidate Daniel Mahony moved to Connecticut earlier this month, thereby disqualifying himself from the race for lieutenant governor. If his running mate, Rochester businessman Tom Golisano, won the governorship and subsequently abdicated to, say, goal tend for the Buffalo Sabres, Mahony would make a great Guv. He’s got one […]
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Fear of a dark horse
“George Pataki is desperate to keep Tom Golisano off the ballot,” reads a recent ad paid for by the Tom Golisano for Governor Committee. Despite Pataki’s commanding lead in the polls so far, that assertion is not as absurd as it sounds. According to a recent Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll, Pataki has a […]
