Via American Power, the New York Times had a story over the weekend about the state of the budgets in New York’s counties and cities. It’s downright dismal. Public employee pensions are bleeding the localities dry. New York City’s annual pension contributions have increased to $8 billion from $1.5 billion over the past decade....
The most unpopular person in Congress, Nancy Pelosi, has whipped out the gender card in an effort to convince New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to get involved in the state’s congressional redistricting process, according to YNN. Concern that the special master’s congressional maps will cost Democrats seats in true blue New York has spurred...
Since a federal judge proposed a map that’s sane, there hasn’t been much going on as far as the redistricting process here in New York goes. But the plight of Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle is getting some national attention. The Daily Caller reported that Republicans in the New York Senate didn’t do Rep. Buerkle any...
The New York Police Department is doing everything possible to protect New Yorkers, and all Americans, from terrorist attacks and a repeat of 9/11. For that they get slammed by Attorney General Eric Holder who says he finds it “disturbing” that they spy on Muslims. Politico has the story: Attorney General Eric Holder said...
According to the Post Standard, federal magistrate Roanne Mann has rejected the partisan redistricting maps proposed by the New York Assembly and Senate, and she has proposed a map that’s actually sane. Under her plan, the district represented by Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle would remain intact. Unlike plans submitted by state Senate Republicans and...
The other day I told you about the proposed redistricting plans for New York that would drastically alter the district represented by Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle, and make it nearly impossible for a Republican to ever win this seat again. Today is the last day for interested parties to submit comments to the court....
Today it was leaked that proposed redistricting maps for New York could redraw the 25th district, which is represented by Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle, to include the city of Ithaca. If true, this is terrible news for Republicans and conservatives – especially since the Club for Growth recently gave Buerkle a 92% fiscal conservative...
The Syracuse Post Standard has a long piece about pension padding by senior officers at the Onondaga County Jail. They work a ton of overtime in the final years before retirement in order to boost their benefits. Have no doubt that this situation isn’t unique to this community. (Chicago is a good example.) Lt....
Former Rep. Dan Maffei wants his old job back and is planning to run against Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle in the next election. Congresswoman Buerkle reminds us of what Maffei had to say about the stimulus bill, AKA Porkulus, before the last election. Today marks the 3rd anniversary of Nancy Pelosi and Dan Maffei’s...
Last month the New York State Assembly and Senate released their proposed redistricting maps. (The New York Times has the picture, which looks like a weird jigsaw puzzle.) Basically, it’s all about keeping the Senate in the hands of the Republicans and the Assembly in the hands of the Democrats. On a state level,...
Senator Kirsten Gillbrand (D-NY) took questions from viewers at the The Journal News offices in Harrison, NY. She was asked why they don’t use a zero-based budgeting process. She was stumped. I don’t know what he means by zero-based budget. Watch: Zero-based budgeting is basically starting with the amount of revenue you think you’ll...
Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY25) has posted the best fundraising quarter of her political career. Her campaign issued the following press release informing supporters of the good news. Syracuse, NY – Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle posted her campaign finance report for the 4th quarter of 2011. Buerkle’s FEC filings showed a total raised of...
Newt Gingrich vows to stay in the Republican primary race all the way to the convention, no matter what happens. That could mean New York, with it’s 95 delegates which are awarded proportionally, could be key in the primary contest. According to the Syracuse Post Standard, all four of the remaining candidates have begun...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will be talking about public-private infrastructure investment at a Democratic Governors Association meeting. But if business executives want to find out about how to make these investments, they’re going to have to invest in the DGA first. The cover charge to attend the talk is a whopping $50K, according...
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