Provoking Melancholy States in the State...
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Matt in
Buffalo, Economy, State Assembly, State Legislature, State Senate on
01 5th, 2010 |
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New Yorkers are miserable. But at least now we know why. Specifically, a state government that eats much of your paycheck is concurrently making you sad. The phenomenon of Empire State-based dejection has been analyzed before. Now, Allysia Finley of the Wall Street Journal has highlighted a Science...
Spending Your Money So Someone Else Can ...
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Anthony Bialy in
Buffalo, Commentary, Economy, Erie County, Media, NY State Government, News on
09 30th, 2009 |
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It used to be that companies were “incubators for skills.” But why bother getting on-the-job training when the government will cover the cost of getting you up to speed? For one, The Buffalo News adores the idea of making everyone pay to school a few workers, as evidenced by the Mark...
Chris Collins Speaks Out Against IDA Bil...
The IDA Reform bill, which passed in the state Senate earlier this month, was called “the worst bill I’ve ever seen,” by Erie County Executive Chris Collins.
For those of you unfamiliar with thi bill, amongst other things, it would require prevailing wages to be paid on projects financed by...
Just Say ‘No’ To A Governmen...
Senator Schumer was in town earlier this week, salivaning over the oppurtunity to put the auto industry under the control of the federal government… though he called it “oversight,” it actually looks and smells an awful lot like socialism.
The proposition of a bailout of the auto industry...
Collins Suspends Erie County’s App...
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Matt in
Erie County on
09 19th, 2008 |
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It is nice to know that some people are fighting for the taxpayers and not kowtowing to the unions.
Honoring a campaign pledge, Erie County Executive Chris Collins suspended the controversial, union-friendly apprenticeship law that business leaders felt unnecessarily drove up the cost of county-financed...
Primary Night Aftermath…...
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Matt in
Campaign 2008 on
09 10th, 2008 |
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There’s certainly a lot to talk about following the results of Tuesday night’s primary. I’m only going to talk about two things.
First, Sam Hoyt. Are you freaking kidding me!?!? Really, are you freaking kidding me?
Okay, now, I’ve got to talk about NY-26.
Alice Kryzan won. Jon...
NY-26: The Race Is Over...
…according to left-wing blog, Rochester Turning.
Something unfortunate has happened: the two Democratic frontrunners to be the candidate for the 26th congressional district (Jon Powers and Jack Davis) have succeeded in beating up each other rather than beating up the Republican candidate, Chris...
NY-26: Jon Powers and Alice Kryzan Debat...
I’ve listened to the debate between Jon Powers and Alice Kryzan on The Hardline with Kevin Hardwick on WBEN. Jack Davis, of course, was not present.
i didn’t get to listen to the original broadcast, but i listen to the entire audio of the debate. Buffalo Pundit posted his quick impressions...
Assembly Passes Income Redistribution Bi...
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Matt in
NY State Government on
08 19th, 2008 |
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Bowing to pressure from the unions, the New York State Assembly approved a tax hike on millionaires in lieu of a property tax cap. New York’s teacher union has been relentless in fighting the proposed tax cap.
Robert Harding over at The Albany Project noted liberal groups were pretty psyched...
Unions Freak Out When Governor Paterson ...
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Matt in
NY State Government on
04 22nd, 2008 |
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You know the governor must be doing something right when the unions aren’t happy.
Gov. David Paterson, warning of deteriorating state tax revenues, ordered a “soft freeze” on hiring yesterday and directed state commissioners to come up with “serious, achievable and recurring”...