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Senatorial Scion's Sinecure Shortened
Region: New YorkFormer Democrat Assemblyman Pedro G. Espada was hired August 6th as deputy director of intergovernmental relations at US$120,000 per year as I reported and commented on previously http://groundreport.com/articles.php?id=29... more
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Adult Children Of Legislators Feed At Taxpayer Expense
Region: New YorkI am shocked. Newsday http://www.newsday.com/son-of-key-ny-senate-coup-figure-gets-state-job-1.1362048 reports that Pedro G. Espada has received a job working for the Senate Democrats but paid for by the ta... more
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The Albany Legislative Struggle: Gridlock Is Good!
Region: New YorkThe New York State Senate has been in an uproar for weeks after two Democrats from the majority (32 versus 30 Republicans) elected in November 2008 defected to support former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos as Majority ... more
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Does The New York State Fair Commemorate Nazi Death Camp Poison?
Region: New YorkI was casually reading the Long Island, New York daily Newsday's travel section report on the 162 annual New York State Fair when I was taken aback to find that one of fairground rides is the Zyklon rollercoaster.&nbs... more
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Governors Gone Wild
Region: New York
Less than 48 hours after being sworn in to replace New York Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer, the new Governor David Paterson revealed that both he and his wife had several extra-marital affairs. This is way too muc... more
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NY Governor Dubs Politicians Bloodsuckers
Region: New YorkDemocratic New York Governor David Paterson described politicians as bloodsuckers. Democratic and Republican state legislative leaders and their minions have been squealing like stuck pigs. Paterson is correct ... more
Views: 866Top GOP Lawmaker To Introduce Impeachment, Gov. Spitzer Works On Resignation Plan
Region: New YorkRecently, federal prosecutors have connected New York Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer in connection to a high-priced prostitution ring. A top legislative staffer who is deemed an anonymous source explains that the aides ... more
Views: 509Amidst the Spitzer Scandal, New York Could Possibly Have Its First Black Governor
Region: New YorkThere is a strong possible historical significance surrounding the scandal with current New York Governor Eliot Spitzer who had been connected to a high-priced and high-profile prostitution ring. While Spitzer apologized f... more
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