Rochester, New York – June 13, 2008. Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature are blasting the Brooks administration for a failure to exercise sound fiscal management of child care aid received from New York State. Yesterday, County Executive Brooks attacked Governor Paterson in an attempt to lay blame for her mismanagement on someone else.
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Dear Friends:
As you may have heard, Governor Paterson has instructed all state agencies to revise their policies to respect legal out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples performed in places like Canada, and very soon, California.
This is wonderful news for our families and is another big step forward for marriage equality in New York.
Please take a moment [...]
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Posted in Albany, Progress on March 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Blogger Note: CP decided not to write a post about the scandal involving Gov. Spitzer as there were many others already covering the issue and it was felt there needn’t be more. However here is a piece recently written by the executive director of the NY Working Families Party that CP feels is worth sharing.
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The 56th State Senate district which covers all of Parma and is currently held by former Democrat now Republican Senator Joe Robach looks to be an interesting race this election cycle.
At least three Democrats have declared their intentions to run for this seat. Brighton Town Supervisor Sandra Frankel announced her intention to run in February and [...]
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Posted in Albany, Joe Robach on February 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
State Senator Joe Robach of the 56th district (Parma, Greece, City & Brighton) says he supports Civil Union’s for Gay and Lesbian couples.
He does not however support any attempts at giving marriage rights to Gay and Lesbian couples or families.
Without marriage rights and even with legalized Civil Unions, Gay and Lesbian families would still lose [...]
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Worried that your gay or lesbian neighbor might actually be treated the same as you under the law?
Worried that the same-gender couple down the street from you might have their relationship legitimized in much the same way that yours is?
Worried that your friend and her spouse and their child might actually receive the family benefits formerly [...]
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Posted in Albany, Open government on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
February 14, 2008 5:02AM
by Post-Standard Editorial Board
The turmoil surrounding New York’s failure to comply with federal
election reforms — including choosing new voting machines accessible
to people with disabilities — may finally be over.
All but one county in the state have wisely settled on machines that
use optical scanners to record choices made on paper ballots.
Sure, it took [...]
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“What I’m waiting for is a meeting that we’ll have that will be a full discussion of where the project is, what the project will look like for the amount that is currently encumbered or pledged,” Duffy said.
Duffy’s words seem to be the consensus among many regional political leaders. The County has been accused of [...]
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Has big money turned our legislative process into a turkey?
Special interest groups use money and other perks to influence our elected officials. In effect they buy the votes of our NY State legislators.
The result is special interest groups gain privileges and benefits at great cost to the rest of our state. That cost is higher [...]
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