Max And Chuck....Listening To The Wrong People On Health Care
on Jul 9, 2009 in Max Baucus Chuck Grassley health care industry Ah, Senators Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley. Two men that control a large portion of how health care reform will happen...or not. We've got to let them know that when it comes to industry lobbyists and the majority of Americans who are screwed by heal...

Bloomberg And Quinn Team Up To Bailout Developers
on Jul 9, 2009 in Christine Quinn bailout developers Michael Bloomberg A match made in heaven.When Michael Bloomberg found Christine Quinn as Speaker of the City Council, there was no limit to how much love wealthy developers could see. In the building boom the city had seen during the last few years, huge developments...

Finally, Paterson Might Do Something To Resolve The Senate Deadlock
on Jul 8, 2009 in New York State Senate Andrew Cuomo David Paterson For the last month, Governor Paterson has called for special Senate sessions and made statements about the stalemate following Espada and Monserrate's coup attempt on June 8. For the most part, he's been largely ignored, whether it be with those ster...

It's Not What You Try To Spin, It's What Slips
on Jul 8, 2009 in freudian slip financial regulation Watch as this financial industry hack tries to explain why Congress should not pass regulations for Wall Street. He means to say that there should be something in place, but what he really means slips right out.

Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch?
on Jul 8, 2009 in lieutenant governor Richard Ravitch David Paterson The rumors are flying fast and furious this afternoon. Now that it has been pretty-much confirmed that Paterson will appoint a Lieutenant Governor in a few minutes from now, the question of course is...who will that person be? The goal one would hope...

Broken State Budgets: It's The Inequality Stupid!
on Jul 7, 2009 in inequality income gap NY state budget Here in New York the state legislature managed to close a $17 billion dollar budget gap for this year. California is still working on a budgetary mess that makes NY's situation look easy. Most states around the country have had to skimp on programs a...

Bloomberg Misleads Voters About City's Safety Status Again
on Jul 6, 2009 in FBI Michael Bloomberg New York City Mayor Bloomberg is at it again with his false and misleading advertisements. His promise of creating hundreds of thousands of jobs has already been addressed. Now it is time to go after the "safest city in America" line. Bloomberg loves to...

Sen. Grassley Admits Gov't Health Care Works
on Jul 6, 2009 in public option health care crisis Chuck Grassley Not in so many words, but his reaction to a constituent the other night showed the Iowan Senator's true feelings about government-run health care and not just the talking points he usually spouts to defend his vote for the health insurance industry:...

Where Are Your Principles Governor Paterson?
on Jul 6, 2009 in New York State Senate Pedro Espada David Paterson David Paterson has been suffering as governor for months now. Thanks to ineffective leadership, constant flip-flopping on everything from getting same-sex marriage passed to the structure of the budget and overseeing a dysfunctional state capitol, Ne...

Amazingly, The Sky Didn't Fall When Mayoral Control Ended
on Jul 2, 2009 in mayoral control Michael Bloomberg The Mayor may not care about Muslim holidays in our city's schools, but he sure was in a panic over the end of mayoral control. Contrary to Bloomberg's claims that New York's school children would be engulfed in bureaucratic chaos, quite the opposite...