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LAZIO BEING PUSHED TO RUN FOR ANOTHER OFFICE?

“Multiple Republican insiders say that state GOP officials may make a push to try to get Rick Lazio to switch running for a different office to clear the primary field for Steve Levy for the gubernatorial slot. State party spokesman Alex Carey denied that any such conversations have taken place. But several well-placed Republicans have said there have been loose conversations about trying to get the former Long Island congressman to run for attorney general (where there are no declared candidates on the GOP side) or Senate against Kirsten Gillibrand.” NY POST ###

DOMAGALSKI REMAINS NON COMMITTAL IN GOV RACE

Erie County GOP Chairman Jim Domagalski & the Executive Committee heard from Gov candidates Rick Lazio & Carl Paladino Tuesday night.

Steve Levy probably realized any presentation would be futile.

“Its part of our due diligence – we interviewed both of the registered republicans in the field,” Domagalski said. “Our state committee has met and talked about it as a group, and we have respect for County Executive Levy, but he’s a fairly liberal Democrat, and when you look at his record of support for very liberal Democrats and his history of supporting Sheldon Silver, things like that would not make him a candidate for us. He’s a capable guy, but we think the other two men have traditional Republican values. I don’t think Steve Levy will have any support from Erie County.”

On another note sources say, “Domagalski should announce for State Senate one way or another in mid to late April.” He is expected to run against long term incumbent Dale Volker. We’ll see!

Just as an aside: Sources say, “there could be a move to replace State Chairman Ed Cox at the convention as a result of his support of newly minted republican Steve Levy.”

Sources continue, “former GOP Niagara Falls Chairman & candidate for State Chairman Henry Wojtaszek’s name has surfaced as Cox’s replacement should this scenario play out.” ###

CARL PALADINO

CANDIDACY BAD NEWS FOR INCUMBENTS

By Tony Farina

It is shaping up to be a wild election year in New York, and this time there’s even a player from Buffalo in the picture—real estate mogul Carl Paladino who is expected to officially announce his candidacy for governor on Monday.

The mad scramble for the Republican nod to run for governor includes, besides Paladino, former congressman Rick Lazio and Democrat-turned-Republican Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive who is no favorite of Erie County’s Republican leader, Jim Domagalski.

That’s a lot of scrambling for sure with the ultimate winner almost certain to face popular Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for the state’s top office in an election year when most of the news out of Albany is bad and getting worse by the day. The state is facing a meg-a-billion dollar deficit and the governor has ordered a delay in school aid, demanding wage freezes or massive lay offs should the unions not go along; all to keep the state afloat. What’s more, lawmakers are not even in session during these critical days and as things get worse, so do the fortunes of incumbents from both parties. And beginning on Monday, you can officially add Paladino to the mix, certainly no fan of incumbents or office-holders in general.

Paladino will make the lackluster GOP slate somewhat interesting because of his flame-throwing rehetoric and his no-holds-barred style. Rest assured, political civility will not be embraced by Paladino and that will be great news for the political writers across the state, a much-needed shot-in-the-arm for struggling newspapers.

But while Carl will certainly make plenty of headlines and entertain his far-right constituency with his in-your-face campaign, he will also make it uncomfortable for the do-nothing incumbents who inhabit Albany and for others who live off the taxpayers in these dire economic times when the jobless lines keep growing.

A well-funded Paladino campaign, starting with his own $$$ and supported by the tea-party movement, will make plenty of noise about high taxes, spending, soaring state worker pensions and labor costs in general. Paladino’s message will be a nightmare for incumbents from both parties. But while many voters won’t take him seriously, he will provide an important spark to the political debate and maybe one that’s sorely needed. New York, like many states, is a train wreck that has already happened and our elected leaders seem frozen in time, unable or unwilling to change the way the state does its business. And change it must.

Like him or not, Gov. Paterson seems to be trying his best to sound the alarm but nobody is listening. The deficit keeps growing and lawmakers go about their business, whatever it is, as if the sky is not falling as the budget shortfalls suggest. Maybe suggest is an understatement. The state is going into the tank, school districts are getting ready to cut teachers and programs, and Albany lawmakers are not even in session. What a sorry state, indeed.

For Republicans, the sky is also falling. Lazio is broke and not every exciting, but he has Conservative Party backing, critical for a Republican in this state. Levy is backed by the state GOP chairman but without the Conservative line, how far can he go. And Erie County’s chairman wants nothing to do with him. As for Paladino, he probably helps Cuomo in the long run as his Republican opponents will have to fend him off before even getting to Cuomo, and that won’t be easy.

Paladino will be resolute, he will be a tough campaigner, and a lot of people will buy into his message, people who are unhappy with Albany, with Washington, and with the government in general. In a way, his presence in the race may guarantee that candidates on both sides of the political aisle take the public’s unrest seriously.

When Paladino makes his formal announcement on Monday, it will be bad news for incumbents across the state who are already feeling the wrath of the public as evidenced in poll after poll. It will, indeed, be an interesting year and the wild card is Buffalo’s own million-dollar-man, Carl Paladino.

Assemblyman Jack Quinn

STATE DEBT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH NO END IN SIGHT

New York state debt is currently at $57.5 billion, 94% of which is backdoor borrowing and not voter approved. This is the highest our debt has been in state history, equaling $11,700 in debt for each average family of four in New York. However, it is hard to be surprised by this number. Over the past few decades, we have gotten into the habit of borrowing money to pay our debt, essentially paying off one credit card with another credit card. In 2005, we restructured our debt, pushing it off until this year, causing a one-third increase to our debt services which now totals $6.4 billion.

Our debt has spiraled out of control and it is affecting the quality of life for families across the state. The problem with state government is that even during years in which we had higher revenue than expected and could afford to begin paying off our debt, we did not. Instead, we recklessly expanded spending and when revenue fell short to pay for it, state leaders increased taxes on the hardworking people of our state. It is a vicious cycle of irresponsibility that is causing detrimental consequences to our state and the taxpayers who reside within it.

To begin combating the debt we have incurred, the governor’s current budget proposal will issue $2 billion in backdoor borrowing, each year, for up to three years, against New York state agencies; Assembly Democrats already have passed a resolution approving this act. This borrowing will greatly reduce our credit rating, causing our interest rates to skyrocket and placing us in an even tougher position than before, while also continuing the harmful practice of borrowing to pay off debt.

I call on the governor and leaders in both the Senate and Assembly to take a long, hard look at where we can begin cutting spending. The price is too high to not make a drastic move to alleviate our budget deficit. Consolidating state agencies and reducing spending must be the top priority as we vote on this year’s budget. We must put an end to the tax-and-spend tradition in state government.

STEVE LEVY’S SILVER CONNECTION “PURE DEMOCRAT”

Paladino set to enter primary race against professional politicians

Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino today criticized Democrat Steve Levy’s longstanding financial commitment to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s campaign committee – annual contributions which fueled Silver’s destructive rule in Albany.

The Paladino campaign pointed to campaign finance records showing several Levy contributions to the Silver-controlled Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee.

“Time and again, Democrat Steve Levy contributed to the extension of Sheldon Silver’s rule in Albany – and Silver drove our state into the ground,” said Paladino, a Republican candidate for Governor of New York. “His longtime support for Speaker Silver is a fundamental problem for our party and a dealbreaker for most rank-and-file Republicans watching the governors race.”

In remarks at a campaign event on Monday night, Paladino described recent meetings with his campaign competitors Levy and Rick Lazio as “pleasant exchanges with two guys I respect.”

“But there’s always that fundamental difference: I’m a businessman, not a professional politician,” Paladino said. “Monday I’ll join the Republican Govneror’s race against one professional politician who is still a pure Democrat and another who had a lot of chances and can’t get it done.”

Paladino also said his belief in core Conservative and Republican party values particularly sets him apart on abortion, gay marriage and the gun rights. The successful Western New York real estate developer will enter the race for Governor of New York on Monday evening, April 5th. He’ll travel to Albany, New York City and Syracuse in the week after his Buffalo announcement.

For more information please visit PaladinoforthePeople.com.

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NY TIMES: Payback Time. State Debt Woes Grow Too Big to Camouflage. California, New York and other states are showing many of the same signs of debt overload that recently took Greece to the brink — budgets that will not balance, accounting that masks debt, the use of derivatives to plug holes, and armies of retired public workers who are counting on benefits that are proving harder and harder to pay.

NY TIMES: New York Is Denied Grant of $700 Million for Schools. Among the 16 finalists for the competitive federal education grant known as Race to the Top, New York came in second to last on Monday, leaving the state out of the money but with plenty of blame to spread around. Gov. David A. Paterson and state education officials said the state could have captured as much as $700 million by raising its cap on the number of charter schools and by repealing a law that prevents students’ standardized test performance to be used when deciding which teachers earn tenure. Full story

NY TIMES: A Back Hall Where Rules Are Ignored. The sign just outside the door to the State Assembly chamber’s back hallway could not be clearer. “All lobbyists must use east entrance to chamber,” it reads, adding, “This is west side.” But like many of the rules meant to create distance between lobbyists and legislators in Albany, it is frequently broken. Full story

TIMES UNION: State considers borrowing to bridge deficit. Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said he will meet Wednesday with Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, who proposed a larger fiscal reform package that would authorize up to $2 billion in borrowing to bridge the state’s current $9.2 billion deficit. “I always have some hesitancy with respect to the borrowing,” said Sampson, D-Brooklyn. ” … That’s an issue that members of our conference are against. But once again, everything has to be on the table, and we have to look at that more in-depth. I think all things are open in this phase. We have to make very serious decisions, serious cuts, and I don’t want to limit any areas that I need to be considering.” See state screen

TIMES UNION: Teacher retirement bill advances. Senate OKs temporary cut in number of years needed for pension. The state Senate moved ahead with a retirement initiative to ease teachers off the payroll during a time of fiscal crisis and possible cuts. The bill, introduced as a program bill by Gov. David Paterson, would temporarily amend the years of service necessary for an eligible 55-year-old to retire without penalty. Current law requires 30 years of employment; the legislation would briefly lower the threshold to 25 years. The incentive, designed to remain in place for a 90-day period beginning June 1, would be available to workers included in the collective bargaining units affiliated with the powerful New York State United Teachers union. Full story

NY DAILY NEWS: Carl Paladino gathering ammunition on opponents, even before he runs. Potential Tea Party gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is gathering ammunition to use against opponents, and if history is a guide, he won’t be shy about letting it fly with both barrels.The Buffalo businessman – who once told a newspaper, “I go after all of them. I don’t care if they’re a Dago or a Polack” – was in the field this weekend with a statewide poll, according to a source familiar with Paladino’s nascent campaign effort. The poll, conducted by GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio, tested negative messages on Paladino’s likely Republican primary opponents, former Rep. Rick Lazio and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, as well as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. See state screen

NY TIMES: Why Senate Democrats Sound Like Republicans on the Budget. The districts represented by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and John L. Sampson. his fellow Democrat and the Senate leader, lie just a few miles apart in New York City. But when it comes to their priorities for the state budget, the two men inhabit different worlds. Full story

TIMES UNION: Pace of budget irritates Paterson. Holiday break means approval should be late again, while many issues still unresolved. The state budget is expected to be late again. With the Legislature planning to take its Passover-Easter break through the state budget deadline on Thursday, Gov. David Paterson on Sunday took lawmakers to task and added a last-ditch effort to cap the growth of some of the nation’s highest property taxes.

TIMES UNION: Lone wolf takes his own path. Steve Levy, seeking GOP line for governor, noted as Democratic assemblyman who worked hard, did little. Before Steve Levy was elected Suffolk County executive in 2003, he served three years as a Democrat in the Assembly. Levy returned to the Capitol last week to seek support from Assembly and Senate Republicans in his quest to win the GOP nomination for governor. Full story

TIMES UNION: It’s not the season for shame. A novelist once posited that love means never having to say you’re sorry — an idea that continues to elicit gales of derisive laughter from anyone who has ever been married. But this week in New York, politics means never having to say you’re sorry. Our first lesson in the decline of contrition comes from Carl Paladino, a Buffalo-area businessman who plans to launch a run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination on April 5. Paladino told a radio interviewer that the passage of health care reform legislation will be remembered in the same way that people recall Sept. 11, 2001. Full story

NY DAILY NEWS: Gov. Paterson likens himself to people who have suffered ‘torment’, says only God can judge him. Gov. Paterson likened himself Sunday to people who have suffered unfair “torment” throughout history – and said God would be his ultimate judge. “Many people who were undeserving have gone through all kinds of torment in history,” he said. “When I look at it against that backdrop, I feel a little better.” He added, “And I recognize who inevitably makes the judgment of me and try to be righteous and true to that being.” Full story

NY DAILY NEWS: Tea Party activism is not about political dissent – It’s about vile, storm trooper sound bites. We are 100 yards, no more than that, from the front entrance to the school. There is a stop sign here, and underneath the word “Stop” someone has spray-painted “Obama.” Stop Obama. Full story

NY POST: Dave smells a ‘Rat’vitch. Gov. Paterson has concluded that Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch is a “double agent” working for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and against his own efforts to cut the state’s projected $9.5 billion budget gap, The Post has learned. Paterson privately told associates in recent days that Ravitch handed Silver (D-Manhattan) and Senate Democrats an “easy out” to some of his budget cuts through a last-minute, $2 billion-a-year borrowing scheme contained in what Ravitch billed as a budget-reform plan. The governor has publicly declared that he’s concerned the Legislature is using Ravitch’s proposal to justify its own plans for too much borrowing.

NY POST: ‘Room’ for everybody. Cushy ‘rubber’ push for all public workers. Assembly Democrats have quietly advanced sweeping legislation — already being called the “Rubber Rooms for All Act” — to extend tenure-like job protection to all public workers, countering efforts to roll back rigid regulations like those that keep hundreds of failed teachers on the city payroll. The bill, introduced by Governmental Employees Chairman Peter Abbate Jr. (D-Brooklyn) — who proudly proclaims himself “the unions’ bulldog” — would nix in-house disciplinary proceedings for all state civil servants accused of wrongdoing by their employers. Full story

NY POST: Gov. Paterson scolded Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday for being too quick with the “snark” and too slow to act as state leaders bickered their way to the budget brink. Paterson dismissed Silver’s eyebrow-raising plea Friday for the governor to become an “active player” in budget talks as an effort to shift blame for another late spending plan. The governor said it was Silver (D-Manhattan) who waited until the last minute to offer budget proposals. “We’ve been sitting here for two weeks trying to have meetings that they’re dodging, wanting to have public meetings that they never seem to be prepared for,” Paterson told Buffalo’s WBEN 930AM. “To make a snarky remark like that I think doesn’t help the process.” Silver made his “active player” remark on Friday before lawmakers ended their last session day before the March 31 budget deadline without a plan to close an estimated $9.2 billion budget gap. Silver told The Post yesterday that the governor misunderstood his remarks, and the speaker insisted he was talking only about the necessity for Paterson to reintroduce amended budget legislation This is entire article

TITANIC

An Edward Ridley Finch Cox Film

TITANIC

The New York Republicans and a dearth of leadership present an insiders deal production of an Ed Cox film: “Titanic.” Produced by short sighted dealmakers with music by Sheldon Silver and the Upper East Side Manhattan Choir. Not near enough Republican Chairmen will back Levy to nominate him for Governor – and he’ll be a Democrat through the entire campaign. Icebergs by the TEA PARTY.

R-Restricted. You definitely don’t want to vote for this. ###

Gillibrand and Pataki in Virtual Dead Heat

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If former New York Governor George Pataki chooses to challenge Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat in the U.S. Senate this fall, he would prove to be her most formidable opponent.

If the race for U.S. Senate in New York were held today, Pataki would receive 47% of the New York electorate’s vote to Gillibrand’s 45%. 8% are unsure. Little has changed on this question since Marist last asked it in its March 2nd survey. At that time, Pataki led Gillibrand, 48% to 45%, respectively. 7% were unsure.

“Former Governor Pataki is the big unknown for Gillibrand,” says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, “With her approval rating at 27%, Gillibrand will almost certainly have her work cut out for her if Pataki enters the race.”

And, then there were three. Take Pataki out of the equation, and Gillibrand’s chances become a lot brighter. When matched up against Republican candidate Bruce Blakeman, Gillibrand bests Blakeman by more than two-to-one. The senator receives 54% of the vote to Blakeman’s 25%. 21% are unsure.

Joining Blakeman in the field of Republicans who have announced their candidacy for U.S. Senate in New York are Joseph DioGuardi and David Malpass. How do they fare against Gillibrand? If November’s election were held today, Gillibrand would be victorious.

She receives 54% of the vote when pitted against DioGuardi who garners 27%. 19% are unsure. Against Malpass, Gillibrand takes the same proportion – 54% — to his 25%. 21%, here, are unsure.

Pataki Makes the Difference Among NYS GOP

When looking at the field of Republican candidates without Pataki, there is no clear frontrunner. A whopping 59% of GOP voters are unsure. 18% of GOP voters report they would support DioGuardi, 10% would back Blakeman, and 9% would back Malpass. Had Dan Senor chosen to run, he would have gotten support from 4% of New York State Republicans.

When Pataki enters the picture, however, he leaves the competition in the dust. 62% of Republicans statewide say they would support Pataki in the primary. DioGuardi comes in a very distant second with 7%, Blakeman receives 4%, and Malpass takes home 2%. 23% are unsure. In this hypothetical contest, Senor would have garnered 2%.

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Congrats to the following Conservative Primary Winners…

edwards

Chautauqua County Executive

http://www.edwardsforexecutive.com/

(We are shocked quite frankly that his Liberal Democrat opponent Cornell got as many votes as he did, shame on you voters. As far as we’re concerned most of you are actually democrats or individuals regardless of party who are pursuing personal agendas that make up this rogue faction of the Conservative party)

Babbage

Re-Elect Richard Babbage, R to Chautauqua County Legislature

(who just defeated the rogue conservative chairman Lucariello)

Croscut

Re-Elect Fred Croscutt Chautauqua County Legislature Minority Leader

tarbrake

Chautauqua County Legislature Candidate

http://www.tarbrake.com/

William Prieto for Chautauqua County Legislature

(who is running to replace retiring Conservative party member Legislator Tina Hallquist)

http://www.carucciformayor.com/

(check out his platform – some great accomplishments)

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Brian M. Kolbhttp://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=129129th Assembly District Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb: $850,000 “Golden Parachute” For New MTA Boss Is An Affront To Taxpayers
July 31, 2009

“News that the incoming head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) could receive an $850,000 ‘golden parachute’ is an affront to hard-working New York taxpayers and small businesses that, earlier this year, picked up the multi-billion dollar tab for the MTA’s bailout. While I am uncertain as to what possessed Governor Paterson to offer such an exorbitant compensation package, I am certain the MTA is a public entity that has been hemorrhaging public monies and is sorely in need of stricter internal fiscal controls and accountability. Coming at a time when 854,200 New Yorkers are unemployed – the most since 1976 – this latest MTA revelation clearly illustrates why a fiscal oversight control board is needed to ensure a distressing pattern of fiscal and administrative irresponsibility at the authority does not continue. I call on the MTA Board to send a message by rejecting the proposed compensation package.”

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