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McCain visits NYC fire station

mwalter — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Associated Press article in the New York Times John McCain offered to hand out a few New York slices as he visited a fire station on a light day of campaigning Thursday. ”Can I distribute?” the expected Republican presidential nominee asked the firefighter holding a stack of pizza boxes at the midtown Manhattan station. McCain also paused in [...]

DESPERATE HILLBILLIES THREATEN TO BREAK UP PARTY

mwalter — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:05 +0000

Charles Hurt, New York Post First it was Bill Clinton dismissing Barack Obama as just another black candidate winning South Carolina. Now comes Hillary Rodham Clinton, splashing moonshine onto those smoldering embers by telling West Virginia voters that “hardworking Americans, white Americans” support her, not Obama. This, she argues, is why superdelegates should strip the nomination from [...]

Senate backs cutting gas tax during summer

mwalter — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:47:38 +0000

Jay Gallagher, Gannett News Service in the Elmira Star Gazette The Senate Wednesday voted to suspend the 32-cents-per-gallon state tax on gasoline from Memorial Day to Labor Day. But the plan has almost no chance of becoming law because it is opposed by the Speaker of the Assembly. “We don’t have the power to control most aspects [...]

Senate GOP wants spending curbs and sunshine

mwalter — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:09:30 +0000

Jay Gallagher, Gannett News Service in the Poughkeepsie Journal Senate GOP wants spending curbs and sunshine Senate Republicans Wednesday called for a cap on state spending and more disclosure about how state agencies spend taxpayer dollars. With the state facing potential budget gaps of billions of dollars over the next few years, the Republicans said capping spending [...]

Assembly GOP urges $2.6B in annual tax relief

mwalter — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:34:24 +0000

BOB CONNER, Schenectady Daily Gazette Assembly Republicans proposed $2.6 billion in annual tax relief Monday on New York’s “Tax Freedom Day,” meaning the date when the average person has earned enough to pay his taxes for the year. The Republican plan is a repackaging of previously introduced legislation. It calls for a 4 percent cap on school [...]

McCain criticizes Obama on national security

mwalter — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:34:29 +0000

Associated Press Article in the New York Times Republican John McCain on Monday dismissed Democratic rival Barack Obama as having zero national security experience.Arriving in North Carolina on the eve of the presidential primary, McCain said there are stark differences between him and the two Democratic candidates, Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. But he concentrated on [...]

SLAPPING SOARES

mwalter — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:17:30 +0000

New York Post Editorial There was a significant political devel opment out of Albany late last month: A county Democratic Committee screening panel declined to endorse District Attorney David Soares for re-election to a second four-year term. For a county committee to reject its own party’s incumbent is quite unusual. Which means that even if his financial [...]

The Collapse of Obama

mwalter — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:16:08 +0000

New York Sun Editorial If Senator Obama’s presidential campaign collapses, it will be not only because of his shifting explanations in respect of his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, whom he first said he couldn’t disown and then did. It will be not only because of his determination to run to the left of Senator [...]

Three Quarters of New Yorkers Support Gas Tax Relief; Democrats Should Listen to the Public, Cut Taxes

mwalter — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:59:11 +0000

Mondello Statement Today’s Siena Research Institute poll, which found that seventy percent of people identify gas prices as one of their top concerns and nearly three-quarters of New Yorkers support gas tax relief, underscores the magnitude of the problem and need for immediate action.Republicans from Senator McCain at the federal level to Senate Majority Leader Bruno, [...]

Three Quarters of New Yorkers Support Gas Tax Relief; Democrats Should Listen to the Public, Cut Taxes

News from NYSGOP — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:05:48 +0000

ALBANY, NY (05/01/2008; 1456)(readMedia)-- Today’s Siena Research Institute poll, which found that seventy percent of people identify gas prices as one of their top concerns and nearly three-quarters of New Yorkers support gas tax relief, underscores the magnitude of the problem and need for immediate action.

Republicans from Senator McCain at the federal level to Senate Majority Leader Bruno, Assembly Republican Leader Tedisco and their Republican conferences at the state level have advanced commonsense proposals to provide relief from soaring gas prices for hard working, overburdened New York families and businesses. Additionally, the State Republican Party has created an online petition at www.nygop.org to give people an opportunity to voice their opposition to gas taxes.

These sensible Republican plans will provide immediate relief from the economic problems people are facing during the busy summer driving season while longer-term solutions are proposed, researched and enacted.

Unfortunately, Democrats like Senator Obama and others at the State level are out of touch and are simply not listening to the pressing needs of working families and businesses. I urge them to read the results of this survey and act to bring about positive change.

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