A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY
By Jim Willis on Oct 18, 2009 in Reviews, Stores | 5 Comments
My wife and I purchased a new Maytag washer and dryer from Best Buy in Vestal last week. This is the tale of my rather poor experience.
The opening of our local Best Buy was eagerly anticipated by yours truly after Circuit City went bust last year. The new store had been open all of two [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 16, 2009 in Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 2 Comments
Completely mind-blowing. The grand total number of jobs created by Obama’s stimulus money in our area of New York State so far? 3 1/2. You read that right…three and one-half jobs. Not hundreds, not thousands, not even tens…just 3 1/2 single jobs. From an article in the Press & Sun-Bulletin:
In the 10 counties of the [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 13, 2009 in Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 2 Comments
A tip of the hat to the Town of Union (near Endicott, NY) for returning Obama stimulus money they didn’t want nor ask for, to the tune of $561,302. And a big “boo” to Broome County Social Services for sticking their grubby hands out to grab it before it went somewhere else–continuing the waste and [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 6, 2009 in Government & Politics, Sen Barack Obama, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
This gem comes courtesy my favorite local news outlet, the Press & Sun-Bulletin, from an article titled “Federal grant to pay for solar panels for Binghamton’s Carlisle Apartments“:
The Binghamton Housing Authority has won a $302,400 competitive federal grant to make one of its housing units more energy-efficient.
The grant, which was announced Tuesday, will pay for [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 2, 2009 in Government & Politics, Pres Barack Obama, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
Just to give New Yorkers a “push” toward the socialized health care being offered by our new Lord and Savior, the Annointed One, the Messiah, Barack…along comes so-called “reporting” from Gannett that New York’s budget is about to crash and burn due to Medicaid. Well duh! I, among many others, have been sounding the alarm [...]
By Jim Willis on Oct 1, 2009 in Environment, Marcellus Shale | 0 Comments
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has finally released its Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Instead of making drilling companies do an environmental impact statement for each well they drill, the DEC decided to do one “generic” environmental impact statement that will apply to all drilling [...]