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Once upon a time there was an a mighty dragon slayer who deftly skewered evil and contemptible enemies of the Empire State (most of whom worked along a prominent street with a Wall). The citizens were so taken with this dragon slayer they elected him to be their king. He was corronated with much pomp [...]

As many of you have heard via the press, our esteemed Governor (David Paterson) has concocted a crazy-quilt budget that taxes everything from haircuts to breathing. I have not reviewed his proposal in detail so I am not prepared to render a lengthy post on it right now. As I’ve stated on this blog repeatedly, [...]

New York State is facing a serious budget shortfall. This was forecast in July, before the yo-yoing of the stock market, the crash of Goldman Sachs, the problems of insurance giant AIG, and the so-called “bailout” (read government nationalization) of our country’s biggest financial institutions. Back in July, our newly minted governor, David Paterson, warned [...]

This one “takes the cake” folks. Our do-nothing, supremely narcissistic Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, blames President George W. Bush for the mess that is New York’s budget. What? Ole George reached out from Washington and MADE us spend $47 billion on Medicaid–more than any other state in the country? Ole George forced millions of [...]

Sooner or later New York State’s budget will come crashing down. Looks like it might be sooner.
Our illustrious, philandering governor (no, not Spitzer who was dumb enough to pay for sex, but Paterson, who gets his illicit sex for free)… will have a live televised address later today to announce the Empire State is running [...]

The fox is not only guarding, but is now in complete control of the henhouse. Gov. David Paterson has appointed chairman of M&T Bank, Robert G. Wilmers, as the statewide chairman of Empire State Development Corp. (ESDC). Mr. Wilmers will not step down as chairman of M&T while he oversees the ESDC.
I’ve written about Economic [...]

The fix is now in. Our illustrious philandering new governor, David Paterson, has granted his blessing on the foreign takeover of Energy East, which owns our regional electric and gas utility NYSEG (New York State Electric & Gas). He likes the idea that Iberdrola, the Spanish company who wants to buy it, will “invest” $2 [...]