A team of legal specialists charges Democrats employed “dirty tricks” to narrowly pass a statute legalizing same-sex “marriage” in New York, and the law could be struck down if the tactics are ruled illegal.

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ALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg sent hefty thank-you donations to the four state Senate Republicans who voted in favor of gay marriage last month.

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Suffolk County, Long Island Sheriff, Vincent DeMarco meets with “Save Long Island” to talk about his experience of participating in Sheriff Richard Mack’s Constitutional Sheriff’s Conference. http://www.countysheriffproject.org/cspoa-las-vegas-2012 He was the only Sheriff from New York State who attended this conference.

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Veteran State Senator Stephen Saland staved off a challenge by Neil Di Carlo for the new 41st State Senate seat at the Dutchess County Republican convention held Monday night in Poughkeepsie.

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On May 4^th I attended a Meet & Greet hosted by Sheryl Thomas of Tea Party Works to hear what Chris Gibson had to say. Gibson is a republican congressman (considered a “centrist” by some) campaigning for reelection.  I have been to many of these political events for both republican and democrats. As Gibson began speaking I had to double check the program. I was sure Gibson was listed as a republican but listening to him speak I found him to be to the left of many democrats. This made it difficult to adjust to what I was hearing. What made things even more confusing is that Gibson has the blessing and full support of the Republican Party.

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The Conservative Party and the New York Republican Party were once allies. The Conservative line on regional and statewide ballots were often the boost Republican candidates needed to beat their Democratic rivals. In a state that’s decidedly blue, Conservative Party endorsements were sought after by Republicans, and moderate candidates would often move to the right during campaigns to appease more conservative voters.

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Roman Catholic leaders are calling for two weeks of public protests against President Barack Obama's policies as they intensify their argument that the administration is engaged in a war on religion.

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Earlier this month, I wrote an extensive report about the attendees at a meeting titled, The Weather Underground Meets Occupy Wall Street.  Apparently the report was not as extensive as I had hoped.  While it focused on the Weather Underground members in attendance - the list reading like a veritable who’s-who of former domestic terrorists (bomb makers, convicted cop-killers) - I had overlooked another individual who actively participated in the forum - Barbara Smith.

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Only in New York City could three separate law enforcement agencies obfuscate responsibility for upholding gun laws and resort to finger pointing as their defense to shamelessly robbing the public under color of the “rule of law.” Not surprisingly, the Second Amendment receives an inordinate amount of attention, but not much legal scrutiny from self-serving New Yorkers and the entities they represent.

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New York gun owners finally have something to celebrate -- a rare double victory in the Empire State.  The New York state budget was signed today by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and it eliminated CoBIS, the costly state ballistic identification database that wasted millions of taxpayer dollars while failing to solve a single crime.  The final budget bill also struck a microstamping provision that had been included in an earlier Assembly version of the state budget.

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Congressman Bob Turner, New York Republican announced on Tuesday afternoon he will be challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Democrat, for her seat this year. In an e-mail sent to the press, Rep. Turner is quoted as saying:

"I will travel to the Republican State Convention in Rochester later this week and humbly ask for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. I will respectfully ask for the Conservative nomination a few days later at that Party's convention. I have made my intentions known to the other Republican candidates in this race."

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Steve Katz to primary Greg Ball: 

Confirmed: Katz will Primary Ball for 40th State Senate Seat

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We read something every year, especially around Christmas, of another person or group attacking religion. The examples are endless, from schools canceling Christmas celebrations to crèches being barred on government property, and let’s not forget the cross in the Mojave Desert. We have witnessed public prayer being banned from schools, graduation ceremonies, before sporting events; the insanity of students being suspended for ‘Tebowing’. We have witnessed the acceptance of the image of Jesus on a crucifix covered in ants and in a jar with urine and told it was art.

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Carl Paladino, who promised during the Conservative Party’s political action conference in January to support primary challengers who take on “key” Senate Republicans this fall, has issued what I believe is his first endorsement in a Senate race.

The Buffalo businessman and failed 2010 GOP gubernatorial contender just issued a statement announcing his support of Neil Di Carlo, who launched a campaign last week against Sen. Steve Saland.

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“I am the candidate who, by applying true conservative Republican principles, will raise us from dead last in economic freedom to the levels that ensure prosperity in the New York State for future generations to come,” Di Carlo concluded.

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Fight Obama's HHS Mandate: Goshen, NY joins March 23 NATIONWIDE Rally

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ICYMI: GOP Rep. Nan Hayworth, who was elected in 2010 with Tea Party support, but has moved steadily to the center ever since, continued her leftward drift when she bragged to our D.C. bureau’s Leslie Mayes about her habit of voting with President Obama.

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The NY Senate may vote as early as today or tomorrow on the popular
vote bill which puts NYC, Chicago, LA and other big liberal
cities....as the presidential electors by manipulating the way the
states allocate their electoral votes. Now tha some of us Know about
this the left will be pushing to pass it before we can speak out.
Some Republicans across the country have voted for it in their states.
 THEY DID NOT DO THEIR RESEARCH!

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Concern that the special master’s congressional maps will cost Democrats seats in true blue New York has spurred House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to get involved in the state’s redistricting battle.

According to a high-level Democratic source with knowledge of Pelosi’s efforts, the minority leader has placed calls to both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, urging them not to let the proposal released by US Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann earlier this week become law.

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On Monday, March 5, 2012 a rally occurred in which Dr. Zuhdi Jasser and Qazi Qayyoom, an imam in Queens, came out in support of the New York City Police Commissioner, Raymond Kelly. Manda Zand Ervin, founder and the president of the Alliance of Iranian Women, also supported New York’s finest. In addition, Congressman Peter King (NY) came out in support of the job the Police Department is doing to keep New York City safe from future terrorists’ plots.

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After weeks of speculation, Assemblyman Steve Katz (R-Yorktown) will officially announce on Monday that he will primary state Senator Greg Ball (R-Patterson) for the 40^th Senate District seat, his spokesperson Ed Kowalski confirmed.

Katz, who was voted into office as the representative for the 99^th Assembly District in 2010, made his consideration for the state Senate seat known back in February. He formed an exploratory committee and met with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) before scheduling his official announcement.

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NEW YORK (The Blaze/AP) — Qazi Qayyoom, an imam in Queens, says he believes the New York Police Department is keeping his community safe, and if that means some Muslims are monitored, so be it.

“The police, they come to us and say, `Is everything OK? How can we help you?” he said Monday. “They are not trying to hurt us. For this, I want to say thank you and tell them I support them.”

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MYFOXNY.COM - A chaotic scene unfolded outside Middle School 72 in Jamaica, Queens, on Wednesday night as several men who wanted to attend a tutorial workshop for the upcoming FDNY entrance exam were turned away.

These men said it was because they were white. The Workshop was being hosted by the Vulcan Society, a fraternal organization of black firefighters, which apparently only let in people who got a special e-mail.

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The establishment is at it again trying to determine who we get to have as our choice in the upcoming election. It is well known that a group of constituents are trying to draft Assemblyman and Tea Party member Steve Katz to primary the establishment candidate and current state Senator Greg Ball  for his Senate seat. The candidate for the Republican spot on the ticket this November should be determined by a primary election, not by a deal made by insiders.

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This rally is sponsored by OC Right to Life and citizens4freedom.

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The legality of owning firearms resides firmly in the founding fathers’ crafting of the Second Amendment, but a patchwork of state and municipal gun laws threaten to undermine a citizen’s right to keep and bear arms.

Nowhere is the assault on the Second Amendment more evident than in New York City where unsuspecting airline passengers are winding-up in jail after running afoul of Mayor Bloomberg’s interpretation of the Second Amendment. The NY mayor’s dislike of firearms is well known, and he even formed an “anti-gun” taskforce. The three-term Mayor even tried to peddle his anti-gun program to Arizona, after a psychologically unstable person shot Rep. Gabriel Gifford’s. Perhaps, most recently readers may remember Bloomberg’s anti-gun commercial that aired during this years’ Super Bowl.

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Well, well, well, Look what came into my possession today. This is a fundraising email for Congressman Steve Israel.  The Israel campaign trashes the tea party as the enemy of women and the middle class.  Particularly egregious is the charge that the tea party is responsible for the credit downgrade of the United States.  Can you believe the nerve of these people?  Of course you can, we’re dealing with democrats.

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MIDDLETOWN – The spreading "Occupy" movement found a foothold in Orange County Thursday evening, with veterans from Zuccotti Park and other movements staging an informational rally at the Mulberry House senior center in Middletown.

Hundreds gathered – perhaps some motivated by the free buffet – to listen to the same guiding philosophies that drew hundreds to hold vigil on Wall Street last year. While no such similar feats are being planned for Orange County at the moment, the session served to brainstorm on smaller scale ideas.

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After months of backroom dealings, Albany politicians released a partisan, undemocratically developed and gerrymandered redistricting plan. While this is just the first proposal, we now know the general look of the final map for the next 10 years.  As of now the Towns of New Windsor, Cornwall, Highlands, Woodbury, Blooming Grove, Hamptonburgh, Goshen, Chester, and Wawayanda in Orange County and Stony Point in Rockland comprise the new 99^th Assembly District.  This is subject to change over the next several weeks.

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The Combat Veterans For Congress PAC is endorsing the 57^th Combat Veterans For Congress; he is a fiscally conservative candidate who will work to rein in the out of control spending by the Administration and Congress work toward unleashing the private sector to grow once again, create jobs, and stimulate business investment. 
Lt Col Mark Rosen, USAR, USMA ’84 (R-NY-18)

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I’m calling on all registered voters in New York to contact their state representatives in the Assembly (Bill No. A9095) and Senate (Bill No. SO6039) and ask them to please co-sponsor this legislation. 

For the assembly:  http://assembly.state.ny.us/comm/?sec=mem&id=27

For the senate:      http://www.nysenate.gov/committee/local-government 

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CARMEL, N.Y.— State Assembly member Steve Katz (R-Yorktown) announced his new bill targeting voter fraud, calling for legislation that would require New York residents to show photo ID when voting.

Katz made note of the fact that photo identification is needed for nearly “all facets of life” whether it comes to cashing a check or getting onto a domestic flight.

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“Nan Hayworth, when we last spoke I was incredibly interested in two words you used…two phrases. You said, “We need a president who is both principled and patriotic.” One could not listen to that without feeling that you might be saying something about our present incumbent.”

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(CNSNews.com) - The Obama administration on Friday finalized a regulation that orders all Americans—unless they work directly at a church--to purchase government-approved health insurance plans that cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives including those that cause abortions.

The regulation further requires that health-insurance plans must provide sterilizations, contraceptives and abortifacients without any fees or co-pay.

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In a State of the City address with a heavy focus on education policy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed giving a $20,000 bonus to teachers who get rated "highly effective" two years in a row, and he also proposing to pay off up to $25,000 of student loans for new teachers, according to the prepared text of his remarks.

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It’s time for another episode of America’s favorite game Name that Crime.

In this episode, a New York restaurant that earned a top grade of “A” barely five months ago was shut down after the owner made a recording on his iPhone of an inspection by the city health department.

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Welcome to my official campaign website. As a native New Yorker and resident of Montgomery in Orange County it is my honor to be exploring the State Assembly race for 2012.

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I live just a few miles from the most pro-gun city in the United States – Kennesaw Georgia – where gun ownership is mandatory. It’s not the “Wild West” like some people predicted when it passed a mandatory gun ownership law. “The city of Kennesaw was selected by Family Circle magazine as one of the nation’s ‘10 best towns for families.’ The award was aimed at identifying the best communities nationally that combine big-city opportunities with suburban charm, a blend of affordable housing, good jobs, top-rated public schools, wide-open spaces, and less stress.”[1]

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By Ricki DeSantis

As I have written in my articles on Illegal Immigration, currently it is costing New Yorkers almost $10 billion a year. Think about this while you are paying taxes, losing your job, working 16-20 hours a day now away from your children, wife, losing your home, and/or disabled...Just look at how much of your taxes are being stolen from you while you struggle to make ends meet. Finally, my message, and articles have paid off and a national media has finally addressed this issues. Understand $10 billion, and how much it takes to come up with that amount of money. It looks like this in case you need a visual assistant.....$10,000,000,000.00

Ask your Governor to Prevent Illegal Aliens from Receiving Welfare Benefits

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Andrew Coumo, our Governor is no more or no less than any other Albany politician or governor who came before him since his Father was Governor. When the special interests speak, he, like those now in the legislature and Governor’s before him, cave. This new tax code reform bill is just that, a cave to special interests. It does not do what he promised, that which was the central point of his campaign, a promise not to raise taxes. No matter the spin, it raises taxes.

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Nicole Katz, wife of Assemblyman Steve Katz, said she was unfriended and blocked on Facebook by State Senator Greg Ball yesterday after writing a critical comment on one of his wall posts. The Katz’s have supported Senator Ball in the past and donated $3,000 to his senate campaign last year. “I am a constituent, he is my senator and I have a right to express my opinion on his page,” Ms. Katz told Politicker today.

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PRESS RELEASE

Join us in Albany December 20, 2011 for our first hearing for more details visit - http://www.meetup.com/NYLibertyAlliance/events/42318832/

This case was a year in the making all costs until now have been out of pocket and we are now at a point where we are in serious need of some money so anyone that can make a donation small or large it would be greatly appreciated.

To make a donation click the donate button on the left.

COMPLAINT was re-filed against the NYSBOE, in the Third Judicial District in Albany on November 16, 2011

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure”     Thomas Jefferson

Monroe Tea Party and citizens4freedom

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Livingston County, NY – Judge Robert Wiggins dealt a major setback to New York Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg in the lawsuit brought by Liberty Counsel against the same-sex marriage law (“Act”). In response to the flagrant violations of the New York state constitutional and legal procedures, Liberty Counsel filed suit in the New York Supreme Court against the Act, which was signed into law on June 24, 2011, by Gov. Cuomo. The state asked the court to dismiss the case, but yesterday afternoon, Judge Wiggins sided with Liberty Counsel on the Open Meetings complaint, ruling that the case may proceed to trial. Liberty Counsel represents New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and several other plaintiffs.

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Lifelong City of Newburgh resident and New York State Assemblyman Thomas Kirwan died Monday afternoon.
Kirwan, 78, who had been battling an illness for some time, was admitted to the Newburgh campus of St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital and passed away there around 5 p.m., according to Steve Neuhaus, regional director for the state Assembly Republicans as well as supervisor of the Town of Chester.

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NEW YORK (The Blaze/AP) — Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy movement was cleared by authorities, demonstrators in New York City and around the country were promising mass gatherings Thursday in support of the cause.

The day of action had been planned before the city and park owners cracked down on the encampment in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, but took on added importance to the protesters after tents, tarps and sleeping bags were cleared out early Tuesday and the granite plaza was cleaned for the first time since the group arrived more than two months ago.

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Occupy Wall Street protesters with proper ID can go to the facility this morning to get back their property.

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NEW YORK – Watch out New York City. The Occupy anti-capitalist movement is preparing to serve a three-course meal of so-called direct action that apparently includes the blocking of subways and bridges as well as shutting down the stock market.

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Kevin Hiltunen, a former NYPD officer, yesterday grabbed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator by the collar and dragged him out of a Queens school where he’d been heckling US Rep. Bob Turner at the congressman’s swearing-in ceremony.

“I guess you could say I sorted him out,” said Hiltunen, 48, his jacket and tie barely mussed after dragging the scruffy protester out on his rear end.

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This is the full text of the First Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

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A business owner near the Occupy Wall Street encampment claims she has been repeatedly harassed and threatened with bodily harm by protesters after she and her employees refused to give in to their outlandish demands.

“I’ve been told, ‘Watch your back!’ 10 times,” Stacey Tzortzatos, owner of Panini & Co. Breads, located across from Zuccotti Park, told The Post yesterday.

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Thanks to Jack Habersberger for the attached notes from last weeks Gardiner Town Board Meeting.  As Tuesday, November 8 is Election Day, the Gardiner Town Board meeting is moved to Thursday, 11/10 at 7 pm.  This meeting will determine the town budget for next year, and what your tax increase will be (believe me it’s NEVER a decrease).

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says responsibility for the Occupy Wall Street movement rests squarely on the shoulders of President Obama.

"This is a very dangerous movement, and it's ironic it's happening under a president who promised to unify us," Giuliani said. "Barack Obama owns the Occupy Wall Street movement, it would not have happened but for his class warfare."

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People from Vernon, NJ stopped by Glenn’s GBTV studios to talk about how their town took the idea of one person and turned it into a movement. Fed up with the broken system of government, regular citizens took action and changed an entire town. Get their story in the clip above and get their conversation with Glenn below.

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Last year I wrote an article about an illegal that I volunteered to tutor in college for free. The person shared with me everything about the student loan, and where it was spent because of their frustration when they received the first payment notice on $75,000 in student loans with Chase. Keep in mind all Americans that didn’t go to college because your parents worked, you could not receive financial aid, and you could not afford it so you didn’t go or you went part time over many years….

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IMAGINE you have a 10- or 11-year-old child, just entering a public middle school. How would you feel if, as part of a class ostensibly about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, he and his classmates were given “risk cards” that graphically named a variety of solitary and mutual sex acts? Or if, in another lesson, he was encouraged to disregard what you told him about sex, and to rely instead on teachers and health clinic staff members?

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Occupy Wall Street participants on their way to a demonstration on Times Square

Barack Obama, US president, offered more support for protesters against the global financial system after a weekend of demonstrations in cities around the world, but called on them not to “demonise” those who worked on Wall Street.

On Sunday, Mr Obama honoured Martin Luther King at a dedication to a new memorial on National Mall in Washington. Referring to protests that have spread from Wall Street to London, Rome and elsewhere, Mr Obama said: “Dr King would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonising those who work there.” Mr Obama had previously said the protests “express the frustration” of ordinary Americans with the financial sector.

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Bob Turner, who repeatedly criticized Obama on Israel, defeats Democrat David Weprin in district that is 40% Jewish

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is on a war path against gun owners – again. This time he is exploiting an incident that occurred over Labor Day weekend between NYC police officers and one armed criminal gunman that resulted in the tragic shooting and death of an innocent bystander.

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~ I'm praying for you Lisa the real conservative Tea Party Candidate in District 2.  We've been at this for 2 years now and Lisa you have always been there for us with Your Need To Know News and now with your Candidacy for office.You are a true example of put up or shut.  May God always bless your efforts.  Stay the course for freedom!  ~ C4F

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Tuesday, September 13 is Primary Day in New York.

There are two Republican candidates vying for a seat in Westchester’s County Legislature, District 2, but there is only one candidate deserving of your vote – Lisa Douglas.  Lisa Douglas is working the uphill battle of challenging the ‘one hand washes the other’ system put in place by the hierarchy of the Westchester Republican and Conservative Parties, respectively.

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There are two GOP competitive District Leaders races in Brooklyn on September 13th, as far as I have been able to discern. First, I’m going to address the one in the 45th Assembly District, which covers Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, and good parts of Midwood and Gravesend.

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Religious leaders are calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse course and offer clergy a role in the ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Rudy Washington, a deputy mayor in former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s administration, said he’s outraged. Mr. Washington organized an interfaith ceremony at Yankee Stadium shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Michelle Hieronymi - Monroe Tea Party

On Friday, July 22, 2011, at 2 PM, the Village of Monroe Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a bond resolution of $1.7 million for the construction of a new Department of Public Works facility.  Mayor James Purcell was also present.

No public forum or debate was held and few residents actually knew about the plan.

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As a Republican – he not only gave to Obama he gave to the Forward Together PAC (which is worse in my mind). Do some research on that scary group! As to ‘a small amount of money’ – good to know Michaelis finds $1000 chump change. As to the rest of the article it just proves the point that he stands for nothing as he’s willing to play both sides of the fence and his statement ‘You can't just take a stance that says you're either with me or against me’ proves. I’m not going there to make friends, I have enough.
At the end of the day Patriots it comes down to this – who do you want to put in charge of YOUR tax dollars – someone who thinks $1000 is ‘a very small amount of money’; someone looking to go along to get along OR someone who understands that it’s a great deal of money; who has a sound principled grounding and truly wants to get Westchester back on track by making the tough decisions?

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PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Joseph Hayon, For Republican State Committee

Contact: Joseph Hayon (347) 692-5362

Hayon runs for Republican Leadership, Endorses Bob Turner for Congress

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NYS NOW HAS A CONSTITUTION LOBBY - Robert Schulz, well known Constitution activists from 'We the People' is forming a Constitution Lobby all across New York State [and the nation] that is designed to hold elected officials accountable to our State and Federal Constitutions, as well as to county, town and village charters. For more information go to http://www.wethepeopleofny.org/, to become a founding member go to http://www.wethepeopleofny.org/join-NY.htm Also visit http://newyorkcommitteemen.org/ and http://undercurrentaffairs.com/

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For Republican State Sen. Greg Ball of Patterson, the Southeast stop of his legislative road show began and ended off-script.

For starters, when the senator arrived shortly before 7:30—the Southeast Town Board’s appointed hour to convene Thursday evening—he was forced to join staff and a rapidly growing number of constituents confined to the town hall lobby. Closed doors denied everyone access to the John Dunford Civic Center auditorium, where the town board sat sequestered in an unscheduled, apparently unannounced executive session.

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The ceremony at the World Trade Center site marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks will be a solemn but stately event that will include former President George W. Bush and a chance for victims' families to view the names of loved ones etched into the memorial, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — After same-sex marriage becomes legal here on July 24, gay priests with partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island will head to the altar. They have to. Their bishop set a nine-month deadline for them to marry or stop living together.

Next door, meanwhile, the Episcopal bishop of New York says he also expects gay clergy in committed relationships to wed "in due course." Still, this longtime supporter of gay rights says churches in his diocese are off limits for gay weddings until he receives clearer liturgical guidance from the national denomination.

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Albany, NY -- New York is giving employers until mid-August to pay a $20 surcharge for each worker in order to cover interest payments on federal loans the state took to cover unemployment insurance payments.

Letters from the Unemployment Insurance Division of the state Department of Labor began alerting employers Monday that they are being assessed up to $21.25 per employee to cover interest payments on money New York borrowed from the federal government to make up for state’s own insolvent unemployment insurance coffers.

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By Carl S.

On July 12, 2011 4 brave individuals filed a lawsuit against the NY Board Of Elections, NY Republican, & NY Democratic Parties.

An injunction was filed on the same day which required all 62 counties in the state of NY to accept Petitions with the Committeeman title.  The lawsuit and injunction could not have come at a better time.  For example, on July 13 several Monroe Tea Party folks were denied their petitions because they had the “wrong title and the positions were already filled” according to Orange County Board of Elections Commissioners.

Read more at http://nycommitteemen.org/lawsuit/lawsuit.html.  The paperwork is easy to understand and you’ll begin to the see bigger picture on how important this case is.   Please donate and visit the proceedings when possible.

The first hearing is scheduled for July 20th which looks to be interesting.

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During the 2010 election cycle, GOP state Senate candidates swore up and down the state they had “found their way;” were cured of their tax, borrow and spend addiction; and if given another chance, would be the taxpayers’ champions.

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Please accept this letter as my complaint against the subject administrators of the Buffalo Public School District (BPSD) and Florence Johnson, Buffalo Public School Board Member for investigation of possible criminality.

I enclose for your reference a copy of a letter (Exh.A) that I forwarded to the Grievance Committee of the Erie County Bar Association concerning what appears to be a severe breach of ethical obligations, conflict of interest, and possible criminal activity by Brendan Kelleher, Esq.  Also enclosed are prior communications (Exh.B) I previously sent to the Buffalo Board of Education and others concerning the issues described herein.

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When we find ourselves in difficult times, it is easy for us to lose hope…to wonder “why?”…to want to give up the fight.  But every now and then, when we least expect it, God shows up in a big way to let us know He is with us and is in control…always…and I am reminded of these lyrics from the song “Praise You In This Storm” by Casting Crowns:  “…as the thunder rolls, I barely hear You whisper through the rain, ‘I’m with you’…”

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In "a shot across President Obama's bow," Democratic former Mayor Ed Koch yesterday urged voters in Queens and Brooklyn to make "history" by voting for the Republican candidate to replace randy ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner in the Sept. 13 special election -- as a protest against the White House's policy on Israel.

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Legislators says it is the county’s responsibility to the public to start requiring contributions, By Edie Johnson

Goshen — In one of the most contentious legislative debates in recent years, members of the Personnel and Compensation Committee considered several competing proposals for employee benefits.

At issue is whether county personnel should contribute to their health benefit plans now, or whether the contributions should be asked only of new employees going forward. Three categories of employees had to be considered: Managers, elected officials, and union members.

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POUGHKEEPSIE – New York State Senator Steve Saland was one of handful of Republicans who helped swing the approval of the same-sex marriage bill a few weeks ago.  On Sunday, a handful of area residents, upset with that decision, protested in front of his house in the Town of Poughkeepsie.

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In wake of the Democratic nomination of NY Assemblyman David Weprin to run for the Congressional seat held by Anthony Weiner (district 9), and following the lead of a local Queens Orthodox organization, Rabbi Noson Leiter, representing Torah Jews for Decency, a morality and Religious Liberty advocacy organization, released the following statement:

"The nomination of David Weprin as a candidate for Congress is an affront to the Almighty, as well as a threat to the individual liberties, religious and otherwise, of American citizens.

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ALBANY — Next year's political calendar is likely to get an overhaul after New York moved its presidential-primary election from February to April and may push its primaries for other races from September to either June or August.

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I read the following paragraph yesterday: The ideological left excels at using their resources for creating fear and uncertainty, and by assassinating the character or credibility of those who oppose them. However, more often than not, this is manufactured fear, not based in reality nor diluted by the inclusion of objective truth.

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The timing is right. The candidate – a dream. The conditions are set. All that has to happen now is for Rensselaer County Republicans to elect Patriot Carl Gottstein Jr. as their Chairman, and the whole State of New York wins.

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Could President Obama be growing tired of Vice President Joe Biden’s seemingly endless gaffes, or of what some perceive is Biden’s increasing irrelevance?  So tired he would actually choose another running mate to lead him into 2012? If prominent political strategists including William Powers — the GOP power broker responsible for electing Rudy Giuliani mayor – are correct, Obama might consider replacing his current Vice President with freshman New York governor Andrew Cuomo. In turn, strategists predict Biden might then fill Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s shoes. Seriously?

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lmost two-thirds of New York voters reward Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo with a positive job approval rating after a legislative session that included an on-time budget with reduced spending, tightened ethics rules, a property tax cap, and passage of his bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

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LoHud

In a serious of anecdotes about the behind-the-scenes workings of the weeks leading up to Friday’s historic vote to legalize same-sex marriage, The New York Times reports that Sen. Greg Ball was looking for major campaign help if he were going to vote “yes” himself.

Ball, a Republican from Patterson, Putnam County, wanted to know that national Republican figures—namely, former Vice President Dick Cheney—would be willing to campaign for him for taking the politically risky move of backing gay marriage.

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New York Times

In the 35th-floor conference room of a Manhattan high-rise, two of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s most trusted advisers held a secret meeting a few weeks ago with a group of super-rich Republican donors.

Over tuna and turkey sandwiches, the advisers explained that New York’s Democratic governor was determined to legalize same-sex marriage and would deliver every possible Senate vote from his own party.

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The Senate gallery erupts. (Cindy Schultz/Times Union)

Capitol Confidential

ALBANY — Same-sex marriage passed the Senate 33-29 late Friday, clearing the last legislative hurdle for it to become law. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure, which takes effect in 30 days, just before midnight.

“What this bill will do is say that we are family,” said Tom Duane, D-Manhattan — only to be briefly interrupted by Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy and informed that he was speaking on the chapter amendments and not the main bill.

See vote tally in article:

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CAPTION

By Hans Pennink, AP

New York Catholic leadership vociferously opposed legalizing gay marriage in the state. But when it passed the state senate Friday

night to become law, it was with the help of a yes vote from the Catholic senator, Mark Grisanti.

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It's over: The New York State Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage by a vote of 33 - 29 tonight.

Daily News

State Sen. Tom Duane spoke of telling his parents that he was gay, and their fearful response that gays lived lonely lives subject to discrimination and even violence. Duane, who is also HIV+, spoke of making the case for domestic partner benefits and protections against hate crimes as a City Councilman and a senator. He thanked Gov. Cuomo for his "incredible and truthful and strong leadership" on this issue. He also thanked Skelos.

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You won't find this type of candid footage on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC or even Fox News, but it shows you what the liberal media would like to hide: New Yorkers do not want the sacred institution of marriage -- ordained by God -- redefined, tampered or destroyed.

If you like the video, please share it with friends and family. We need to create our own media to promote moral values.

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Lawmakers go home without doing anything

Capital Confidential

ALBANY — After preparing for an all-night session, legislators left the Capitol without action on major issues, continuing a week in which broad agreements failed to translate to legislative action.

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Sen. James Alesi’s speech at a same-sex marriage rally outside the Capitol yesterday was hailed by advocates who have thrown their support behind the lawmaker since he became the first Republican senator to voice his support.

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As we reported this morning, Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, Putnam County, yesterday called for a vote in the Senate on legalizing same-sex marriage. Even though Ball is officially undecided, he said the public should get a vote on the issue, despite an attempt by the state Conservative Party to quash a vote.

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In a first for any administration, President Obama has implemented a new system to spare a myriad of illegal immigrants from removal by authorizing—and encouraging—low-level field officers to block deportations by using an outrageously broad list of exemptions.

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Most people who first came to this land we call America did so to escape religious persecution, and were by nature virtuous people.   Americans have always been known for their positive human virtues such as love of liberty, steadfastness, strength, determination, selflessness, frugality, ingenuity, charitableness, individualism, entrepreneurial spirit, self-reliance, and honesty.  The list could go on and on.

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While Rep. Anthony Weiner may no longer have the benefit of Congress’ generous health care plan once he resigns, he will still be able to collect his pension and other benefits that could total more than $1 million during his lifetime.

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Whoever your advisors are, and public spokespeople are, FIRE THEM ASAP! When are you public servants going to wake up and assume the true responsibility of your elected positions to serve as public servants on behalf of the majority that placed in you in office? The reasons for you getting elected were simple;

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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has some good issues in his political tool chest but the revision of marriage isn’t one of them. Like his father before him, he placates the radical left wing of the Democratic Party on a social issue — pretending to be Lincoln freeing the slaves — but Cuomo has done none of the preparation or the research on the true nature of marriage in our society.

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Whenever big government oppresses the common citizen and is in defiance of The Constitution, the tea party must intervene to defend and uphold the rights of the people.  Such is the case with the latest NYS mandate issued through the DOT, Permit 33A.

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 I see the Democratic Machine of New York, Crime Inc. is making it moves to stifle the voice of the voter for 2012, by implementing massive restraint on local parades! New process could affect local parades This only validates the article written yesterday, and I will simply warn all of you. They are making their moves for 2012 to restrict your ability to be heard, and have any influence on the elections in 2012

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Gregg Ball the candidate, "We are fighting not for the sanctity of marriage, not the sanctity of life, we are fighting for the sanctity of America. Our time is now!" So what happened????

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A new permit process for parades has a local parade organizer wondering if it may mean the end of a tradition.

The state Department of Transportation Region 9 director sent out a notice in late May describing the new process, which requires a permit for events that disrupt normal traffic on state highways in excess of 10 minutes.

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Republican state Senators are in conference right now on the issue of same-sex marriage, and Greg Ball of Putnam County passed out a statement to waiting reporters, saying he's a definite "no" vote unless he gets very specific language in the bill.

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Tucked inside Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s same-sex speech earlier this week were two specific arguments in support of making New York the sixth state in the country to recognize same-sex marriage. The first was the most common argument heard from supporters of same-sex marriages: It is, if not the biggest, certainly one of the most important civil rights issues of our generation.

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Gov. Cuomo yesterday ratcheted up the pressure in favor of same-sex marriage in New York, sending his own bill to the Legislature while arm-twisting lawmakers on its behalf.

That's a pity.

Sure, politics drives everything in Albany, but some topics properly are a matter between legislators, their constituents and their consciences.

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I had a great conversation with someone yesterday that, when asking
for their signature to be on the ballot, said No.

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Please call Senator Greg Ball's Office in Brewster to let him know that we DO NOT SUPPORT 'Marriage Equality' here in New York:

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Many years ago George Orwell wrote ‘In our age there is no such thing
as keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues and
politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and
schizophrenia. Think about that for a moment.

You just have to love Lisa!  We need this outlook from all of our candidates.  ~ C4F

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This is very, very weird! Andrew Breitbart, who is a blogger, is taking questions from the press at a press conference, instead of Congressman Anthony Weiner, who is now late. He took the time to trash the bloggers who named the woman who came forward with the Weiner alleged crotch photos. "Salon dot com and Joan Walsh played the role that Weiner wanted...."

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By: Ricki DeSantis

Facts on Weinergate; 

• Briebart received the info and pictures anonymously
• Weasel Weiner's action occurred over the last 1-2 years
• Prostitutes were from Vegas, which means he was there
• Reid is in Las Vegas
• Reid was fighting for his life during 2010 elections

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 Some thoughts on the subject from: GL

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The Republican that did what Weiner did but not as bad, had to resign 2 months ago. The republican put a picture from waste up. This piece of excrement put a picture from waste down in underwear. Then again look at Pelosi, Barney Franks gay brothel using taxpayer's money, Charles Rangel not reporting income, obtaining 4 welfare subsidized homes while he is a Congressman. It is unbelievable. Notice, you haven't heard one word about Rangel. He owes millions to IRS!

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A new woman has come forward with what she claims are photographs, chats, and emails with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). These appear to undermine severely Rep. Weiner’s explanations that he was the victim of a “prank” or a “hack.”

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In a speech Thursday morning on the steps of North Salem’s Town Hall, North Salem resident Lisa Douglas declared that she is taking steps to demand a Republican primary election for the candidacy of County Legislator for District 2 for the seat currently held by Peter Harckham (D-Katonah).

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GardinersRight.org is all about liberty, economic opportunity, entrepreneurship, and most of all, doing the “right” thing.

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Well, last night was the Republican Convention. Having never attended one before, it was interesting. I congratulate all the winners last night – especially Susan Konig! I did not receive the Republican nod my opponent Peter Michaelis did. Peter is from Bedford. I never imagined that I would get the nod and knew from the get go I would have to primary – so here we are. Primaries are sometimes important for they allow We the People to have a voice in the process – it allows us to choose the better candidate vs. the committee weighted votes.

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It’s interesting that he hasn’t donated to local campaigns other than Hamilton Fish Jr. (dem) way back when. In the 90’s he was clearly supporting Democrats with contributions to Senator Ted Kennedy and Carole Mosely Braun.

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This is not a contest between 2 or 3 people - this is a contest between two ideologies. I believe/ stand for, fiscal responsibility, personal accountability and limited government. I do not believe in the redistribution of wealth; do not believe that bigger government is the answer to what ails us; do not believe in nor support the ‘hope and change’ mantra.

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The North Salem Republican Town Committee is pleased to endorse candidates for the following public offices:

Westchester County Legislative District No. 2 Lisa Douglas.

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Democrat Peter Harckham must now fend off not one, but two, Republicans in his bid for re-election as county legislator.

A few weeks after Katonah’s Peter Michaelis announced his bid for the District 2 seat, North Salem resident Lisa Douglas declared her intent to run as well, on May 19. Like Mr. Michaelis, Ms. Douglas is seeking the Republican, Conservative and Independence lines.

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‘That’s why we have the highest taxes in the country’ is what my 16 year old said last night after the BOL meeting in Westchester. The meeting started late due to the Community services award ceremony but once it started the board was stuck on Playland. However, public comment disclosed something we all need to be aware of.

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Montgomery — Not yet old enough to legally drink, Colin Schmitt is nonetheless old enough to take on one of the longest-tenured politicians in the region.

And he's giving himself a running head start.

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 The illicit practice of party cross endorsements is not unique to Rockland County elections but it does undermine the electoral process wherever it takes place by failing to provide voters the right to choose. 

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            In the end my friends there is no left or right. There is only Tyranny and Freedom. I choose Freedom....you?

Spoken like a true patriot!  This my fellow patriots is an account of what is happening locally in the political scene.  My personal opinion is that this same situation is happening locally and nationally.  I witnessed this myself during the 2010 campaign season.  The candidates that represent my concerns were dismissed by the powers that be. 

I consider myself to be conservative.  My values would fall in line with the republican party if they held to the tradition of what the republican party used to represent, smaller government, less spending.  But over time we have witness they are RINO's and they go by party favors and they are not standing on principle.  Now we are throwing TP candidates into the mix and the 'good ol' boys' are not happy with this situation and they think the TP Candidates will fall in line.  Well I believe they are in for a big surprise.  Lisa Douglas the founder of The Hudson Valley Patriots and the Need To Know News is not about to fall in line.  Sorry guys!  The gig is up!  ~ C4F

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The Republican field for the race in County Legislative District 2 got larger Wednesday with the entry of Lisa Douglas.

Douglas, a North Salem resident, launched her campaign at North Salem Town Hall with supporters.

Our dear friend and fellow patriot Lisa Douglas the author and creator of the HV Need To Know News and The Sheeple's Wake Up Call  has recently been encouraging fellow patriots to rise to the occasion and run for office.  Lisa believes in the well informed patriot and believes we have a duty to serve our country in this capacity.  Well I believe Lisa has prayed and has listened to her own words.  And Lisa is not a do as I say and not as I do person as many others can be.  So with true integrity Lisa has announced her  run for the Westchester County Board of Legislators - District 2.  We want to assure Lisa of our support and prayers for her here at C4F.  We wish Lisa God's blessings as she runs for this position.  Lisa if you need us we are here for you.  ~ C4F

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The last time we updated you on the special election in Western New York’s 26th congressional district, things were heating up. The race is close according to the latest polls and GOP nominee Jane Corwin is fending off not only the declared Democratic candidate, but a so-called “Tea Party” candidate with no visible support of any active Tea Party groups in the area. That man is Jack Davis, previously the Democrats’ nominee for the seat in multiple elections. Well, if things were heating up before, they seem to be coming to a full boil now. Pressed with questions about why he is refusing to participate in tonight’s debate, Davis came out swinging. Errr… literally.

This democrat is trying to give the TP a bad name. ~ C4F

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Cuomo:  "Restore This State To The Porgressive Capital Of The Nation."

The total destruction of New York State! ~ C4F

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Monroe Tea Party Meeting  - New York Committeemen

Wednesday, May 11th @ 7 PM -

Planet Pizza,
60 Mill Pond Parkway
Village of Monroe. 

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    Today, Orange County Legislator Mike Anagnostakis issued the following statement on the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden:

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The residents of this area of Orange County, who bravely endured through the power outages suffered during the February 23-26 2010 winter storms, will NOT be hit with any "storm fee" that Central Hudson had contemplated imposing to recover the cost to restore electricity during those storms.

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A Georgia grandmother who says she sent state Sen. Greg Ball a Curious George monkey with a label saying it was bound for Auschwitz, cheap perfume and an anger-filled, anti-Semitic letter also laid claim Wednesday to mailing a bloody pig’s foot to Rep. Peter King of Long Island.

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Yes, you read it correctly! Once again we see suicidal “Christians”, bowing down to a religion that calls for the destruction of theirs.

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My name is Lisa Douglas and I am seeking the nomination as the
Republican Candidate for Westchester County Legislator District 2. I
am a wife, mother, Veteran and an advocate for fiscal responsibility,
veterans, our seniors and small business.

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    This past Saturday marked the 190th anniversary of Greek Independence Day, and a celebration was held in Memorial Park in Highland Falls.  The annual event, which is the largest celebration of Greek Independence Day in the Hudson Valley, did not disappoint as almost 150 people turned out during the sunny but cold afternoon.

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A bill introduced in the Senate this week would extend a number of rights to certain undocumented immigrants in New York. Advocates say it's a human rights issue, while opponents worry about security.

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I am in the process of sending an original editorial to all of my local newspaper publications.  I believe only one will actually publish it, however.  So I am doing my best to circulate it as widely as I can.  If you agree with its content, I would welcome your assistance in spreading the word.  This is not an issue that is confined to one town in Rockland County, NY.  It is happening all across our nation:

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All of the sudden, in the last few weeks, President Obama’s birth certificate has become main stream. Those conservative commentators who would not touch the issue are jumping in feet first. Limbaugh is now discussing it freely. Donald Trump has gone on the View television show and made it a very big deal and he has done this in multiple interviews. Sean Hannity did a major segment on it yesterday on his radio show in an interview with Joe Farrah founder of Worldnetdaily.com and an attorney for Hamas by the name of Stanley Cohen.

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A Brooklyn school will start reciting the Pledge of Allegiance for the first time in years after a student's parents learned their daughter didn't know the patriotic oath.

Despite state and city rules mandating the pledge in public schools, students will only start reciting it next week at Public School 29 in Cobble Hill - apparently one of the many city schools that doesn't start the day by pledging to the flag.

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The biggest political story of 2011 is at the state level, where new Republican governors like Scott Walker and Rick Snyder have followed in the footsteps of Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie by seeking not only to cut short-term spending to address their states’ immediate budget crises while resisting tax hikes, but to attack the #1 source of their states’ long-term fiscal problems: excessive long-term commitments to pay and benefits for (mostly unionized) state and local public employees.

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The New York State Senate today passed  its budget resolution - - a fiscally sound plan that reduces spending, rejects tax increases and makes responsible investments in New York’s future.

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Monroe - The Town Board of Monroe approved a resolution this week supporting the rights of organized labor and the right to collective bargaining.

Something I learned about my little town this weekend.  Not to good news here.  While I've been trying to help Governor Walker look what happened right under my nose.  ~ C4F

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March 10, 2011

Dear New York Grassroots Activist:

Gary Berntsen

I'm writing to you today with an urgent request. In fact, if you were serving beside me in Afghanistan, this would be an order. Please take a moment to read this letter and I will explain.

First: I need you to go to www.BellaviaforNY.com

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will hold a confidential strategy session with leading gay activists on Wednesday to discuss how to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, the latest sign that he is preparing to put the weight of his administration behind legislation that has divided lawmakers and voters across the country.

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THE TAX CAP TRAP - HOW IT IMPACTS YOU

From the Desk of Irene Tiburcio & Lynn Teger,                  

Citizens of the State of New York
 
PRESS RELEASE

The Senate of the State of New York, under Governor Cuomo, recently passed a 2% Property Tax Cap increase.  The bill will be coming up shortly for a vote in the New York State Assembly.

CLICK HERE TO PRINT PETITION

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On Monday, February 28th, The New York State Senate will be voting on a bill to add 50 more Red Light 'Death' Cameras in Nassau county, to add to the existing cameras in New York City and Long Island.  Their plan is to spread these Death Cameras county by county throughout the state as a means to increase revenue while drastically increasing the safety risk of you and your family.  Call your state senator today and let them know they should vote no on adding more Red Light 'Death' cameras to our state, and to ban them entirely. Also sign the petition below to move to ban the Red Light 'Death' Cameras entirely.

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REGIONAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SCREENING
OPENING STATEMENT OF DAVID BELLAVIA
FEBRUARY 20, 2011

I want to thank you for inviting me to discuss my possible candidacy for the 26th Congressional District. It is my hope that after this session you will know me better, understand my mission and choose me as the Republican candidate for this vital Western New York seat in the House of Representatives.

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Montgomery — With recent news of double-dipping state legislators igniting reader anger in newspaper opinion pages and elsewhere, Colin Schmitt half-expected a revolution in state government.

But no such upheaval has come among the majority of rank-and-file state Senate and Assembly members, so Schmitt has decided to lead the way on his own.

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         We don’t want to believe that the policies articulated in the executive budget by  “new born conservative” Andrew Cuomo are essentially the same old liberal elitist smoke and mirror game of the Albany insider establishment but, unfortunately, that is the case.  It’s all rhetoric.

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ALBANY – Minority Assembly Republicans met at the Executive Mansion with Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday to hear his sales pitch for his proposed 2011-2012 state budget.

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My wife and I were involved with personal matters and did not attend the Tea Party gathering at which Mr. Caputo made his now infamous appeal for members of the tea parties to support the budget of Mr. Cumo.  ~  M/P Pennell

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There are almost as many political philosophies as there are people, unless you’re talking about the Tea Party

When it comes to them, most of America thinks any group who calls themselves “Tea Party” are all the same.

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Michael R. Caputo has devoted an inordinate amount of time to bashing Andrew M. Cuomo. As the campaign manager last year for Mr. Cuomo’s Republican rival in the governor’s race, Carl P. Paladino, Mr. Caputo delighted in coining names like Prince Andrew and comparing Mr. Cuomo to Pinocchio.

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Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) has introduced a bill previously carried
by Sen. Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) that would greatly expand the
"right" to an abortion. Sen. Stewart-Cousins may yet introduce her own
version of the bill as well. ~ Lisa D. HV Patriots

This is not good!  ~ C4F

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    On the 30th Anniversary of their return home, fourteen of the former American hostages held in Iran from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, came back to West Point in Highland Falls for a "Welcome Back Reunion".

At the end of the day, Legislator Anagnostakis summed up the mood at the gathering when he said, "I felt a bit moved to be with so many true American Patriots, and I could see when talking with each one of them that they were also touched that so many people in Orange County still care and remember them."

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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Monday used a parade of relatives and friends of victims of several high-profile shootings, including the recent killings in Tucson, to urge Washington to strengthen existing federal gun control laws to prevent guns from falling into the hands of buyers with a history of violence or mental illness.

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MIDDLETOWN — Guests planning to attend an "inauguration" ceremony for freshman Rep. Nan Hayworth at SUNY Orange Sunday have been told to complete an online "security form" and get approval or they will be barred from the event.

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NEW YORK – A conservative legal group asked the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt construction of the Islamic cultural center near ground zero. 

The American Center for Law and Justice, which represents 9/11 first responder firefighter Tim Brown in a lawsuit against the Park51 project, is seeking an injunction in any demolition and construction at the downtown Manhattan site.

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YORKTOWN — Steve Katz heard much, though not all, of what he wanted to hear from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first State of the State address: consolidation, streamlining, Medicaid reform. 

"He's talking like a Tea Partier," said Katz, an actual Tea Partier himself.

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Hayworth’s first-week challenges are minor and major: She has to find her way through the massive and labyrinthine tunnel system that connects the Longworth Building, where her office is located, to the Capitol. She will learn that when one of two red dots on her office clock is illuminated, a vote has been called. She will have to learn how to actually cast a vote (each member gets an electronic card and votes by machine). This  weekend, she’s attending the Congressional Research Retreat in Williamsburg, Va., where new members learn protocols and rules about drafting bills, debating on the floor, Congressional testimony.

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(WBEN)  Carl Paladino, the first Western New York candidate for governor in over 50 years, has been selected as WBEN's Person of the year for 2010. 

In more than a week of online voting, WBEN.com readers gave Paladino, an anti-establshment Tea Party favorite, more than three times the vote of runner up Chris Collins, the Erie County executive.

Our buddy Carl Paladino!  Go Carl!  ~ C4F

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Some of New York City’s most prominent religious leaders are making a public demand for answers as to why decades of social welfare programs aimed at making abortions a rarity have not only failed, but failed so dramatically.

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Columnist James Ahearn of New Jersey's Bergen Record has a great column on, of all things, the stagehands at New York city's top performing arts venues such as Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. These are not highly skilled or technical jobs but take a gander at how much they are paid:

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In a wide-ranging interview before he prepares to leave the House of Representatives, Hudson Valley Congressman John Hall warned that the nation could quickly descend into Fascism if more is not done to curb the influence of corporate money in politics.

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"They sent a message to the rest of the city that these particular labor issues are more important," said City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Queens), who was visited yesterday by a group of guilt-ridden sanitation workers who confessed the shameless plot.

When I was in the city on Tuesday I thought this lack of cleanup was on purpose.  I was right!  Hey good instincts!  ~ C4F

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Some people read obituaries. Some people scan death notices. We study the United States Census because, moving van by moving van, New York is dying.

What am I still doing here?  ~ C4F

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Missing Carl Paladino? If so, let’s end the week on a high note with this letter — and such nice stationery! — from the former gubernatorial candidate to YNN’s Liz Benjamin, in which he delivers a non-rave for her interview with Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo after the announcement of his lawsuits against financier Steve Rattner. Carl thinks Liz should have been tougher on Cuomo, and goes all George Orwell on her:

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Everybody has misplaced something of value: a set of keys, eyeglasses, a cellphone. The New York City Board of Elections also misplaced something important last month — about 200,000 votes.

How can this be?  ~ C4F

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"If Imam Feisal and his retinue want know why they're not trusted, here's yet another reason,” Irshad Manji, author of "The Trouble with Islam" and director of the Moral Courage Project at NYU, told The Daily Beast. “The New Yorkers I speak with have questions about Park51. Requesting money from public coffers without engaging the public shows a staggering lack of empathy—especially from a man who says he's all about dialogue."

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Public educators and the media can scoff all they want, but one thing is undeniable -- home-educated youth are dramatically changing America's political landscape. For years liberals have sought to contain the home-school movement by harassing families and banning their children from publicly funded athletic programs and other extracurricular activities. It hasn't worked. On the contrary, these discriminatory practices have created a generation of motivated activists.

I am truly a witness to this being a homeschooling mother of three conservative activist.  Homeschool it works!  ~ C4F

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Lately, it has become fashionable among conservatives and Republicans nationwide to lavish effusive praise and encomiums upon Governor Chris Christie as the “Conservative Savior” of New Jersey - and this trend has begun to mushroom into a fervent cult of pseudo-personality that is already calling for him to throw his hat into the 2012 Presidential campaign ring.

Myth #7: Gov. Christie strongly opposes illegal immigration, gun control and the Ground Zero Mosque.

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As a result, he said, the Senate leadership will unite its policy arm with its communications center into a "joint operation" run by Schumer.

"I have asked Senator Schumer, whose communications abilities and tactical skills we all greatly respect, to lead this effort as chairman of the new office."

Another waste of money with a big title.  Your government at work.  ~ C4F

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A House ethics subcommittee found Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-New York, guilty Tuesday on multiple violations of House rules after executive session deliberations.

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This afternoon from 1:00PM-6:00PM New York Time, we will engage in the fight for our lives, that is, for our life centers' very survival, as we battle Planned Parenthood, NARAL-NY, and the nasitiest pro-abort legislators in the U.S. who have called us anti-women, Dark Agers, and even terrorists, in this fight.

Please come out in support of these workers.  ~ C4F

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NEW CASTLE — When Andrew DeMarchis and Kevin Graff, two 13-year-olds from Chappaqua's Seven Bridges Middle School, set up shop at Gedney Park on a fall weekend last month, they were expecting a tidy profit.

Local government out of control.  ~ C4F

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Lately, it has become fashionable among conservatives and Republicans nationwide to lavish effusive praise and encomiums upon Governor Chris Christie as the “Conservative Savior” of New Jersey - and this trend has begun to mushroom into a fervent cult of pseudo-personality that is already calling for him to throw his hat into the 2012 Presidential campaign ring.

Myth #2: Gov. Christie took on the public employee labor unions and his reforms have reduced the size of state government.

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When Andrew Cuomo announced he was running for governor in May, he vowed to take on the "powerful special interests."

What he didn't say was that he had pocketed millions from lobbyists, unions, hedge funds, health care providers and real estate firms.

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While attending a climate change conference in China, billionaire New York City ‘Nanny State’ Mayor Michael Bloomberg had something to say about our newly elected politicians – he thinks they are too naïve and ill-informed to be a politician.

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A tabulation error has thrown in doubt the election night victory of Rep. Tim Bishop on Long Island and given Republicans hope that they may add yet another seat to their new majority in the House of Representatives

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Republican Dr. Nan Hayworth’s campaign sign has been altered — from Hayworth for Congress to Hayworth IN Congress.

Possible RINO alert.  ~ C4F

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NEW YORK — The long, often nasty campaign to pick New York's next governor in a time of fiscal and ethical crises ends Tuesday as Democrat Andrew Cuomo seeks the office his father once held and tea party Republican Carl Paladino hopes to pull off one more upset.

Vote Carl Paladino!  ~ C4F

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Brighton, N.Y. --- In the last two weeks alone various polls have showed Republican Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino trailing Democrat Andrew Cuomo by as many as 37 points and as few as 13 points.  But how the race for New York Governor pans out is anyone’s guess and this year, perhaps more than any other, is one in which polls never appear to tell the real story.

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(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he should not have used the word "enemies" to describe his political opponents as Republicans sought to make an issue of the comment a day before congressional elections.

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(BUFFALO, NY) - Former Governor of New York George Pataki today endorsed Buffalo builder Carl Paladino for Governor of New York.

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NEW YORK, November 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Rabbi Yehuda Levin, spokesman for the Rabbinical Alliance of America, which represents more than 1000 Rabbis, has on behalf of his organization welcomed and endorsed the recent election-themed statements by American Cardinal-designate, Raymond L. Burke, Prefect of the Catholic Church's highest court. 

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One reason Pro-life groups exist is as a means of protecting innocent life through the expression of the political will, to the extent that the two major parties fail to do so. The 2010 election cycle is one of those times when the pro-life groups are compelled in conscience to call on all New Yorkers to exercise their ballot privilege by not casting their vote for either the Democrat or Republican candidate in the 19^th Congressional District.

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NEW YORK — New York’s rocky transition from mechanical voting machines to paper ballots read by optical scanners just got a little more difficult.

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Carl Paladino stood before a crowd at a Long Island rally Thursday and spouted off in a manner that has come to define the Tea Party-backed Republican candidate for governor, referring to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) as Sen. Chuck Schumer's "little girl."

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Rochester Business Journal did a snap poll in the last few days and their results are very interesting. Although Cuomo is still ahead, his lead isn't very commanding. He only garnered 45% of the vote. Paladino comes in second with 42%. Warren Redlich, the Libertarian candidate gets 7% and Jimmy McMillan gets 3%. This should be good news for supporters of Carl Paladino.

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We wanted to know more about Republican candidate for governor, Carl Paladino. Who is he? Why does he want to be governor. Does he think he can win?

Carl can win for Governor of NY!  Share all you know with everyone you know to help Carl get elected.  ~ C4F

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(BUFFALO, NY) - In the wake of a double-digit percentage increase on bridge and tunnel tolls, gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said he would freeze fares, audit the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and take control of the runaway agency under the Office of the Governor.

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ALBANY -- Maybe it was fitting that Carl Paladino opened one of his final days on the campaign trail this morning on the steps of the State Capitol in a driving wind storm amid drops of rain.

"This is the scene of the crime," a supporter shouted during his brief speech.

"We're going to hose this building down," Paladino responded.

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ALBANY INSIDER ANDREW CUOMO WON'T CLEAN UP ALBANY

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It’s time to fight back! Don’t give Hinchey another chance to increase the national debt, raid your IRA, raise your taxes and impoverish your children and grandchildren.  Vote him out and send George Phillips to make our voices heard in Washington.

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(BUFFALO, NY) - Buffalo builder Carl Paladino, candidate for Governor of New York, knocked his opponent Andrew Cuomo for attacking his military service record.

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Dear Supporter,
Election Day, Tuesday November 2nd is only 7 days away. Carl Paladino will be the next Governor of New York State. We need your help: attend a rally, make phone calls, go door to door and reminding your friends, family and neighbors to vote!

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Dear Supporter,
Election Day, Tuesday November 2nd is only 7 days away. Carl Paladino will be the next Governor of New York State. We need your help: attend a rally, make phone calls, go door to door and reminding your friends, family and neighbors to vote!

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Republicans Fiddle While Rome Burns
Statewide, the Republican voter base, the Tea Party and other Reform
Groups are soundly rejecting the negligent New York State Republican
Party "Leadership," who has turned a deaf and dumb ear to their
constituency, by withholding support to the winner of the GOP
Gubernatorial Primary in his landslide victory.

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Carl Paladino is the Conservative Party candidate for Governor of the state of New York.

Carl Paladino is running on a platform to cut taxes and spending, create jobs with a pro business administration, save New Yorkers billions of dollars by cutting wasteful Medicaid options, and reform the out of control NYS legislature, including term limits.

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Carl P. Paladino promises to sue the federal government to overturn elements of the national health care law, to eliminate state bureaucracies, like the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, that he says are wasting taxpayer money, and to shut down New York’s government if state lawmakers fail to negotiate a budget in a timely fashion. 

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We had some fun this morning greeting Carl Paladino in Goshen NY.  Carl arrived around 10:30am this morning at the GOP HQ on Main Street in Goshen.   A few of us came out in support of Carl.  Let's see Linda and Edward D., Robert S. and his little cutie, Stacy C., Sandra V.,  Joseph C. and the Maney family.     Oh!  Rally is in my blood.  I took to the street to try to rally some people over to meet Carl.  John and my son Patrick decided to do some news.  They joined in with the group of media and took photos of Carl and also took part in the press conference.  When the media kept hammering Carl about his military service John decided to ask Carl a question and with that question the interview took on a new life.  But if you watched the lame stream media you wouldn't think so.  They are so one sided.   Well here is the interview in it entirety.   Please feel free to pass this press conference onto your friends and family.  Let's get Carl's message out to the people of NY.  We will have a higher quality version tomorrow.  Carl Paladino the next Governor of NY! 

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There are 160 tea parties in New York state, seven right here in Orange and Rockland counties. Yet many constituents remain ignorant of the basic principles of these grass-roots groups. The common view of the movement as an anti-government, right-wing faction is overly simplistic, as the groups themselves are as diverse as the members within them

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To coincide with the final sprint to Election Day, here’s POLITICO’s tracker of the day’s 10 hottest House races.

The Daily 10, drawn from news events in the most competitive contests in the nation, is designed to provide a daily guide to the key developments in the top House race.

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Recently I was talking to a family member of mine who happens to live out of state in North Carolina. She was telling me about a family she knew of not far from her neighborhood, that was given money to move up to New  State.

Vote Carl Paladino for Governor of New York.  Let's bring some sanity back to NY.  ~ C4F

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President Clinton nominated Andrew Cuomo to head HUD in 1996.

Andrew Cuomo points to his time as Housing and Urban Development secretary as a prime example of how he's made government more efficient and effective. But federal auditors say Mr. Cuomo oversaw a "poorly planned" overhaul of personnel that bulked up HUD's public outreach but undermined the agency's enforcement efforts

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Andrew M. Cuomo is accepting money, lots of it, from the same special interests he promises to take on if elected New York's next governor.

Cuomo amassed a $25.6 million campaign war chest in just two years and did it with the help of the same labor, business and political interests that have long influenced state government.

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Townsend/Schumer Debate Tonight! 7pm YNN & NY1 LIVE

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FACT: Steven Rattner was given immunity from criminal action in the pension fund kickback scandal. New York Times 1JUN10, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/business/02sec.html?_r=2

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In Monday's New York Gubernatorial debate at Hofstra University, Andrew Cuomo depicted himself as an Albany outsider intent on prosecuting governmental wrongdoings. The reality, of course, is the exact opposite: Cuomo has spent his entire adult life in government and politics as an Albany insider. For three years of that lifetime in politics he has been the chief prosecutor of the most corrupt state in America and a member of Governor David Paterson's cabinet.

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Subprime Scandal: Andrew Cuomo is running for governor of a state whose economy he helped sink when he ran the agency regulating Fannie and Freddie's "affordable housing" mission.

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(RTTNews) - New polling data on the New York governor's race suggests that Republican Carl Paladino has cut into Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo's seemingly insurmountable lead, just weeks before the November election.

Come on Carl we can do this!  ~ C4F

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For all those New Yorkers who think he is too angry, too mercurial or too rash to be governor, Carl P. Paladino has a message: “I’m not a terrorist.”

We need Carl Paladino for Governor of NY.  ~ C4F

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To understand Kirsten Gillibrand, maybe we should take a close look at who is supporting her and what they stand for. It has been said that a lot is spoken by the company that you keep.

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Hall v. Hayworth: In the 19th Congressional District (Westchester, Putnam, Orange), Republican Nan Hayworth, an ophthalmologist, is in a statistical tie with Rep. John Hall in the latest Monmouth University poll. Hall, a movement radical/singer (Orleans) who won in reaction to the Iraq war in 2006, has toed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's line ever since.

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Salina, NY -- A new poll showed Republican Carl Paladino trailing 37 points behind Democrat Andrew Cuomo and said that two-thirds of people agree that he is a loose cannon who does not have the temperament to be governor.

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It was barely eight months ago that voters in the 89th state Assembly district went to the polls in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Democrat Adam Bradley when the longtime legislator was elected White Plains mayor.

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- Island [Capital Group] was founded in May, 2003 by its managing member, Chairman and President Andrew L Farkas. Its principals include[d] Secretary Andrew M Cuomo, former US Secretary of Housing & Urban Development who served in President Clinton's Cabinet from 1990 to 1998.

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As I travel across our district talking to concerned citizens from all walks of life, I've heard the questions which many have rightly asked. "So, George, you say you have a bold plan to put our nation's fiscal house in order and create jobs. Everybody wants to do that, but what are the details?"  It's a fair question which deserves an answer, so here it is.

George Phillips is a true conservative voice for congress CD 22.  ~ C4F

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Brian Suozzo voted with an absentee ballot in the Working Families Party primary on Sept. 15 because, as his application stated, he was "at home recovering from medical procedure."

Jessica Boomhower's application said she would be attending a "work conference in Boston."

Michael Ward couldn't vote in person because he was "taking care of elderly parent."

Kimberlee Truell was on a "Bus trip to casino," as was Miguel Vazques.

The only problem with these absentee ballot records at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy, N.Y., is that they're phony, voters and investigators say -- and they've prompted what's being called an unprecedented investigation of suspected voter fraud. 

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Yes, the New York gubernatorial race of 2010 has turned into a full-fledged bull fight; a male-bonding battle of testosterone. However, there is a softer side to Carl Paladino, challenger of Democrat Andrew Cuomo. I've seen it.

Carl is the man for Governor of NY.  ~ C4F

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Carl's message is resonating with those of us in upstate New York. His plan to cut spending and taxes is what this area needs," Peter Halliday, chairman of the Corning City Republican committee, said in a prepared release.

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What's a brash businessman with a beef with big government and a penchant for publicity to do when a news outlet offers to videotape his musings on anything and everything and broadcast them unedited over the Internet?

Take it and sound off, of course.

That is just what Carl Paladino did in the years leading up to his improbable gubernatorial run when Artvoice, a popular Buffalo weekly newspaper, asked him again and again to opine on topics of his choice for an online segment dubbed "My 3 Minutes."

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Andrew M. Cuomo is accepting money, lots of it, from the same special interests he promises to take on if elected New York's next governor.

Cuomo amassed a $25.6 million campaign war chest in just two years and did it with the help of the same labor, business and political interests that have long influenced state government.

The Democrat's friends and allies -- he has received more than 10,000 contributions over that time -- read like a who's who of people and companies doing business with New York State.

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State Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt has stood on a train station platform to tell commuters about possible fare hikes. The Republican has contacted local schools superintendents in the 97th District to prepare them for state aid cuts. And, she said, in her six years in the Assembly, she's helped more local businesses "with red tape and gridlock than I would have ever dreamed of in this job."   We endorse Rabbitt, a small-business owner from Greenwood Lake, for the level-headed sensibility she brings to Albany. She is challenged by Democratic Orange County Legislator Myrna Kemnitz of Monroe, a longtime educator, to represent the 97th District, which includes Hillburn, Sloatsburg and half of Suffern, but is mostly made up of Orange County towns from Tuxedo to Wallkill. Kemnitz also carries the Working Families line, and Rabbitt appears on the Conservative and Independence lines.

We are happy to see this here at C4F.   Annie Rabbitt is a conservative/pro-life candidate and she  has our vote.  ~ C4F

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We've "Had Enough". Vote Hinchey out of congress.   Elect George Phillips to Congress NY District 22.  George is a true Conservative/Republican/Tea Party endorsed candidate.  ~ C4F

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New Yorkers pay the highest taxes, our budget is out of control, and unemployment is at record levels. Taxes are driving good jobs and companies OUT of our state.

Support Carl Paladino for Governor of NY.  ~ C4F

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In light of the news of a tie below, let’s make NY-22 Republican George Phillips our man to help out today. He’s a former inner-city substitute teacher, former staffer for Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, and current teacher at a Catholic school and community-college instructor.

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Carl P. Paladino, right, the Republican candidate for governor, with Gregory J. Ed

He was booed in Harlem once a crowd realized he was

’s running mate. He has regularly reassured audiences that Mr. Paladino was speaking only metaphorically and would not really bring a baseball bat to Albany. And he has tried, with limited success, to make peace with gay leaders stung by Mr. Paladino’s

as “disgusting.” 

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NEW YORK (CBS 2/AP) — Republican Carl Paladino has accepted CBS 2HD’s offer to host a debate with our radio partners WCBS 880 and 1010 WINS, along with the New York Times, and the City University of New York.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Democrat Andrew Cuomo had yet to respond.

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A Brookhaven Town councilwoman's aide was accused at Tuesday's Town Board meeting of stealing the campaign signs of a Republican candidate for Congress and throwing them out.

This is going on all around the state.  I'm glad he was caught in the act.  ~ C4F

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