VIRTUOSO CALLS LEG MAJORITY “TAX AND SPEND REPUBLICANS” County Legislature Democratic Leader Dennis Virtuoso is accusing the Leg’s majority of being “tax and spend Republicans” in the wake of the recent passage of the 2012 Niagara County budget. “I made proposals that would have limited our tax increase in Niagara County next year to about [...]

WILL REPUBLICAN FEDERAL JUDGE SHARPE RULE IN FAVOR OF GOP’S CHOICE OF AN AUGUST PRIMARY?…WHY REPUBLICANS FAVOR AUGUST Highly reliable Albany sources are predicting that Federal Judge Gary Sharpe, a Republican appointee, will likely rule in favor of the early August primary date favored by NYS Senate Republicans. Assembly Democrats favor a June primary since [...]

JUDGE MAY BE LEANING TOWARD AUGUST PRIMARY….DEMOCRATS STILL PUSHING FOR JUNE Senate Republicans have filed a letter with Judge Gary Sharpe, who could rule as early as next week on a federal Department of Justice challenge to the current September primary date. They argue for August 12, as they have done consistently. Assembly Democrats are [...]

Slaughter Pleased with Tax Cut, Says it was a “Shameful Way of Doing Business” WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement after House Republicans agreed to pass a two-month extension of the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance. The agreement will provide tax relief for [...]

STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN HOCHUL AFTER HOUSE LEADERSHIP AGREED TO BRING THE PAYROLL TAX CUT TO A VOTE The following is a statement from Congresswoman Kathy Hochul after House Leadership tonight reached an agreement on extension of the Payroll Tax Cut: “On behalf of middle-class families in the 26th District, I’m relieved to hear that House [...]

CONGRESSWOMAN HOCHUL TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND TOYS TO FAMILIES AT LOCKPORT SALVATION ARMY Tomorrow, Congresswoman Kathy Hochul, Representative from New York’s 26th Congressional District, will join Major John Wheeler, Commander of the Lockport Salvation Army, to distribute food and toys to families in need. During this holiday season, Congresswoman Hochul is encouraging Western New Yorkers [...]

LET’S USE NIAGARAFALLSPOLITICS TO KEEP KNOWN SEX OFFENDERS IN JAIL…HOW WILL THE PREZ RACE EFFECT LOCAL RACES? Having heard Niagara Falls Black Club Council head Roger Spurback talk about the dangers of putting convicted sex offenders on probation, we got an idea. Let’s use NiagaraFallsPolitics to expose judges who put these dangerous people back on [...]

RE-APPPORTIONMENT PLAN WILL PUT SENATOR MAZIARZ’S DISTRICT IN THE FALLS AND GRISANTI IN HAMBURG, NUMEROUS SOURCES SAY As we head into Christmas week, one thing that becomes clearer with every passing snowflake is that the much discussed Albany re-apportionment plan, the one that spreads NYS Senator George Maziarz’s district into the City of Niagara Falls [...]

Recently, NYS Attorney General Erie Schneiderman released a report that showed that most of the money raised by telemarketers, supposedly for charities, actually goes to the telemarketers. Some of the significant findings regarding the 564 fundraising campaigns covered in the Attorney General’s report include: · In 77 percent, or 435 of the 564 campaigns, the [...]

A RE-APPORTIONMENT PLAN SPAWNED BY POLS IN ALBANY?…NOT SO FAST, SAY SOME SOURCES…IN THE END, THE COURTS WILL DRAW THE LINES WITH MINORITY DISTRICTS LIKE THE 60TH KEPT INTACT To hear many sources tell it, the lines to be drawn as a result of 2012 redistricting are a done deal, especially in WNY. As surely [...]