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I was going to run this one this weekend, but I’m doing this now as we may be reaching a tipping point with Gov. Cuomo, if only from the sexual harassment charges.
As many people have pointed out, it shouldn’t be the sexual harassment that gets him booted (though,...
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Here’s the latest “news”, and I can’t say I’m shocked:
Cuomo aide admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn’t find out
Governor Cuomo’s top aide privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state’s nursing-home death toll from COVID-19 — telling them “we froze” out of fear the...
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Illinois GOP Senators seek two-thirds vote hurdle for all future tax increases
Republican state senators in Springfield want to require any tax increase get support from two-thirds of lawmakers before it could be implemented, a proposal that opponents called a “desperate stunt” to combat a push to change the...
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So, I’m a bit tired about beating up on Chicago, especially since so many currently there are doing that job this week. If you want to read on those shenanigans, I recommend Second City Cop and CWB Chicago. Lots of interesting stuff there.
Let’s beat up on...
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Oh dear lord, really?
New York officials to Amazon: Please don’t go
New York officials and business executives are pleading with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to give New York City another chance after the retailer earlier this month backed out of a plan to build a second headquarters amid fierce...
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There are some interesting aspects coming out of the Amazon deal meltdown, and one that could get more scrutiny is all the deal-making involved.
It’s still going on… mainly because of the intra-Democrat fighting, which is very interesting to a person sitting outside, looking on.
I’m just throwing in some of the...
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Yes, I’m being a little hyperbolic in calling billions of dollars in tax abatements as a bribe, but that’s the situation in New York.
I will be linking to other people’s commentary in a bit, but I’m pretty pleased that Amazon will not be coming to Queens. This is not...
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I call it an imaginary loophole because it was never going to work.
IRS Moves to Block Blue States From Getting Around GOP Limits on Tax Deductions
The Trump administration has delivered another blow to California.
The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department on Thursday moved to block efforts...
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Okay, this is just funny.
The Tax Foundation has done an analysis of the change in federal tax rules on state revenues….that is, if these states don’t change their income tax laws.
Well, they project that New York would get $1.1 billion extra in fiscal year 2019, if the state doesn’t...
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I’ve been seeing loads of signs against ballot measure #1 here in New York: on having a Constitutional Convention to propose amendments to the state constitution.
The only reason it’s on the ballot is that there’s a constitutional requirement for it to be on the ballot every twenty years.
Some...
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