Budgets and politics

Jacob Gershman takes a look at how a downturn in the housing market and lower profits on Wall Street will impact next year’s state budget.
http://www.nysun.com/article/65552

Meanwhile,

Tom Precious of the Buffalo news reports that Governor Spitzer will postpone fulfilling a campaign promise to collect sales tax on the sale of cigarettes and gasoline by retailers on Indian Reservations in the state.
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/196055.html

And Precious takes time to ask the Governor about his confrontations with rivals in Albany.
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/196048.html