Friday, December 5, 2008

Politics and budgets take center stage

Looking at the top two stories below you have to wonder; will the millions of upstate residents have a voice and will the economy of the counties north and west of the Hudson ever get the attention needed to stem the decline of the past 20 years?


There seems to be both good and bad in NYS Senate deal, according to this NY Times article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/nyregion/05senate.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=nyregion&adxnnlx=1228491817-CSvzRe4AKmqu1MidX7DYYg


Could this op-ed piece in the Times Herald Record be intended to help position Rep. Carolyn Maloney as Hillary Clinton's replacement?
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081205/OPINION/812050324

This story from Karen DeWitt says that the public employee Unions are trying to be positive , for now, in the discussion about possible state budget cuts.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1431478&sectionID=1



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