Nan Hayworth Watch Vanderhoef WatchThe Rockland Progressive Democratic Caucus will meet Feb 16 at 7 pm at the Nyack Public Library. Members of the RPDC have indicated three priority issues that need discussion, including hydrofracking in New York, the proposed sale of the Summit Park senior citizens complex, and public school funding.
New York state’s campaign contribution limits is $55,900 per year for a gubernatorial candidate. That’s far more than the average New York salary and therefore favors those with scads of expendable wealth. Andrew Cuomo promised, if elected, to clean up NY’s elections. Soon after his inauguration, he advocated for public financing of elections in...
NY-19's former Representative John Hall sparked wide debate this week when he told the NY Observer the country is currently descending into corporate-controlled "fascism" thanks to activist Supreme Court judges. As reported here in November, autopsies of Hall's defeat attributed heavy outside spending on attack ads as the likely difference in the close race, only...
Boston is the latest of 400 municipal and county governments to implement SIRE Technologies paperless system for governance, according to a piece in today’s Boston Globe. An investment of $35,000 plus $23,000 in annual fees is expected to save Boston $35,000 per year over current practices which include paper filing systems that exceed 300,000...
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