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  Start a fire, put it out, take a bow Fred LeBrun, Commentary Published 08:34 p.m., Saturday, February 18, 2012 We can all breath easier. Another near-disaster averted. We have a statewide teacher evaluation plan after all, and miraculously, education in our public schools is saved. Last week we witnessed a remarkable p...

Unions return to Democratic fold for 2012 election

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-labor-politics-20120220,0,861297.story?track=rss By Matea Gold and Melanie Mason, Washington Bureau February 19, 2012, 10:31 p.m.   After a falling out with the party, labor is back with cash and other support, driven largely by Republican attacks on collective bargaining. Reporting from Washington&m...

Border Patrol to the rescue for Falls air base?

By Mark ScheerNiagara Gazette http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x960122697/Border-Patrol-to-the-rescue-for-Falls-air-base   NIAGARA FALLS — Western New York’s congressional delegation wants the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to build a new border patrol facility at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. In a joint statemen...

County GOP Defends Gross Party

  By Mark Scheer  Niagara Gazette NIAGARA FALLS — Organizers said they held the party to support local charities and say good-bye to a man who has admitted to committing several crimes but has also done a great deal of good for the community. Critics charged that last week’s send-off for local plumber John Gross — who will soon be heading back to feder...

  Niagara Gazette February 13, 2012 GOP defends John Gross party By Mark Scheer  Niagara Gazette NIAGARA FALLS — Organizers said they held the party to support local charities and say good-bye to a man who has admitted to committing several crimes but has also done a great deal of good for the community. Critics charged that last week’s send-off ...

GOP celebrates 3 Time Felon

  Party toasts Gross prior to his latest prison stint Falls GOP hosts event after tax fraud conviction By Charlie Specht NEWS NIAGARA REPORTER Published:February 10, 2012, 11:22 PM 12 Comments Font Size: -2 -1 Standard +1 +2 E-m...

Gross Conduct

  Fond farewell for contractor going to jail Updated: Friday, 10 Feb 2012, 10:25 PM EST Published : Friday, 10 Feb 2012, 10:25 PM EST George Richert NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) - He's served time before and Niagara Falls contractor John Gross is heading to federal prison for mail fraud and tax evasion. But not before receiving a send-off worthy of a comm...

Sneak attacks are the sludge of new politics: GOP targets Latimer

Cowardly tactics are commonplace in the bitterest of election campaigns. It’s an unfortunate fact of life. But the professional liars, fact manipulators and propagandists whose aim is to infiltrate the consciousness of voters have achieved a new and disturbing low. Anonymous attacks are now being used as pre-emptive strikes against potential candidates, meaning people who have...

Hochul: I'm here to help

By Joyce Miles Lockport Union-Sun & Journal  http://lockportjournal.com/local/x2019123377/Hochul-Im-here-to-help   When a philosophical disagreement between residents interrupted her spiel at a recent Congress On Your Corner event, U.S. Rep. Kathleen C. Hochul didn’t lose her place, she seized the moment. Hochul, D-Amherst, had just made re...

Silver Meets With House Dems On Redistricting

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver made a non-publicized trip to Washington, D.C. yesterday to meet for the first time with Democratic members of New York’s congressional delegation, who are growing increasingly concerned about the state’s redistricting process – a process that will reduce their number from 29 to 27. The get-together with the speaker was very well attended, a...