For Unshackle Upstate, the 2010 elections were just the first leg of a distance race aimed at lowering taxes, reducing state spending and ending dysfunction in the New York State Legislature.
The Nov. 2 elections are critical to our state’s future. A recent editorial in the Buffalo News shows us exactly why.
It’s not enough to just complain about the “state” of New York. We, you have to be willing to do something about it. And that something is voting. And to vote, you must be registered.
Standing in the corner to my left, at not even one full term, we have Governor David Paterson. To my right, standing at 212 members strong (or so they say), we have the New York State legislature. We’re in the 16th round (although there’s only 12 in professional boxing, that’s how many WEEKS late the [...]
I love road trips and I always have. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized that I would prefer to travel alone. I don’t like making too many stops, I like to listen to my own music and I do not want to hear that age old question, “Are we there yet?” But that’s how it’s [...]
The other day, I was sitting with my son flipping through stations and we stopped on Nickelodeon. There was a show on called Rugrats: All Grown Up. I stopped for two reasons. The first was because I remember watching the youthful Rugrats with my older son so I wanted to see how they made the [...]
As the New York legislature went home for the 4th of July holiday, Governor Chris Christie and the New Jersey legislature came close to a compromise on a proposal that will slow rising property taxes and reform what New Jersey residents have identified as their number one issue – property taxes.
Like New York, the Garden [...]
NYS legislators are talking about “property tax relief”… but don’t be fooled. Their idea of relief is hiding more than a billion dollars in new taxes/fees and issuing you a check right before you head to the polls, so they get re-elected! Judgment Day is coming…
Judgment Day is coming… let your legislators know that we’re taking notice!
News is that a budget is about to pass… unfortunately it’s not the budget we need in NYS. Take action against new spending and fees!
