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America's Invisible Rich (Alternet)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT

That's what a former New York governor, George Pataki, claimed back in 2003 when lawmakers voted to place a temporary 7.7 percent tax on income over $500,000 and a 7.5 percent tax on any income that couples report over $150,000. Pataki vetoed this tax hike on New York's most affluent, but lawmakers then enacted the measure over his veto. What happened? Over the next three years,...

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A CHARTER CHALLENGE (New York Post)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:25:15 GMT

... behind their backs all along. They won legislative approval in the first place only when then-Gov. George Pataki made that a condition for signing off on a pay raise for Albany lawmakers. Even so, the educrats did their best to kill charters. Unlike regular public schools, charters get no state money for upkeep and capital construction, forcing them to spend money on maintenance that...

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SPOTLIGHT'S ON THE LIMELIGHT (New York Post)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:52:36 GMT

... Forward in the sale of its building. When Charles Gargano was still the head of ESDC, and George Pataki was still governor, Time Equities sold seven floors of 125 Maiden Lane to the state to become the governor's new offices. But when Eliot Spitzer became governor, he decided not to move in and instead renewed the lease at Time Equities' building at 633 Third Ave. Since then, Rudder...

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STATE POWER PANEL JUICE$ FIRED EXECS (New York Post)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:54:11 GMT

... are fired." The authority, still controlled by a board of trustees named by former Republican Gov. George Pataki, is viewed as a GOP patronage dumping ground by aides to Democrat Paterson. It had also been a base of operations for former State Police Lt. Col. Daniel Wiese, a longtime Pataki aide who was ousted - without a severance package - last spring as the authority's inspector...

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GOV BOWS TO SHEL AS CONVENTION'S TOP DOG (New York Post)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:10:49 GMT

... 1996, officials said - two years after former Gov. Mario Cuomo, a Democrat, lost to Republican George Pataki. Paterson spokesman Errol Cockfield said, "Speaker Silver has served admirably as the chair of the delegation for years. The governor thought it was an appropriate tribute to his leadership to ask him to fill this important role once again." But the fact that Paterson, who...

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DAVE ADDS MU$CLE TO HIS TROOPER CORPS (New York Post)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:02:47 GMT

... the governor - reportedly engaged in political dirty tricks during the tenures of former Govs. and George Pataki. Paterson's security is being strengthened after a special study was commissioned by State Police Superintendent Harry Corbett. The study concluded, after consultations with federal authorities, that protection for the governor was inadequate, an administration official...

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Breaking down NYSUT’s non-endorsements (Capitol confidential)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:54:26 GMT

... NYSUT withheld endorsements from 26 Assembly Republicans in 2004 after they sided with then-Gov. George Pataki in a school funding fight. It was unclear whether the non-support changed the outcome of races, one of those who wasn’t endorsed, 112th District Assemblyman Roy McDonald, for example, was unopposed.There’s been a bit of between sides about what a “no-endorsement” actually...

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America’s Hero Ships, coming soon to a conflict near you (kevgillett.net)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:53:56 GMT

The US Navy is commissioning a series of Hero Ships named after heros and incidences from the war against terror. One, the USS New York has recycled steel from the WTC Towers incorporated in her hull “We’re very proud that the twisted steel from the World Trade Center towers will soon be used to forge an even strong national defense,” said New York Gov. George Pataki. “The USS New York...

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Governors' Portraits Missing from Albany (Gothamist)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:09:01 GMT

Sure, former Governor George Pataki's portrait is still being completed, but what about one of 18th century governor John Jay? The AP reports that 15 ex-governors' portraits are not in the Capitol's Hall of Governors. Besides Pataki and Jay, the missing include Enos Throop, Williams Marcy, John Dix (the one who served in 1873-1874, not the one who served 1911-1912), William Sulzer,...

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HE DID NO HARM (New York Post)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:59:40 GMT

... are more than just hype. But the moves merely continue a trend by two of his predecessors. George Pataki and (in his brief time in the job) Eliot Spitzer drew a similar line on public-worker unions' never-ending attempts to lock in ever-more-costly goodies from the Legislature. Nor do the vetoes represent the toughest tests the gov faces this year in terms of downright harmful legislation....

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U.S. Flag of Honor Tributes Fallen Bushnell Police Officer (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:53:50 GMT

... What later became known as the United States Flag of Honor was presented to then-New York Gov. George Pataki at New York Police Department headquarters in recognition of police officers and firefighters who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The flag then was flown over Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site. Upcoming events for the flag include the National Firefighters...

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chilly response to cuil (f/k/a . . .)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:07 GMT

... having fun with the frequently misplaced photos that Cuil includes with their listings. ( e.g ., George Pataki for Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King, Jr., for Mahatma Gandhi) Some of the linked photos are rather bizarre and definitely funny. Don’t go asking for a date based on the image alone! I’ve also noticed that if you right-click on a Cuil image, you don’t get referred to the...

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By George! Collection for Pataki museum (NYDailyNews)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:23:00 GMT

The demise of Eliot Spitzer has made some New Yorkers yearn for the blander days of Republican Gov. George Pataki. At least that's what some key members of Pataki's administration think.

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SPITZER AIDES COUNTER 'TRICKS'TER TESTIMONY (New York Post)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:18:34 GMT

... the Dirty Tricks Scandal plot against Bruno. Wiese, a longtime friend of Spitzer and former Gov. George Pataki, is a key focus of the broad State Police probe being conducted at Gov. Paterson's request by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Paterson ordered the probe after receiving what he said were numerous claims that the State Police were engaged in a variety of political dirty tricks....

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JUDGE FREEDMAN MOVES ON (New York Post)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:18:34 GMT

... to state Senate confirmation, raises doubts about the governor's judgment. Back in 2002, then-Gov. George Pataki passed up a chance to name Freedman, one of several finalists, to a seat on the Court of Appeals, the state's highest tribunal. Too bad Paterson didn't show the same good sense. Since 1983 - back when Ed Koch was still mayor - Freedman has treated the city's shelters as...

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MIKE'S ON THE MONEY (New York Post)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:18:34 GMT

... taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. Thanks to the fundamental cowardice of Govs. George Pataki and Eliot Spitzer (Gov. Paterson is showing yellow, too, but he's new on the job), New York declined to enforce a state law mandating the collection of taxes on all tobacco products sold to non-tribe members. As a result, some 300 million packs a year of untaxed cigarettes are...

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GOV PULLS SWITCH ON DEATH CELL (New York Post)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:46:51 GMT

... penalty after a 23-year hiatus. Although seven defendants were sentenced to death after then-Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, signed the law, the death house has never hosted an execution. The two-cell unit sits vacant in an isolated wing of the Dutchess County prison. Equipment for lethal injection has been removed. The defunct death house is visited once a week for cleaning. The...

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Money in the 20th, second quarter (Capitol confidential)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:25:21 GMT

... in November’s general election.Treadwell, a former secretary of state under New York Gov. George Pataki, is up against Michael Rocque, a former Green Beret and special operations commander in the U.S. Army, and John Wallace, a retired state police officer.Much of Treadwell’s spending was on radio and television advertising; he began running TV ads last November.Treadwell has largely...

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NY Senate leader Bruno to resign seat by Friday (ALBANYS INSANITY)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:24:49 GMT

... of Long Island has been chosen to replace Bruno, with Bruno’s support. In the two years since Gov. George Pataki left office, Bruno has been New York’s top Republican leader. “Frankly, my work is fairly well done,” Bruno said Tuesday at his last major public event, an announcement of an IBM Corp. high-technology project in Albany. “I feel like my transition is done. The furniture...

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JOE BRUNO TO RESIGN SEAT FRIDAY (New York Post)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:45:28 GMT

... of Long Island has been chosen to replace Bruno, with Bruno's support. In the two years since Gov. George Pataki left office, Bruno has been New York's top Republican leader. "Frankly, my work is fairly well done," Bruno said Tuesday at his last major public event, an announcement of an IBM Corp. high-technology project in Albany. "I feel like my transition is done. The furniture...

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