Pete Grannis gave testimony before a joint Senate Finance/Assembly Ways & Means meeting last Tuesday on budget recommendations for the DEC. In 17 pages, the word hunting is used only once on page 9 as part of public land use. Nothing is said about the few billion dollars in economic value hunting provides to the [...]
Preliminary dates for NCSA/NYSRPA .50 cal matches at Fort Drum are scheduled for July 9-11 and October 8-10. Marc got some good giveaways for attendees lat year so they’re worth going to if you’re into that sort of shooting.
The Democrats took one step closer to tossing Paterson overboard: “A meeting of Democratic leaders from more than a dozen upstate New York counties shows a continuing rift within the party over whether Gov. David Paterson should end his election bid. No vote was taken in Saturday’s private meeting that excluded the state party’s leadership. [...]
Assemblywoman Joan Christensen announced she’s not running for re-election this fall. This might be an opportunity for a pro-gun pickup by either party. One of the possible candidates, Onondaga Co. Legislator Sam Roberts, clearly isn’t pro-gun. Here’s a resolution he sponsored in ’03 essentially calling for nationwide adoption of New York-style gun control laws.
Erie Co. Exec. Chris Collins has decided to pass on running for Governor this year. No big deal.
Newsday is a crap, leftist rag from Long Island. They worship at the feet of Carolyn McCarthy and love to promote her agenda at every opportunity. A few months back they decided to start charging people to view their website. Not a little either, $260 per year. They actually thought people would pay that much [...]
At least some in the Republican Party have learned from Scott Brown’s upset win in Massachusetts. According to the Times: “One of the top items of business for the Republican National Committee … is to pass a so-called “purity” resolution being put forth by some of its more conservative members. The resolution, named after former [...]
