{"id":187,"date":"2009-09-01T09:57:13","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T13:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2009-09-01T09:57:13","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T13:57:13","slug":"news-of-the-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"News of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Chuck Schumer<\/a> endorse his former staffer David Yassky<\/a> for Comptroller? \u00a0“We’ll see.<\/a>” \u00a0That’s not what Yassky wants to hear.<\/p>\n

Good commentary<\/a> from Deroy Murdock on the CD-23 race: \u00a0“… this could become a referendum on the state party<\/a>, which careened left under former Gov. George E. Pataki<\/a>, a union-coddling, Bush-lite spendthrift who squandered the party’s and the state’s fortunes. If Mr. Hoffman<\/a> bests Ms. Scozzafava<\/a> on the Conservative<\/a> line, he would expose the state Republican Party as an even emptier shell than it is today …”<\/em><\/p>\n

The agenda<\/a> for the upcoming special session in Albany still hasn’t been nailed down yet. \u00a0I suspect it will just be budget matters.<\/p>\n

Upcoming fundraisers<\/a> this month in Columbia and Greene counties. \u00a0Plus our sporting clays shoot<\/a> at Wallkill on the 26th.<\/p>\n