"Ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh—it's got to be all about job creation too. "
Sarah Palin in CBS interview
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Questionable Election In KJ? You're Kidding!
Surrogate Court judge candidates file lawsuits
By Oliver Mackson
September 20, 2008 6:00 AM
GOSHEN — The race for Orange County Surrogate Court is taking a detour into state Supreme Court, with the two candidates each filing suit over the result of last week’s Independence Party primary.
Republican Robert Onofry won the right to appear on the crucial small-party ballot line. But Democrat Stephen Hunter sued Thursday, asking Supreme Court Justice Joseph G. Owen to throw out the results because polls closed 15 to 20 minutes early in the Village of Kiryas Joel on primary night. Hunter also contends that there were “obvious irregularities” at other polling stations.
Onofry fired back on Friday with a countersuit, asking Owen to order three disputed absentee ballots to be opened and counted.
By Oliver Mackson
September 20, 2008 6:00 AM
GOSHEN — The race for Orange County Surrogate Court is taking a detour into state Supreme Court, with the two candidates each filing suit over the result of last week’s Independence Party primary.
Republican Robert Onofry won the right to appear on the crucial small-party ballot line. But Democrat Stephen Hunter sued Thursday, asking Supreme Court Justice Joseph G. Owen to throw out the results because polls closed 15 to 20 minutes early in the Village of Kiryas Joel on primary night. Hunter also contends that there were “obvious irregularities” at other polling stations.
Onofry fired back on Friday with a countersuit, asking Owen to order three disputed absentee ballots to be opened and counted.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Show Me The Money
Audit requested for Kiryas Joel’s $10.5M center
By Chris Mckenna
September 11, 2008 6:00 AM
BLOOMING GROVE — Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun announced Wednesday that she has asked the state comptroller and attorney general to investigate a Kiryas Joel building project that has gotten $10.5 million in state and federal grants.
The Blooming Grove Republican wants the two Democratic officials to audit the project to see if the funds were properly spent. She released copies of her identical letters to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, both dated Aug. 25. Her request follows a Times Herald-Record story July 20 that reported on the project that got no-strings-attached state grants. Village officials estimated the project would cost $3.5 million and be finished by 2004 when they applied for their first state grant in 2001. The cost has since ballooned to $11.4 million, paid for largely with discretionary grants from then-Gov. Pataki and other allies.
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