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	<title>Artvoice Daily &#187; State Politics</title>
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		<title>Today, New York State—Tomorrow, Sweden</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/03/04/today-new-york-state%e2%80%94tomorrow-sweden/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/03/04/today-new-york-state%e2%80%94tomorrow-sweden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Kuzma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The First Amendment Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Kuzma&#8217;s bid for the NYS Senate appears to be gaining global traction thanks to this piece provided by the Red and White Cheektowaga Brigade of the First Amendment Club.

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		<title>The Check&#8217;s in the Mail</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/02/18/the-checks-in-the-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/02/18/the-checks-in-the-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Artvoice Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoine Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Rock Assumption Boys and Girls Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all,
As many of you may or may not know I am the former board President of the Black Rock Assumption Boys and Girls Club. I loved this club with my heart and soul. I put all my energies into helping this club because I believed and still believe in the good it can provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Senate: Senecas Are Behind on Payments</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/02/05/state-senate-senecas-are-behind-on-payments/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/02/05/state-senate-senecas-are-behind-on-payments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seneca Gaming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Mariani of the Syracuse Post Standard reports that several Native American gaming operations are behind on payments to state police for security provided at casinos. The Seneca Gaming Commission is the furthest in arrears, owing $22.8 million to the state for security at the casino in Niagara Falls and $18.1 million for the casino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Carl Kruger: Tax Indian Cigarettes, Protests Be Damned</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/29/sen-carl-kruger-tax-indian-cigarettes-protests-be-damned/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/29/sen-carl-kruger-tax-indian-cigarettes-protests-be-damned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carl kruger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tire fires]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Kruger, chair of the State Senate&#8217;s Finance Committee, is determined that New York State begin collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native Americans to non-Native Americans. The failure to collect those taxes, Kruger says, has cost the state $1.6 billion per year.
The courts have ruled that New York can tax the sale of Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kuzma? Cooney?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/29/kuzma-cooney/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/29/kuzma-cooney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Stachowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Kuzma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Cooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIm Kennedy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this story posted last night, Channel 2&#8217;s Aaron Saykin buttonholes State Senators Bill Stachowski and Dale Volker about their objections to specific program cuts in Governor David Paterson&#8217;s proposed budget.
Saykin ends the report like so:
Senator Stachowski, who is facing a primary challenge from Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy (D-South Buffalo) promised us some specifics within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Were Right: Chris Collins Won&#8217;t Run for Governor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/27/we-were-right-chris-collins-wont-run-for-governor/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/27/we-were-right-chris-collins-wont-run-for-governor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Collins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Albany Times-Union and the Buffalo News report what we predicted first a month ago and then again last week: Erie County Executive Chris Collins won&#8217;t run for governor this year.
You can read his letter to state Republican Party chairman Ed Cox over at the TU&#8217;s Capitol Confidential blog.
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		<title>Harold Ford&#8217;s Visit</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/25/harold-fords-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/25/harold-fords-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Byron Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illuzzi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday evening, that old water-carrier Joe Illuzzi reported that former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, who&#8217;s looking to run a primary challenge to Kirsten Gillibrand for the US Senate this year, would pay a visit to Western New York on Sunday.
You can tell where he learned of the visit from the spin he imparts:
PoliticsNY.Net has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Make the Call: Steve Pigeon and Co. — Shady or Slipshod?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/21/you-make-the-call-steve-pigeon-and-co-%e2%80%94-shady-or-slipshod/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/21/you-make-the-call-steve-pigeon-and-co-%e2%80%94-shady-or-slipshod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens for Fiscal Integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Parenti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Responsible New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Pigeon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Note to Steve Pigeon and his attorneys: When you bring a lawsuit alleging that the Erie County Board of Elections and its commissioners are pursuing &#8220;baseless&#8221; and politically motivated investigations into you campaign finance operations, you should make sure that all the supposedly aggrieved parties are legally constituted under New York State election law.
Because if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Collins: Running His Mouth Like a Business</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/13/chros-collins-running-his-mouth-like-a-business/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/13/chros-collins-running-his-mouth-like-a-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Erie County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foot in mouth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Benjamin of the New York Daily News reports:
Chris Collins may have put his foot in his mouth again, DN Capitol Bureau Chief Ken Lovett reports.
After being forced to apologize to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for comparing the Orthodox Jewish Democrat to Hitler and an anti-Christ, the Erie Council executive and gubernatorial hopeful made an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mario Cuomo Calls for State Constitutional Convention</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/11/mario-cuomo-calls-for-state-constitutional-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2010/01/11/mario-cuomo-calls-for-state-constitutional-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albany Times Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gerald benjamin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mario cuomo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York State]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this article by former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo and Gerald Benjamin of SUNY New Paltz, calling for a state constitutional convention.
The changes they&#8217;re calling for:
The end of &#8220;three men in a room&#8221; and the return to effective, informed, shared governance.
A fair method for legislative districting.
Campaign financing that enhances competitiveness.
Fair, objective administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WNY&#8217;s Funniest Home Videos</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/12/23/wnys-funniest-home-videos/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/12/23/wnys-funniest-home-videos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoine Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People with Possibilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forget Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Our next big splash on ABC could be on America&#8217;s Funniest Home Videos, thanks to this heavy lifting display by State Senator Antoine Thompson.

The senator also recently presented this huge personal check for $275,000 to People With Possibilities, to combat gangs and guns. That&#8217;s a big signature.

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		<title>$8 Billion in New Taxes and Fees on Whom?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/11/09/8-billion-in-new-taxes-and-fees-on-whom/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/11/09/8-billion-in-new-taxes-and-fees-on-whom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Buffalo News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York State budget]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The print edition of today&#8217;s Buffalo News features two extra editorial pages. Resembling two full-page ads, the &#8220;Buffalo News Editorial Opinion: Say No to State Government Incompetence&#8221; lists over 75 new taxes, fees, and other &#8220;revenue raising items.&#8221; But rather than let the figures speak for themselves, a large upper-case font, superimposed over the list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Groups Beg at State Senate Budget Hearing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/11/02/local-groups-beg-state-senate-budget-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/11/02/local-groups-beg-state-senate-budget-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoine Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carl kruger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Paterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit reduction plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george maziarz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martin malave dilan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael ranzenhofer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[william stachowski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the second time in four days, New York State Senators sat at a table in Western New York to listen to locals beg for money. On Friday, Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Martin Malave Dilan held a hearing at the Buffalo &#38; Erie County Historical Society to hear idea on how the state should spend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not the First Time Collins Called Silver an Anti-Christ</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/10/29/its-not-the-first-time-collins-called-silver-an-anti-christ/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/10/29/its-not-the-first-time-collins-called-silver-an-anti-christ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Erie County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheldon Silver]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=4772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Erie County Executive Chris Collins called Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver an anti-Christ last Saturday night at a Republican dinner, it wasn&#8217;t the first time he&#8217;d pulled the line out of his bag.
He recently made the exact same comparison to a group of Buffalo State political science students, who were visiting the Rath Building. Two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost Quatrain of Nostradamus Discovered</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/10/27/lost-quatrain-of-nostradamus-discovered/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/10/27/lost-quatrain-of-nostradamus-discovered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Erie County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adolf Hitler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antichrist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostradamus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Archeologists believe they may have found a long-lost quatrain penned by the famous renaissance seer Nostradamus, in the remains of a room once used as a salon by Catherine de Medici. The four-line verse is thought to be one of the fifty-eight quatrains missing from the his collection of predictions known as the seventh “Century.” [...]]]></description>
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