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This Summer: Polo Cancelled 2013
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Monticello Pol Convicted; SC Art Push; Catskill Zen 07/09/13
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BALL AGAIN RATED MOST INDEPENDENT SENATOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Bachmeier, (845) 531-9796
BALL AGAIN RATED MOST INDEPENDENT SENATOR
Albany, N.Y. – 7/08/2013 – Senator Greg Ball (R, C, I – Patterson) Chairman of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee, has again been ranked as New York’s most “Independent Senator” by the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). According to NYPIRG, a student-directed research organization, Senator Ball displayed the most independent voting record of his colleagues in the 2013 legislative session.
“I think most people in Albany know my tendency to break ranks and shake things up. I’ve chilled a little since my days in the Assembly, and am proud to be part of a great Majority with stellar members, but I still break ranks when I feel it’s important,” said Senator Greg Ball. “As for toeing the party line, frankly both major parties are full of crap at the national level and we’d be better off if we did away with party labels altogether.”
The 2013 NYPIRG study shows that the Republican Conference voted with Majority Leader Dean Skelos 98.39% of the time, while Ball was most likely to break ranks with his own party. The Republican Conference voted with Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein 98.29% of the time, while Ball voted with Klein 84.42% of the time.
Senator Ball was also ranked two years in a row as New York’s “Most Conservative” Senator by the New York State Conservative Party.
For more information contact Joe Bachmeier at Joe@ball4ny.com or (845) 531-9796.
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Josef Bachmeier
Communications Director
NYS Senator Greg Ball
Media: (845) 531 9796
Personal: (914) 406 5114
Bazzo 07/09/13
Planning Board Meeting – Town of Ossining – July 10, 2013
Subject: Planning Board Meeting – Town of Ossining – July 10, 2013
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Town Board Susanne Donnelly Supervisor Eric P. Blaha Council Member Geoffrey J. Harter Council Member Peter Tripodi Council Member Northern Wilcher Council Member
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Ossining Town Board Meeting – July 9, 2013
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Town Board Susanne Donnelly Supervisor Eric Blaha Council Member Geoffrey Harter Council Member Peter Tripodi Council Member Northern Wilcher Council Member
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Daily News: Silver aides fire back against Republican critics
July 8, 2013
Daily News: Silver aides fire back against Republican critics
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How can a man who protected and enabled serial sex abusers claim the moral high ground on women’s rights? It beats us.
But Sheldon Silver, whose protection of serial sex abuser Vito Lopez caused further incidences of sexual abuse in the Assembly, dispatched a spokesman with some choice words for NYGOP Chair Ed Cox this weekend.
Apparently, we Republicans are getting under Silver’s skin. Read for yourself:
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Silver aides fire back against Republican critics
The New York Daily News
By Ken Lovett
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ALBANY – Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is firing back at his Republican critics after months of attacks over his mishandling of the Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal.
Silver aides are ripping state GOP Chairman Ed Cox and Assembly Republicans as hypocrites more interested in trying to divert attention from their poor record on women’s issues than in protecting sex harassment victims. “They are not advocates for women,” Silver spokesman Michael Whyland said. “Their votes on issues affecting women are shameful, and their current grandstanding is shameless.” Cox has led the charge against Silver, calling for his resignation as speaker for agreeing to a secret $103,000 taxpayer-funded settlement with two women who accused Lopez, then a Brooklyn state assemblyman, of sexual harassment. Cox says Silver should have followed Assembly rules and referred the matter to the Ethics Committee. Cox has also called on Gov. Cuomo to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the matter. But Silver aides argue Cox is the last person who should portray himself a defender of women. They note that Cox’s law firm, Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP, boasts on its website that it represents employers against “alleged pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment and Equal Pay Act claims.” “It’s completely hypocritical but not surprising considering his party’s pathetic record when it comes to fighting for women,” Whyland said. Ed Cox, chairman of New York Republican State Committee, and Assembly Republicans are being attacked by Silver aides. “They are not advocates for women,” Silver spokesman Michael Whyland says.Cox called the attacks from Silver’s office “utterly ridiculous” and a “smokescreen.” He charged that Silver’s decision not to sanction Lopez after the first two women came forward last year directly led to at least two more women being sexually harassed by the one-time Brooklyn political powerhouse. Meanwhile, as many Assembly Republicans continue to publicly pound Silver for pushing an aggressive woman’s agenda while covering up sexual harassment in his house, Whyland says they are just trying to deflect attention from their longstanding records of voting “no” on bills that would benefit women. Among them: required sex harassment training for hotel-motel employees, mandatory firearms revocation in domestic violence cases, pay equity and the strengthening of orders of protection. The Assembly GOP did vote for nine points of Gov. Cuomo’s 10-point woman’s equality agenda at the end of the legislative session. But many Assembly Democrats believe the GOP only supported “watered down” versions of the nine bills to create cover for not voting for the 10th provision to strengthen abortion rights. Silver, who in recent years has taken heat for some of his investments, has quietly dumped two controversial ones, his latest financial disclosure forms show. The powerful Manhattan Democrat no longer invests in Walmart, an arch-enemy to his organized labor supporters. The Daily News in 2010 reported Silver’s holdings in the company.
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Town Of Ossining: Supervisor’s Update – July 8th, 2013
Subject: Supervisor’s Update – July 8th, 2013
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Free Coffee: Show Bethel Woods or Forestburgh Playhouse Stubs 07/06/13
Mr. Willy’s: New Summer Menu & Weekly Specials 07/06/13
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