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Upstate New York Is Becoming Detroit With Grass – Thanks to Years of Democratic Rule

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CRUE CAB said:
Well if NY is sooooo great? Why do so many NYers move here to Florida. Not just old NYers either. But young ones as well.
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If you were up here anywhere in the Northeast these past 3 winters you'd understand. Pesonally I like the change of seasons, but I can understand the people who hate the winters and want oget out. But then NYC has 8.5 million people, a thriving economy. So I guess not everyone is going to FLA.
 
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CRUE CAB said:
Well if NY is sooooo great? Why do so many NYers move here to Florida. Not just old NYers either. But young ones as well.
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Weather.
 
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SenorXm/Sirius said:
I'm positive you won't post this, so I'm here to help.

New York Senate Leader and Son Are Arrested on Corruption Charges
By SUSANNE CRAIGMAY 4, 2015

ALBANY — Dean G. Skelos, the leader of the New York State Senate, and his son were arrested on Monday by federal authorities on extortion, fraud and bribe solicitation charges, expanding the corruption investigation that has cast a renewed spotlight on Albany’s intractable corruption problem.

The charges against Senator Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, 32, were detailed in a six-count criminal complaint that quickly became mandatory reading material in the Capitol building. Politicians and their staff members pored over the 43-page complaint — an often titillating document that included references to burner phones, secretly taped conversations and strong-arm tactics that were on display even during the wake of a slain police officer.

Senator Skelos, a Republican from Long Island, was accused of taking official actions to benefit a small Arizona environmental company, AbTech Industries, and a large New York developer, Glenwood Management, that had financial ties to AbTech. Senator Skelos agreed to do so, according to the complaint, as long as the companies paid his son.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/nyregion/dean-skelos-new-york-senate-leader-and-son-are-arrested-on-corruption-charges.html

Oh and BTW the The Republicans’ No. 2 in the NY Senate is a guy named Thomas W. Libous, he would step into Skelos spot should he step down from majority leader. The problem is Mr. Libous, is also under indictment.

So please explain all the corrupt Republicans in NY politics.
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Far from it by me to make the statement that Republican politicians in New York State or for that matter in the U.S. are sacrosanct and above illegal activity. As a transplanted Brooklynite to the Southern Tier of NY State, from the first time I met Libous in the city of Endicott, NY in 2000, I saw a sleazy guy. That's coming from a conservative. But I find that for the most part I don't rub elbows with politicians Democrat or Republican.
 
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