Bits of Everything

Fee Hikes to Pay for Island Trash Removal?

The Adirondack Almanack reports on an interesting development on the proposal to end trash pickup on the islands.

Paladino Unfit? Open Letter Shows Hypocrisy

BuffaloNews.com posts an opinion which is worthwhile reading. It takes on three politicians who object to Carl Paladino being well … a politician.

“D’Amato, McCall and Koch see Paladino as a threat. Yet they have no problem with a state government that never saw a tax, a fee, a patronage job or a public-sector perk that it didn’t like. In the last 10 years, the state budget hyperinflated from $77 billion to — hold your breath — this year’s $136 billion. That is a hike of nearly 80 percent. If you let your household budget run that wild, you would be out of a house.”

Paulist Fathers Ponder Future

Looks like the Paulist Fathers are evaluating their land on Lake George, says the Adirondack Almanack.

No Joking Around: Peterson Says State Layoffs to Start Soon

The Times Union says that Governor Paterson is going to start layoffs by the end of the year.

EZ Pass in Ti

Now can now buy EZ pass in Ticonderoga. So says Denton Publications.