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The Herkimer County Progressive
http://www.herkimerprogressive.com
The premier progressive blog of Upstate New York
- Added on: Jul 7th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Jeffrey Pritchard
- Listed in: Politics Democratic
- Tags: progressive county mohawk frankfort herkimer ilion
Recent Posts
New York to Run Out of Cash Next Month if Nothing is Done
Up until this point in the drama that has become the State's budget gap there has been no specific date set in stone when the State would run out of money. This has allowed politics to get in the way of any real reductions in State spending or findi...
Utica Master Plan Due in April
Well it appears as though the Roefaro Administration has made due on one of their campaign promises, and that is to create a master plan for the city that will drive its development priorities in the future. With a master plan in place the City can ...
DMV Releases New Liscence Plate Design
Since last year's budget was adopted I had been quite curious as to what our new license plates would look like. Beginning on April 1st of next year we will be required to purchase the new plates for $25 when our vehicles are registered. Personally...
Political Economy Trap, Part 2
This post is a response to Brendan's devil's advocate comment on the previous PET post from yesterday. His comment presented two common objections to a second round of stimulus, which I felt I could expand upon and better articulate my argument from...
Political Economy Trap
Two recent muses over the weekend:1. The unemployment rate is at 10.2% as of Friday.2. Recent election results and winners have made GOP majorities in CNY larger than previous.Obviously, new electees resulting from #2 have no bearing on #1. Unfortun...
IDA seeks additional Funds to Market County to Companies
Ahh the timeless saying that you get what your pay for. And if this years marketing budget for the County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is any indication of past funding, we have definitely gotten what we have paid into attempting to lure comp...
