Our roundup of news from around the state focuses today on Topic One in Albany: Governor Paterson’s demands for deep budget cuts to head off what he says is a crisis.
Paterson has cut $600 million from the budget and wants the Legislature to cut $600 million more.
Voters, it seems, agree. Not only that, but if someone’s gotta pay more taxes to help fix this mess, they say, “let it be the rich”. This advocacy group agrees. Paterson doesn’t want to raise anyone’s taxes, he says, except as a last resort.
The Gov’s put together a team of economic advisors.
Money Related:
- UBuffalo makes cuts before being asked to.
- I got great news! I didn’t not save a bunch of money on my car insurance!
- Big factory and 2,000 jobs may be in trouble.
Elsewhere:
- Gov. Paterson signs junk fax protection into law. Three small companies still using faxes instead of e-mail cheer.
- Paterson gets rid of broadcasting’s non-compete clauses.
- Republicans who voted to approve gay civil unions find lots of rainbow-colored campaign cash.
- If you want a piece of Tom Golisano’s cash, answer his 35 question quiz.
- We’re number two! We’re number two! (Bet you thought we were #1.)
- State archivist to be archived in a state prison for two to six years.
In Sports:
- Central New Yorker will carry the US flag and lead the US Olympic team tomorrow in Beijing.
- Best line ever in a baseball story: “As they readied for their final at-bats, looking for an improbable rally, pills for heart ailments were in the dugout, just in case.”
Your Body Needs Animal Stories:
- Potential candidate for Mayor of New York City shows reporters how to deal with nuisances (like, for instance, reporters).
- One man’s solution to the invasion of snakehead fish: his .22 rifle. The state has other methods.
