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Oswego Daily News

Gov. Paterson’s Deficit Cutting Plan Would Create Hundreds Of Little Deficits

January 20, 2010 Contributor
Governor Paterson delivers his 2010-2011 Executive Budget. Photo provided by the Governor's office.Gov. Paterson’s plan to fill a massive hole in the state budget consists, in part, of blowing holes in thousands of smaller budgets across the state.  His plan to cut education aid, for example, just about doubled the size of the deficit the Fulton City School District is trying to fill.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Board of Ed Holds Budget Workshop Tonight; Public Invited

January 19, 2010 Contributor
Fulton’s Board of Education tonight holds its second workshop on its budget for the next school year. The public is welcome to attend. The board and district officials are working to build a budget for the 2010-11 school year.  It’s the budget that taxpayers will vote on in May during the statewide day of school budget voting.

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Community

Central New York SUNY Presidents Laud Governor’s Call to Empower Public Higher Education

January 19, 2010 Contributor
The act would grant a degree of flexibility and autonomy to SUNY that university leaders have long sought. It would separate the state’s 64 campuses from other state agencies, grant the system’s board of trustees significant tuition-setting authority and free campuses from burdensome purchasing and contracting constraints.

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Fulton Daily News

State Lawmakers Race The Clock For “Race To The Top” Education Money

January 18, 2010 Contributor
The state spends more than $20 billion each year on aid to its hundreds of local school districts.  Today, state lawmakers will scramble to try to have a chance at a relatively tiny amount of money that would go into the school aid pile at a time when school budgets are likely to be cut.

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Community

Barclay and Assembly Republican Conference Announce Launch of New “STOP GOVERNMENT WASTE” Website

January 17, 2010 Contributor
Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I?Pulaski) announced today that he and the Assembly Republican Conference have launched a new website, www.stopgovernmentwasteny.com, as part of their ongoing effort to rein in excessive state spending and the misuse of […]
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Community

Fulton Schools Begins Budget Process

January 17, 2010 Contributor
On Tuesday evening, January 5, 2010, the Fulton City School District Budget Committee met to begin the development of the district’s 2010-11 school district budget.

The district Budget Committee is comprised of the Board of Education members, Superintendent of Schools, central office and building administrators and three community members.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

A Review of the Governor’s State of the State Address

January 11, 2010 Contributor
The Governor’s State of the State address this week primarily focused on the seriousness of the state’s fiscal situation. The speech was more subdued and void of the usual ‘rah, rah’ tone Governors have taken in years past. Instead, his speech focused on the economy, and specifically how vital it is for New York to keep a balanced budget.

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