http://rochesterturning.com/2007/01/12/tap-ny-senate-member-item-spending-by-party/ turning the tide upstate Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://rochesterturning.com/2007/01/12/tap-ny-senate-member-item-spending-by-party/#comment-8367 rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:42:00 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2007/01/12/tap-ny-senate-member-item-spending-by-party/#comment-8367 [...] We did a piece a little ways back on how Joe Robach buys the goodwill of the community (despite his too-conservative-for-Rochester voting record) using member items. The Daily News reports that the rules on this form pork are being tightened a bit: Gov. Spitzer reached an agreement with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and Senate GOP Leader Joe Bruno (R-Rensselaer) to reveal exactly how each lawmaker intends to dole out “member items” before they are approved. [...] [...] We did a piece a little ways back on how Joe Robach buys the goodwill of the community (despite his too-conservative-for-Rochester voting record) using member items. The Daily News reports that the rules on this form pork are being tightened a bit: Gov. Spitzer reached an agreement with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and Senate GOP Leader Joe Bruno (R-Rensselaer) to reveal exactly how each lawmaker intends to dole out “member items” before they are approved. [...]

]]> http://rochesterturning.com/2007/01/12/tap-ny-senate-member-item-spending-by-party/#comment-7471 bythepeople Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:41:43 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2007/01/12/tap-ny-senate-member-item-spending-by-party/#comment-7471 Yeah, sorry-- should've made that clear. Yeah, sorry– should’ve made that clear.

]]> http://rochesterturning.com/2007/01/12/tap-ny-senate-member-item-spending-by-party/#comment-7401 hsrstud Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:52:37 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2007/01/12/tap-ny-senate-member-item-spending-by-party/#comment-7401 Holy smokes. Are the numbers on the left hand side of the graph matched up with each legislator's Senate districts? Holy smokes. Are the numbers on the left hand side of the graph matched up with each legislator’s Senate districts?

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