In Case You Missed it…
Welcome to this week’s edition of In Case you Missed It - Let’s look at the week that was as posted on RochesterTurning.
Time Warner Internet Caps
By now you know the Tine Warner Caps are “dead” which probably means “postponed” but let’s look at what we wrote leading up to this good news. We delivered this remarkable footage of Congressman Eric Massa forcefully speaking out against the Time Warner Internet Caps. As a side note - one of the things we do well at RT is get out from behind the computer or “google alert” to bring you coverage of events. This particular video made a couple of national level blogs - always a good thing from our perspective but Massa puts the issue into perspective.
Anyway there was a rally scheduled for Saturday - 30 folks showed up I’m sure more would have come had Time Warner not pulled their plan. Last week we brought you footage of Congressman Dan Maffei’s stance and this week - we asked the important question (I think we were the only ones to do so) where do our other Members of Congress stand on the issue? Town Supervisors got called and asked where they stood. Congressman Chris Lee’s stance became clear.
Finally, after Time Warner’s plan was shelved and given all the Time Warner hoopla -we asked does money buy influence?
County Reorganization
We are still waiting for the other shoes (or heels) to drop. Maggie’s number two, James Smith, is gone. I got a phone call alerting me to pending county-level reorganization - I confirm it with others including some media folks. They have been hearing the same thing but no one will go on the record yet. So Friday comes and goes but nothing - well, we believe it is coming and will be announced at a point when and where our County Leadership can minimize damage.
More local news
Local GOP kingmaker unexpectedly passes away - RIP Steve Minarik. Check out these two editorials on Steve Minarik. One has context - the other, well, no.
We discover that the guy in the IDA ads is sad because the IDAs he is representing don’t want him to earn $15.42 dollars an hour.
Congress -
Congressman Dan Maffei addresses High Speed Rail concerns.
We had an update on the Rochester Teabag protest. Then there was this guy -disgusting. Teabagging is defined in this week’s Wingnuts
There were Congressional bonus’ for outgoig GOP Congress Staffers - really.
A quick update of the NY-20 race.
Quick clicks -
RT continues it God, Guns and Gays tour -Guns anyone ? Ladkiddo is sticking to hers. There was a rally for tax rights rally - The Governor introduces same-sex Marriage bill but do we really want equal rights for Gays? Sometimes I wonder. Is Notre Dame pissed at Obama?
There was a Working Families Party fund raiser - anyone go?
Fun at the train station.
More State level corruption was unearthed
The United States of America conducts torture -
Finally, in this thought provoking post - What exactly is the role of citizens in our society - hope it is not this.
That’s all for now - see you next week.
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