This'n'That; June 29th[McHughSwitch;LocalGov't]

ACORN-COI Screws GOP Again! [One has to admit-If they can't buy the seat, they circumvent the election process. Given that they are completely unfamiliar with fair elections, ACORN-COI couldn't beat Mr McHugh one. Because they couldn't win fairly, the organization of thugs is attempting to promote him into ineffectiveness!] Striking again at the already beleaguered republicRAT party, ACORN-COI mouthpiece Fluffy obama today [06/02/009] will announce the appointment of Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) as secretary of the Army. In tapping McHugh, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, ACORN-COI sidelines yet another senior GOP lawmaker. The veteran congressman from upstate New York joins his former colleague from Illinois, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, the ambassador-designate to China, among the ranks of republicRATs in the ACORN-COI administration. McHugh’s appointment comes just over a month after administration officials helped push veteran Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter to switch from a republicRAT to a democRAT which wasn't much of a loss since Specter rarely deviated from the democRAT playbook. “ACORN-COI has made an outstanding choice in John McHugh on his credentials,” said former Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-N.Y.), who also represented upstate New York. “He’s a leading expert on Armed services that members on both sides of the aisle respect. ... On any major issue on armed services, I wanted to hear John McHugh’s opinion.” McHugh has won Congressional reelection with ease — taking 65 percent last year — but his successor may have a more difficult time in a district that ACORN-COI carried — something that surely didn’t go unnoticed by the ACORN-COI thugs. McHugh’s departure — which leaves only two republicRATs in the 29 seat New York congressional delegation — sets off a likely fight for his seat, which ACORN-COI carried over republicRAT John McCain in November 52 percent to 47 percent. Sources say McHugh’s chief of staff, Robert Taub, is likely to be an early frontrunner for the Republican nomination. “This seat is one of the best opportunities for democRATs to pursue now that McHugh out of the way,” said Reynolds, who is also a former chairman of the National republicRAT Congressional Committee. “Already we’re watching the democRATs downplay their chances but make no mistake, you can bet they’ll be as forceful in this as they were in NY 20 [special election].” NY Gov't Continues To Screw It's Citizens [The United States Constitution specifies {10th Amendment}: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." If Guvner "Double-Dealin'" Dave signs this into law, I fear the the people of New York will not see through the ruse!! This law will make it easier to reduce the people's representation in government closest to their homes and lives. The government in Albany is "maximum arrogance" personified!!! Practically everything from each years' bloated, unbalanced budget to the most mundane regulations are decided by the "three men in a backroom." Having and keeping the village, town, district boards and governments, while usually another level of taxation, also is communication with those who understand the local and regional problems at hand. There have been rare examples of local politicians breaking through the glass walls surrounding those arrogant state parasites and that possibility must continue!!] The Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would make it easier to cut or consolidate layers of local government in New York, a measure that supporters hailed as a significant step toward relieving tax burdens across the state. The bill, drafted by the New York State attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, simplifies what is now a byzantine set of laws specifying how voters or government officials can choose to dissolve or merge towns, villages and the hundreds of special districts that provide water, sewage treatment and other services throughout the state. Senate passage of the bill — which was approved by the Assembly on Monday — was also a political victory for Mr. Cuomo, who by proposing legislation in May and persuading lawmakers to approve it in a matter of weeks, overshadowed Gov. David A. Paterson, who embraced a related proposal last year but did little to advance it at the time. All told, there are more than 10,000 taxing entities in the state, ranging from special districts that provide volunteer fire departments to those responsible for disposing of duck waste or maintaining fallout shelters. Special districts are especially plentiful on Long Island, where they generate half the special district tax revenue in the state. Many districts are considered by critics to be little more than patronage mills. Til Nex'Time....