Again....these were not cuts, these were cuts in the rate of growth of spending. This line "Government services are costly, most are worth paying for....." is true and false. Government services are costly, most, however, are not worth paying for.

justapto...do you really believe what you post? or do you just like reading it after you do? 50 to 100 million Americans with guns is a force to reckon with. Believe that at least.

really rsmall803. I could care less about the sexual orientation of this guy.

I am sure there are other issues involved, but is it really illegal to shoot a BB gun in your house?? I'll have to look up the legal description of a firearm.

You want a level playing field? Eliminate the NYS Sales and Use tax. We didn't have one prior to 1965. Now we have it and the Gazette acts like it is money that belongs to NYS. It is not. It is money that belongs to "we the people" that NYS confiscates from us. Taxing internet sales of businesses without NY Nexus is not going to hurt those businesses. It is going to hurt NYS residents.

Well, I see you guys went back in and added the party affiliation of the two criminals. Very clever. Are you going to issue a notice that the earlier version of this story did not include the party affiliations?

Gee....let's play "name that political party". You can be sure if the criminal politician's party is not mentioned, he or she is a Democrat. Well low and behold, Eric Stephenson is a Democrat.

Gazette....why do you hate seniors and people with mobility problems?

Actually, the motive isn't so much "unclear" as it is "unknown"

Well said Fritz. The state loves bottle deposit laws. I forget the exact numbers, but some 20% or 30% of bottles never get returned. The state gets the lions share of the nickels that are not claimed.