Finding Ulysses

Mike Arcuri is not a supporter of the No New Drilling Act. He hasn’t cosponsored the bill, or any other bill that would help our government deal with the current oil spill disaster or prevent future ones.

Les Roberts need not worry about being an election “spoiler”. Mike Arcuri has already spoiled his chances quite well enough all on his own.

Arcuri certainly got some interesting telephone messages from Tea Party protesters, but perhaps more convincing was the $53,500 he received from medical industry PACs, and $15,000 from insurance industry PACs. That’s in addition to the amounts given by individual lobbyists.

Trumansburg’s Congressman, Mike Arcuri, just voted against health care reform! Maybe Arcuri’s growing Republican voting record okay with the political machine up in Utica, but voters down in this corner of the district see things differently.

Our Representative in Congress, Mike Arcuri, voted yesterday in favor of extending the Patriot Act without reforming it one bit.

Yesterday, Mike Arcuri voted for H.R. 4154, a bill which gives a tax cut of 18 percent, but applies exclusively to the extremely wealthy.

The Democratic Party held it’s caucus to nominate candidates for the election upcoming on November third. They nominated incumbent Republican Jim Meeker, so he will most likely continue as Highway Superintendent.  They nominated Erica Naylor for Ulysses Town Clerk.  There were no challengers to Lucia Tyler. We nominated her for Town Council person, so she [...]

The policy positions expressed by Chris Thomas seem to have caused such concern that some Ulysses Democrats began looking for another alternative to Thomas. Roxanne Marino, who has a great deal of experience on the Town Board already, has stepped forward, and intends to seek the nomination at the Democratic caucus.

The Ulysses Democratic Committee met on Thursday 8/20.  As I have reported here before, the committee unanimously opposes my recording these events.  I understand some of the reasons, such as it allows a more frank and open discussion, and if anything untoward is said about someone in the community, it need not become public.  But, [...]

Health care and financial issues make up the bulk of Scott Noren’s political agenda, though he does express his opinion on a few other issues as well. Noren believes in limited gun control legislation, supports the right of state governments to ban same-sex marriage, is pro-choice, and is concerned about illegal immingration.