Open Thread

so will that mean C will go up because gov’t is selling? and why?

nah, they say putt like in golf.

“Sen Leibell from Putnam.”

Is it pronounced the same way it is here in Bed Stuy….”Pootnam?” No.

I’ll have to stay off the OT today once it goes political because my head is spinning. I guess we’re not worrying about that deficit anymore? good to know

“whose largesse with the taxpayers’ dollar in his district earned him the moniker Uncle Vinnie, doled out $6.5 million in so-called member items, which were in some measure the focus of the federal inquiry, in the last five years, according to records maintained by the Empire Center for New York State Policy and the Albany Project.

The charges say he had in part controlled a nonprofit group that financed and developed senior housing in his district, and he has sponsored millions of dollars in grants for the group over the last decade.

Part of the investigation focused on accusations that he had told the lawyer identified as Attorney No. 1, who did work for the group, that he would cause the group to withhold payment for his services unless he paid half of the money to the senator.”

—–are we talking about big city democrat pol, like Vito?,,,,,NO- one of our upstate REPUBLICAN senate leaders. Sen Leibell from Putnam.