April 4, 2008

Go, go,go

I seem to be handing out kudos to people. Weird for me.

Of course the first one for the day is no surprise. Kudos to Tom Buckel for asking AG Cuomo to look into the fact that we trimmed our gas taxes and gas prices, relative to other areas, stayed exactly the same. Who could have predicted that would happen (hint: ME)? On a related note, a letter to the editor seems to complain about County Executive Mahoney for allowing the gas tax cap to expire and the legislature shifting this to a property tax rebate. The argument of the letter seems to be that leasers will not pass the savings on to leasees. So the writer doesn't trust leasers to pass on savings, but does trust big oil. Hmm. Yeah.

Second, kudos to Congressman Walsh. Wait, what? Yeah, you heard me. Kudos to him for standing up to China and their numerous human rights violations by supporting a bill banning President Bush from Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing. As someone of Asian descent, I state firmly that the problem has been we've let China have too much of their own way.

April 3, 2008

Well, I do have to admit...

Two things this county has done that I did not think were good ideas are the cap on the gas taxes (no guarantee that we get any savings) and the plan to put a sewage treatment plan in Armory Square (just dumb). Well, she may not have gotten my vote at the time, but County Executive Joanie Mahoney has indeed taken a stand on these two issues, and its the same stand I had.

With regard to the gas tax, one county legislator that was opposed actually had the nerve to state that there was no evidence the gas cap had not saved people money. Let's go over that again. There is NO evidence it's NOT saved money. How about evidence it actually has saved anyone money dangit! Also there is evidence. One of the news channels looked at our price of gas vs Rochester. Before gas cap, few pennies less here. After gas cap, few pennies less here.

Regarding the plan to put a sewage plant in Armory Square, Mahoney has stated "I think we can do better." Not only that, her plan to is to see if we can relieve the need for such a plant by using green technology. All I can say is thank goodness.

Jumping to things I am really not so thankful for, Mr. Sweetland has formally announced his campaign for the 25th Congressional. I can't wait to see his 852 point plan for the country.

40 Below is looking for people to tout the Syracuse area. Apparently there are prizes involved.