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Pataki flushes our toll money down the canal

ByDerek

So while Buffalonians daily pay $0.75 – $1.50 to the Thruway Authority to take the 190 to get to their jobs in Buffalo, Big George decided to give $10 million of that away so that boaters on the canal don’t have to pay lock fees. Great thinking, George. Way to live up to the Republican stereotype of taking money from the working man and giving it to the rich. How about living up to the useful stereotype of making government smaller and cutting taxes by eliminating the tolls on the 190?

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If ya can’t take the heat…

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Stretching the Bush-bashing to it’s limits

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I was going to post my reaction on the Bush-bash of the day, but then I saw that Craig already wrote exactly what I was going to say. C’mon, media. There are plenty of real things you can bash Bush with, but this one doesn’t even come close to being newsworthy. Talk about stretching the…

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