Upstate needs parity in state infrastructure funding
In Albany the push for equitable state spending contrasts upstate reliance on state road and bridge funds with downstate MTA needs. The author notes that while $8.3 billion supports the MTA, similar upstate investments are essential to fix roads and bridges, citing CHIPS increases and winter recovery funds as progress. Public contact details follow.
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Albanay
Upstate
Downstate
New York
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA
Trans
DOT
American Society of Civil Engineers
TRIP
North Second Street
Fulton
barclaw@assembly
Statewyys
Assemblyman
Barclay
Mercy in political discourse and the call to mercy
A discussion of mercy as a guiding principle in politics tied to Pope Francis and the book How to Defend the Faith Without Raising Your Voice. It highlights leading with love not winning, witnessing rather than victory, and applying mercy in debates, campaigns, and public service with Kathryn Jean Lopez as a referenced commentator.
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Pope Francis
Jon Austen Ivereigh
Catholic Voices
England
Kirsten Powers
Fox News
Jesus
November History Highlights From 2014
This brief retrospective lists key historical events on November 3 across years: Johnson's 1964 White House victory over Goldwater, China's Opium War starting in 1839, Meiji birth in 1852, Panama's 1903 independence, Chevrolet’s 1911 founding, Sputnik 2 with Laika, broadway openings, Chile's Allende inauguration, Greensboro violence in 1879, Iran-Contra disclosures in 1986, Susan Smith case, Jenkins desertion plea, Merkel on Berlin Wall anniversary, Obama backing Cuccinelli in 2013, Mutai and Jeptoo at the NYC Marathon, and a Pliny quote on certainty.
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Chevrolet Motor Car Co
Detroit
Louis Chevrolet
William C. Durant
General Motors
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred M
Alf” Landon
Soviet Union
Laika
Meredith Willson
Molly Brown
Tammy Grimes
Salvador Allende
Chile
Susan Smith
Union
South Carolina
Michael
Alex
Spt
Charles Jenkins
North Korea
US. Army
Angela Merkel
Berlin Wall
U.S. Congress
Barack Obama
Virginia
White House
Terry McAuliffe
Ken Cuccinelli
Kenya
Geoffrey Mutai
New York City
Priscah Jeptoo
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Robert Oaks
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Albany
N.Y
Kathryn Jean Lopez
National Review Institute
National Review Online
Catholic Voices USA
Klopez
Nationalreview Com
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Associated Press
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
China
Britain
Emperor Meiji of Japan
Kyoto
Panama
Colombia
Communist Workers Party
Ash-Shiraa
U.S
Iran
Pliny the Elder
Che Palladium
Times
Www
Palitimes.com
New York Publishers Association
First St
Oswego
Andrew Poole
Mike LeBoeuf
Mieboeuf
Palladium Times
West Street