Burger bonds fund Thruway debt and tolls fallout
The Thruway Authority used restaurant income, dubbed burger bonds, to cover debt service rather than direct road spending. Bonds sold at 7.9 percent backed by service-area revenues are scheduled to total 70.5 million repaid by 2006, drawing criticism from Deborah Warner of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce who cautions against such funding and urges tighter state budgeting.
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AOR
Apaseee
Joann McGowan
Supreme Pizza
Sbarro’s Pizza
Chittenango
Bixger
PACE
Thruway Authority
New York
H. Cgo McCall
New Yorker
Greater
Syracuse
Abe
Deborah Warner
Chamber
Sie
Thanway Authority
John Plate
Marriott Corp
McDonald’s
Thruway
Orginal
Native nicknames in CNY schools spark debate
Central New York superintendents defend traditional Indian team names while Native groups and Onondaga leaders call for abolition or phase out. They argue mascots demean culture, while some districts slowly consider changes as statewide surveys reveal mixed opinions and a call for education over rash action.
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New York
Education Department
Native American nicknames used by upstate New York schools
A catalog of school mascots in Upstate New York by region lists teams such as Red Raiders Warriors Indians Redskins Chiefs and Eskimos, naming districts from Syracuse to Massena. It notes numerous place names and associations across Albany Binghamton Rochester St Lawrence and Hudson regions.
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Docherty
New York
Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs
Mark Emery
Oneida Indian Nation
St. John’s University
Redmen
Red Storm
Stanford
Dartmouth
Public Opinion Strategies
Alexandria
Fulton
Oswego County
Red Raiders
Michael Egan
New York State
Syracuse
G. Ray Bodley
Canastota
Central Square
Redvien Clinton Warriors
Cooperstown Redskins
Indian River
Philadelphia
Liverpool Warriors
Lowville
Lyme
Chaumont
Mohawk Mahicans
Morrisville-Eaton
Morrisville
Oneida Indians
Ouskany Redskins
Thomas R. Proctor
Utica
Richfield Springs
Sackets Harbor
Sauquart Valley
Sauquoit
Stockbridge Valley
Munnsville
Waterville
Webb
Old Forge
Eskimos
Weedsport
West Canada Valley
Newport
Westhill
Onondaga
Whitesboro
Marcy
Poughkeepsie
Alexander Hamilton
Elmsford
John Jay
Katonah
Roy C. Ketcham
Wappingers Falls
Mahopac
Nyack
North Rockland
Thiells
Ossining
Our Lady of Lourdes
Warnors Rhinebeck Indians
Roosevelt
Yonkers
Scarsdale Raiders
Webutuck
Amenia
Albany
Averill Park Warriors
Cambridge Indians
Canajoharie Redskins
Corinth Tomahawks
Coxsackie Indians
Fonda Fultonville
Fonda
Braves
Glens Falls
Lake George Warriors
Mechanicville Red Raiders
Mohonasen
Schenectady
New Lebanon Indians
Chenango Valley
Binghamton
Gilertsville
Mt. Upton
Groton Indians
Odessa-Montour
Odessa
Grego Free Academy
Sidney Warriors
Southern Cayuga
Poplar Ridge
Stamford Indians
Walton Warriors
Watkins Glen Senecas
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Warriors
Rochester
Allendale-Columbia
Angelica Red Raiders
Avon Braves
Bradford Braves
Caledonia-Mumford Raters
Canandaigua Braves
Caniseta Redskins
Fairport Red Raiders
Hornell Red Raiders
Irondequoit Indians
Nunda
Letchworth
Gainsville
Newark Reds
Palmyra-Macedon Red Raiders
Penfield Chiefs
Romulus Warriors
Red Jacket
Shortsville
Webster Warriors
Buffalo
Barker Raiders
Cattaraugus Big Reds
Cheektowaga Warriors
Eden Raiders
Iroqueers
Elma
Jamestown
Lancaster Redskins
Saint Francis
Athol Springs
Salamanca Warriors
Seneca Vocational
Tonawanda Warriors
West Seneca West Indians
Adirondack
Indian Lake Indians
Para Indians
Saranac Chiefs
Saranac Lake Redskins Walls Indians
Willsboro Warriors
Hudson
Liberty Indians
Minisink Valley
Slate Hill
Narrowsburg
James J. O'Neill
Highland Falls
Port Jarvis
Red Hook
Green Meadow Waldorf
Spring Valley
Walriors
St. Lawrence
Clifton-Fine
Star Lake
Massena
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Legislatian
Terry O'Brien
Debe
Peter Tulo
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
Thrway Authority
Tufo
Attica Prison
State Urban Development Corp
State of New York Mortgage Agency
New Jersey
Connecticut
Greater Syracuse
State Department of Transportation
Warner
Burger King
CNY
Nocknanes
Sual
Walter Doheny
Central Square District
The
Pam Jervis
Orange County
Mills
Adrian Cook
Cook
American Indian Movement
National Congress of American Indians
National Indian Education Association
Washington Blackskins
Powless
Neal Powless
Syracuse Smash
U.S
Natasha
Irving Powless
Rowe
Onteora
Oren Lyons
America
Lyons
State Education Department
Pepe
Overpool
Liverpool
Warriors
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