New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
* It was so nice to see an article by Assembly Speaker Shelly "No Tort Reform" Silver telling us about how bad things are and extolling shared sacrifice ("New York State Must Cut Spending," PostOpinion, Nov. 24). Silver and his corrupt cronies got...
BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Close on the heels of Chris Collins’ epic Shelly Silver fail come reports that Michele Iannello is embroiled in a sensitivity issue of her own. The Buffalo News reported this morning on charges coming from the Working Families Party and Buffalo Teachers’ Federation President Phil Rumore that Iannello ordered a couple of black canvassers off [...]
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Erie County, NY – A leading Jewish group rejected an up-state Republican’s apology for comparing Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver, the Orthodox Jewish speaker of the state Assembly, to Adolf Hitler and calling him an anti-Christ. The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a statement saying the mea culpa by Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who is eying a [...]
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The Daily News reports , "An upstate Republican who's eying a run for governor has compared Shelly Silver, the Orthodox Jewish speaker of the state Assembly, with Adolf Hitler and the anti-Christ. And now Erie County Executive Chris Collins says he's really, really sorry." An attendee at Collins' fundraiser said there was no clapping or laughing, "I know I didn't. I thought...
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Erie County, NY – An upstate Republican who’s eying a run for governor has compared Shelly Silver, the Orthodox Jewish speaker of the state Assembly, with Adolf Hitler and the anti-Christ. And now Erie County Executive Chris Collins says he’s really, really sorry. The slur came during a speech Saturday night to fellow Republicans in Buffalo, while [...]
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
An upstate Republican who's eying a run for governor has compared Shelly Silver, the Orthodox Jewish speaker of the state Assembly, with Adolf Hitler and the anti-Christ. And now Erie County Executive Chris Collins says he's really, really sorry.
Open Left (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... He was the one who issued the executive order granting recognition to out-of-state couples. Shelly Silver, the Dem Assembly Speaker, brought it up for a vote and it passed with mostly Democratic votes in the Democratic Assembly. It would have never come up for a vote in a Republican Senate- in fact, when Republicans controlled the Senate and Bruno was Majority Leader, he refused to...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... Molinari said the ongoing circus in the state Senate, combined with Democratic Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver’s iron grip on Assembly matters, had convinced Giuliani that a Republican governor would have little ability to get things done quickly in Albany. “The big drawback for him was: Could I really be effective?” said Molinari. “And he saw too many hang-ups...
rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... Looks like the the New York State Democrats at all levels pulled out all the stops including Shelly Silver saying there is a place in the Democratic Caucus for her. Scozzafava, who was stripped of her Republican leadership position in the New York State Assembly on Monday, says she has no regrets and even leaves open the possibility of running for the seat again as a Republican. She...
BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Anyone else catch Chris Collins on WBEN’s Hardline on Sunday? It was easily some of the most disingenuously hilarious radio I’ve heard, at least since hyperemotionalist Palinist comedian Tom Bauerle last called for an armed revolution and librul cull. Some highlights: 1. He’s sorry for calling Shelly Silver an anti-Christ, but Shelly Silver’s really...
