Family News Home Archive for August, 2008

Starting Monday, thousands of more New York families will be eligible for low-cost health insurance, Gov. David Paterson announced today.
The income limit for a family of four is going from ,000 to ,000 for the taxpayer-subsidized program. Monthly premiums range from to per child. People who don’t qualify for a subsidy can enroll [...]

   Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, chairman of the state Commission on Property Tax Relief, will visit Rockland County Wednesday as part of his statewide campaign for a cap on school taxes. He will give a presentation to the Rockland Business Association on the findings of the state commission this spring.
   The commission recommended that [...]

NOW PAC Chair Kim Gandy called John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his ticket-mate
“a cynical effort to appeal to disappointed Hillary Clinton voters and get them to vote, ultimately, against their own self-interest.”
“Gov. Palin may be the second woman vice-presidential candidate on a major party ticket, but she is not the right woman. Sadly, [...]

Here’s the take of The Daily Show on the DNC hagiography of nominee Barack Obama:
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The McCain campaign just put out the transcript of the remarks by Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin today at the vice presidential ticket announcement. Here’s the part where she makes her blatant appeal to women:
“Profiles in courage, they can be hard to come by these days. You know, so often we just find them in [...]

Just wanted to inform everyone that MVN is doing a massive upgrade this weekend so this site will be down until Tuesday morning.  There will be no new posts until then. 
To the guys who are waiting on me to get back to them.  Hang with me a little bit while MVN gets everything in order.  [...]

   The state Public Service Commission will not be voting today on whether to let the Spanish company Iberdrola buy out Energy East, the parent company of Rochester Gas and Electric Co. and New York State Electric and Gas Corp. (which have a total of more than 2 million customers). Two members of the Public [...]

Republican John McCain’s latest ad this morning hammers Democrat Barack Obama over one of his softest spots: Israel and his lack of foreign affairs experience.
Here’s the script:
ANNCR: Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of terrorism.
Developing nuclear capabilities to “generate power” but threatening to eliminate Israel.
Obama says Iran is a “tiny” country, “doesn’t pose a serious [...]

Reviews are coming in this morning on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech at the Democratic Convention last night.
While she offered a
Others wrote that the speech

Here’s the speech, if you missed it.
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   Gov. David Paterson just gave his remarks to the delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, one of a host of governors and other prominent leaders to address the pumped-up crowd. Sen. Hillary Clinton is the prime-time speaker.

   Paterson, who was born in Brooklyn, spoke about the challenges he faced after suffering an infection [...]