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2008

    SEPTEMBER
501 September 26, 2008 The Edge of the Cliff (Fiscal Disaster at the Gates? Some Say Yes, Some Say No. Open the Gates to Find Out?)
500 September 23, 2008 Seven Hundred Billion (Will TARP Cover the Economy Or Merely Protect the Wealthy? Remember NY's Budget Tsouris)
499 September 19, 2008 Twenty-Four Questions (We Ask Questions About Wall Street Who is to Blame? What to Do Next?)
498 September 12, 2008 Court of Lucre (Surrogate Primary In New York County Is Almost Unnoticed)
497 September 10, 2008 Silver Bullet (Primary Lesson: Silver Stronger Than Editorials)
496 September 9, 2008 Reality Bites (Watch Your Words, Bite Your Tongue. The Good Ole Boys Will Hit and Run.)
495 September 5, 2008 Two Terms Bad. Four Terms Good. (Hell, No, We Won't Go Even Though The Law Says So)
494 September 2, 2008 Do The People's Votes Count ? (Pols Chide Mayor for Toying With Them On Term Limits By Discussing the Possibility Of Reversing Two Referenda)
    AUGUST
493 August 29, 2008 Eight is Enough (Term Limits Have Widened Gene Pool For City Council)
492 August 28, 2008 Save Our Seats (Term Limit Debate Is Rekindled, Mayor Suffers Victor's Remorse As Day of Departure Draws Nigh)
491 August 21, 2008 He Kids You Not ("Only Kidding," Says Smith, Believe Him at Your Peril. Big Three Nibble at Budget)
490 August 18, 2008 Singing in the Rain (Rain Spoils Golf Outing, Then 'Longtime Lobbyist' Complains of Shakedown)
489 August 14, 2008 The History Club (Greece, Rome Had Term Limits, In U.S. Constitution Since 1951. We Browse in American History )
488 August 04, 2008 God Be With Ye, Stanley (Large Crowd Attends Stan Michels' Funeral)
487 August 01, 2008 Stan Michels 1933-2008 (Stan Michels 1933-2008)
    JULY
486 July 31, 2008 Paterson v. Silver? (Paterson and Silver Circle Each Other, Both Act Carefully Unlike Poor Spitzer)
485 July 29, 2008 Who Will Feel the Axe? (Mayor, Governor Go Public City Fisc to Wheeze in '10, State Fisc is Sicker by Far)
484 July 23, 2008 The Fiscal Watchdog Stirs (FCB Warns New York Not to Renew 7% Cut In City's Property Tax)
483 July 22, 2008 Red Ink at Morn, Sailors Take Warn (Hard Times Are Ahead; When Will the State, City Let the People Know?)
482 July 16, 2008 Money Doesn't Talk, It Roars (Paterson Raises $3.3 Million, Ignores Spitzer's $10K Limit; Local Dental Group Uprooted)
481 July 10, 2008 Mayor Koch Calls for Reform (Koch Calls Politics In New York National Disgrace, Laughingstock; Seeks Citizen Action for Reform)
480 July 7, 2008 2491 Days Later (Disastermath: Costs Rising, Clock Running)
479 July 2, 2008 Sharing the Blame (Ward, New PA Chief, Reports on Problems at Trade Center Site)
    JUNE
478 June 27, 2008 Mercifully, They Adjourned (Legislature Deteriorates Under Donors' Pressure, Deviancy Defined Down)
477 June 25, 2008 Why Bruno Packed It In (Exit Bruno, Pursued by Feds? He Picks Right Time to Leave After 14 Years as a Triumvir)
476 June 19, 2008 Which One is Tantrum Prone? (Paterson Denounces Bloomberg, Then Denies What He Told Dicker; Goodwin: "Batty Bloomy Bashing")
475 June 13, 2008 Honey Fails, Try Flypaper (Paterson's Sweet Talk Gets No More Respect Than Spitzer's Curses)
474 June 12, 2008 Follow the Money (Votes on Fiscal Matters Attract Little Attention But May Cost Taxpayers a Great Deal of Money)
473 June 5, 2008 What's a Mayor to Do? (Mayor Mike: You Wonder How to Stay in Public Life, We Have Some Suggestions)
    MAY
472 May 27, 2008 More Municipal Misconduct (News Looks at Expenses, Detects Some on Council Living High off the Hog)
471 May 23, 2008 Why Did They Hang Themselves? (Two State Police Suicides During Official Inquiries Cause Grief and Anxiety)
470 May 21, 2008 The Youngest Brother (Reflecting on Senator Kennedy and the Response to his Illness)
469 May 15, 2008 If You Get Less, Spend Less (Tax Revenues Keep Declining, Budgets Keep Climbing, What's New York To Do? Prof. Steve Savas Suggests Ways to Reduce Budget In View of Recession)
468 May 8, 2008 Locking the Barn Door (Package of Reforms Proposed by Quinn and Cast of Dozens to Drain Slushwater)
467 May 6, 2008 Somethings Gotta Give (Slushwater Percolates Along, Discrediting Member Items, Even the Legitimate Ones)
    APRIL
466 April 30, 2008 Death on Liverpool Street (A New Board of Estimate Would Have a Greater Sense of Responsibility)
465 April 29, 2008 All in the Family (Death by Confusion On Liverpool Street. Why Did It Happen?
464 April 15, 2008 The Empire Strikes Back (Fictional City Budget Entries Embarrass Speaker Quinn, She Agrees to Full Disclosure But Members Protest Changes)
463 April 11, 2008 Good - and Bad - Teachers (Legislature Overspends, UFT Prevails As Usual, Paterson Talks Tough)
462 April 8, 2008 Why the Fat Lady Sang (Assembly Democrats Kill Proposal to Toll 4 East River Bridges $8 Fee For B & Ts)
461 April 5, 2008 Silver Takes the Lead (Assembly Considers Congestion Pricing What Will Silver Do?
460 April 1, 2008 Money, Lies and a Roll Call (Spitzer Budget Rises Further; Paterson Appears to Give Way To Bruno, Silver on Spending)
    MARCH
459 March 31, 2008 Cross Bridge, Pay Troll (Congestion Pricing Could Work, But Who Trusts MTA To Control Costs?)
458 March 26, 2008 The Cost of Satisfaction (Is Anyone Minding the Store While Media is Preoccupied With Governors' Iniquities? Albany Morals -- an Oxymoron)?
457 March 21, 2008 After the Fall (Odd Line of Succession For New York Governors Switches Between Parties)
456 March 18,. 2008 Paterson Knows the Score (Legislators Cheer Paterson, Seek "Era of Good Feeling" No Solutions Presented Yet
455 March 13, 2008 Paterson's Own History (Preview of David Paterson: Amicable, Decent, Intelligent. Will He Tame the Twin Tigers Or Will They Continue to Rule?)
454 March 11, 2008

Will Anyone Reprieve the Governor? (Death Watch for Spitzer? Press Predicts Resignation Are They Plea Bargaining?)

453 March 7, 2008 March Madness in Albany (March Madness in Albany New Alignment of Big 3? Sticking it to Rich Folks)
452 March 4, 2008 Back to the Future (Lee Sander at Cooper Union, New MTA CEO Shows Plan For 40 Years of Building To Get Out of Wilderness)
    FEBRUARY
451 February 27, 2008 Buckley; Judicial Forum; Spitzer Redux (Authoritative Panel Discusses Spitzer's First Year in Albany And How He Could Recover. (Today, the Prologue))
450 February 22, 2008 Is Murder the Threshold? (Newspapers Express Dismay At Ruling that David Tarloff Was Not a Dangerous Person. M.D. Says He Is OK For Trial
449 February 19, 2008 Freed Madman Slays Doctor (He Butchered a Shrink, Doctors Didn't Believe He Would Be Violent. Law Protects Psychos
From Confinement. Public Put at Risk.)
448 February 15, 2008 Tit for Tat: the Backscratchers (One Hand Washes the Other: As UFT Endorses Candidate, Senate OKs Pension Increase)
447 February 12, 2008 Baby it's Cold Outside (One Hand Washes the Other: As UFT Endorses Candidate, Senate OKs Pension Increase)
446 February 7, 2008 Reflections on the Candidates (Reflections on The Candidates For President)
445 February 5, 2008 Big Brown Bear in Business (Baiting the Big Brown Bear, FBI Subpoenas Bruno Files And Press Learns About It)
444 February 4, 2008 Super Sunday Precedes Super Tuesday (Primary Day Tomorrow: Clinton, Obama Compete Will Result Be Decisive?)
443 February 1, 2008 What Will Leap Month Bring? (We Look at the Presidential Race How Will it Affect State Senate? Can Sophomore Spitzer Recover? )
    JANUARY
442 January 30, 2008 Fulton's Folly (Even MTA Admits That It Is Unable To Complete Fulton Subway Palace As Construction Costs Keep Rising)
441 January 24, 2008 A Cold Night in Brooklyn (Hundred Saved From Grain Explosion By Immediate Eviction in Brooklyn; Temperature Was Well Below Freezing. Wheat Waited Quietly for Four Years But Could Have Blown Up Any Time.)
440 January 23, 2008 State Budget 5.3%, Inflation 2.9% (The Budget is Too High But What's a Man to Do? Hit by Unions, Hospitals,
Lacking Public Support.
439 January 14, 2008 Let Him Be, He Doesn't Know (Media Faults Mayor For His Uncertainty On Presidential Run)
438 January 11, 2008 $4,300,000,000 State Deficit (DiNapoli Says He Has Reformed Comptroller's Office; Seeks Cap On Borrowing by Authorities)
437 January 8, 2008 Why Pataki is the Wrong Name (Park Names Are (And Should Be) Geographic Or Natural, Not Bestowed To Honor Living (Or Dead) Officeholders)
436 January 3, 2008 Second Time Around the Sun (Part 2) ( Darren Dopp Declines to Deliver Diary To State's Public Integrity Commission)
435 January 2, 2008 Second Time Around the Sun (Part 1) (How Will Leaders' Quarrels Affect Budget Deficit? Timely Agreement That Was Reached Last Year Is Unlikely to Occur Again as Sharp Cuts Loom)