| There has been plenty of talk up in the 48th about fundraising outside the District. Most of the accusations accuse the other side of raising money in NYC or Albany. I wonder how well residents of the North Country will react to the news that Uncle Joe Bruno has taken his out of district, downstate fundraising to a new level. He's now trying to replace the loads of cash he's burned in the special election up there by cozying up to fat cats like Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida. He's got plenty of public goodies to offer those fat cats as well.
Bruno chases cold cash in warm weather
As Senate staffers and political operatives work the wintry counties of the contested 48th Senate District, Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno and a top aide collected campaign cash and planned some golf in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday.
For the third year running, Bruno raised funds at Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump's seaside estate.
Bruno's trip, which normally includes several rounds of golf, comes as Trump proposes to join with developer Louis Cappelli on a $700 million project to transform the Concord Hotel near Monticello into a major destination.
Cappelli has said the project he proposes with Empire Resorts, owner of Monticello Raceway, will seek state financial resources and regulatory approvals from the Division of Lottery and the Racing and Wagering Board.
It gets even better though and I have a simple question to ask. Why are the taxpayers of New York paying John McArdle $180,000 a year (we give him a car as well) to raise funds for the Senate Republicans? Can anyone answer that one for me?
Bruno and aide John McArdle planned to host attendees who pay $2,000 per person and $3,000 per couple to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, the Senate Republican political organization said.
So, here we have Joe Bruno and his aide, both well paid by the citizens of New York, raising cash to replace what they've spent in the 48th by essentially dangling even more public funds in front of extremely wealthy gambling tycoons with plans to build yet another gambling operation here in the Empire State with still more "state financial resources."
At Donald Trump's house. In Florida.
Nice.
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