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This belongs to you. Take it back...
Nozzolio 
Fri Oct 03, 2008 at 08:45:04 AM EDT
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This morning, the Capanna campaign announces that they have won the support and endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton:
"It is an honor to receive the endorsement from Senator Hillary Clinton in this historic year for women in politics," said Capanna. "I look forward to working with Senator Clinton in areas that we share a passion, such as health insurance and public education."
Capanna credits Clinton with paving the way for women of her generation to enter politics. Capanna, 42, like Clinton, attended a women's college and then went on to earn her law degree. Capanna attended Wheaton College (Norton, MA), where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in 1988, after which she earned her Juris Doctor from SUNY Buffalo in 1991.
"Senator Clinton put 18 million cracks in a glass ceiling that she had continually pushed higher and higher before hitting," said Capanna. "She has, coming up behind her, increasing numbers of women candidates at all level of government, and, together, we will break that ceiling."
Capanna is the first Democratic woman to run for the NYS Senate in the 54th District, which includes Seneca Falls, the birthplace of women's rights, as well as the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 11:02:35 AM EDT
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This just in:
Capanna Wins Endorsement of Golisano's Responsible New York!
(Webster, NY) - Paloma Capanna, candidate for the NYS Senate (D, WFP, Webster) today released the news that she has been endorsed by Responsible New York, founded by Mr. Thomas B. Golisano to support candidates who "put the People first."
"It is a privilege to receive an endorsement from such an important local leader, a leader both in business and in philanthropy," said Capanna. "The concerns of Responsible New York have been and will continue to be the priorities of our campaign, including responsible state budgeting, real estate tax reform with an end to unfunded mandates, and campaign finance reform."
Golisano endorsed 39 candidates on August 23, 2008, of which only 8 are challengers, from both Parties.
Capanna's opponent has been in office for 28-years, but has been unopposed since 1992.
I really like Paloma Capanna, even more so now that I have heard her speak a couple of times and met her. And, I view Nozzolio as an unmitigated evil and a threat to NYS's future. But, I have to admit, even though I am sure that the endorsement will help the cause, I just don't like Golisano throwing his weight around... and appropriating the idea of standing for responsibility.
Whatever it takes, I guess. Congrats, Paloma.
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 10:15:17 AM EDT
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(So true. Then again, I like sweet corn... - promoted by lipris)
As the New York State legislature wraps-up their 2007 session some interesting bills have come to light, like the bill to make sweet corn the official state vegetable and a bill that will help ticket scalpers. Clearly this is the kind of legislation that keeps New York State residents up at night asking existential questions like "what role does sweet corn play in my life?" or "how far from a stadium can I buy re-sold Yankees tickets?".   Well I guess if you are involved in the racing industry that scalpers' bill is a big deal but what about the rest of us? What's in the state's legislative hopper?
Last week DMI Fellow Maureen Lane wrote about a sensible welfare policy bill that has the potential to help move people out of poverty. So far it hasn't been introduced by the State Senate. DMI Fellow Mark Winston Griffith blogged about model anti-predatory lending legislation that New Yorkers for Responsible Lending is working to call attention to. The city is now waiting to see if the legislature will approve Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 including its congestion pricing proposals. The Working Families Party has been doing amazing work around the Working Families Time to Care Act which is their legislative priority this year. And as always, The Albany Project has been doing an incredible job keeping track of the legislative goings-ons.
Yet at the end of the day while the legislature is wrestling with the question of who gets to make a whole bunch of money selling tickets there really are serious problems that need to be addressed by the state government. Some of the issues New York is struggling to handle -- subsidy reform, what to do with criminals when they are released from prison, providing universal access to preschool and the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs -- are real challenges but they aren't insurmountable. In fact four localities around the country did tackle these battles with great success. Want to know more?
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Now I know it's a cliche that the state legislature "doesn't do anything" and that's not even my point here. Simply that as they go about the business of the state not all issues are equally urgent and a lot of other parts in the country have implemented policies that New York can learn a lot from. Is that too much to ask? But in the meantime, "Gentlemen, behold! Corn!"
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