Posted: Oct 9th, 2018 BUFFALO, NY – Unshackle Upstate, through its political action committee UPAC, today announced its slate of 2018 legislative endorsements. The bi-partisan list is comprised of 15 Senate candidates and 24 Assembly candidates.

“At Unshackle Upstate we believe in supporting candidates who support the issues that matter to the Upstate economy. We’re proud to endorse the fo [ ... ]

Nick Givas, DCNF Political commentator and former secret service agent Dan Bongino accused Democrats of manipulating social media and paying protesters to create the illusion they’re in the majority. “Listen, the left has gotten really good at this,” Bongino said on “Fox & Friends” Monday. “Fox & Friends” ran a clip of Vice News editor Shawna Thomas saying some protesters  [ ... ]

Republican Marc Molinaro gets it: High taxes are killing New York. He’s vowing to trim them — by 28 percent, on property taxes alone — if elected governor. That won’t be easy, of course. For one thing, if Democrats take the state Senate and progressives dominate, they’ll be looking to jack up taxes, not lower them. New York’s big-government, big-spending lobbies and special [ ... ]

By Keith J. Coyle A pipeline incident that occurred in Beaver County recently is bringing increased attention to the issue of pipeline safety.  Many residents are concerned about the pipelines that pass by their homes, schools, and places of business.  Some are even going a step further and calling for a statewide moratorium on all pipeline construction.  I've spent the past deca [ ... ]

State Sen. Lisa Baker and two fellow legislators are seeking to join a federal lawsuit that challenges the Delaware River Basin Commission’s authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing within the watershed. In a motion to intervene, the senators contend the DRBC exceeded its authority when it issued a 2010 moratorium that banned natural gas drilling in the basin. They want to join a 2016 lawsuit [ ... ]

Supreme Court of the state of New York County of Lewis in the Matter of the Application of Flat Rock Windpower LLC, and Flat Rock Windpower II LLC   Please see the attached PDF.

The  column below appeared in Hometown Oneonta today.  It follows up on former DEC Commissioner Mike Zagata's observations on continuing efforts by the antis to shut down the transport of gas from Pennsylvania.   Kudos to former DEC Commissioner Mike Zagata for noting that if pipelines had been built in Otsego County, there would be no need for CNG trucks. The trucks w [ ... ]

On August 9, 2018, the New York Public Service Commission approved a petition by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) for a $5 million, three-year natural gas demand response (DR) pilot program, among the first uses of DR for natural gas. Demand response programs help manage utility usage during periods of peak demand. According to Con Edison, firm natural gas dema [ ... ]

Move over, Russia — and Saudi Arabia, too: The United States is now the world’s largest producer of crude oil. “US crude-oil production exceeded that of Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than two decades,” the US Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday. “In June and August, the United States surpassed Russia in crude-oil production for the first time since February 1999 [ ... ]

Otsego County faces many issues and among them is the fact no natural gas means no jobs. Trendy fractivists are just fine with that but others? Not so much. Lately the antis have been petitioning the Otsego County Legislature to ban gas trucks carrying CNG from Pennsylvania across Otsego County to the Iroquois Pipeline in Manheim, New York.  From there the gas can go to NYC or New  [ ... ]

NYS Exposed: Cuomo critics say Rochester, upstate, will bear burden for L.I., N.Y.C. WIND POWER
August 22, 2018 10:34 AM New York government watchdogs raised alarms over the state’s plans to pay for new offshore wind turbines to generate electricity declaring upstate residents would end up footing the bill for downstate power. "Fifty-three percent of the people who a [ ... ]

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Video courtesy of Molinaro for NY campaign.   Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/MarcMolinaroNY/videos/243747152952270/

Republican Candidate for Governor Marc Molinaro 
will host a TOWN HALL for BROOME COUNTY

This Friday, August 24th at 6pm
at the Holiday Inn Downtown,
2 Hawley Street, Binghamton, N.Y. 13901

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC