Fullervision - Cattaraugus County News

Fullervision.net
Fullervision Enterprises News
Headlines, Analysis, and Commentary serving New York State by Jerry Myrle Fuller
Page last updated Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 2009

E-mail: j.myrle[@]fullervision.net ::: AOL Instant Message: J Myrle Fuller
Weather Page ::: Radio Guide

Fuller's Forecast
UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO RESOLVE OUR INTERNET CONNECTION PROBLEM, I AM SUSPENDING FULLER'S FORECAST INDEFINITELY. APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

Today:
TBA

Tonight:
TBA

Tomorrow:
TBA

TIDBITS

6/25: OBIT TRIFECTA... Ed McMahon, longtime announcer of Tonight Show among several other feats (86)... Farrah Fawcett, actress (62)... Michael Jackson, self-proclaimed "King of Pop" who was a major part of late 70s and early 80s music (50). UPDATE 7/4: Even more: deaths of Karl Malden, Harve Presnell, Billy Mays and Fred Travalena.

6/25: Crazy idea to resolve the Senate dispute: why not ask Eliot Spitzer to rescind his resignation? He was elected to a full term; theoretically, he could rescind his resignation at any time during the term. Nothing in state law says all resignations are final upon taking effect. The move would put Paterson back in position as Lieutenant Governor and finally give the necessary casting vote to break the gridlock. It's never been tested, anywhere, but this whole debacle has shown a major hole in the state constitution regarding gubernatorial succession. It certainly sounds like a better idea than throwing a temper tantrum like a 3-year-old, like he's doing now.

6/15: Apologies for not updating the weather forecast for the past five days. I had an emotional meltdown on Thursday and it took me a few days to recover.

6/7: Rollover day... in case you missed FV's exclusive story: Is Catharine Young considering a run for Congress in Northern New York?

LIST OF LINKS

WHO LINKS TO US:
NEWZJUNKY.COM
ORBUSMAX.COM

MORE LINKS OF INTEREST:
LOCAL WEEKLY NEWSPAERS:
Salamanca Press
Ellicottville Special E-Fects
Ellicottville Villager
Springville Journal
LOCAL DAILY NEWSPAPERS:
Olean Times-Herald
Jamestown Post-Journal
Dunkirk Observer
Bradford Era
LOCAL NEWS RADIO STATIONS:
WPIG 95.7 Olean
WESB 1490 Bradford
WJTN 1240 Jamestown

REGIONAL LINKS:
BUFFALO AREA
The Buffalo News
Buffalo Business First
WGRZ 2
WIVB 4
WKBW 7
WGR 550 - WBEN 930
NWS Buffalo Office
Albany's Insanity
Bills - Sabres
Massa Wire

Other State/Region News
Rochester, Syracuse, Erie
WSEE 35 Erie
WLEA 1480 Hornell
Radio News
Local Gas Prices
Lottery Numbers
State Columnists
Elizabeth Benjamin
Fred Dicker
James Odato (blog)
Tom Precious

SELECT U.S. LINKS:
Drudge Report
Conservative Grapevine
Free Republic
Newsmax
CNS
WND
AP Wire
More>>

UPDATES TO FULLERVISION WILL BE SPORADIC OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH OUR INTERNET ACCESS. WE UPGRADED THE INTERNET ACCESS TO CABLE-MODEM LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE EITHER HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO SPLIT IT TO TWO COMPUTERS, OR DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO SO. NATURALLY, THE FAMILY COMPUTER GETS PRECEDENCE OVER MY LAPTOP, SO I'VE BEEN LEFT WITH NOTHING; THIS UPDATE IS COURTESY OF THE WIFI AT THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY. APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. 6/30

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY FROM FULLERVISION: FIREWORKS WERE POSTPONED LAST NIGHT HERE IN LITTLE VALLEY, SO WE HAVE A DOUBLE-SHOT OF THEM TONIGHT, AND THE WEATHER WILL BE MUCH BETTER. I'LL BE SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR THE DEMOLITION DERBY, AS USUAL, AT 7:30. FIREWORKS AFTER THE DEMOS. THERE WILL ALSO BE FIREWORKS AT HOLIDAY VALLEY IN ELLICOTTVILLE. NOT SURE ABOUT THE CASINO, BUT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM LAST NIGHT, AND THERE WAS STILL SOME LINGERING DRIZZLE THEN, SO I DON'T KNOW.

Chronicles from the merged districts: Chautauqua Lake teachers are demanding three consecutive years of 5-8% pay raises?! In the middle of a recession?! This is why the Taylor Law is a problem, folks (Jamestown Post-Journal)... 6/25

Beavers invade suburbia (Buffalo News)... 6/23

Catharine Young, quit wasting our taxpayer dollars to subsidize inconvenient weather! (WESB)... 6/20

How many people realized Perrysburg was still a village? If the explorations go as planned, it won't be for much longer (Dunkirk Observer)... 6/20

From Limestone: local area businesses team up to save the house of a man whose home the county wrote off as condemned. The county, at the time ready to throw the man in a senior-living facility, is now taking credit (Olean Times Herald)... 6/17

Also from the Limestone, or Allegany-Limestone anyway: the feud between the teachers' union and superintendent Diane Munro continues after the board of education refuses to terminate Munro's contract... as Terrell Owens would say, "get your popcorn ready," because this is fun to watch (Olean Times Herald)... 6/17

As I suspected: due to near-perfect weather, New York maple syrup production shot up 10 percent this past winter (AP)... 6/15

Business First talks with John Illig about his GM franchise being yanked (Business First)... of note: he told his son to get out of the business several years prior because he saw it coming... 6/12

The beginning of something big: New York court of appeals rules that minors are subject to the same equal protection under the law as adults (AP)... 6/10

STATE SENATE DEMOCRATS OUSTED: REPUBLICANS TAKE OVER LEGISLATURE WHEN TWO OF THE ORIGINAL "GANG OF FOUR" DEFECT... IN SHOCK MOTION, TOM LIBOUS (R) MOVES TO INSTALL NEW SENATE LEADERSHIP AT 3 PM MONDAY, JEFF KLEIN (D) ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK IT WITH A MOTION TO ADJOURN, BUT MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS RUN OUT OF CHAMBER BEFORE A VOTE TO ADJOURN COULD BE TAKEN... REMAINING TWO COALITION DEMOCRATS AND ALL REPUBLICANS CONTINUE SESSION AND IMPOSE NEW LEADERSHIP... DEMOCRAT DISSIDENT PEDRO ESPADA NOW THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, REPUBLICAN DEAN SKELOS BACK IN POSITION AS COALITION MAJORITY LEADER... MALCOLM SMITH CLAIMS THE VOTE WAS ILLEGAL AND WILL SUE... (AP)...
UPDATE 3 PM Tuesday: Democrats still poring over their options... Gannett reports that Sheldon Silver has allied himself with Smith and is doing everything within his power to get the Smith faction back in power... both Paterson and the Obama administration have backed Smith... D-Day is Wednesday, 6/10 at 3:00 p.m., when the Senate is scheduled to reconvene... Smith has locked the doors to prevent further legislative action, but the coalition plans on conducting session anyway either outside the chamber or in the legislative office building. Note: Catharine Young supported the move and was involved in the negotiations; she also credits Tom Golisano for backing the move (Jamestown Post-Journal)...
Update 6/10 3 PM: Senate Democrats have turned over the keys to the chamber, at the request of Governor Paterson. The chamber will be opened for a session, though there has been a delay due to some continuing negotiations... I found several good interviews on WBEN involving the WNY delegation, including Young's conversation with Tom Bauerle... For those interested, Elizabeth Benjamin of the Daily News is covering all the developments very well.
UPDATE 6/11: Ruling blocks Espada from serving as temporary president but otherwise allows business to continue... INSTALLS SHELDON SILVER AS ACTING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR?!?! Now we're really in trouble... (New York Post)...
UPDATE 6/15: Two major updates... 1) Hiram Monserrate is out of the coalition due to a lack of Democrat support, leaving the state senate in 31-31 deadlock. Espada is not budging. 2) Sheldon Silver has threatened to pull the assembly out of session if the Senate does not resolve its problems... most recent known deadline was Tuesday, 6/16 at 1:00 p.m., before the judge steps in and settles it, but he keeps pushing it back... both sides seem to be willing to put it in the judge's hands and are at an impasse...
Update 6/17: JUDGE PUNTS... refuses to decide the issue and throws case out of court... at 31-31, Espada will assert he is lieutenant governor and vote twice. Paterson has volunteered to temporarily return to the LG post to resolve the dispute, but only if the Senate asks him, as he has no power to do it himself.
UPDATE 6/18: It's still quiet at the legislative building, but according to Liz Benjamin, Democrats are willing to now compromise, may consider joining the coalition as long as it kicks Espada to the curb, and at least one has mentioned Dale Volker as a potential coalition leader instead of Espada... one of Albany's Old Guard senators is not exactly what I'd call reform and progress, but hey, this is New York we're talking about here.
UPDATE 6/20: WCBS reports that Paterson has appointed Stan Lundine to mediate the dispute...
UPDATE 6/22: GOVERNOR PATERSON PLANS TO CALL "SPECIAL SESSION" AND WILL IMPRISON THE ENTIRE SENATE IN ITS CHAMBER UNTIL IT PASSES THE BILLS HE WANTS IT TO, ACCORDING TO REPORTS... HE'S ALSO IMPOSING HIS OWN HANDPICKED SENATE PRESIDENT, JONATHAN LIPPMANN, THE STATE'S TOP JUDGE... DOES HE EVEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS GARBAGE? THIS IS THE MOST HEAVY HANDED, ARROGANT, OBNOXIOUS, DISRESPECTFUL JACK*** I HAVE EVER SEEN, AND THIS IS AFTER SPITZER...
UPDATE 6/23-25: IN TWO SEPARATE SESSIONS, BOTH FACTIONS PASS SEVERAL BILLS UNANIMOUSLY AND HAVE DELIVERED THOSE BILLS TO THE GOVERNOR TO BE SIGNED... PATERSON REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE EITHER ONE... HE SEEMS TO BE READY TO CROSS THE LINE INTO UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT AND HAS HINTED HE WILL NOT ONLY CALL A SESSION FOR EVERY DAY BUT CONTINUOUS ALL-NIGHTERS AS WELL... NOT TO MENTION UNCONSTITUTIONALLY WITHHOLDING ALL COMPENSATION... WHO WILL STOP THIS TYRANT?! (NOTE: Focus now seems to be shifting, at least within the legislature, to Angelo Aponte, who is allegedly obstructing Republicans from entering the chamber... the GOP has gone to court over the matter...)
UPDATE 6/30: Paterson goes judge-shopping, finds a judge who will force both factions into the chamber at the same time, but still doesn't settle who will preside... Senate Republicans will appeal... I'm no lawyer, but if I were to interpret the Constitution I'd say it's Sheldon Silver, as next in line behind the disputed Senate President seat.
UPDATE 7/4: Here's what I missed... Paterson is calling special session for July 4, but it's an early session and a late session tomorrow, ostensibly giving time for Senators to go home for July 4. (But you try getting from Albany to Olean in that time.)... some senators have been skipping out, Darrel Aubertine was not in Albany but was MARKED "PRESENT"... Paterson wants to unconstitutionally withhold pay, DiNapoli is looking into it... State Senate is accusing the Senate Secretary of fraudulently altering documents... Still developing...

Ralph Phillips: How I did it (Albany Times-Union via WBEN)... 6/8

Telling line from the AP: "Higher taxes may be the best tool yet" (AP)... 6/7

Small earthquake in Wyoming County (AP)... 6/7

Beware the bears-- they're out in record numbers (AP)... 6/7

Kevin Gaughan, let me warn you right here, right now: you have no business in the Southern Tier. Just stay out. You are a dishonest, power-hungry man who is using the disguise of downsizing government to eliminate opposition. We know full well what we're doing here, and you have no standing to butt in and try to tell us how we do our business. Do not try and pull the same stunt you've been pulling in Erie County. The problem is not elected officials, it's unelected ones. (Jamestown Post-Journal)... 6/7

WEATHER BOXES

RADAR - Click to enlarge
Buffalo Radar

ALMANAC

Forecast Radar Cameras Photos

The stories from April through early June 2009 have been moved to the archives. To see them, please see this page.
For all other stories, check the Fullervision Archives.

Fullervision Enterprises, Unltd. 2009 -- Today is