The Governor’s “New” Good Ideas

John Kane smiling with headphones on and a microphone in front of him as he does his radio show.

LET’S TALK NATIVE PRIDE New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently gave his State of the State Budget address. In it he proposed a couple of brand new ideas to stimulate the economy and raise revenue for the State of New York. The first of his innovative ideas is to create retail establishments in areas …

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A Primer to the Fiscal Cliff

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SOURCED ONLINE AND OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN The fiscal cliff explained “Fiscal cliff” is the popular shorthand term used to describe the conundrum that the U.S. government will face at the end of 2012, when the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 are scheduled to go into effect. Among the laws set to change …

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Annexing Unincorporated Tucson

Map of Tucson with areas of Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, and Tanque Verde highlighted

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN While a number of factors contribute to Tucson’s shortfall in revenue, the single, major factor is that the regions of the Catalina Foothills, Casas Adobes, and Tanque Verde have evaded annexation. This results in loss of revenue (as the approximately 300,000 residents in unincorporated Tucson are misallocated for state shared revenue), poor …

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