Spitzer gives Pataki constant state police protection, unheard of in the state’s history, and its an expense that could cost taxpayers $20,000 or more a week.
Why does a governor need taxpayer-paid security? Frankly, why does any politician need security? They are people just like us, not elites that should be pampered poodles.
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A Monterey Bay journalist/activist — and the first reporter to question Scott McLellan about Karl Rove’s leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity — has apparently jumped from a tall building. His family, friends, and coworkers all say he was in good spirits and was not depressed, and he had recently decided to open a law office. Hmmm.
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Chazez is such a great guy, huh? This sounds like what our current president and his administration has tried to do. If you don’t like what the media is saying about you, just shut them down.
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