tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post115116105052877237..comments2023-08-05T09:36:31.185-04:00Comments on New York's 24th District Independent: Arcuri and Meier Squabble Over NYRI Fringe Issue24thIndependenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151409316761743992006-06-27T07:55:00.000-04:002006-06-27T07:55:00.000-04:00Les Roberts sees NYRI as an important issue. That'...Les Roberts sees NYRI as an important issue. That's because he actually is a progressive.<BR/><BR/>http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2006/04/05/power7.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151360987455109882006-06-26T18:29:00.000-04:002006-06-26T18:29:00.000-04:0012:06 - Red to Blue criteria: "Red to Blue candida...12:06 - Red to Blue criteria: "Red to Blue candidates have demonstrated their know how on the ground, in the press, and through fundraising. Each of these candidates has met specific goals, and they are ready to help us win a Democratic Majority in 2006."<BR/><BR/>I've got a feeling Mike Arcuri's fundraising is way behind. Without a professional congressional campaign manager to tell him to quit his day job, get on the phone raising money and spend another 8 hours a day at fundraising events and community events, he isn't meeting the DCCC goals and therefore isn't a highly competitive candidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151338194334524012006-06-26T12:09:00.000-04:002006-06-26T12:09:00.000-04:00Bless you, Biggus. Finger on the pulse as always. ...Bless you, Biggus. Finger on the pulse as always. Yeah, excessive self-promotion is NOT exactly MA's most pressing problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151337991690177662006-06-26T12:06:00.000-04:002006-06-26T12:06:00.000-04:00I was just looking at the DCCC list of candidates ...I was just looking at the DCCC list of candidates to see who else the DCCC is supporting this race. I was surprised to see that our own Michael Arcuri did not make the list of candidates in the Red to Blue program. They are highlighting 21 candidates there who are helping them take back the House. I was led to believe that Michael Arcuri had the support of the DCCC. Has he lost it? Why is the only mention I can find of him on the website in the list of candidates from every district in the country. Were we mislead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151337460260023962006-06-26T11:57:00.000-04:002006-06-26T11:57:00.000-04:00Duh, back atcha 8:23. How professional of you. Now...Duh, back atcha 8:23. How professional of you. Now go count the counties upstate that are involved, realize it's not just Oneida, re-read the comment and get back to us on it.<BR/><BR/>It is kind of ironic that a bunch of guys who call themselves Progressives don't really give a rat's butt about the health issues or eminant domain threating people who just don't happen to live in their own little hamlet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151293612140811002006-06-25T23:46:00.000-04:002006-06-25T23:46:00.000-04:00"from the Mohawk Valley to Orange County"learn to ..."from the Mohawk Valley to Orange County"<BR/><BR/>learn to read a map. One bigger than your basement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151292788034909542006-06-25T23:33:00.000-04:002006-06-25T23:33:00.000-04:00"When will those Oneida County people get their he..."When will those Oneida County people get their heads out of the sand and start paying attention to the needs of those of us who don't live in Utica and Rome?"<BR/><BR/>The correct question is when will the Arcuri supporters from Oneida get their heads out of the sand? Take a look at Ray Meier's website. There are plenty of references to the rest of the district in Meier's work but not in Arcuri's.<BR/><BR/>For the rest of the district the issues are the economy and Iraq. It's also what Arcuri can clearly differentiate himself from Meier on.<BR/><BR/>Meier and Arcur were in Cortland for a debate on Social Security and both said they want it left as it. Arcuri tried to stick Meier with the label that Meier would follow the Republican majority and privatize it, but it didn't really stick.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I don't think Arcuri really believes much differently from Meier on Iraq. Frankly, there is not a chance the Iraqis will survive us leaving whether it's today or in the next millenia. If the best trained and equiped military in the world (our's) is taking huge numbers of casualties, imagine what the Iraqis are going to suffer. Failure to admit failure will cost a lot more American lives in exchange for giving the radical Muslims plenty of recruiting posters. It's the Republican's Vietnam. Declare "Peace with Honor" and get out.<BR/><BR/>But the real difference is the economy. It's not the policies even, it's the areas that get favored. The Republicans nationally are favoring the South and West, while the NY Republicans are favoring the Hudson Valley and downstate for economic development. Arcuri should be hammering Meier on the AMD chip plant going into boss Joe Bruno's district in the upper Hudson Valley. Marcy got screwed out of the deal by the state and every part of this district can understand how badly any part of the district needs that type of development. It's an Oneida County story that will play everywhere. No downside. Meier was completely ineffective with his own party bosses.<BR/><BR/>Ray Meier is a professional politician which is both his strength and his weakness. He knows how to campaign and win, yet he has vulnerabilities like the Republican leadership which he owes allegiance to. Arcuri needs to attack Meier as a proxy for Bruno, who only wants economic development in his own district and for Dick Cheney, the poorly regarded VP who thinks nothing of sending young Americans to their death in Iraq but used a series of draft deferments to avoiding serving himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151281397303432462006-06-25T20:23:00.000-04:002006-06-25T20:23:00.000-04:00Duh, what part of "from the Mohawk Valley to Orang...Duh, what part of "from the Mohawk Valley to Orange County" don't you understand?<BR/><BR/>This issue is a non-issue for most of us in the 24th District.<BR/><BR/>When will those Oneida County people get their heads out of the sand and start paying attention to the needs of those of us who don't live in Utica and Rome?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151277500808074592006-06-25T19:18:00.000-04:002006-06-25T19:18:00.000-04:00http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2006/06/2...http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2006/06/24/nyri1.html<BR/><BR/>"Legislature Blocks NYRI's Hopes For Land Grab"<BR/><BR/>Still think this is about Oneida County? It's a full Upstate issue and the body is paying attention to it. It will be a federal issue soon enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151277238665283622006-06-25T19:13:00.000-04:002006-06-25T19:13:00.000-04:00The company, which is from Canada, complete with i...The company, which is from Canada, complete with its own crews, has already publicly admitted that the cost savings will be downstate but that upstate power rates will go UP as a result of this project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151272564547729612006-06-25T17:56:00.000-04:002006-06-25T17:56:00.000-04:00You're dead on with this issue. It doesn't have a...You're dead on with this issue. It doesn't have anything to do with the House Race. It's an Oneida County issue, with Onedia County politicians playing jab jab like the petty local politicians they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151259492118398132006-06-25T14:18:00.000-04:002006-06-25T14:18:00.000-04:00This NYRI Powerline is just a larger scale version...This NYRI Powerline is just a larger scale version of the "Bossert Site" cleanup issue we all sat thru During the mayoral election in Utica. Garrimone and Julian sparred over Bossert, and now, long after the election transpired, the Bossert site looks the same as it did while it was an "issue" in that race.<BR/><BR/>I hate it, but it looks as if we're going to get hit with that powerline, one version or the other, so yes it's an issue. It would be good also though, if the candidates would show us a little more about issues other than this, carnival.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Wake up and smell the BS...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151246937657170302006-06-25T10:48:00.000-04:002006-06-25T10:48:00.000-04:00This whole anti-NYRI posturing is a clear example ...This whole anti-NYRI posturing is a clear example of the kind of insular thinking that is killing upstate New York. <BR/><BR/>Arcuri should be fighting for this project. It means thousands of new construction jobs, cheaper power for everyone in the long term, and it helps keep the environmentally sensitive areas downstate safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151246202890089962006-06-25T10:36:00.000-04:002006-06-25T10:36:00.000-04:00Here in Norwich this is a big issue and it shows t...Here in Norwich this is a big issue and it shows that Meier is a tool of special interests. This is also a national issue since federal regulators may eventually decide the issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151244789168440672006-06-25T10:13:00.000-04:002006-06-25T10:13:00.000-04:00How is this the RIGHT thing to do? What so many s...How is this the RIGHT thing to do? What so many selfish people in Oneida County don't like to talk about is that this is part of an essential plan to avoid the kind of massive regional blackout that we all suffered from just a few years ago.<BR/><BR/>Both Arcuri and Meier are WRONG on this issue, but they will cater to the local anger in order to try to promote themselves. Shameful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151183549657215382006-06-24T17:12:00.000-04:002006-06-24T17:12:00.000-04:00Ray Meier has to stand up and do something. After...Ray Meier has to stand up and do something. After all, Joe Bruno took his coveted chip plant and put it right in Bruno's district instead of Meier's.<BR/><BR/>Arcuri should hit Meier as ineffective in stopping a political heavyweight like Bruno from running him over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1151175298140358842006-06-24T14:54:00.000-04:002006-06-24T14:54:00.000-04:00Gee, maybe they are just addressing it because it'...Gee, maybe they are just addressing it because it's the RIGHT thing to do. God forbid. I mean why bother worrying about eminant domain in 8 counties and the health and welfare of people if it doesn't get any votes, right? <BR/><BR/>You are a cold cold man on a perpetual hissy fit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com