Posts Tagged ‘New York’

And Then There Was One

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

The race between Democratic incumbent Timothy Bishop and Republican challenger Randy Altschuler for New York’s 1st first congressional district is the last undecided House race of 2010.

Bishop is ahead by some 200-odd votes, but Altschuler has been gaining due to absentee and military ballots (despite New York sending troops ballots later than required by law). There are also appears to have been some voting fraud in the race.

I expect this race to see quite a few court days before all is said and done…

Republican Ann Marie Buerkle Takes NY25

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Republican Ann Marie Buerkle has defeated Democratic incumbent Dan Maffei in New York’s 25th Congressional District.

That brings the total Republican House gains up to 63 seats.

Man Confronts 20 Gang Members Outside Home with AK-47. Guess who gets arrested?

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Right after one of the gang members said “Oh you’re dead. I’m gonna kill your family and your babies. You’re dead.”

If this was Texas, we’d be reading about how police arrested the gang members, or maybe how a grand jury no-billed the home owner after he ventilated the guy who just threatened to kill his family.

But since this took place on Long Island, New York, you know exactly how it turned out: Police arrested the man defending his home with “felony reckless endangerment” for firing four warning shots into the ground.