Carl, while the national deb is a problem, that is not what this column is about. i'm sure you realize that few in Congress has show any appetite for cutting spending. Republicans often say they do, but national debt continued to grow significant under last administration. I know you know that.
Of course we can be happy there’s money coming towards needed infrastructure, but if she were honest instead of duplicitous, Stefanik would say “Even though I voted against this, I was wrong. I see now that it is a good bill and helps my district.”
What makes you say that? Having lived without health insurance, with Obamacare, and finally with really good employer provided health insurance (for which I pay a reasonable share of the premium), I can say from experience being without insurance is worrisome and potentially dangerous because of putting off care, Obamacare had its flaws but was way better than the nothing I had before, and having insurance with good coverage so I don’t have to worry about a health problem bankrupting me is the best of all.
We pay taxes and the government does things with our taxes that we could not do as individuals. Why do you think providing a way for people to get health care coverage was not a sound choice?
I pay my taxes, so my income helps pay for these programs which I see as beneficial. Government spending (our money) helps stimulate economic growth, seen routinely under Democratic administrations.
In a country with a $28 trillion economy and growing, while we are spawning billionaires at a staggering rate.
Our deficit at this time is not a serious problem, nor is our rate of spending as it is at a level that maintains and improves the economy. We do have a problem in that the very wealthy are not returning portions of their generated wealth back to the government that provided them so much opportunity at a rate commensurate with the gain they make relative to ordinary workers. That needs to be fixed
I understand your position. It is exactly the philosophy that those who wish to benefit from the security society provides without paying a fair amount to fund security everyone should hold.
The reality is that our government provides numerous benefits that accrue mostly to the very wealthy and create the ability for massive accumulation of wealth while excluding those benefits from many who are equally deserving and often from people who are more deserving.
Rapacious greed is rewarded in our society with adoration of the masses, connection to centers of power and wealth, and lower overall tax structures, while at the same time providing security in the form of of police and military protection, less scrutiny of activity to determine lawful conduct, and the ability to pass that privilege on generationally like monarchical power with none of the inherent responsiblity.
Billionaires everywhere love that they’ve blinded people like you to the scam they are perpetrating.
This is continued important reporting on Stefanik's hypocrisy. Recent podcasts have also highlighted similar behavior from other Republican representatives who claimed credit for funding from bills they obstructed by voting against them. Note here re: Colorado Lauren Boebert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhlI0A3kEi0.. .we can all help correct these lies by writing to the local officials who are perpetuating Stefanik's misinformation and asking them to apologize to their constituents for their misrepresenting her bad faith claims.
Good idea. I think writing to local Elise supporters who are elected to office always hear from their constituents. The Whitehall Supervisor I worked with still supports her. It's appalling.
Considering how many of these local politicians write these endorsement of Stefanik, you can't help but wonder if they are being pressured to write endorsements. What is especially disheartening is that many of the small weekly newspapers are running these tributes from her press releases and giving her credit without a fact check.
I would like to listen in on those phone calls. She is distributing money she voted against and I wonder if the few democratically led communities in her district are receiving their share.
Political operatives compose “Letters to the Editor” and then find people to sign them. I suppose it doesn’t matter as long as there are folks willing to sign. This woman is such a disgrace. She appears to be off the potential VP list so now the push is on to save her NY21 seat so her lies will be flying. She needs to be stopped.
This is information i have found so far regarding democrats planning to primary Stefanik.
I have shared this article to every political page i follow. As usual, Ken Tingley says it like it is, in a language we can easily understand. Thanks again Ken.
We hear so much about many who write post cards to help elect a candidate - which seems to work - why not send cards with the true information - just short paragraphs - to each of these people who are pushing her propaganda? Seems as though if they hear from their own constituents telling them this - possibly it would wake them up?? Maybe?
Also a side note off subject, I'm reading "Our Hidden Conversations" by Michele Norris. She asked people to participate in a six-word exercise through what she called the Race Card Project. She printed out 200 little black postcards asking people to condense their thoughts on race or cultural identity into ONE sentence of six words. The front of the cards read:
Race. Your Thoughts. 6 words. Please send. And people DID!
She left them in bookstores, restaurants, writing desks at hotels, inflight magazines at airlines or sugar stations at Starbucks. This was 14 years ago - she STILL is getting cards back. (I'm sure that there were more than 200 over the years.)
With our current divisions - many about race - it appears far too many NEED an actual conversation about race.
I grew up in a small village in NY - as I remember, there were NO Black or African-American families until I was in high school. Now maybe generations before me? Who knows. Maybe there was a reason for that.
So, the Race Card Project sure does sound like a really good idea.
Proves post cards still have their place, doesnt it?
Its quite hefty - and will take a while to get thru but the responses to the cards and then her phone interviews with some of the people are really enlightening to put it mildly. From BOTH sides of the issue.
I’d like to do that but what a JOB it would be. I hope at least the Post Star will write about it and give an important place in their issue and maybe to keep writing about it. I wish, I hope.
Though your writings are worthy of much wider distribution, it’s scary to discover your work has been stolen in a way that threatens your online security and personal identity. Have to wonder if Stefanik has a tech team determined to undermine your persistent exposure of her perpetual lies/pathological manipulations which she mimics from her hero Herr tRump and his speechwriters/rally rants.
AP and other still-reputable news outlets online/some major cable news programs are now echoing your well-researched truths re: Elise’s twisted claims re: critical legislation she has vetoed. This broader media focus is essential in the weeks/months ahead to neutralize the forked-tongue utterings from Stefanik’s warped mouth/crooked website.
(Though the Chronicle’s editor may persist in his self-serving glorification of Stefanik, his local business ad GOP-leaning tribe may have threatened to pull their ads if he does otherwise.)
Thanks for reminding us of Clemson’s game today, and that Joe Girard III’s dream of NCAA competition has already been achieved! Go Joe!
*Recent research in the journal “Frontiers in Public Health” cites evidence that watching sports, Live or on TV, benefits us all…”with increased feelings of well-being and social connectedness… boosting cognition…and reducing stress.” The NCAA tournament is great timing for us armchair spectators while we hunker down for the storm systems headed our way!
After watching 14 of the 18 games at the state tournament last week, I can tell you I was felling pretty good, especially since all four Capital District teams won state titles, including Glens Falls and North Warren.
They tried banning me from her page once….. i am not sure but i don't think they can do that with her government page….was unbanned quickly when i “‘appealed”. That happened about the time when FB minions started determining what comments were “relevant” and moved what comments they decided were not relevant (any anti-Stefanik comments) to the “all comments” section. They situated the “most relevant “ page to be the first page seen and had to find the ‘all comments” section. Then, i posted the cartoon where Trump was drinking from a Clorox bottle 😊 and ended up with a 39 day ban - which lasted about 5 minutes once i appealed. It’s been fun.
Sedition Stefanik’s hypocrisy is nothing new. From her first term in Congress she portrayed herself as a moderate and that was nothing but a ruse. She would only vote with the Democrats when she was given permission to do so because the Republican majority didn’t need her vote to pass their legislation.
The one truth about statement I don't think we have ever learned what her true personal beliefs are. She has always voting with what was best for her, not her constituents.
I thought that when she became a mother, she might see the side of right and truth. When her son grows up, she may live to regret her falsehoods and attempt at destroying democracy for what she sees as power.
No! Don’t turn cynical! And shame on me for stomping on your optimism! One of my favorite expressions: “When fighting the monster, don’t become the monster.”
I feel bad for that child. On my list of future Substack posts is an essay considering how Stefanik and her husband have used their child as a political tool. Let’s not forget that her husband is a mouthpiece for gun companies that have created a threat to children across the country. Safety for their child ranks higher in importance to them than safety of other people’s children.
I worry about all American children if we don’t ban assault weapons. I know many countries who would love to have these mass murder loving folks come help them defend their people …(hint, it’s not the USA)!
I wondered if this was the case after reading in her weekly newsletter boasting that she had “secured” and “delivered” federal funding or “through the appropriations process” millions of dollars for various North Country infrastructure projects. It seemed unlikely that she would have voted for these efforts. So, thanks for corroborating my suspicions. Seems like there ought to be a law that prohibits public officials from lying so blatantly. Sadly, the voting booth doesn’t seem to be sufficient.
I’m fully aware of that. However it’s time to bring it back, expand it to fit 21st century communications and abolish citizens united. If we really believe in a just, moral and equitable society, money and lies should not destroy whatever is left of our democracy!
I don’t know if writing local officials and asking them to apologize will have any effect. I wonder if showing up at Town/Village meetings and asking for clarification would better serve the community? Especially if a Reporter is there and we can get it out in our local newspapers.
On another note, if we want to see change we have got to get people out to the polls. I worked the Village of Whitehall Special Election on Tuesday and out of 1330 voters, 29 people voted. It appears that people either don’t know about upcoming elections or are apathetic.
Thank you for your continued reporting on Stefanik's lies. I just sent emails to the two local officials telling them they should be ashamed for congratulating a liar, and they should acknowledge that Elise voted AGAINST the bill responsible for their funding. Perhaps all your readers will follow suit and bombard them with emails exposing their complicity in her lies!!! It couldn't hurt.
I’d like to comment on the brief article about “ dropping AP” and its ultimate effect on readership being denied the opportunity for national or worldwide news outlets. It’s unfortunate, however, it’s an expected consequence of the overriding fact that print news media is in an inevitable death spiral. This doesn’t necessarily mean that people will be denied access to national or world news . I have
“ discovered” national and worldwide news access is abundant on the internet and conveniently available on Smart TV’s. In fact the variety and amount of news outlets on Smart TV is a bit overwhelming. I grew up in a day and age when there were three networks ( even PBS had yet
to be “ invented”). Nowadays, electronic access to national and international sources of news, commentary and current events is abundant ….if not overwhelming. It is understandable that print media and print media news services are in a death spiral. …..so astute news consumers have moved on to more accessible sources ….like Substack for instance!
It’s hard to financially support so many online news outlets and individual reporters at $50+ a pop. I wish substack would figure out how to offer ‘bundles’ of newsletters for one price. I want to be supportive of all, but there’s only so much to go around.
What a great idea. You are right. It is like streaming services for TV. You started out with Netflix, now you need four or five to watch all the good shows.
Now I am not only alarmed at Stefanik but at the audacious liars or idiots who hold responsible positions in the towns of the north country. I think they just want to stay on her good side in case she and maybe Trump win again. This means they are afraid of her. Surely they know that she voted against the infrastructure they need and want. Just what we need, elected officials afraid of their malevolent Congresswoman.
I believe there is a fear by local officials that if they don't bow down to Stefanik, it might hurt their communities in getting funding in the future. I know when I interviewed an Essex County supervisor recently, he refused to say anything bad about Stefanik and admitted it was because he didn't want to hurt the town's chances in the future of getting funding.
Here in the far North, This is how Elise is spinning her NO vote: Quote from North Country Now:
"The town of Massena was also awarded $4.5 million on Feb. 23 as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law General Supplement grant program, which was part of a deal the Congresswoman voted against in November of 2021 calling it part of "radical agenda."
Stefanik is now facing criticism for taking credit for the project due to her vote against the 2021 bill that allowed funding to flow to Massena.
But, she says she was able to shepherd the application through the appropriations committee, fast tracking the funds that will allow the project to commence construction this summer."
So she votes no against the bill, but then takes credit for the funding that flows to her district.
She's been lying about any involvement in the grant process for 5 years. No elected representative in Congress has anything to do with them, other than being notified about district applicants and awards.
Where are the Democrats???? There should be billboards at every infastruction fund construction that announces that the work is funded by Bidenomics, or at least that say that the work is brought to Bolton Landing or Whitehall or wherever by President Joe Biden. Why aren't the Democrats educating the public?????
While I have no doubt Rep Stefanik's OFFICE assisted in coordinating the funds for various projects, Rep Stefanik herself is not someone to thank for these funds. Infuriating hypocrisy.
Carl, while the national deb is a problem, that is not what this column is about. i'm sure you realize that few in Congress has show any appetite for cutting spending. Republicans often say they do, but national debt continued to grow significant under last administration. I know you know that.
Carl, you have to admit there is a certain hypocrisy about voting against the funding, then taking credit for it?
Of course we can be happy there’s money coming towards needed infrastructure, but if she were honest instead of duplicitous, Stefanik would say “Even though I voted against this, I was wrong. I see now that it is a good bill and helps my district.”
Wouldn’t that be refreshing!
Alright, so why doesn’t she say that instead of acting like Lady Bountiful bestowing largesse?
If Stefanik had gotten her way (voting against the bill)there would be no monies for those local projects.
That is the point. And she would have repealed Obamacare.
What makes you say that? Having lived without health insurance, with Obamacare, and finally with really good employer provided health insurance (for which I pay a reasonable share of the premium), I can say from experience being without insurance is worrisome and potentially dangerous because of putting off care, Obamacare had its flaws but was way better than the nothing I had before, and having insurance with good coverage so I don’t have to worry about a health problem bankrupting me is the best of all.
We pay taxes and the government does things with our taxes that we could not do as individuals. Why do you think providing a way for people to get health care coverage was not a sound choice?
Just another attempt to excuse the inexcusable.
I pay my taxes, so my income helps pay for these programs which I see as beneficial. Government spending (our money) helps stimulate economic growth, seen routinely under Democratic administrations.
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11253
"not a single dollar is actually paid for..." The federal government collected $4.44 Trillion in revenue in 2023.
In a country with a $28 trillion economy and growing, while we are spawning billionaires at a staggering rate.
Our deficit at this time is not a serious problem, nor is our rate of spending as it is at a level that maintains and improves the economy. We do have a problem in that the very wealthy are not returning portions of their generated wealth back to the government that provided them so much opportunity at a rate commensurate with the gain they make relative to ordinary workers. That needs to be fixed
Thanks for your response!
I understand your position. It is exactly the philosophy that those who wish to benefit from the security society provides without paying a fair amount to fund security everyone should hold.
The reality is that our government provides numerous benefits that accrue mostly to the very wealthy and create the ability for massive accumulation of wealth while excluding those benefits from many who are equally deserving and often from people who are more deserving.
Rapacious greed is rewarded in our society with adoration of the masses, connection to centers of power and wealth, and lower overall tax structures, while at the same time providing security in the form of of police and military protection, less scrutiny of activity to determine lawful conduct, and the ability to pass that privilege on generationally like monarchical power with none of the inherent responsiblity.
Billionaires everywhere love that they’ve blinded people like you to the scam they are perpetrating.
This is continued important reporting on Stefanik's hypocrisy. Recent podcasts have also highlighted similar behavior from other Republican representatives who claimed credit for funding from bills they obstructed by voting against them. Note here re: Colorado Lauren Boebert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhlI0A3kEi0.. .we can all help correct these lies by writing to the local officials who are perpetuating Stefanik's misinformation and asking them to apologize to their constituents for their misrepresenting her bad faith claims.
Good idea. I think writing to local Elise supporters who are elected to office always hear from their constituents. The Whitehall Supervisor I worked with still supports her. It's appalling.
Sorry, Sara - I didnt read your comment before I made mine. Great minds, right?
Considering how many of these local politicians write these endorsement of Stefanik, you can't help but wonder if they are being pressured to write endorsements. What is especially disheartening is that many of the small weekly newspapers are running these tributes from her press releases and giving her credit without a fact check.
Outrageous! Just outrageous!
I would like to listen in on those phone calls. She is distributing money she voted against and I wonder if the few democratically led communities in her district are receiving their share.
Exactly!! I can bet they are not.
She distributes nothing. Once it's appropriated, the Executive Branch spends it. She is merely a lying obstacle.
Political operatives compose “Letters to the Editor” and then find people to sign them. I suppose it doesn’t matter as long as there are folks willing to sign. This woman is such a disgrace. She appears to be off the potential VP list so now the push is on to save her NY21 seat so her lies will be flying. She needs to be stopped.
This is information i have found so far regarding democrats planning to primary Stefanik.
https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_21st_Congressional_District_election,_2024_(June_25_Democratic_primary)
This is not unusual for campaigns to write letters for regular folks to sign. We would catch them every once in awhile at the newspaper.
And send letters to the editor calling these liars out! This way their constituents can know the truth unless their journalists are biased.
Yesss!
I have shared this article to every political page i follow. As usual, Ken Tingley says it like it is, in a language we can easily understand. Thanks again Ken.
Sure does explain how she gets elected and re-elected, doesnt it?
We hear so much about many who write post cards to help elect a candidate - which seems to work - why not send cards with the true information - just short paragraphs - to each of these people who are pushing her propaganda? Seems as though if they hear from their own constituents telling them this - possibly it would wake them up?? Maybe?
You can certainly copy links to this column to them as well.
Sure sounds like a good idea to me.
Also a side note off subject, I'm reading "Our Hidden Conversations" by Michele Norris. She asked people to participate in a six-word exercise through what she called the Race Card Project. She printed out 200 little black postcards asking people to condense their thoughts on race or cultural identity into ONE sentence of six words. The front of the cards read:
Race. Your Thoughts. 6 words. Please send. And people DID!
She left them in bookstores, restaurants, writing desks at hotels, inflight magazines at airlines or sugar stations at Starbucks. This was 14 years ago - she STILL is getting cards back. (I'm sure that there were more than 200 over the years.)
With our current divisions - many about race - it appears far too many NEED an actual conversation about race.
I grew up in a small village in NY - as I remember, there were NO Black or African-American families until I was in high school. Now maybe generations before me? Who knows. Maybe there was a reason for that.
So, the Race Card Project sure does sound like a really good idea.
Proves post cards still have their place, doesnt it?
Thanks for commenting I am going to look for that book!!!
Its quite hefty - and will take a while to get thru but the responses to the cards and then her phone interviews with some of the people are really enlightening to put it mildly. From BOTH sides of the issue.
Done
I’d like to do that but what a JOB it would be. I hope at least the Post Star will write about it and give an important place in their issue and maybe to keep writing about it. I wish, I hope.
Though your writings are worthy of much wider distribution, it’s scary to discover your work has been stolen in a way that threatens your online security and personal identity. Have to wonder if Stefanik has a tech team determined to undermine your persistent exposure of her perpetual lies/pathological manipulations which she mimics from her hero Herr tRump and his speechwriters/rally rants.
AP and other still-reputable news outlets online/some major cable news programs are now echoing your well-researched truths re: Elise’s twisted claims re: critical legislation she has vetoed. This broader media focus is essential in the weeks/months ahead to neutralize the forked-tongue utterings from Stefanik’s warped mouth/crooked website.
(Though the Chronicle’s editor may persist in his self-serving glorification of Stefanik, his local business ad GOP-leaning tribe may have threatened to pull their ads if he does otherwise.)
Thanks for reminding us of Clemson’s game today, and that Joe Girard III’s dream of NCAA competition has already been achieved! Go Joe!
*Recent research in the journal “Frontiers in Public Health” cites evidence that watching sports, Live or on TV, benefits us all…”with increased feelings of well-being and social connectedness… boosting cognition…and reducing stress.” The NCAA tournament is great timing for us armchair spectators while we hunker down for the storm systems headed our way!
After watching 14 of the 18 games at the state tournament last week, I can tell you I was felling pretty good, especially since all four Capital District teams won state titles, including Glens Falls and North Warren.
They tried banning me from her page once….. i am not sure but i don't think they can do that with her government page….was unbanned quickly when i “‘appealed”. That happened about the time when FB minions started determining what comments were “relevant” and moved what comments they decided were not relevant (any anti-Stefanik comments) to the “all comments” section. They situated the “most relevant “ page to be the first page seen and had to find the ‘all comments” section. Then, i posted the cartoon where Trump was drinking from a Clorox bottle 😊 and ended up with a 39 day ban - which lasted about 5 minutes once i appealed. It’s been fun.
Sedition Stefanik’s hypocrisy is nothing new. From her first term in Congress she portrayed herself as a moderate and that was nothing but a ruse. She would only vote with the Democrats when she was given permission to do so because the Republican majority didn’t need her vote to pass their legislation.
The one truth about statement I don't think we have ever learned what her true personal beliefs are. She has always voting with what was best for her, not her constituents.
I thought that when she became a mother, she might see the side of right and truth. When her son grows up, she may live to regret her falsehoods and attempt at destroying democracy for what she sees as power.
Isn't there an adage about the apple not falling far from the tree?
Wishful thinking, Jill. But it didn't work with Melania Trump among others.
Full disclosure… I am an incurable idealist and realist and try hard to be hopeful. However I am turning cynical..😏
No! Don’t turn cynical! And shame on me for stomping on your optimism! One of my favorite expressions: “When fighting the monster, don’t become the monster.”
No worries…. I know we’ll come through this… better than before! 🙏🏻
I feel bad for that child. On my list of future Substack posts is an essay considering how Stefanik and her husband have used their child as a political tool. Let’s not forget that her husband is a mouthpiece for gun companies that have created a threat to children across the country. Safety for their child ranks higher in importance to them than safety of other people’s children.
I worry about all American children if we don’t ban assault weapons. I know many countries who would love to have these mass murder loving folks come help them defend their people …(hint, it’s not the USA)!
I wondered if this was the case after reading in her weekly newsletter boasting that she had “secured” and “delivered” federal funding or “through the appropriations process” millions of dollars for various North Country infrastructure projects. It seemed unlikely that she would have voted for these efforts. So, thanks for corroborating my suspicions. Seems like there ought to be a law that prohibits public officials from lying so blatantly. Sadly, the voting booth doesn’t seem to be sufficient.
Sadly, if we had a law against lying by public officials, I suspect we would have to lock most of them up.
We need to bring back the fairness doctrine that Reagan vetoed.
The Fairness Doctrine only applied to over-the-air broadcasts (radio and TV), not to cable. And not to Internet web sites.
I’m fully aware of that. However it’s time to bring it back, expand it to fit 21st century communications and abolish citizens united. If we really believe in a just, moral and equitable society, money and lies should not destroy whatever is left of our democracy!
Agreed.
I don’t know if writing local officials and asking them to apologize will have any effect. I wonder if showing up at Town/Village meetings and asking for clarification would better serve the community? Especially if a Reporter is there and we can get it out in our local newspapers.
On another note, if we want to see change we have got to get people out to the polls. I worked the Village of Whitehall Special Election on Tuesday and out of 1330 voters, 29 people voted. It appears that people either don’t know about upcoming elections or are apathetic.
Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸
Sad!
Thank you for your local news reporting!
Thank you for your continued reporting on Stefanik's lies. I just sent emails to the two local officials telling them they should be ashamed for congratulating a liar, and they should acknowledge that Elise voted AGAINST the bill responsible for their funding. Perhaps all your readers will follow suit and bombard them with emails exposing their complicity in her lies!!! It couldn't hurt.
Again, thanks for all that you do!
Let me know if you hear back.
I did, how do I forward to you?
Oh, share with all of us.
tingleykenneth4@gmail.com
Email to tingleykenneth4@gmail.com
Great great for you. I’ll try to do that.
Wonderful! I will do the same.
I’d like to comment on the brief article about “ dropping AP” and its ultimate effect on readership being denied the opportunity for national or worldwide news outlets. It’s unfortunate, however, it’s an expected consequence of the overriding fact that print news media is in an inevitable death spiral. This doesn’t necessarily mean that people will be denied access to national or world news . I have
“ discovered” national and worldwide news access is abundant on the internet and conveniently available on Smart TV’s. In fact the variety and amount of news outlets on Smart TV is a bit overwhelming. I grew up in a day and age when there were three networks ( even PBS had yet
to be “ invented”). Nowadays, electronic access to national and international sources of news, commentary and current events is abundant ….if not overwhelming. It is understandable that print media and print media news services are in a death spiral. …..so astute news consumers have moved on to more accessible sources ….like Substack for instance!
It’s hard to financially support so many online news outlets and individual reporters at $50+ a pop. I wish substack would figure out how to offer ‘bundles’ of newsletters for one price. I want to be supportive of all, but there’s only so much to go around.
What a great idea. You are right. It is like streaming services for TV. You started out with Netflix, now you need four or five to watch all the good shows.
I agree!
God forbid this cow milking republican princess allow Washington county democrats a dollar.
She's a divisive politician who needs to go find work elsewhere.
Now I am not only alarmed at Stefanik but at the audacious liars or idiots who hold responsible positions in the towns of the north country. I think they just want to stay on her good side in case she and maybe Trump win again. This means they are afraid of her. Surely they know that she voted against the infrastructure they need and want. Just what we need, elected officials afraid of their malevolent Congresswoman.
I believe there is a fear by local officials that if they don't bow down to Stefanik, it might hurt their communities in getting funding in the future. I know when I interviewed an Essex County supervisor recently, he refused to say anything bad about Stefanik and admitted it was because he didn't want to hurt the town's chances in the future of getting funding.
Sad!
I know this to be true in Washington County.
Pretty amazing how all of the MAGA folks have employed fear to get whatever they want. A skill handed down from our lovely ex-president.
Here in the far North, This is how Elise is spinning her NO vote: Quote from North Country Now:
"The town of Massena was also awarded $4.5 million on Feb. 23 as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law General Supplement grant program, which was part of a deal the Congresswoman voted against in November of 2021 calling it part of "radical agenda."
Stefanik is now facing criticism for taking credit for the project due to her vote against the 2021 bill that allowed funding to flow to Massena.
But, she says she was able to shepherd the application through the appropriations committee, fast tracking the funds that will allow the project to commence construction this summer."
So she votes no against the bill, but then takes credit for the funding that flows to her district.
The hypocrisy makes one's head spin.
And does she only fast track funds to areas that support her?
She's been lying about any involvement in the grant process for 5 years. No elected representative in Congress has anything to do with them, other than being notified about district applicants and awards.
Pity the public.
Educate the public!!!!
Where are the Democrats???? There should be billboards at every infastruction fund construction that announces that the work is funded by Bidenomics, or at least that say that the work is brought to Bolton Landing or Whitehall or wherever by President Joe Biden. Why aren't the Democrats educating the public?????
Yes! Yes! Yes!
I thought of that… 😒
While I have no doubt Rep Stefanik's OFFICE assisted in coordinating the funds for various projects, Rep Stefanik herself is not someone to thank for these funds. Infuriating hypocrisy.