The Morning Read: November 7, 2006
Democrats are expected to sweep all four statewide offices.
But even if Alan Hevesi wins, he may not serve a full-term as comptroller.
Despite the outcome, all the campaigning has been good for the economy.
Several Bloomberg administration aides have gone to Missouri to to help Democratic senate candidate Claire McCaskill against Republican incumbent Jim Talent.
Say good-bye to mechanical voting machines.
When asked about allegations of beating his wife, upstate Republican Rep. John Sweeney told reporters, "I don't want to answer. I'm really done with this."
A new contract could have some teachers in the city earning $100,000.
A principal who endorsed a state Senate candidate in a letter sent home with students was fined $10,000.
The World Trade Center Museum won't open until 2010, missing its original 2009 target date.
The Post notes, but doesn't explain, the connection between the fact that the FBI raided a man's home who also had donated $10,000 to Eliot Spitzer.
Here is a recap of endorsements from The Times, The Sun and Daily News. -- Azi Paybarah
Yeah Emily Singer!
Bloomberg has about 100 city of new york staff people working political campaigns around the country. of course they are on leave from their city jobs, which one wonders, haveto be so blatantly political anyway (at taxpayer expense) to be press spokespersons at government agencies that dont need press hacks or to be community assistance unit staff, which translates to campaigners in waiting who like FEMA screw up when it comes to blackouts in Queens and then yell at elected officials for their own failures...Let all the Bloomberg troops stay where they are around the country - OFF THE CITY PAYROLL - while they prepare for the Bloomberg white house run.