ALBANY—Just before 8 p.m. last night, the State Senate finally came into session to confirm several judges to their slots. Like most things the body does, it was not free of interparty rancor.
The first nominee was Richard Dollinger, a former Democratic senator and formerly failed judicial candidate from the Rochester area, who Read More
ALBANY—News came from the governor's office that Rick Dollinger, a Rochester attorney, has been nominated to a $136,700-a-year court of claims judgeship.
Liz reminds us that Rick Dollinger was the man who, last fall, waged a bitter but ultimately unsuccessful campaign against State Senator Joe Robach for his $79,500-a-year seat.
Dollinger's appointment is Read More
The appearances stand in contrast to a Read More
A Rochester-based reader emails this photo of a lawn sign for Republican State Senator Joe Robach's campaign, outside his legislative office.
The reader, a Demomcratic operative, expressed dismay that campaigning was taking place so close to Robach's legislative office, which, since it's a public office, is supposed to be free from that sort of thing. Read More
[img_assist|nid=88|title=Robach.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=290]1199 SEIU - a major union working to help elect Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama - is keeping its commitment to helping Republicans maintain control of the State Senate, announcing the endorsement of Joe Robach for re-election in Rochester.“As we face a very serious fiscal crisis in the capital, we need effective leaders Read More
Democratic State Senate candidate Rick Dollinger held a massive Get Out the Vote drive this weekend at his campaign headquarters, where more than one speaker either invoked Barack Obama or touched upon his message of going beyond partisan politics. The first speaker, Rochester City Councilman Adam McFadden equated the need to elect Dollinger Read More
Democratic State Senate candidate Rick Dollinger is out with a new ad that borrows heavily from the soaring music and nostalgic feel-good themes of the ads for Eliot Spitzer's 2006 gubernatorial bid.
“Albany won’t work until it remembers who it’s working for,” the announcer says in the Dollinger ad.
Dollinger is running for the seat Read More
Here's Democratic State Senate candidate Rick Dollinger complaining that incumbent Republican Joe Robach won't agree to appear at debates.“I am disappointed that my opponent has chosen to avoid debates about the critical issues involved in our future. Those issues include controlling property taxes, creating new jobs, and a fairer, more even-handed school formula for the Read More
David Paterson just called in to a Rochester radio show guest-hosted by Republican State Senator Joe Robach, one of the senators Democrats would like to unseat this year.
Paterson recently faced criticism that he hasn’t done enough to help his Democratic colleagues take control of the State Senate. (Republicans currently have a slim Read More
