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A wise man once told me that the smartest people are those who understand their own limitations.   I present to you the converse of that statement:   Willie Lightfoot Jr.   County Legislator Lightfoot, a man who doesn’t realize he's not capable of running the office of the Mayor of the City of Rochester, has said he's interested in becoming Mayor if the Cuomo/Duffy ticket wins in November.

Republicans Should Cross-Endorse Andrew CuomoInstead of putting themselves and some hapless sacrificial lamb through the paces this year, why don't New York Republicans cross-endorse Andrew Cuomo for Governor?   Seriously.

What does it look like when the local press is really, really, in the tank for a politician?   Something like this:

It's official.   Duffy for Lieutenant Governor.Say hello to "Mayor Lovely Warren."

Albany sources have told us that Andrew Cuomo has narrowed down the Lieutenant Governor search to

Announcing for Governor, Andrew Cuomo says he's in this race to fix the way Albany works.   He wants independent redistricting, caps on state spending, a cap on property taxes, a new and cheaper pension tier for state employees, raising the limit on the number of charter schools allowed in the state, and of course, "No new taxes."   He'll end corruption in Albany, too.

Let's not go back to this:

So the Democrat and Chronicle opines this morning that County Executive Brooks needs more public input -- perhaps another budget commission such as she assembled in 2004 -- to advise on fixing the County's looming budget problem.   Fine.   Great idea.Now, let's suppose ...

•   that the new public input consists exclusively of brilliant solutions no one ever came up with before;

Responding to our recent essay, 131st Assembly District Candidate Harry Davis has weighed in with some interesting comments on City Council's vote to approve a bus terminal on Mortimer Street.   Well worth your time to read (last comment in the list).

The President in upstate New York!   What an exquisite symbol of his administration's domestic agenda.   Here he stood, just last Thursday, in New York, the showcase of all the domestic policies he'd like to impose on the whole country:   over-taxation, over-regulation, runaway spending, a welfare state more expansive on every front, and politics controlled by the public employee unions and the trial lawyers.