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Keyword: Hal Peterson
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With the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 all federal employees were granted the right to organize and bargain for binding labor contracts.
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Hal Peterson
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12/12/12
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I believe David Brooks described what we are witnessing best in a recent New York Times column dealing with two apparent economies.
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Guest Column: Hal Peterson
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11/21/12
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Sen. Joseph Griffo, a Republican from Utica, and Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, a Democrat from Westchester, have sponsored legislation that would cap the time someone could serve as Assembly speaker or Senate majority or minority leader at 12 years.
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Guest Column: Hal Peterson
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10/10/12
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Consider the following recent radio commercial: A vacuum roars in the background. Then comes a women’s voice. “You hear that? “It’s the sound of money and jobs being sucked right out of our state, with New Yorkers going to Connecticut and Atlantic City to gamble.”
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By Hal Peterson
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9/27/12
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As the New York Times recently reported, residents of Moberly, Mo. were shocked to learn that they had guaranteed $39 million in bonds, sold by a local government agency to help a Chinese company build a plant that will create a few hundred jobs.
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Hal Peterson
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9/19/12
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This is the third of a three-part series entitled: “The good, bad and the ugly.”
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Hal Peterson
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8/8/12
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This is the first of a three-part series entitled: “The good, the bad and the ugly.”
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Hal Peterson
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7/4/12
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On April 30 Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 44, establishing a 25-voting member “New NY Education Reform Commission” to be chaired by the retired chairman of Citigroup, Robert Parsons.
Once again the need for “reform” comes into play.
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By Hal Peterson
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6/13/12
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On Nov, 17, 2011, six politically active voters filed an action in the U.S Eastern District Court of New York, naming Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and members of the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR) as defendants.
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Hal Peterson
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5/16/12
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My first guest column, “Reforming New York’s dysfunctional state government” was published in the Herald back in August 2010. It addressed political and operational irresponsibility in Albany and noted that if not corrected, they could lead to a new phase of fiscal instability beyond anyone’s imagination.
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Hal Peterson
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4/18/12
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