[defenderSD]

That's probably because central New York has too many Republicans, so she directs the pork barrel spending to the heavily democrat areas.

I'm not trying to annoy you, but just to add some economic optimism to this thread I have to say that we're gaining good jobs rapidly here in the Phoenix metro area. Google is going to be building a software development complex here. We're becoming a lower cost satellite R&D and manufacturing area for a number of Silicon Valley companies. The movement of jobs is following the movement of population from the northern US to the south and the west. If you can take the summer heat, this is a strong area economically.

[Marysecretary]

You may be right! But around university towns and cities, republicans are taboo!

I'm really glad to hear that other areas are doing well. We have heavy taxes here and need to give businesses a tax break. Mxxx