Comments on: Albany Wrap Up: Only Waste Plan, Block-the-Box Make it Through Gauntlet

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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:25:02 +0000

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Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:37:15 +0000

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By: JK

JK — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:32:51 +0000

Block the box is close to useless and will produce no visible result. Mentioning it in the same sentence with the garbage plan — which is noteworthy — is misleading.

“The body did manage to pass a couple of noteworthy bills.”