The Fighting 29th

All about New York's 29th Congressional District

Those who aren't reading via a RSS reader have probably noticed the new left sidebar. It has recent Congressional votes, Eric Massa's YouTube feed, and all the press releases that the Massa office emails me.

I'm still not satisfied with the vote feed but I'll leave it for now. Also, I stripped telephone numbers and email addresses from the Massa press releases, since there's no need for Google to splatter cell phone numbers all over the Internet. One of the side effects of this is that the press release about Massa's telephone town meetings is missing the dial-in number. Here are the details:

WHAT: U.S. Rep. Eric Massa will hold “Telephone Town Hall Meeting”
WHEN: Thursday, February 5th, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
DIAL-IN: (877) 229-8493
CODE: 14608

Today's Star-Gazette has an item on the impact of stimulus payments on the district.

Veterans Today has a report on Massa's meeting at the VA Hospital in Canandaigua.

Update: Reader Elmer sends today's front-page story [pdf] (and jump [pdf]), which also details the expected stimulus payments in the district.

Reader Elmer sends Eric Massa's Corning Leader Op-Ed [pdf] about the stimulus package. Part of Massa's defense of the package includes a list of all the money it will bring into the district.

The Messenger-Post and R-News both have stories on Massa's visit to the Canandaigua VA hospital. The visit was timed to coincide with the announcement of Massa's co-sponsorship of three pieces of legislation related to current and former members of the military.

Eric Massa will have a weekly show on Hornell's WPKQ radio.

Massa will also be attending a meeting of the Finger Lakes Veterans Advisory Committee at 11:15 tomorrow at the Canandaigua VA hospital. The meeting is open to the public.

Jimmy Vielkind of the New York Observer calls Massa's set of committee appointments a good haul. I agree. Half of the press releases issued by the Kuhl office announced a Homeland Security grant for some local fire department or ambulance service. Massa's appointment to that committee will allow him to influence legislation that will have a real impact on the district.

The Massa office has announced that Eric Massa has received his third committee assignment, to the Committee on Homeland Security.

The Star-Gazette has Eric Massa's comments about voting for the stimulus. The Leader also reports that Corning, Inc's CEO thinks the plan will be good for the company. He met with President Obama yesterday.

Reader Elmer sends today's Corning Leader story [pdf] (and jump [pdf]). The topic is stimulus, and Massa is for it.

The Massa Office sent over a few more shots of Monday's swearing-in. Here's a pure Chuck Schumer moment. Others after the break.

Michael Parks sends this photo of Eric Massa at his Monroe County swearing-in ceremony. Today's D&C reports that a the crowd at the event included Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and Republican Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks.