Welcome to the inaugural edition of the New York State Progressive Blog Roundup. Every week, we’ll be featuring news stories and highlights from blue bloggers across the state. Simple idea: it’s one state, and people should know what’s going on in other parts of it.

Progressive blogs who’d like to join this network should send an email to NYPBN – at – googlegroups – dot – com. And now, your roundup.

The Daily Gotham checks out Wikiscanner and finds some possibly, or probably, self-interested Wikipedia editing by the New York City Council.

A classic on The Albany Project: check out this diary about the Telecommunications Reform Act of 2007, also known as the Brodsky Bill. This legislation will

[require] the buildout of high speed broadband infrastructure to a minimum of 85% of the state, something desperately needed by under-served and economically depressed communities upstate. It would also protect net neutrality, bring cheaper cable and telephone rates through increased competition and allow New York to once again be a progressive, innovative model for other states to follow.

Rochester Turning takes a closer look at a fundamentalist church in Pittsford, and finds some disturbing messages spread, as ever, by an incompetent press.

Danger Democrat casts a baleful glance at John McHugh and some rather curious earmarks; flip-flopper McHugh was for these earmarks – he inserted them in an appropriations bill – before being against them – which he did when he voted against said bill.

DragonFlyEye has a very well-designed reader survey, well worth taking not just to help a brother out, but for other bloggers who might gain from doing such a thing themselves.

OnNYTurf provides a sneak peek at the upgrade of possibly the most useful feature of any New York City blog, its searchable Google/Subway map mashup.

NYCO draws some wider inferences from shenanigans involving a billboard and, needless to say, state funds, at the New York State fair in Syracuse.

Upstate Blue explores the background of the influence of the Independence Party in Saratoga Springs. With Democrats and republicans close to parity in terms of voter numbers, this minor party is able to affect close elections.

Democracy in Albany is impatient – get in line – with mainsream media coverage of Bruno/Stonegate. Amen, brother.

Joshing Politics is presently reporting from Paris, with photos, presumably to rub it in.

10,000 Things needs to publish more often. Check out their take on impeachment via William Shakespeare.

NY-13 gauges public sentiment in the Thirteenth District via a very to-the-point letter to the editor in the Staten Island Advance.

Troy Polloi shakes its head over goings-on at the local Democratic Party, but

All in all, we prefer the chaos of the Democrats to the eerie, Teutonic, lock-step discipline of the Republicans.

Nasty Letters has mildly disturbing video of Congressman Peter King, Wingnut-NY, palling out with Commander Guy. Not for the faint of heart.

Also on Long Island, The Community Alliance takes a look at what could be either Habsburg court protocol or the rules governing the ascension to sainthood, but is in fact the logic behind and implementation of property tax rebates.

Both Buffalo Pundit and Buffalo Geek are, unfortunately, dark at this writing due to a site upgrade. Next time, guys.

And that’s what’s going on. Apologies to anyone left out - shoot an email to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

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