PATERSON AND HIS WIFE ADMIT TO AFFAIRS DURING THEIR MARRIAGE!!

Govenor David Paterson has acknowledged that he and his wife Michelle had affairs during a rough patch in their marriage several years ago. Paterson told the New York Daily News that he maintained a relationship with another woman from 1999 until 2001. He and his wife eventually sought counseling and repaired their marriage. The couple agreed to speak publicly about their marriage in response to rumors about Paterson's personal life that have been swirling in Albany since Eliot Spitzer resigned last Wedneseday. After the govenor's inauguration Monday, the Patersons acknowledged the relationships, but did not go into details. With Paterson telling the Daily News that "this was a marriage that appeared to be going sour at one point. But I went to counseling, and we decided we wanted to make it work. Michelle was well aware of what went on." Michelle Paterson said "like most marriages, you go through certain difficult periods. What's important is for your kids to see you worked them out." The Patersons have 2 children, a 19 year old student at Ithaca College who is from Michelle's previous marriage, and a 14 year old who attends public school in New York City.

VIRTUOSO TO PRESENT RESOLUTION TO BRING BACK LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL TO LCTV, ALONG WITH TOM CHRISTY!!

The cancelation of a popular local cable show will be one of the items brought up in Tuesday night's meeting of the county legislature. After former host tom Christy's appearence on dialogue last week, informing listeners of the cancellation of Legislative Journal, county legislator Dennis Virtuoso called into the show and expressed his disgust with that decision. And now, Virtuoso has drafted a resolution in support of the show. Hometown 1340 WLVL has obtained a copy of the resolution, and it names

GOV. PATERSON MAKES QUITE THE SPLASH DURING HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH IN ALBANY!!

David Patterson became the state's firstblack govenor Monday and used his inaugural address to urge his former colleagues in restoring trust in state government and resolving New York's worsening fiscal problems. Sworn in shortly after 1pm, an hour after the disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer officially resigned, the Harlem Democrat told an assortment of the state's political elite of his desire for detente at the Capitol, a missing commodity for much of the last year. The ascendancy of Paterson, now the state's 55th govenor, came almost exactly a week after news of Spitzer's involvement as a patron of a high priced prostitution ring. Spitzer could still face federal criminal charges, and has remained in seclusion since annoucing his resignation last week.