Thank you, NY Times, for updating us on the activities of George Elmer Pataki. Although Pataki has been out of politics, he still spent $1.4 million from his political action committee on "Broadway theater tickets, gatherings at the Yale Club and payments to political loyalists and advisers." Now, Pataki's PAC was formed in Virginia, which has, according to the NY Times, "no limits on contributions" and a "light regulatory touch in terms of spending." A......

One of the founders of the proposed-then-denied International Freedom Center at the Wrold Trade Cener site, Tom Bernstein, has resigned from the board raising money for the memorial. The co-founder of Chelsea Piers, Bernstein is the second board member to quit; the first was Agnes Gund. The turmoil over what kind of culture will be at Ground Zero continues, but the Daily News reports that the Smithsonian has been asked to advise on exhibits. While......

Families of 9/11 victims are at it again. Not content after getting rid of the the International Freedom Center they are now trying to halt construction of the one thing that actually seems to be moving along at Ground Zero: Santiago Calatrava's PATH station (a station the Post calls "controversial" to which our response is "don't you mean soaring? And controversial for what? The planned shopping area?"). Seems that they are upset over an......

Quelling the controversy simmering over the museum's intentions, Governor George Pataki officially evicted the International Freedom Center from the World Trade Center site. His statement read, "Since June, we have offered the International Freedom Center (IFC) the time they needed to clarify their intentions and work with stakeholders to reach a consensus There remains too much opposition, too much controversy over the programming of the I.F.C., and we must move forward with our first priority,......

If not the Freedom Tower, or the WTC Memorial, there always seems to be something wrong with Ground Zero rebuliding, and the latest part of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's plan at the World Trade Center to be mired in controversy is the International Freedom Center. The IFC was originally supposed to be a place where people would learn about tolerance and diversity (though steering clear of September 11 events, because that would be......

-Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of 9/11. Services start at Ground Zero in the early morning. Moments of silence will be observed at 8:46, 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 A.M.. The Tribute in Light will be on from dusk until dawn from it's new West and Morris Streets location. Other events are also planned. -The Times' Nicolai Ouroussoff says that the Ground Zero rebuilding effort has turned into a "hallucinogenic nightmare: a roller coaster ride......