Article: GOING OUT IN STYLE; JOE BRUNO'S MAGICAL, SHAMELESS PORK-BARREL TOUR.(Opinion)(Editorial)

In an almost surreal spectacle, Joe Bruno celebrated his years of shameless, taxpayer-funded pork-barrel spending last Friday with a bus trip for reporters around his beloved capital region.

Bruno, 79, spent his last day in the state Legislature taking the journalists to some of the locations that have benefited most lavishly from his leadership position in the Senate. As majority leader, Bruno had a huge say in where Albany's seemingly endless supply of pork-barrel money was spent. And he made sure his capital region got more than the rest.

The tour celebrated his greatest hits over his 32 years in office, including stops at the Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy -- ...

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