Bruno hints he’s leaving soon
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Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno gave mixed signals today about whether he intends to resign from his seat before his term is up at the end of the year.
“I’m going to exit – the sooner the better,’’ Bruno said in an interview on Am-1300 in Albany. “I don’t want to create confusion’‘ about who is in charge.
But then he said, “nothing is conclusive.’’
Bruno, 79, was majority leader for 14 years before quitting the leadership post last week. But he is still a senator until the end of the year, unless he decides to resign from office.
If he does step down, the Republicans would have a mere one-seat majority in the Senate: 31-30. That won’t mean anything if the Senate doesn’t return to the Capitol before the end of the year. But odds are the lawmakers will be back, maybe as soon as before the end of the month, to act on a tax-cap proposal.
They could also come back after the Nov. 4 election to raise the pay of lawmakers to take office in January.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
Joe we hate to see you go before your term is up. But if you must enjoy and stay heathy. Remember to turn off your phone so you can enjoy retirement.
VJ Machiavelli
http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
ps This election is all about shoes, yes shoes do we keep them on or do we take them off and never put them on again.