The Politicalist

Here's what happened over the weekend.

NNY

Should Watertown have a noise law? I say yes, as long as it applies to the human alarm clocks that live downstairs from me, jumping up and down in 5-year-old bliss at 7 in the morning.

A Tuesday vote is set for the Watertown fire hall

Is Sen. Patty Ritchie breaking promises? The top Dem in St. Lawrence County sure thinks so. Does that make her an "Enemy of Reform?" Nope. (Or, more precisely: Not yet.)

Should the budget-cutting ax target sports teams? That issue plays out in Canton

Statewide

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra needs about $145K to keep playing the music amid deep budget cuts

With teacher layoffs come fears that class sizes will increase.

National/International

Rep. Bill Owens voted for the stopgap measure that kept the federal government going until a long-term deal can be hashed out

No surprises here — Mr. Owens is on a list of vulnerable House Democrats

Here's Jude Seymour's analysis of those issues

White House warns: Don't demonize Islam

Budget cuts in Camden, N.J. left half of the police force laid off. Here's what that looks like.

A debate is raging at Politico over whether Mitt Romney can survive the flip-flops