Thursday, March 01, 2007
Politicians - the NY State Legislature
Election rhetoric is over. It's back to business as usual...
In the New York Post Online, Kenneth Lovett and Tom Topousis report on New York State politics:
"Without mentioning names, Spitzer blasted Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno for reneging on an agreement to select a comptroller from a list advanced by an independent panel of former comptrollers.
'We have just witnessed an insider's game of self-dealing that unfortunately confirms every New Yorker's worst fears and image of all that goes on in the Legislature of this state,' Spitzer said.
He threatened to campaign against incumbent Democrats and Republicans, and accused them and their leaders of focusing on 'politics and cronyism' instead of on who was the best qualified for the job and what is best for the millions of retirees whose $145 billion in pension funds are overseen by the comptroller.
Spitzer fumed that despite the November elections, which were widely seen as a mandate for reform, 'Legislators and their leaders had an opportunity to rise above, to show they listened, learned and absorbed - but they did just the opposite.'"
