Mayor de Blasio really put his foot in his mouth yesterday saying "Sheldon Silver has always seemed like a man of integrity". What has Mayor de Blasio been doing for the last 20 years when I, as a working business person, could over time discern that Sheldon Silver was (i) corrupt and (ii) an abuser of power and enemy number 1 of good government in NY State. I have had that conclusion for at least 10 years and maybe longer. I can't remember when I began to consider him Enemy #1.
Meanwhile, the Daily News summed up the crooks discovered in NY State Government. This is not a race won to be proud of. Democrats 25 Republicans 4 And that is just in the last 9 years. 29 politicians elected to state government in 9 years have resigned and or been convicted of Bribery, Assaults, sexual harassment, mail fraud, campaign cash misuse, embezzlement, and general corruption.
I don't understand why Andrew Cuomo disbanded the Moreland Commission. Seems like they are needed more than ever.
The amazing thing to me is that New York State operates well at all with that record.
And while RedStateVT may bemoan the Democratic dominance of Vermont politics, at least they are honest politicians. You can't say that about the state he grew up in, which is NY.
We share your incredulity as to why Gov. Cuomo folded the Moreland Commission. Our only guess is that Silver put pressure on him. Whereupon Cuomo then secretly got the Manhattan DA to take up the effort. As for Vermont, don't forget Gov. Shummy's attempt to steal his neighbor's land...
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