Paterson has blunt message for truckers
- June
- 19
 Gov. David Paterson took the unusual step today of telling a crowd something other than it wanted to hear.
The governor made an unscheduled appearance at a rally outside the Capitol of scores of truckers angry at high gas prices who want the state to suspend the 35-cent-a-gallon state tax on gasoline through Labor Day. Paterson opposes that idea.
“I wanted to come out here and let you know that we respect your point of view. We just don’t agree with it,’’ Paterson told the truckers.
He said he fears that the oil companies would not lower prices if the taxes came off, instead making an even bigger profit.
“This is, in many respects, a solution that isn’t getting at the problem,’’ he said, suggesting instead that they picket oil-company headquarters.
He thanked them for coming, said he’d be glad to talk to their leaders any time – and got a cheer as he went back into the Capitol.
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Today’s New York Daily News editorial has a message for the Albany crooks. The editorial is called “No Feather In Their Caps.” It’s at http://www.nydailynews.com.
The editorial slams the state Senate and Assembly for guess what? For being owned by the teachers union and for resisting Paterson’s attempt to cap the school-property taxes. The Assembly is already dominated by Silver’s slimy Democrats, and Silver is in bed with the teachers union.
But the News says the phony Bruno is likely to lose the Senate because of his lying posture pretending to want real reform. He doesn’t, because the unions own him, too.