Yes, there WAS a misunderstanding
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- June
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And now one more word from Sen. Darryl Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, on whether he was indeed offered a job as president of the state Power Authority by Gov. David Paterson:
“If there was a misunderstanding, there was a misunderstanding,’’ he said today, declining to comment further, obviously eager to put the story behind him.
He said yesterday he had been offered the job by Paterson’s top aide, Charles O’Byrne, but had turned it down, even though it pays more than double what he makes now.
His assertion caused a stir since getting him out of the Senate would make the Democrats’ chances of taking control of the Senate in this year’s elections more difficult. That seemed like the opposite of what Paterson would want to do.
Later Monday, Paterson denied Aubertine had been offered the job, saying there must have been a “misunderstanding.’’
The incident reinforced the impression of some that Paterson is so eager to avoid conflicts that sometimes he confuses people.
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The more I hear elected officials talk the more
I am convinced they have no mechanism for checking
what they say before it comes out of their mouths
My opinion is that Aubertine is a self-serving prevaricator. No one is “offered” a job this way. You are asked as such: The governor has expressed interest in you relative to this or that job… “IF the governor were to appoint you, would you be interested in making this move?” Unless the gov and/or his aide, O’Byrne, are total incompetents, Aubertine is lying.
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Ed clearly likes to think he knows how the Capitol works. He doesn’t. This job was offered. (btw, how would someone from the Hudson Valley know Aubertine enough to have such a colorful description of who he is? sounds like a plant to me)
Ziggie, who has morphed into ‘ed is a dope,’ obviously rose, came out of the weeds, and put his tulips together to accuse me of being a plant. Must have a lot of thyme on his hands.
And hash? Ziggy’s follies?