Gov. Paterson honored by rights group as 2008 humanitarian
Gov. David Paterson tops the list of honorees at tomorrow’s Yonkers Human Rights Commission awards ceremony. The event is called “A Celebration of Disability in the Workplace,” and Paterson, who is legally blind is to be honored with the organization’s 2008 Humanitarian Award. State Human Rights Commissioner Galen Kirkland is expected to accept the award for the governor. Others receiving awards include Richard F. Sweeney, the Community Service Award; Kathleen Joyce, the Community Service Award, and Barbara J. Shealy, the Chairperson’s Service Award. The event is scheduled to be held at the Yonkers Riverfront Library at Larkin Plaza from 5 to 7p.m.
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Governors should be giving out awards, not receiving them. Like celebrities, these gifters and giftees people like to incestuously award themselves and each other to death for doing what they are well paid to do, and, much too often, are doing it shabbily.