Paterson plan would wipe out elections investigators

December

Gov. Paterson’s budget would wipe out 21 positions designed to check for campaign-finance fraud and other problems – setting up New York to be “another Illinois,’’ a good-government lobbyist said today.
“We already have the most loophole-ridden and lax campaign-finance law in the country, and this will just further decrease the small bit of confidence New Yorkers have in their government,’’ said Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters.
Paterson’s plan would save $2.7 million by eliminating the Board of Elections jobs, most of which have yet to be filled after they were authorized in the 2007-08 state budget.
When asked if the Board of Elections could enforce campaign-finance laws without filling the positions, spokesman Robert Brehm said “we’ll do the best we can.’‘

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 11:01 am by Jay Gallagher.
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Nassau County Civic Assoc December 19th, 2008 at 1:00 am
With a move like this, its obvious that the Governor is only giving lip service to good government.

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