Gold star for Kolb
Two weeks ago, Gov. Paterson gave the four legislative leaders what sounded like a pretty simple assignment: give him a list of issues they wanted resolved before the end of the legislative session.
Maybe it wasn’t so simple. Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, so far is the only one of the four to comply.
Here’s his list:
—Come up with an economic-development plan
—Make sure businesses promised Empire Zone tax credits in past years get them
—Adopt an energy plan that uses more renewable resouces and lowers costs
—Allow industrial development agencies to finance not-for-profit projects
—Boost farm-based renewable energy resources, like biofuels, wind and anaerobic digesters
—Exempt local governments in the Hudson Valley and downstate from paying the new payroll tax
—Adopt a plan for road and bridge repair
Kolb told Paterson his group of 41 Republicans (in a body of 150 members) “stand ready to work with you, and anyone else, commtted to the cause of a less costly more affordable state and successfully move beyond the partisan finger-pointing that for too long has deferred New York’s limitless potential.’‘
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The state is lucky to have a leader like Brian Kolb. He is an honest, hardworking legislator that works hard for his constituents and businesses. If we had 211 more like him we might make it out of this recession.
The Assembly Minority party continues to be a voice of reason under Brian. Let’s hope their work gets attention by the Majority party.