DiNapoli: Senators Must Get Back to Work
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, in a meeting with the Editorial Board of The Journal News Thursday, said the political fiasco in Albany couldn’t come at a worse time for taxpayers, and lawmakers need to settle their differences.
In the nearly one-hour interview broadcast live on the Web, DiNapoli also addressed pension and campaign reform, consolidating local government and sharing services, and one of government’s continuing crises – spending.
“At a time of great challenge, we have to adjust our expectations,” he said. “We have to spend less money.”
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From the guy who just lost 45 BILLION of your dollars. Any other advice, Einstein?
I have on many times ask how did DiNapoli get selected and elected to replace Hevesi in 2007.
Did Hank Morris “King” Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Schumer’s “BRAIN” mastermind it ?
Was his election by voice vote and NOT by “Joint Ballot” legal ?
The statue mandates election by “JOINT BALLOT” not by “VOICE”
just asking
VJ Machiavelli
NO MORE SCHUMER
NO MORE PELOSI
NO MORE RANGEL
NO MORE ENGEL AND MILLION DOLLAR HOME IN MARYLAND
I guess when you hate all Democrats, VJMach, it’s not hard to float bogus rumors about ‘em.
1) DiNapoli won beacuse he was way popular in the legislature, and got the votes of Assembly Dems, Senate Reps, and quite a lot of Assembly Reps. Those 3 entities didn’t want Spitzer (pre-hookers) to dictate to them. Only the Senate Dems, then under the thumb of Spitzer voted en masse for someone else. Hank Morris had nuttin’ to do with it…
2) The election itself was a roll call vote – every legislator had one vote and cast it personally, aloud. Look it up before you speculate.
3) Oh, and smartpurpose: last I looked EVERY BODY – Republican and Democrat who invested $$$ on Wall Street lost a lot in the recent downturn. Genuises and stupidos alike. Private sector way-smart guys, too. That Einstein Crack applies to the vast majority of investors.
It’s good to read this blog. The 27 people who constantly blog remind me that there is an active conservative movement in Westchester, tippity-tapping out their anger in post after post. HOWEVER this movement can’t seem to find candidates for the County Legislature to defeat any of the incumbent Dems, eh?
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFUS
As to #3, virtually every investor indeed lost $, but they did not individually and personally lose 45 BILLION dollars of someone else’s money and they did not hold a position of trust like this sweet-talking incompetent buffoon, who, by the way was given the job via Silver’s intransigence, and who, moreover, holds a degree in HISTORY from Hofstra. HISTORY! This is the guy the bright lights in Albany appoint to handle hundreds of billions of rapidly diminishing dollars. The fact that he is not alone in his feeble grasp of economics and foresight does not excuse his performance. He keeps saying (correctly) that the State is spending too much money and is headed for fiscal disaster, but he obviously has NO influence whatsoever on the dimwits who put him in the job. And, in the interest of clarification, I don’t care what Party he represents.