Kolb: Paterson Is Making The Right Decision
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, Ontario County, is the first out with a statement saying Gov. David Paterson is making the right move by not running for office.
“Like so many New Yorkers, I have been deeply concerned about the shocking and serious criminal allegations pending against Governor Paterson’s staffer David Johnson. Charges of physical violence perpetrated against women must be investigated with the utmost seriousness and, if proven true, prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Kolb said.
“Governor Paterson’s expected announcement today that he will not stand for election was the right thing to do. I and many other legislators in both houses, from both parties, have serious concerns about the allegations and how they have made it nearly impossible for the people’s business to move forward. We are fast approaching our state’s April 1 fiscal deadline when the budget is due. We need to get back to business and work toward passing an on time, fiscally responsible budget. New York State cannot afford any more of these distractions.”
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Abandoning his campaign is not enough. David Paterson needs to resign. He has severely compromised his office and can not serve effectively.
For too long David Paterson has used his office, whether it be as head of the Senate Minority, Lt. Governor or as Governor, as an employment agency for his unqualified friends, associates, and gal pals – David Johnson, Clemmie Harris, Michael Jones-Bey, Gabrielle Turner, Indira Noel…. This practice needs to stop now.
His staff and all his friends that he has placed in jobs need to be cleaned out as well…GET HIM AND THEM OUT NOW.
This UN-ELECTED GOV needs to go now, before more damage is done and more of the wrong people profit from his office.
The David Johnson episode provides further evidence that David Paterson is just up not up to the task of governing. He does not have what it takes to govern effectively. “The Democratic Conference Organizational and Structural Report” detailing the workings of Paterson’s office while he was Senate Minority leader in the New York State Senate is an objective assessment of this clowns ability to manage or more precisely mismanage.
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM110_demreportfinal.html
This scathing report indicated that Paterson’s Senate Minority office, headed by the supremely incompetent Michael Jones-Bey, was completely dysfunctional. Mr. Jones-Bey, a childhood friend of Paterson, who is now incredulously Director of Division of Minority & Women’s Business Development at New York State’s Empire State Development Corporation, was reported to be more interested in partying and boozing up with staff than working.
Wow! You can be a total bozo, ex-felon, or women batterer, but if you a friend or gal pal and work for David Paterson you get promoted and protected for such behavior.
TIME TO GO.