Posted on 09/04/2019 10:14:51 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is accused of 'rigging state license plate contest in favor of design featuring bridge named after his father Mario' The contest asks New York residents to pick their favorite among five plates Four are a combination of the Statue of Liberty and the state's motto, 'Excelsior' A fifth shows just the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, completed in 2018 The span, originally the Tappan Zee, was named after the now-governor's dad Voters favoring a Statue Of Liberty plate will be split, making it more likely the bridge option will win, say conspiracy theorists The bridge, which opened in 2017 to replace an older span, was named after the current governor's father, who passed away from heart failure in 2015. The Cuomo bridge is not a widely recognized New York landmark, and some have claimed its inclusion in the license plate contest is suspect. 'LOL yeah this indeed seems kind of rigged in favor of the Mario Cuomo (née Tappan Zee) Bridge license plate. A bunch of near-identical Statue of Liberty designs will split the SoL vote,' tweeted Nate Silver, editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, a data-driven news site. Dan Rivoli, a reporter on the local news channel NY1, tweeted that multiple Statue of Liberty designs 'threaten to split the vote, allowing the Mario Cuomo Bridge to grab a plurality to become the new official NY license plate.' 'Anti-bridge votes must consolidate around a single Statue of Liberty candidate' wrote Rivoli. State officials have not yet announced the results of the contest, which officially ended just before midnight on Labor Day. A spokesperson for Governor Andrew Cuomo did not immediately respond when DailyMail.com reached out. Cuomo has been on the defensive about the license plates, with critics unhappy about the cost that will come with the winner of
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They also renamed the Triborough Bridge for RFK. Seems like there was no better reason for doing so than that some member of the Kennedy family rang up Eliot Spitzer and told him it would be nice to have something else to remember Bobby by.
Even though Spitzer was forced to resign due to his prostitute problems before the name change became official, his fellow Democrat David Patterson saw to it that the plan got carried out, a few days after the elections of 2008.
My car, and NYS plates are over 14 years old. Must be the convicts at Auburn Prison need work. That's where the State has all their signs, and license plates made...in what they call the Plate Shop. I was an officer there in the early 80's. At that time, they were handling a lot of out-of-state contracts, and I worked a few hours of overtime each day, so they could keep the shop running all day. I'd relieve the regular officer, so he could go count the inmates on one of the prison block galleries, get a quick bite to eat, and then he'd cover the messhall run, before returning back to relieve me so I could start my regular shift.
The Cuomo Brothers, Chris, AKA Fredo (Dumb) and Andrew (Dumber). Along with their father, Mario, they are an insult to all Americans of Italian descent.
Long live the new Tappan Zee Bridge!
those should be replaced, not ALL of them... cars are inspected every year and can be judged then and there
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