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Hochul spent $2 million on outside ghostwriters for State of the State addresses: report
NY Post ^ | 4/15/2023 | Rich Calder

Posted on 04/17/2023 1:51:18 PM PDT by 1Old Pro

Gov. Kathy Hochul reportedly authorized payment of nearly $2 million in taxpayer money for outside ghostwriters to help draft her State of the State speeches.

Most of the money was paid to Deloitte Consulting and the Boston Consulting Group to help the state’s first female governor shape her vision, according to the New York Times.

Hochul’s office shelled out $871,000 on three outside firms to help prepare this year’s speech – with Boston Consulting Group racking up the largest amount of $838,000 for what it listed in records as “SOS support.”

Representatives for three of Hochul’s predecessors — fellow Democrats Andrew Cuomo and David Paterson and Republican George Pataki — told the outlet they never paid for outside help to prepare for the annual address typically made each January.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; bostonconsulting; davidpaterson; deloitteconsulting; fraud; georgepataki; hochul; kathyhochul; newyork; newyorkpost; newyorktimes; richcalder; sossupport; theft
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What these politicians do with taxpayer dollars is criminal. Granted Hochul is ignorant and stupid, but 2 million to sound smart....and it didn't even work.
1 posted on 04/17/2023 1:51:18 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

It’s good to be the queen!


2 posted on 04/17/2023 1:53:08 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: 1Old Pro

She should have set aside some 💰for a mask


3 posted on 04/17/2023 1:53:56 PM PDT by JonPreston
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4 posted on 04/17/2023 1:54:37 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: JonPreston
She should have set aside some 💰for a mask

Even 2 million couldn't make her look better.

5 posted on 04/17/2023 1:56:45 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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$50 million for the Susan B Anthony Museum etc...Rochester needs it like they need a hole in the head. It was 14 years after she died that women got the vote. We made her a martyr.

And remember....no blacks in the women's movement.

6 posted on 04/17/2023 1:59:57 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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What an utter waste.


7 posted on 04/17/2023 2:02:14 PM PDT by Brilliant
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Let me guess, her sister wrote the speech


8 posted on 04/17/2023 2:07:49 PM PDT by oil_dude
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Thank God we elect the best and the brightest. Imagine how much they would have had to pay BCG if she was dog-poop stupid.


9 posted on 04/17/2023 2:08:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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Well, someone got a hell of a payday. Also the gov probably got her 10%. Biden shows the way.


10 posted on 04/17/2023 2:08:46 PM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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Democrats perfected "the art of the deal"... when it comes to money laundering/stealing elections/brain-washing...

To beat them will require one to match their intellect deviousness.

...or use more "traditional/permanent" methods.

11 posted on 04/17/2023 2:11:18 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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In the real world, you can't pay someone else with someone else’s money to do your job. This is government though, it's not the real world.
12 posted on 04/17/2023 2:11:46 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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She prolly fulnked riting in skool


13 posted on 04/17/2023 2:13:43 PM PDT by bigbob
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Campaign contributors? Relatives?


14 posted on 04/17/2023 2:23:25 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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...with Boston Consulting Group racking up the largest amount of $838,000 for what it listed in records as "SOS support."
The state of the state is pretty much as can be expected, given that it's been run by the Demagogic Party for years. Cuomo and Patterson and don't forgete Spitzer were also unfit for the office, but all were unfit in different ways.

15 posted on 04/17/2023 2:26:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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What a ridiculous c unit. Just like all liberal females.


16 posted on 04/17/2023 2:42:54 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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Some of the $2 million was for the chubby crayons used by kindergartners to learn numbers and letters. Cost more than usual Crayolas.

Also little juice boxes, Cheerios and apple sauce while they worked——hard——on those rewrites.


17 posted on 04/17/2023 2:46:56 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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I’d do it for half.


18 posted on 04/17/2023 4:04:55 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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Little bit of NO2, some good indica, and you could easily write the perfect leftist SOS speech for New York. Then you slip her a MAGA speech right before she gets to the lecturn, heh heh.


19 posted on 04/17/2023 6:46:13 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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Horseface needs fictional writers to lie about the great progress she has made for NY and the bright outlook for the future


20 posted on 04/18/2023 2:10:48 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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