Posted on 01/24/2015 7:45:54 AM PST by Liz
Democrat Gov Andrew Cuomo had a great chance to reveal Albany's systemic corruption. His 2013 Moreland Commission was focused on Democrat Silvers ties to law firms....but Cuomo abruptly shut it down. The US Atty remains furious at Cuomo and continues to probe Cuomo's actions. Cuomo boasted the panel would dig dirt...trace campaign donations, legislation and pork-barrel spending to connect the dots to corrupt quid pro quos. We want to see who gives you money, the legislation you introduce and your member items. He pulled the plug when nervous lawmakers, who had fought the panels subpoenas, agreed to toothless ethics rules. It was the biggest mistake of Cuomos first term, and now his second term begins with a scandal.
Back in 2004, when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver blocked passage of the state budget with a series of bizarre objections, a frustrated Republican Gov. George Pataki demanded: Who is your client? The current 35-page federal complaint against Silver includes his repeated squashing of tort-law reforms; cooperating witnesses may have the goods on other official crooks. 70-year-old Silver---if he sees no way out of his jam---will no doubt sing like a canary.
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Sad. Bundy is better-looking.
Bundy was better-looking.....and had extraordinary charisma.
My grandparents in the 1950’s were told not to buy a home in Albany. Why? Because they were not registered Democrats and would be exploited by by unusually high real estate assessments. They didn’t buy.
The headline alone was; I didn’t see the presser. I might induced a more serious malady.
No, really.
Is he still whoring around with the woman who broke up his marriage?
Check out the singer Blondie’s memories of Mr. Bundy. She was one of his near-victims.
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