And speaking of the Budget and Hospital Workers' Union. No the budget hasn't been passed yet and apparently after all those obnoxious commericals we been hearing on how if budget passed as is old people will be thrown out into street Pataki and the legistators caved and despite the $10 billion state deficit and double digit property tax increases they are going to increase spending by $2 Billion. They are just figureing out how to pay for it (i.e. which of our taxes to raise higher). Wonderful huh? Even California will reduce it's spending but not New York. Thanks Pataki. The only good news is people in this state are finally starting to see Pataki for who he is and his poll numbers are starting to tank.
BTW. I with a freind who is a Republican town supervisor who is also pissed at this law was supposed to meet with my Senator last Friday but she instead decided to bolt to Myrtle Beach for the weekend and cancelled. She has been keeping a low profile up here but I will get her eventually. Actually Pataki brought a summer home up here last year and makes a lot of appearances in the towns around here, I hope I run into him because he will get a ear full.
I will have to give credit to my Assemblywoman (Sayward) she voted against it and has been rallying against it. She wrote an excellent article in one of our local papers (No website or I would put a link)on how bad this law is. Especially on one nasty little provision in the bill that nobody is talking about. Did you know that if you hire a caterer for a private party or whatever at your house you can not smoke in your own house!!! Even if you have the party outside you can not smoke if you put a tent up if you hire a caterer.