The perils of friendship

One of the good things about the NYS legislature is the camraderie that is shared there. Positions and titles aside, there is a very human quality about the realationships shared by the individuals who do the peoples work there, and as they care about each other, so to do they care about the people they serve! So its very easy to see how, given that perspective,   this Vito Lopez issue has arisen! I mean can anyone truly believe that the consumate politican  Shelly Silver would delibarately do something criminal, something that could endanger all around him from the Gov on down? I think, and believe that this was nothing more than a major mistake, a mistake made in the spirit of friendship and camraderie, something that NYS has, and that Washington DC could learn from! And all the attempts to make political hay out of this are simply just that, political! Vito lopez should resign, that is without question, but to try to make a political mountain out of this Molehill, ill serves what has been achieved in NYS these past few years, and what stands to be accomplished in the future! Weve had enough of such politics , that is what brought Gov cuomo to office, and civility to a acrimonious legislature, lets not go backward!!!! Tone down the rhetoric and back away from the political trough people!!!

Obama/Cuomo as one campaign goes------!

AS president Obama continues down the campaign trail, how he fares should be of great interest to Gov Cuomo as he ponders his political future, because much of that political future must be invested in a Obama success! For a one term Obama presidency and a strengthed republican congress will be devastating, not only for Gov Cuomo but for Democrats as a whole! It will strengthen and embolden republicans, and it will almost certainly insure Gov Cuomo will face a stiff republican challenge in his re-election Bid in two years!! A successful Obama re-election and a possibly democratic congress essentially will clear the field for a Cuomo run, but a Romney presidency will create a lot of obstacles for the Cuomo who could be president! So Look for Gov Cuomo to take a Major role this fall in insuring the success of the Obama re-election campaign!

Another Cuomo Moment?

As speculation is bandied about regarding Andrew Cuomo's national aspirations, we are left to wonder, will there be another "Cuomo" moment at this summers national democratic convention? Because If Andrew is to truly make a national mark, it must be there, as did Barrack Obama, Bill Clinton and Andrew's father before him!The convention is where political stars are born, and where Democratic moments are made! So ,as far as Andrews national aspirations go, truly they are only a "Cuomo" moment away!

the 2012 legislative session (A review)

Simply put the 2012 NYS legislative session stands out only because of the continued cowing of what was once a wild politial dog of a legislature by Gov Cuomo! The functionality, the on time b!udgeting, Cuomo has provided the proverbial Iron hand as it pertains to what was once the poster child for rampant self serving Poltics as usual! And as long as Cuomo II continues to keep the NYS legislature on a tight leash, as long as everything functions, and more imoprtantly, looks functional, his power will continue to grow! But despite the powerful shield he has created for himself in his culling of the legilative morass, there is danger on the political horizon. For while he has taken control of the legislature, the decisions made on unions, on teachers, and fracking to name a few ,are not sitting well with a lot of powerful people, and they could and will come back to haunt him in the all imoprtant re-election camapign of 2014! But that said, the 2012 legislative session gets(in accordance with the proposed teacher rating system) a B, because while much was accomplished, much was left undone, and the much that was accomplished still lends itself to question! And with that said, until the upcoming special session------!

Stop & Frisk(if it walks like a duck, and it talks like a duck---!)

AS the community of Ciolor finally steps up and speaks out about the continued racist injustice and insitutionalized program of prejudice that is stop and frisk, we as people of color, and importantly,we, as NYErs of color need to ask the question: WHY is it we have to march and protest to make clear to so called leaders like Bloomberg that RACISM is wrong, that stereotyping is wrong!!!! And that programs like these only lead  to and further  insitutionalized racism and ferments a continued culture of stereotyping!!! Broad brush painting gets everyone wet, not just a few! And its time that Lord Farrquaad(Bloomberg) finally understands that its not what he says that goes, but what is in the peoples  best interest that goes!!!Control and supress policing has never worked and it will never work! And racial profling is as great a injustice as the one it tries to prevent!!!! So it is finally time for the Bloomberg administration to understand that IF it wals like a duck, and if it talks like a duck------!!!!

Get Your NY Proirities in Order!!!!

Amazing how NY leaders like Bloomberg can, given the situation in NY on just about everything ,give priority to non-issues like Trans -fats, Smoking and now Big sodas!!!!!! The schools are failing, crime is out of control, peoples rights are being trampled over, and the main priority on the Mayors desk is the soda's are too Big!!!!???? Im sure Mayor Bloomberg, that the people didnt elect you for that! And while the peanut gallerys for such minor issues as these may be happy, Im sure that the general populace isnt!!! But youre not alone in this pursuit of much ado for political nothings Mr. Mayor. From Albany to NYC and beyond, elected leaders are worrrying about the most trivial of issues instead of giving priority to the most major of same!!! Instead of worrying about second hand smoke, lets address commuter car emissions shall we? I think that is a far greater issue of concern than cigarettes. Instead of worrying about how much soda people are choosing to drink in  NYC, lets address how many people cant afford to drink soda in NYC!!! Simply put how about getting our NY priorities in proper order, instead of leading us down primrose paths NY leaders!!!!

The differance btween Political night & day!!!!

As the 2012 NYS Legislative session winds down to its end, it is astounding to see the change that has been wrought! Let's go back 10 years shall we, to when the NYS legislature was a dysfunctional, avaristict and corrupt mess!!!! When Late budgets and budget deficits were par for the course! And a public, numbed to the ways of politics on NYS capitol hill was at a loss! Now flash forward to today ,where it seems like a different world! There is no scandal, no dysfunction, corrupution is being pursued and procecuted and budgets are coming in on time!!! But most imprtantly of all, the public, the NY citizen is once again becoming engaged of the process , the process is piquing public interests in NYS!!! It's like a cloud has been lifted politically and legislatively in NY, and while there is still some of the old ways afoot, you can truly say that amiracle has been worked in Albany! It's as different as night and day!!!!! Good government in NYS, who would have thought it possible?