Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Common Sense has broken out in Albany!
Congratulations to the New York State legislature for overriding Governor George Pataki's 120 vetoes and thereby averting the "doomsday" scenario. I expected the obligatory resistance to Pataki's budget vetoes from Democratic Assembly leader Shelly Silver, but special kudos to Republican Senate leader Joe Bruno for realizing that his party's (and Pataki's) unreasonable knee-jerk stand against ANY taxes was bad for the state, bad for its citizens, and destructive to the future of New York - both state AND city.
Congratulations to the New York State legislature for overriding Governor George Pataki's 120 vetoes and thereby averting the "doomsday" scenario. I expected the obligatory resistance to Pataki's budget vetoes from Democratic Assembly leader Shelly Silver, but special kudos to Republican Senate leader Joe Bruno for realizing that his party's (and Pataki's) unreasonable knee-jerk stand against ANY taxes was bad for the state, bad for its citizens, and destructive to the future of New York - both state AND city.
