NY Senate: Yes, It’s a Circus At The Moment. Do We Reward The Clowns That Got Us Into It?
The D&C Ed Board weighed in earlier this week on the craziness in the NY Senate:
The situation keeps sinking to new lows. Yesterday, the upended Senate Democrats locked out Republicans before the scheduled start of a special session ordered by Gov. David Paterson.
What a circus!
New Yorkers deserve better than the power plays being executed by state lawmakers who clearly care more about power-mongering than the state’s future.
To recap, the Senate GOP “pulled a fast one” a few weeks back, overturning the Dem majority voters asked for last November.
And yet the Dems get the blame:
Meantime, despite the paralysis caused by GOP takeover, the dueling parties have failed to devise a compromise arrangement that moves the Senate forward.
The Democrats, for the most part, have been unyielding in their zeal to resume power.
So, to sum up: the GOP caused the paralysis, but Dems should cave.
At least we agree on one thing:
At least through the special session, Espada should be moved to another post.
Yep.
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