Friday’s Briefing: A Stand-Up Governor

The talk’s continuing about how to fill the deficit that Gov. Paterson identified this week.  But Paterson himself was off on a speaking tour, pressing wider issues and delivering some punchy one-liners.

In a speech at the National Press Club, Paterson warned that states could go bankrupt without more help from Washington.  But his message wasn’t just for Washington — it was also meant to keep pressure on lawmakers here.

And, in fact, lawmakers are beginning to step up to what they’re calling The $600 Million Challenge.

The Gov. also used his speech to show off his sense of humor, firing a few good one-liners.

Elsewhere:

• Wanna know how many state workers make more money than the Governor?  You can look up every state worker’s salary, here.
• New York’s child care is the nation’s costliest.
• Pataki hard at work raising monument to Pataki.
• The Gov. approves the use of Segways on public streets.
• “Subway Killer” Bernie Goetz can’t get his political career started.

And Finally:

• The state Health Department substitutes one “addiction” for another.

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