Monday’s Briefing: Devil’s In The Details
by Contributor | August 4, 2008 2:06 pm
State lawmakers come back to Albany at the end of the week to take up the Governor’s call for big budget cuts.
- But will they do it? History suggests they won’t[1]. And this analysis suggests many lawmakers have their fingers in their ears[2] when the Gov. talks about a budget crisis.
- The NY Times explores what went into Paterson’s decisions[3].
- The Times also gets “experts” to argue whether it’s really a “crisis”[4] or not, as if that mattered to the overtaxed and underemployed.
- Gov. Paterson’s not ruling out taxes to help fill the gap, but one thing he’ll fight is a pay raise for legislators[5].
Gonna be interesting, that’s for sure.
Elsewhere:
- One state union’s boiling mad[6] that you can look up every state worker’s salary[7]. The union may sue[8].
- The NY Post says a still-secret state audit shows tens of thousands of people leave the state but stay on, and keep getting checks from[9], the taxpayer-funded Medicaid rolls.
- New taxpayer group will sue to stop economic development loans and benefits[10].
- If a State Senator from Illinois can run for President, can these New York State Senators run for something, too[11]?
- If NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg runs for Governor in 2010, NY Post’s Fred Dicker says the current Governor will bow out[12].
- Rochester D&C says Republicans like their chances[13] in Renzi v. Aubertine, and a couple of other races.
- Some of the new benefits for gay couples legally married elsewhere[14] include shooting bear on your spouse’s land.
- Racinos’ machines go ka-ching[15]!
- Mothers fight for the legal right to breastfeed babies[16].
And:
- One guy gets the courthouse confessional[17].
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Endnotes:- History suggests they won’t: http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/news/ny-stecon045788789aug04,0,5869368.story
- many lawmakers have their fingers in their ears: http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/state/story/405134.html
- what went into Paterson’s decisions: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/nyregion/02paterson.html
- “experts” to argue whether it’s really a “crisis”: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/nyregion/04budget.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
- a pay raise for legislators: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/08/01/2008-08-01_may_hike_taxes_but_not_pols_pay__gov-2.html
- One state union’s boiling mad: http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/8217
- look up every state worker’s salary: http://seethroughny.net/
- union may sue: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/08/pef-exploring-options-over-see.html
- stay on, and keep getting checks from: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08042008/news/regionalnews/ex_nyers_ripping_off_medicaid_millions_122924.htm
- sue to stop economic development loans and benefits: http://blog.jimostrowski.com/
- these New York State Senators run for something, too: http://www.nycapitolnews.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1289/2008-07-14.html
- the current Governor will bow out: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08042008/news/columnists/bloomberg_shoo_in_for_gov__dems_122958.htm
- Republicans like their chances: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/blogs/political/2008/08/republicans-feeling-good-about-some.html
- the new benefits for gay couples legally married elsewhere: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/nyregion/02marriage.html
- Racinos’ machines go ka-ching: http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=708665&LinkFrom=RSS
- the legal right to breastfeed babies: http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/state/story/405157.html
- One guy gets the courthouse confessional: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/nyregion/03photog.html
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