Now we have proof and evidence that these authorities have been used as cash cows and patronage mills by the Pataki administration, |
So if the Legislature had a history of cutting the budget, the Business Council would be in favor of the amendment? ... You don't set up the rules for a democracy based on getting the particular outcome you want. That's just not thinking. |
The plan now is full of technical and other management flaws, ... There's a basic bottom line: We are incredibly vulnerable, and our leaders are patting us on the head saying, `There, there. Trust us.' |
We have evidence of compensation to top management when, as far as I know, firemen and police of the city got no extra bonuses for doing worse, more grotesque work, |
We're not at the drafting stage. I think we're moving toward the conceptual stage of what we need to do, |
With gas prices as high as they are, we want to do everything we can to take away artificial inflators and this (zone pricing) is one of them, |