(Pataki does) not view it as a way of discussing the issues of the state. It's about his image. He pounds away on themes: He's tough on crime. He's tough on taxes. He's tough on regulations. I would expect they stick to the formula. |
Assuming these two members agree with the governor, they should lock in the far more restrictive interpretation than what is currently the practice. |
He's going to have to move around the state and it's harder to do that if county government is in an uproar over this partisan struggle. |
He's not using it for a campaign, he's using it to support his lifestyle. |
I certainly think the timing is more than coincidence, but it really does show how badly the state monitors these activities. |
I think it gives him huge leverage because lawmakers want to have the programs they want funded actually get funded. If there is any possibility for a good faith negotiation, people will want to take it up, but I'm just not sure that there is. |
If there is a disclosure requirement, an official should adhere not to just the letter of the law, but the spirit of it . . . If there's doubt, that's what an ethics board is for. |
If you do it right, the cooling off period is measured in minutes. |
In New York's 'anything goes' system of campaign finance, it fits right in. It shouldn't be allowed. It should be used for campaigns of the candidates. |
It has to be part of a comprehensive strategy of pressure. By itself it doesn't work, but if you don't do it, you risk lawmakers thinking people don't care. |
It smacks of pay-per-view democracy. The governor should put the public back in the Public Service Commission. |
It sounds to me like there is a lot of information we still don't know. I don't know how anyone can assess it. |
It's about image development and that's it. |
It's better than what it was. Now we're getting to at least the pretense of openness. Hopefully we'll get to the substance of openness eventually. It's evolving, but it's still prehistoric. |
It's not illegal, but it's unfair. |