Cuomo Makes One Hell Of A Hire

the combination of (4.00 / 4)

cuomo's "project sunlight" project and horner running it should be awesome. what it says to me is that this project is no BS. you don't hire horner to run a sham.

TODAY is day one. It always is.

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by: phillip anderson @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 16:48:20 PM UTC

This is great news (4.00 / 3)

I was thinking of doing a post on Project Sunlight anyway. But this is notice that we should be paying attention to more of the good stuff Cuomo is doing.

What are they smoking? Find out at alien & sedition.

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by: BrooklynRaider @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 16:54:37 PM UTC

For all the acclaim (rightly) given to Spitzer lately, (4.00 / 1)

Cuomo is also off to one hell of a start.  And I never would have expected it, you know,  with him basically spending his childhood inside NY's dysfunctional political scene. 

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by: Roatti @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 17:34:08 PM UTC

Actually, maybe he's rebelling (0.00 / 0)

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by: Roatti @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 17:35:16 PM UTC

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Where the sock puppets sock it to 'em (4.00 / 1)

Another indicator that this is the real deal when it comes to reform is the rapid-response sock-puppet team's defensive action over at CapCon.  Our friend LuLu is commenter #70 on this news-- but, most of the comments (many repetitive) are from a group of very snarky, personal-attacking right-wing regulars who, as several commenters pointed out, do not seem to be employed, or are blogging from work.  Now, I'm the first to admit that I have lots of time to blog because I am unemployed-- a hit team of right-wing "dirty tricks" specialists in Ontario/Monroe Counties arranged that... and, no, I have not yet found it in my heart to forgive them, 'cuz it was mean and unfair. But, the important info is that it also convinced me that there really are paid disinformation and dirty tricks jobs in this state.  And, I suspect that some are doing sock-puppet duty at CapCon.  I wrote a nice email to Jay about trying to clean up the site, and he was responsive. Recommend same to TG, LuLu, whomever.  Go ahead and say I put you up to it if you want.  "Whorner"?  Blair sure does not deserve that kind of abuse!

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by: robinia @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 17:37:38 PM UTC

wow. (0.00 / 0)

kind of glad i've missed that. the utterly predictable wingnut reaction to any given stimulus over there is pretty annoying.


TODAY is day one. It always is.

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by: phillip anderson @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 17:41:26 PM UTC

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just returned from wading through (4.00 / 1)

the muck over there. what a bunch of wankers.

kinda sad, actually.

TODAY is day one. It always is.

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by: phillip anderson @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 18:01:00 PM UTC

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Blair Horner is awesome (4.00 / 1)

I am very excited. He spoke at a DMI Marketplace of Ideas event on reducing the cost of Rx Drugs. The guy does amazing work and is a real champion for good policy that helps the people.

www.dmiblog.com

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by: ElanaDMIBlog @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 17:51:05 PM UTC

Blair Horner is a great pick (4.00 / 1)

The Brennan Center agrees.  NYPIRG is going to have trouble filling his shoes.

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by: sabachi @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 22:30:03 PM UTC

Yeah Horner (0.00 / 0)

he'll be missed after all, he single-handedly:

Made certain that tuition at CUNY and SUNY was reduced to affordable levels and worked for effective programs that admit and retain poor students;

Forced the utilities to reduce their electricity prices;

Stopped big Pharma from jacking up prices;

Spearheaded the building of the mass transit projects serving New Yorkers throughout the state, and

Steamrolled NYC into doing something to reduce particulate emissions in NYC.

Yeah everyone will really miss Blair's advocacy in Albany...he was so very effective...and so irreplaceable with that track record.

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by: ElPocho @ Sat Feb 24, 2007 at 11:45:43 AM UTC