| The fact that Caesar Trunzo (R-FL) hasn't spoken a word into the record of the New York State Senate in over two years has become, rightly, an issue in the tight race in SD-3. When Azi asked GOP spokesman Joe Conway about this, his answer didn't make a whole lot of sense:
When asked for comment, Joe Conway, director of communications for the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee, didn't dispute the idea that Trunzo hasn't spoken on the floor of the State Senate for two years. But he attacked Foley for attacking.
In an email, he said, "When Brian Foley isn't raising taxes on his constituents, he engages in desperate negative attacks like this. In contrast, Caesar Trunzo has been hard at work cutting taxes, creating jobs, and ensuring quality schools and health care for his constituents."
OK, so he has been a non entity on the floor of the Senate. He hasn't even spoken in over two freaking years, but he's "hard at work" doing a bunch of things that actually haven't come to pass. Taxes have not been cut, at least not the taxes that most concern the residents of the 3rd SD, namely property taxes. Those have gone up. Considerably. There's not a lot of job creation out in Suffolk County at the moment either. Trunzo's record on health care is an abomination and he's one of the top recipients of HMO money in the state.
And besides, does Trunzo work so hard in some sort of other "secret" Senate? If he's not speaking for years at a time in the job we pay him quite well to perform, where exactly is he doing all of this hard work?
How can a man who hasn't uttered an official word in years be said to be "hard at work" doing anything? That's a serious question.
The folks of the 3rd SD desperately need an advocate, someone who really is "hard at work" fighting on their behalf, and they need that advocate now more than ever. Caesar Trunzo is long past being able to do that effectively.
Had enough?
Brian X. Foley for State Senate. |
