| It is hard for me to determine what is worse: The person raising money for one of the top Republicans is supposedly the Democratic majority leader of the New York State Senate or my senator, George Maziarz, on the receiving end of money from that majority leader who is the most corrupt man serving in Albany today.
Liz was sent this fundraising invite for an event that will be held in one of Maziarz's favorite places: Manhattan.
Maziarz, who never misses an opportunity to push the upstate-downstate divide and bash New York City, is not a stranger to New York City fundraising. Last year, he held a fundraiser at the same Penn Club where Espada will be helping fundraise for him.
The event is $500 per person. It might be worth asking around here in the 62nd Senate District to see who could afford to attend such a fundraiser if it were held in the district. I doubt many would be able to say they could. Thus, the reason why Maziarz holding these fundraisers is just more hypocrisy on his part.
We could also turn this on Espada, who runs on the Democratic line and yet, is helping raise money for a Republican. Even though Senator John Sampson might want to defend his "colleague", Espada is not a friend to the Democratic caucus. This fundraising invite should prove that. His name appearing as one of the hosts along with Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos is not good for our conference.
Back to Maziarz though. We have yet to see a serious contender to Maziarz. That might change come 2010. There is plenty of dirt and his willingness to side with some of the shadiest figures in New York politics doesn't speak well for his character. That is why we need to target him in 2010. I'm not saying that because it's my district. I'm saying that because he is one of the reasons why what happened in June and lasted until July went down.
We need to get rid of the bad senators in Albany. George Maziarz is one of those senators. |
