( - promoted by lipris)
The end of deliberations by "3 men in a room" is indeed a goal.... and, a "Leaders' Meeting" that includes some other lawmakers is surely a step in the right direction. It would be fine to not reform the "in a room" part, but, as far as the rest, do we want to just increase the number, say, from 3 to a dozen, and still have them all be men?
Check out this photo of the "Leaders' Meeting" and see if you don't agree with me that there are too many men in that room. If not for the Lt. Gov., you could put wigs on them and it would look just like pre-suffragist days....
Info on the dearth of women representatives and appointees in NYS is included in the following report, available at this site
Women in State Policy Leadership, 1998 - 2005
An Analysis of Slow and Uneven Progress
A Report of the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society
University at Albany, State University of New York
Winter 2006 |
