Liz Krueger, in a released statement earlier today, sledge hammered the point home:
I believe Hiram Monserrate should not remain in the Senate, and for the sake of his constituents, the institution of the Senate and the Democratic party he should resign immediately based on the seriousness of his violent crime.
Being an elected official is an honor and a privilege, not a right. As a state legislator , the voters give you the power to decide what laws all 19 million of us live under. And as such we are obligated to hold ourselves to the highest standards of our laws.
To help her deliver that point, a group of concerned New Yorkers will soon be setting up a petition demanding that Senator Monserrate either resign or be expelled from the Senate. The petition will be delivered to Senator Monseratte and the Senate Leadership...both the Majority and Minority.
This action transcends party affiliation and ideology.
Keep an eye out here and elsewhere online for the url and the petition.
It will be step one in a concerted effort on the part of the people of New York to send a clear message to those who are in the Senate that we have had enough incompetence, corruption and dysfunction...and are willing to act decisively in all areas of the state to find and support representatives who are more interested in serving the public interest than power grabs and lining their own pockets.
November 2010. There is so much for us all to remember and so many who deserve to be in those memories.
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