I'll say this: John King has given the State Education Department here in New York a bad name. And obviously Governor Cuomo has no say in the matter. Regardless, the implementation of the Common Core in New York has needless to say has gone horribly, and teachers are being examined and questioned to death.
This week for Cuomo has
But the groups were disinvited in favor of elections officials in New York and elsewhere. Moreland Commission spokeswoman Michelle Duffy said they were removed because the program had grown too lengthy. (They can still submit written testimony.)Grown too big? If the commission takes a decade, so be it! And let the legislature complain, but if needed I do believe that the state Court of Appeals should be able to step in if needed. The legislature should be allowed to express their grievances there. And I'd have a feeling by doing that they should get their way: this particular commission ruled unconstitutional. I still think the commission should say to Cuomo that you're not excluded because you're the governor. Maybe if Cuomo could come clean to the state and admit his wrongdoings he could win some favor with the voters in the state.
Or maybe it's Cuomo himself. Maybe the governor just truly has an attitude that is just like the attitude of New Yorkers: we tend to be really arrogant and tend to step on one another to get our way. Maybe his abusing power is partly a personality issue. Whatever it comes down to, I just hope the Democrats can if worse comes to worse, run a primary opponent against Cuomo. I've outline that in a prior blog entry. Maybe it's time for a well-tempered governor from upstate. Someone like myself, preferably.
But Cuomo should get a little break too. A good chunk of the state political press is conservative. And I'm sure the Daily News swings to the right as well.
I'm a fan of the lieutenant governor (partly because I myself want the job one day) but if Bob Duffy has made quite an "oopsie", he should probably resign.
That isn't going to work: we've had three Democrats as governor, and both burned bridges on their way out. Heck, I'm not Mayor Bloomberg's biggest fan but if he could be electable I'd vote for him.
Here's a memo to Andy: background checks are popular, but everything else about gun control isn't.
I'll second this one: some people need to lay off the baby bump. This PA law might seem ridiculous, but at least it's a good kind of ridiculous. A good analogy indeed: "a pregnant woman is not a puppy."
This house race in Massachusetts is EXACTLY why I'm penning a letter to the Democratic National Committee: vulnerable candidates get primary challengers. That's what should have happened in 2010. And if the Democrats want to win elections for good, run candidates who are patriotic. My point exactly. (See the link)
It's true: the Second Avenue Subway really is a line to nowhere. It's for the time being an extension of the "Q" line. It needs to be extended as soon as possible to Grand Central Terminal. At the rate it's going, William Ronan, the former MTA chairman who ran the company in the early 70s, might live to see the line completed. He's already over 100, and apparently, still alive. At least I hope-I'd like to meet him. He's a civil servant with a good background, including a Ph.D. And if we're going to extend the line, we need to get our act together, which includes regulatory reform.
Benghazi was yes, a tragedy and should be investigated but not if it's going to be a GOP witch hunt. And what is with all the radical constitutionalists? The Constitution is made of paper. Thus, it's a living document. And let's deal with the whole need to secede. It seems since Obama took office and since Lanza did his horrific shooting at Sandy Hook, this nation has gone berserk.
My message to politicians in general: start acting like rational human beings. All ideological warfare ends at the people's house (whatever capital/government meeting building it is).
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