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Governor Eliot Spitzer think the State Senate's idea to have Attorney General Andrew Cuomo appointed "special prosecutor" - to investigate misdeeds in Spitzer's office - is "pointless." Spitzer told the Sun, "It seems to me that the attorney general already issued a report that he called complete, and Joe Bruno already called it a complete report. We have the Ethics Commission doing its thing."
Um, State Senate majority leader Bruno actually wants Cuomo to be a special prosecutor, which is why State Senate Republicans are moving forward to conduct its own investigation into the matter! But it's good for the drama: Republican State Senator George Winner has a press conference demanding Cuomo be made special prosecutor, ten minutes later Spitzer's office says no, then Winner says, "The governor is not exactly being transparent in the effort to get to truth, justice and the American way."
Other politicians have weighed in. Assembly Leader Sheldon Silver thinks Spitzer now knows he's been too combative, hindering the political process (love how Silver talks about cooperation). And former governor Mario Cuomo says that Spitzer has to testify under oath so this matter can be put to rest. The senior Cuomo also expressed surprise at the dirty tricks plotting, "Why did they even start thinking about [allegedly siccing the State Police on Bruno]? It was all so naive."
Know who else wants a probe of Spitzer? Former mayor Giuliani! At a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Rudy said, "We don't know exactly who did that, who ordered it. I don't think it's fair to lay it at the governor's feet until you look at it. Maybe it will turn out that the governor didn't know about it. That doubt should be removed."
Spitzer wrote an apology for the NY Times' editorial section on Sunday - he apologized and wants New Yorkers not to get bogged down in this. Too late!
Photograph of our state leaders a few months ago during Spitzer's State of the State address by Tim Roske/AP
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New Yorkers didn't want to be bogged down in this when you were doing it either.
The moral here is don't mess with someone who knows the game better than you.
Maybe everyone should be more worried about what's going on at the federal level these days than a stupid slap fight in Albany.
Stop wasting tax payer money. What about initiatives and referendums?
In 1999, Governor George Pataki in his first “State of the State” address called for the establishment of the initiative and referendum process, however, the state legislature wasn’t interested in supporting establishing the process. In 2002, Pataki once again called for the legislature to pass a constitutional amendment establishing the initiative and referendum process. The proposal was strongly supported by the state’s Independence Party, Conservative Party and Republican Party. In April , the New York Senate passed the initiative amendment with only three dissenting votes. However, as of the writing of this history, the State Assembly had not acted on the Governor’s proposal.
Why hasn't this happened? Oh, that's right, it would put the power of government into the hands of the people, and these career politicians would never go for it.
Love reading about all these pots calling each other black.
Where are all the whimpy Democrats standing up for Spitz? This is a New York Post led character assasination.
When a Republican gets into trouble, they blame the usual evils, the New York Times, communists, blah, blah blah. You don't see them going after each other.
this is what the politicians in albany get paid to do? bitch, whine, and issue statements about each other and the formation of special investigations to target each other?
Maybe everyone should be more worried about what's going on at the federal level these days than a stupid slap fight in Albany.
Typical Democrat apologist.
Spitzer should just do a neo-conservative republican move AKA GW and not cooperate based on "executive privilidge".
It's obvious Bush and his cronies think they are above the law, why shouldn't Spitzer?
#8, I guess you could take that approach but this was the guy who was going to "clean up" Albany. So much for that, huh?
I did like your referendum post, though.
Glad you liked my referendum post and I hope everyone realizes that we need this more than anything else!
Lost in all of this is the fact that Bruno is guilty as sin.
Reality Czech,
Pataki was elected in 1994, I don't think 1999 could have been his first state of the state.
But regardless, referendums, while theoretically empowering, in practice become confusing tools of special interests. I lived and voted in California for a while and considered myself a reasonably well-informed citizen, i.e. I read papers, kept up with issues, etc., but referendums were just impossible to follow. They were confusingly written (possibly deliberately) and heavily marketed to people who simply don't have the ability to make sophisticated policy choices.
Unfortunately, I think we're better off with legislators whose job it is to understand their constituents and determine the best policies to serve them. If only we could find some of those legislators....
"They were confusingly written (possibly deliberately) and heavily marketed to people who simply don't have the ability to make sophisticated policy choices."
These are the same people who have to make the choices about our president and our legislators. The majority of Americans do not have the ability (is that intellectual ability you are talking about?) to make sophisticated political choices either - such as the fine differences between all the different presidential/congressional and senatorial candidates, and most don't know one thing about the majority of minor political candidates on each ballot (judges, sheriffs, etc.) but YET we allow them to vote for these people.
Why shouldn't we have faith that the people will make the correct choice with referendums?
That is true democracy in action! The other way is just inaction.
Joe Bruno talking about ethics is like Richard Nixon talking about transparent government.
Burn the tapes Eliot!
At this point it isn't about Bruno and his morality, but what Spitzer did. Using state troopers as part of a political vendetta is just wrong, wrong, wrong. Spitzer deserves everything that is coming to him.
And boy am I glad I didn't vote for this bully.