Golisano Takes Out Full Page Ads Praising Rogue Senators

It turns out that the cover of yesterday's Daily News picturing everyone's favorite State Senators Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada Jr. wasn't the only spot in the paper giving some face time to the pair. Politicker NY spotted that both yesterday's News and Post featured full-paged ads celebrating the two legislators, paid for by—who else—Billionaire Floridian Tom Golisano. The ad says, "Last week, Senators Espada and Monserrate voted to put the people of The Bronx and Queens above the special interests that have controlled Albany for far too long. Senators Pedro Esapda Jr. and Hiram Monserrate are answering President Obama's call leading the charge to solve our economic challenges." Finally, someone has answered President Obama's call. The ad doesn't really hold a candle to the promotion Monserrate got in the Post's write-up elsewhere in the paper saying Monserrate "in his typical flip-flop fashion wore no Met gear, even though he represents Queens."