Now that the beginnings of a primary race in Assembly District 64 are taking shape, Silver's supporters are coming out to gasp for air words in print so that they can tout him above those that wish to unseat him. Sure, he's a Democrat and yes, he does support items that I as a progressive Democrat are in favor of, but if there was one paragraph to sum up how I (and many others) feel about Shelly it has to come from Roatti at The Albany Project yesterday.
From The Albany Project:
Sheldon Silver is unfit for office: NYMBYism, treating marriage equality as a crude brgaining chip, his desire to keep Bruno in power, his refusal to release his side income, he opposed David Paterson's bid for minority leader, he killed congestion pricing without even an up-or-down vote, and he uses YOUR money to pay for his political mailers.
Yeah that is definitely a good start. The article (at the link on top) highlights one of Shelly's trips to Vegas where he was practically put up at Caesars and had dinner with lobbyists. Of course the whole issue of Caesars looking into building casinos in New York had nothing to do with it of course. Don't we all meet lobbyists when we go to Las Vegas?
This isn't what the residents of AD-64 deserve and as Silver is the Speaker of the House and one of three men in a room, all of New York deserves a change, so check out Paul Newell and Luke Henry and help support the challenge to Sheldon Silver.
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