Yesterday the Daily News mentioned State Senator Golden only once in its editorial “Probe These Giveaways” — That mention and the rest of the News editorial was the biggest hit that Golden has taken since being in elected office
According to the News Editorial Board: “The closer you look at the huge tax breaks that the state Legislature secretly bestowed on the city’s priciest condo building, the more outrageous they get — and the more they demand investigation by Gov. Cuomo’s new anti-corruption commission.... Also known is that the initial sponsor was Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who was driven from office .... And that the final sponsor was Brooklyn Sen. Marty Golden, who defends the breaks without saying how they got in his bill....” (See “Probe these giveaways – A luxury tower's tax breaks look more outrageous and suspicious by the day” by Editorial Board, 7/20/13, NY Daily News
[http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/probe-giveaways-article-1.1404079#ixzz2ZgRH2HLW]).
At the end of the piece, the Daily News editorial writer(s) point(s) out, “.... Luckiest will be the owners of the $115 million two-story, six-bedroom, six-bath penthouse with 360-degree views offering ‘the opportunity to experience the magnitude of New York from a truly breathtaking vantage point.’ *** Instead of paying the $28,174 a month in property taxes that they rightfully owe, they will pay $1,694. Breathtaking, indeed.”
What more needs to be said ?
It looks like only a little More[land] needs to be added to this whole thing to cook the Golden goose big time.
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Where can we find the names of the owners (donors)?
BACKFILL — FYI: Something OLD, BORROWED and lots more BLUE than red from not so long ago ( “GOP’S MONEY MODEL” by Bill Samuels, 5/9/2013, Fair Elections for New York [Times Union ?] [http://fairelectionsny.org/posts/gops-money-model-2/3568]).
“Why are Senate Republicans fighting so hard against proposals to stop corruption in Albany? *** At a time when recent scandals have driven public anger over corruption to all-time highs, why are Dean Skelos and his GOP colleagues fighting so hard to protect the status quo?”
...***... “You’d think they’d recognize it’s time to end corruption. Or maybe it’s more simple than that. Senate Republicans are defending the status quo because they are the status quo, and they’re happy to keep it that way. *** Trading big campaign contributions for legislative action — or, often, inaction — is pretty much the business model for the Senate GOP. Recent revelations that Wal-Mart made about $500,000 in campaign contributions to state Republicans (including six-figure checks to what’s known as the Senate GOP’s housekeeping account) in exchange for new taxpayer subsidies worth about $50 million are just the latest example. *** But there have been others, too. HMOs, insurance companies and drug companies gave checks to reduce oversight and consumer protections and boost their own profits. Soda and beer wholesalers gave checks to keep unclaimed hundreds of millions of dollars in bottle deposits that should have gone back to the public. Lobbyists for industrial agriculture interests gave checks to block basic, humane labor law protections for farm workers. Wall Street banks gave checks to eliminate state oversight and keep their massive tax loopholes wide open. ***
It’s just how they do things in the Republican State Senate.”
...***... “But Dean Skelos [ ] cranked up his PR spin machine to fight reform. But New Yorkers should find it pretty easy to see through his made-up stories....”
...***... “Republicans [ ] when faced with a real, immediate threat to changing the culture of state government and ending corruption, they’ll say anything. *** They just won’t listen to reason. *** Is it because they’re too busy saying, “show me the money” to their corporate campaign contributors to hear the public outcry for change?”
I told you it would be more Democrat BLUE than Republican red. I already cut out some of the more objectionable liberal stuff. Only take what’s left to heart if it says something worthwhile to you.
Hi if you need a hall Please call the Bay Ridge Manor.
If you need to know the name of donors follow the Yellow Brick Road, you see the donors had to pay along the way and just maybe some of them may shock you all and their names...
Follow the paper trail and I am sure it will start to get more and more interesting and do we need to send all of these people to jail or brought up on charges.
NO.
Have compassion on them so say the Tao
Speaking of the Daily News,have you seen this one?
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/07/miscommunication-led-to-nyc-board-of-elections-shredding-20-pages-of-gop-petit
Here's a few questions to ponder: Who was in the room when the petition was shredded? Was there a republican there? Who was that republican if he/she was there?
To sum it all up- who knew what, when?
I'm sure we will all find out soon enough...
In the meantime I call on "Commissioner #1" to resign. The identification and resignation of “Commissioner #1” is a necessary service to members of the Republican Party — despite the fact that the anonymous figure is not accused of ordering any petitions to be shredded.
This is about cleaning house. Somebody should have been smart enough to stop the shredding, somebody should have been smart enough to call the U.S. Attorney’s office. We’re not going to put up with people who are going to sell our party or not act in a responsible way.
Sound familiar?
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