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- State Assemblyman Steve Hawley all but likens Governor David Paterson to a "dictator" and says the state is being run like a "monarchy" — listen to the audio clip from WBTA. Dan Fischer writes that Hawley criticized the governor for not doing more about property tax relief and "likened Paterson's directive on same sex marriage to Eliot Spitzer's failed policy on driver's licenses for illegal aliens." Hawley is paraphrased by Fischer as saying both moves were made without the input of the state legislature. I would be interested to hear more about how the two issues are related.
- City Hall released the agenda for the next meeting of the City Council to be held June 9. WBTA says the meeting is at 7:00pm, but the meeting actually begins at 6:30pm, according to the agenda. WBTA provides a link to download the information.
- Erie County legislator Kathy Konst will join the race for the Democratic nomination to run against Republican Christopher Lee for the 26th Disctrict Congressional Seat, soon to be vacated by the departure of Tom Reynolds. Democrats already have three other candidates looking for the party nod: Jack Davis, Alice Kryzan and Jon Powers.
Considering how much longer
Considering how much longer Hawley's had a hand in state government, he's awfully impatient with the Governor on property tax relief. Hawley might not know that the report from The Commission on Property Tax Reform,chaired by Tom Suozzi, just came out Monday. Perhaps he could grant Gov. Paterson some time to even read and consider the report before making an election issue of it. Evidenced by the fact that the burden of property tax hasn't lessened during Hawley's tenure in government, he must certainly agree that little has been done to this point, so a few days or a week to mull over the suggestions in the report seems to be in order.