Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Governor Paterson: "New York Runs Like a Payday Loan Operation"

I rarely applaud politicians but I will gladly give New York governor Patterson a standing ovation for his state of the state address on Wednesday.

Please consider Paterson Speech Chastises Lawmakers http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/nyregion/07state.html

In a strikingly blunt State of the State address, Gov. David A. Paterson chastised the lawmakers seated before him on Wednesday, saying they had spent the state into near-ruin and stood by as a plague of political corruption destroyed New Yorkers’ trust in their government.

“You have left me and other governors no choice,â€