If Gov. David Paterson (D-NY) keeps this up, ‘Puter might just have to start believing the governor could win election to a full governor’s term in his own right. His state of the state speech yesterday may be the first … Continue reading →
As those that will not see. Yeah, it’s a cheap shot. New York’s accidental governor, David Paterson, hired a campaign manager yesterday for his planned reelection campaign. Unfortunately for ‘Puter’s governor, the electorate doesn’t seem to like him. At all. … Continue reading →
Governor Paterson’s wife thinks his poor poll ratings are caused by New Yorkers’ latent racism. Mrs. Paterson is wrong. We can’t stand Gov. Paterson because he allowed a budget with a 9% spending increase to pass without veto in the … Continue reading →
Meet Rep. (soon to be Sen.) Kirsten Gillibrand, the person Gov. Paterson has apparently chosen to appoint to Secretary of State Clinton’s recently vacated seat. ‘Puter doesn’t know much about Rep. Gillibrand aside from the bare facts laid out in … Continue reading →
Imagine ‘Puter’s horror when he awoke this morning in frost-bitten Upstate, only to discover that during the night Kennedy had withdrawn her name from consideration for Secretary of State Clinton’s vacant Senate seat! ‘Puter knows the press has been hard … Continue reading →
New York is in an awful hole. Years of overspending coupled with a shortsighted reliance on Wall Street revenues has led to New York’s penury. ‘Puter’s no liberal Democrat, but he must respectfully concede that Gov. Paterson has successfully identified … Continue reading →
The New York Post‘s op-ed folks are en fuego today. First, enjoy one George Marlin’s thoughts on how Tom DiNapoli, the New York Comptroller (solely responsible for the $150 billion state pension funds) maintained over 25% of that money in … Continue reading →
Is it possible? Is it really possible that Gov. David Paterson may be the fiscal realist that ‘Puter’s been waiting for? ‘Puter doesn’t want to hope; he’s been burned too many times before. It’s telling that a fiscal realist in … Continue reading →
Pictured, right, is a photo of New York City during the 1977 Blackout. ‘Puter’s got the distinct unpleasant feeling New York’s entering a new period of fear and turmoil. Today, Gov. Paterson announced that the state budget deficit this year … Continue reading →
E. J. McMahon is the Manhattan Institute’s senior fellow for tax and budgetary studies and director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy. In this article in The City Journal, Mr. McMahon lays out the case against New … Continue reading →
