With dozens of state senators in his municipality, Mayor Bloomberg or the people in the City of New York likely don't have to worry about the office and staff arrangements for a newly elected senator.
But here in the 48th District, where we only have one senator, it's important. As December dawns the location and staffing for the incoming Senator is reportedly still up in the air. In fact outgoing Senator Darrel Aubertine and Senator-elect Patty Ritchie did not even meet this week although both were in Albany.
Smooth transitions are a responsibility of both parties, but especially for those leaving, who have had the chance to serve. They know the ropes and even though losing is no fun, have a higher calling to make sure the public interest is served.
In the election I lost in '99, I made sure to meet with Mayor-elect Butler promptly and did whatever was needed to facilitate the change. In previous partisan office changes for state and federal races, I have been told nothing but the furniture will be left in the office. Files will be taken. A sort of "they can figure it out when they get here" attitude as punishment for voters have the tumerity to ask for change.
With so many issues of interest to people from Oswego to Ogdensburg, citizens deserve a seamless transition. It's what we pay for.
Watertown Daily Times Ritchie up in air on staff funding
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I agree. When the former supervisor of Cape Vincent was approached for information by the person who defeated him. He told him, "If you want any information, FOIL it.
Who is Patty thinking about hiring for chief of staff & other positions?
She is as clueless about this as she was about running.. In my opinion she should ask Darell about what she needs. Of course its easier to arrange to make him look like the heavy in the matter but I think its her ball to play.
Her staff will certainly have room for at least one of Dohenys wannabes as this is the kind of price you pay for taking others money. Theres an outside chance that Doheny himself may try to hook up with her for now..
For now look for Nancy Martin to make up her staff
8:46 unfortunately u r probably right on target.
Watch the "hangers -on and hacks" all line up for the opportunity to dig their snouts into the public trough. There will be a steep learning curve and they better get some REAL experience on board FAST as Chief of Staff, otherwise this will look like another episode of "Lost in Space"
Maybe if she did a Facebook Petition...?
Of course Darrell doesn't want to help her set up her office. She's going to fix all the crimes against Upstate he committed over his decade in power. Why on earth would he want to see all of his welfare babies in the City have to work? She'll do fine without his help.
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I get that she's taking her sweet time hiring staff, but I'm troubled by this whole "Albany hasn't told me how much I can spend" routine. Shouldn't she have people lined up that will do the job regardless of the perks and bene's? I guess when your campaign is run by all Albany staffers you are left without a team and that whole Patty's army thing was located in one county made up of family members and the blue-hair crew. Not exactly people you can/should hire (remember Darrel and his sister...). That leaves her with the Senate folks who ran her campaign...and please someone keep Nancy Martin away from this whole thing, remember who she delivered for Congress a year ago - Dede Scozzafava.
Wait, aren't Dede and Patty friends? There's her Chief of Staff...now it all makes sense.
12:45 You ought to get you head out of your a--! It is called a staffing budget and before you know who and how many you can hire you need to know what kind of staff budget you are working with.
That would be a novel concept to someone like you it sounds. You must just spend money without regard to how much you have.
See your post is another example of why Democrats get us in trouble like the housing crisis. You must also think everyone should own a home regardless of the ability to pay! Then banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Barney Frank make bad loans and foreclosures happen, bailouts occur and then taxes go up.
Yeah well blah blah blah ,
I would have EXPECTED a REAL PRO who claims to be a REFORMER and NOT a politician would have been ASTUTE enough to have had a STAFF ALREADY lined up well before the Election so as to hit the ground running WITH A PLAN
--Silly me expecting something as professional and well planned , integrated as a well thought out strategy that was implemented on the onset
i guess Skelos and Libous and the downstate ratpackers will determine who to hire and how to operate
She should not need an office or staff. All she has to do is go to Albany and vote nay for all the stupid spending and stupid laws. And vote yes for smart spending...there are no smart laws anymore...all the necessary laws were written decades ago.
Now...if she were a democrat she would need lots of staff to answer the phone and arrange for special favors to everyone that asked for one. Like when general Brown asks for an unnecessary speed limit reduction in front of the high school, Wright would jump. But a good Republican would say, "call the DOT, they are the experts."
Poor Patty.. I feel so sorry for her.. She had the Senate delivered to her by just sitting back doing nothing and saying nothing. Thats because she dosnt have a clue what to do and what to say. Previous bloggers hit it on the head saying Skelos and Libious will run her.. We have and will have to live with the after math of the most stupid election result in the history of NY.. She needs no staff and if she has any it should be local people chosen by her. People deserving of the job not people you owe favors to...
Sorta what Darrel did right Anon9:25....
Has Darrel called her and offered to review pending legislation or constituent work? If he wants to be a Commissioner of anything he should demonstrate his leadership ability by ensuring a smooth transition. I don't think he even called Patty to congratulate her.
Hey 10:22 it's like what AJR does now.
Wah Wah Wah - time to quit cry assin and get to work
914, I think people would agree with that, but Patty won't make a decision on who's doing what...she's in the weeds and she hasn't even been sworn in yet.
9:41 Any Staffing Plan and governing strategy should have been developed BEFORE the Election.
The FIRST of the 5 managerial functions and the indicator that BEGINS the entire management process is PLANNING .--This should have been done already, it is fundamental -- end of story, no excuses .
You want to be effective -- get crackin' and stop cryin ' time and our $$ is wasting.
9:48 You display a gross ignorance about the subject you discuss. Patty has a plan and the first step to properly implement her plan is to receive a staffing allocation which is provided to every legislator on an annual basis. How can you hire a staff when you don't know what your allocation is? One bit of advice from Management 101: Don't talk about things that you really have little knowledge about.
1141 and most of everyone else - you are all laughable and I'd be willing to be each poster wishes they could be hired by Patty Ritchie. I agree that she should have handled this whole staffing thing differently, but it's up to her and frankly, no one other than the five people or so who are posting on this blog are paying any attention to who's getting what. 1141, Management 101 advice, common sense tells me that you're the one kissing arse and hoping Patty figures out that you're standing up for her right to equivocate.
Everyone take a deep breath, decorate your tree and let the Senator-elect pander to whoever she wants. She won, move on.
11:41 your comments are laughable -- get educated , quit sucking up , be objective . Do you need the job that badly?
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