We are led to believe there will be an ethics reform package announced in Albany today....That is one leg of Governor Cuomo's legislative triad for the current session...The tax cap and gay marriage are the other two.
Lawmakers think they need an ethics law because they cannot help themselves. That's OK, its human nature to seek an advantage in life and the absence of rules and expectations lead to self interest trumping the public interest.
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I must be a god because although it is in my nature to seek advantage I would never go about it in the way that Albany politicians do it.
The only "ethics" reform that will have any real effect is term limitations.
Ethics in politics is an oxymoron
Almost as Ethical as the JCIDA and it's "Pension Mess".
Tipping Point for the Ethics of Mayor Graham and the City of Watertown, New York:
They could have handled the problem of Parks & Recreation in a totally different way, the way that most Politicians find difficult, and that’s the way of full disclosure and complete transparency. Instead they’ve decided to baton down the hatches and only discuss what they must discuss about the worst accounting practices inside the State of New York. If any other City in the State of New York had checks from vendors lying around in a draw for three years, ((90,000) dollars worth of checks, then Mayor Graham and his cronies would be calling for their heads. It works differently for Mayor Graham and his political machine, who decide what questions can be asked and who can ask them.
It’s a media controlled town and their used to getting their own way up here. Is it ethical to try to convince people that it was just a case of an understaffed and under supervised Parks and Recreation Department that led to a small town snafu? Or is it time to own up and say there was some real big City Graff going on in Parks and Recreation. You know they only looked back 3 years on the Audit. They know there are even more checks that were never cashed, or cashed and then were never reported. It’s time for Governor Cuomo’s Administration to take a look at what is going on in Watertown, New York.
We’ve reached the tipping point here and it’s time for Councilman Jeff Smith, whose running for Mayor, to show we know ethical behavior; and can handle this problem in an open and honest way before we’re publicly embarrassed even further by Mayor Graham and City Manager Mary M. Corriveau. The Mayor and Mrs. Corriveau have spoken about new accounting processes, as they try to deflect the public from the ‘Why’ of it all; and sadly that’s usually all about where the money went and to whom it went and that’s a job for the State Attorney General at this point.
Mike Flynn ‘Middle-Class Mike’ Black River, NY
Welcome back, Mikey. I think I agree with most of what you said. Its all over the place but for the most part I'm with ya. You should start with paragraph writing. It requires you to stay on the same topic. Or try to get an idea of what your main point is before you start blathering. Too much reliance on all those Google searches has left you scattered.
ANON 9:12
And you're Ernest Hemmingway I presume. What a joke!
MCM
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