nytimes.com:
ALBANY -- Two new polls show that voters are highly angry about the deadlock in the State Senate and deeply pessimistic about the direction New York is taking.
Siena poll: Senate dispute is a farce -- Page 1 -- Times Union ...
Poll: NY Senate fight turns off New Yorkers | new, poll, senate ...
NYers Say Senate Fight An “Embarrassment”: Poll | Albany Watch
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It would be great if this meant that more New Yorkers were paying attention to politics and could go on to make more informed decisions come election day. Unfortunately, I just see something more akin to disaster overload. It is such a mess and no light has yet appeared at the end of the tunnel, that almost as a self defense mechanism people aren't looking too closely. Everyone seems to know it's broken but that's about it.
It's all about who has control of the money to rip the people off NY.
This is the State of New York.! It's supposed to be one of the most sophisticated states in the union. How did we wind up with legislative bodies stocked with mental cases?
We need to get rid of the bunch of them.
These people work for us. They are our employees. If you were running a business and your employees acted like this you'd fire their sorry backsides.
Let's recall or impeach them and start all over again.
The New York City political cess pool pollutes the entire state...it is a disgrace that the voters of New York tolerate the never ending Albany nonsense..
No, you're wrong. Your condition is NOT the fault of the Public. Every Election in the USA is being GAMED!! We're no better than Iran, for God's sake! It took the Bush/Cheney FRAUD to enlighten America to the ways and means of Getting Elected in America!! Quit blaming "Ourselves!"
Brick
NYS does need a change. Unfortunately I don't see anyone up to the challenge and I'm not even sure who to petition. Our gov is useless, our reps are locked in political battles and those who are ethical are undermined and thrown to the wolves. Politics needs a thorough cleansing here... I wonder if Cuomo would take this on or if he is just as dirty? We had Spitzer but... yeah well we know what happened to him.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!! (and this DOES NOT MEAN YOU GOLISANO)
...."Almos
AAAARRRRRR
Impeach the whole lot of em! Fire every damned one! I am SICK OF THIS SH*T!!!
What do you expect from a state with such fine traditions like Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall?
please add bloomberg, damato, king and others. the tradition continues.
this is the best thing that could have happened. when those idiots are stuck in gridlock, the state is way better off
Such situations also discourage even more from voting and otherwise participate in Government, leaving it to only the richest or most connected peoplr who use those offices to rig the government to make them or their peers richrer. Until we break the current funding of methods of campagaining for public office, we will never be able to put in real citizens in office.
In other news, studies show 90% of NY residents have no idea what the state senate is, what it does, what powers it has, or where Albany is on a map.
90%??...ha
We are tired of these political drama kings while NYS dies a slow death.
Here in NY State the politics are so polluted in many towns or regions counties even, the Democrats are actually Republicans for real, I am not kidding, it's terrible such a great state has such corrupt unprofessional political leadership
To say voters are angry is an understatement, they are angry but even worse just simply disgusted and resigned to bad inefficient government
It has been so for awhile...N
Sad that the once great Empire State has sunk so low.
I know but why, is it that so many newspapers upstate are corrupted and work hand in hand with our corrupt politicians like the Daily Freeman here in nearby Kingston NY, they have put lies on their front page even...
Hated what the GOP did. They basically told the voters where to go while taking $$$ from a billionaire who left NY so as not to pay taxes.
How unethical can you get?
Disgusted
NY GOP time to get rid of them all
43-YEARS of Republican control of New York State left us on Long Island NY with
the highest taxes, the highest utility rates, the highest overdevelopment,
the highest cost of living in America.
And now, Republicans want to finagle their way back into power?
ABSOLUTELY NOT! Voters voted them out and we don't want Republicans back
to enable their crookery all over again!
The financial excesses hidden under Repubican rule have somehow been forgotten - politicians with HUGE staffs and ridiculous expenses..
Too many NY politicians are on the gravy train for thier own benefit...
This is the era of change. Those fools are in for a rude awakening when we get to vote again.
Lots of luck unseating incumbents
Upstate pols are notorious for delivering the pork while shafting places like NYC. Notice how all the prisons in NYS are far far away from where the inmates come from? Jobs programs for poor upstate counties that don't have any jobs. NIce new prisons, schools and local government buildings - while NYC falls farther and farther behind....
Voters are weird. They'll see the problem, but won't acknowledge that their representative is a problem. It's always the other guys.
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First Posted: 06-22-09 09:21 PM | Updated: 06-22-09 09:32 PM