Gounardes’ Serenity Prayer After a Bad Budget
Aren’t we all tired of legislatures who pretend that they are going to stand up and fight, but then do nothing when an unfair budget comes out
YEAR
AFTER
YEAR.
The Senate and Assembly get together in Albany at the very last second EVERY YEAR. Then Cuomo tricks them all and they cry on social media.
Th senators know they need to do the budget, why do they wait for the last second to meet? They act like they teenagers who cram for a final exam, instead of giving the NYS budget their attention and time.
AND NOT ONE WILL STAND UP AND SAY NO WE AREN’T DOING IT THIS WAY ANY MORE.
Gounardes prayed the serenity prayer that people in Alcoholics Anonymous pray (yes, he really did – go look). Even people in Alcoholics Anonymous know you can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results. NY loses EVERY SINGLE YEAR because of these people who don’t want to take the time to do their job.
Gounardes gives us a lot of fluff here, but ultimately he lays down and surrenders to his Political Daddy by saying:
“The state constitution explicitly places control of the budget process firmly in the hands of the Governor. ”
Politicians will even tell us that the big thing the budget did was ban styrofoam. Sadly, even Gounardes touted this as his accomplishment.
Yes, Andrew Gunardes, we are in the middle of a pandemic where renters are without salaries and their landlords are breathing down their throats. I’m sure they are glad you banned styrofoam.
Something good that Andrew Gounardes hid from ya’ll. Changes were made in bail reform and judges have discretion when someone is a second time offended. Gounardes did not mention the word bail on his write-up here. Gounardes actually supported this. Why didn’t he write about it? Andrew’s hiding that from his base, who wouldn’t like that.
Hugs,
marlene
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