END OF SESSION LOW LIGHTS: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
June 27, 2008
June 27, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y., June 27 -- Assemblyman David R. Townsend Jr., R-Kirkland (115th District), issued the following column:
The 2008 legislative session can be summed up, in the words of Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari, as "Let's end with a whimper and get out of town." The statement, issued in May, is telling in light of last Tuesday's end-of-session deadline. Rather than vote to relieve some of the profound challenges average Upstate New Yorkers currently face - sky- . . .
The 2008 legislative session can be summed up, in the words of Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari, as "Let's end with a whimper and get out of town." The statement, issued in May, is telling in light of last Tuesday's end-of-session deadline. Rather than vote to relieve some of the profound challenges average Upstate New Yorkers currently face - sky- . . .