BROKEN STATE GOVERNMENT HAS EMBARRASSED NEW YORKERS FOR LONG ENOUGH, WE NEED A “PEOPLE’S CONVENTION TO REFORM NEW YORK” TO DELIVER REAL CHANGE
March 15th, 2010
Legislative column from Assembly Republican Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,I,C-Canandaigua)
Since August of 2009, in my travels all across our state as Leader of the Assembly Republican Conference, I have been asking my fellow New Yorkers the following question: “Is state government working for you?” Nearly everywhere I go – from Western New York to New York City – the answer to that question is an overwhelming “No!” Now, according to findings from a new public opinion poll, it seems as if I may need to start asking a different question instead. That question is: “Are you embarrassed by New York State’s broken government?” If so, you are certainly not alone, as a recent Siena Research Institute Poll reported that a majority of residents are now “embarrassed” to call themselves New Yorkers, largely due to a broken, unresponsive state government.
