July 09, 2009
It's not a banana republic, it's New York state!
You know your state is in bad shape when the governor has to "secretly" swear-in his new lieutenant governor and then try to defend it as legal:
The governor said his appointment of Ravitch is legal because "there's nothing in the Constitution that says it can't be done," although he did admit this is "not the clearest delineation of duty that the Constitution can find."
UPDATE: My friend Sara facebooks that the secret signing took place at Brooklyn's legendary steakhouse Peter Luger's.
Posted by Karol at July 9, 2009 02:20 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Governor+Paterson New+York+State
Our Governor may be blind, but he can taste!
Posted by: nds at July 9, 2009 03:50 PMActually the NY Constitution clearly say that a Lt. Governor can't be be elected anytime other then at the same time as the Gov'nor. If there is no President of the Senate (or two unable to exercise the power), then the duties should fall to the Speaker of the Assembly. There is no provision for an appointment of a Lt. Gov by the governor. The constition do not grant him the power to appoint therefore he do not have the power to appoint a lt. gov. To say that because the constitution do not forbid the act make it legal is a bit dubious.
Posted by: Anh at July 9, 2009 04:27 PMIf this isn't a Banana Republic, then why are all these people dressed in casual khakis with smart button down shirts? Hmmmm....
Posted by: Jamie at July 9, 2009 06:01 PMI can't imagine he's actually gonna get away with this. It's very generous to say his legal reasoning is a bit shaky. Even Cuomo isn't buying it.
Posted by: Eric at July 9, 2009 07:51 PMDemocrats always operate with the best interest of "the people" in mind.
Why would anyone question this ?
Posted by: IamTheWalrus at July 9, 2009 11:22 PMAnh is correct.
"In case of vacancy in the office of lieutenant-governor alone, or if the lieutenant-governor shall be impeached, absent from the state or otherwise unable to discharge the duties of office, the temporary president of the senate shall perform all the duties of lieutenant- governor during such vacancy or inability."
But hey, when did any Constitution matter?
Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at July 10, 2009 12:07 AMI think the place Patterson was looking for wiggle room was that the "temporary president of the Senate" was a disputed position. Dubious. And irrelevant if Malcolm Smith has decided to cave. Ravitch can go back to wherever.
I can't think of a more secret place to go than Peter Luger. Who goes there? That place is a ghost town.
Posted by: Charles at July 10, 2009 08:14 AMYou know who else began to form his empire in secret with Lugers...
/godwin FTW
Posted by: BG at July 10, 2009 03:51 PMFor all you facebook users, I set up a Group page on petitioning our state to call a constitutional convention.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=210101845643
Even though the incumbocrats in Albany would like you believe things are now all back to normal, the State has shown it seriously needs reform.
We can start by changing the process of filling vacancies for statewide office.
The governorship should be filled by the Lt Governor. But all other statewide seats, the 2 US Senators, Attorney General, Comptroller & Lt Governor should be filled by legislative election. All occupied statewide offices shall nominate a candidate or candidates for the vacant office. Both Houses of the legislature will then cast one voter for one representative totalling 212 (unless that total changes) votes.
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