Albany's Insanity

First congratulations to Jon Powers on his endorsement from the Amherst Democrats. But wow, Dan Ward gets it over his sister-in-law Iannello/Ward. But I understand she withdrew her name. I can imagine how sad it would look if Dan lost to her, after all isn’t Dan a councilman there? Purely political move by both of them.

The Amherst Times » Blog Archive » Subj: Amherst Democratic Committee Endorsement Vote Results

On Wednesday evening, April 23, the Amherst Democratic Committee voted on its endorsements for the offices of Member of the House of Representatives from New York’s 26th Congressional district, and of Member of the State Senate from the 61st district. Each committeeperson who voted received a number of votes equal to the number of votes that Eliot Spitzer earned for Governor on the Democratic line in 2006 in the election precinct that the committeeperson represents.

The final tally of votes in the endorsement for Member of the House of Representatives was as follows:
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So in 06 Iannello was surprised to find this Law? Why sit on it for so long? She should have moved on it when she surprisingly found it. Could it be that it is all in the timing, everything that is done by the Democrats in the legislature is timed, timed for either their re-election or their pursuit of higher paying office.

In this surprising Law county employees reap cash benefits for finding ways to cut costs for the county taxpayers. It should be the responsibility of every county employee to do just that for their own job security and as a personal commitment to save us all money. I get sick of dumping money into programs like this.

Tonawanda News – ERIE COUNTY: New law overlaps old law

Al Hammonds, Erie County’s director of Six Sigma implementation, is taking a hard look at how the county can get employees involved in the program, and existing legislation might have already set up a framework for that plan.

Erie County Legislator Michele Iannello, D-Kenmore, said she encountered a surprise when she took office in 2006 and wanted to propose legislation that would bring employee suggestions for cost savings before some sort of review committee. A similar law had been passed in 2004 that should have created a review committee to look over suggestions.

“The outgoing administration was supposed to propose a way to get this done and they never did,” Iannello said.

Now that County Executive Chris Collins has taken the reigns and started his Six Sigma program, that law has come back into the light.
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I just have to question this… Was there lead dust floating in the air? How come this hasn’t been discovered before this? People buying homes have to test their houses for lead paint. Is this another thing that fell through the cracks? Or is this just a bunch of crap and an excuse to have a union contractor come in and charge millions to remove the lead paint to protect the children.

Lead Paint Levels Close North Park Library Branch

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) – The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library announced Friday the North Park Library branch has been temporarily closed because of lead paint levels.

Director Bridget Quinn-Carey says the decision to close was strictly precautionary. She says the highest elevated levels are confined to window areas of the library enclosed in plastic, away from any access to patrons or staff.
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