Spitzer's SoS

I was in the chamber and watched from the West Gallery, i.e., just above the Speaker.

My first surprise was that Spitzer did not use water to deal with his thirst – the guy was drinking coffee. BTW , it looks like he uses one creamer. Second, he had these really fancy smallish teleprompters to his left and right. He did not use any notes.

I was struck by his verve and New Yorker in-your-face attitude. His call for significant change in how our state is run is long overdue. I live in a rural upstate county with townships that sit cheek by jowl. The result is rampant duplication of services all paid for by local tax monies. At the same, everyone moans about their taxes. The situation is idiotic, reeks of good ole boyness and is the result of allowing DEE DEEEEE DEEs to run things.

BTW, the group I was sitting with kept saying that Spitzer’s is giving a “I wanna be POTUS” speech.

The consensus, among the Assembly and Senate members, was that Spitzer’s goals were ambitious and that he’d have trouble finding the money to make all of these changes without raising taxes.

All in all, I felt lucky to be seated in the chamber. Last year, I was in the same spot and kept counting the number of times Bloomberg nodded off – the count was like 15 times. This year, Bloomberg stayed awake during the entire speech. Ahhh what a difference a year makes.

Excelsior!