Andrew Cuomo's five-point plan to build a New NY.

Andrew Cuomo is the Attorney General of New York state and son of the former governor Mario Cuomo. Andrew was also a cabinet officer under President Bill Clinton. Andrew is running for governor.

Here is a link for his personal election website:

http://www.andrewcuomo.com/issues_and_agenda

It contains his five point plan, which include:

3. Rightsizing Government
Government in New York is too big, ineffective, and expensive.

Now contrast that with this link to his official Attorney General website "Meet my Senior Staff":

http://www.ag.ny.gov/senior_staff.html

Here are the titles of his "Senior Staff":

Director of Communications

Special Deputy Attorney General for Public Integrity

Special Deputy Attorney General for Guns and Gangs

Counselor and Chief of Staff

Special Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights

Chief Investigator

Executive Deputy Attorney General for Social Justice

Counsel to the Attorney General

Deputy Attorney General for Administration

Special Deputy Chief of Staff

Special Counsel to the Attorney General

Deputy Counselor and Special Assistant

Executive Deputy Attorney General for the Division of State Counsel

Press Secretary

Special Deputy Attorney General for Investor Protection

Deputy Attorney General for Regional Affairs

Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

Executive Deputy Chief of Staff

Solicitor General

Executive Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice

Deputy Attorney General for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

21. I may have lost count but I think it's 21. You can't make up stuff like this. And remember, this is just Andrew Cuomo's "Senior Staff".

On August 9, 2010 I had filled out a form at the website of the Attorney General of New York state, figuring I might get some attention because the office holder is running for higher office. Instead I received a PAPER letter dated August 11, 2010 from someone whose title is "Associate Director of Correspondence". Since the PAPER letter writer is only the "Associate" and since the actual "Director" is not a member of the 21 person "Senior Staff" I guess my message did not have the impact I had intended. That and the fact that the author did not provide an e-mail ID and had his phone number in miniature font size. Plus this: "We are unclear, however, as to the nature of your concerns". PAPER man could have called me. I provided my phone number. PAPER man could have sent me an e-mail message. I provided my e-mail ID. I used digital means to communicate. Why did I receive a PAPER response?

Maybe he was too busy ... attending a staff meeting. Maybe he was trying to schedule a meeting with one of those 21 "Senior Staff" people. More likely he was trying to contact one of the associates of those 21. Or an associate of one of the groups that are not important enough to be among the 21 "Senior Staff", a group such as his own: Correspondence.

Can you imagine a group named Correspondence, that is important enough to have a "Director" who is important enough to have an "Associate Director" who cannot understand a constituent's message and responds as described?

And Andrew Cuomo (Remember him?) has this as one of his five elect-me-governor points:

3. Rightsizing Government
Government in New York is too big, ineffective, and expensive.

You can't make up stuff like this.

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http://www.andrewcuomo.com/contact

Maybe we need a Dumb Democrat.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

We elected the smart guy.

http://matinale.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-elected-smart-guy.html

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I'm starting to have a new perspective. Maybe we need a Dumb Democrat. The smart Democrats who have been elected in recent decades have not done so well: Carter, Clinton, Obama. They seem to know what to do but can't get it done. Carter was inept, Clinton and Obama too expedient. Clinton and Obama can talk themselves into and out of anything.

I'm starting to consider alternatives to Obama who shows no signs of doing anything radical enough to matter. A Dumb Democrat might be just the right balance. Someone who's dumb enough to actually try to do what is needed.