SENATOR DAVID VALESKY CLAIMS HE’S A REFORMER, BUT WHEN IT MATTERED MOST HE TURNED HIS BACK ON US!
“AS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT, I BELIEVE ANINFORMED, ENGAGED PUBLIC IS THE CORNERSTONE OF A STRONGDEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.” - SENATOR DAVID VALESKY
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BUT WHEN TIMES WERE TOUGH, SENATOR DAVID VALESKY VIOLATED STATE LEGISLATIVE LAW SECTION 54 WHICH REQUIRES THE LEGISLATURE TO SCHEDULE JOINT BUDGET CONFERENCECOMMITTEES. “THIS IS A BLATANT VIOLATION OF THE LAW THEY PASSED IN 2007.IF REGULAR PEOPLE VIOLATE THE LAW THEY GET IN TROUBLE, BUTAPPARENTLY THESE GUYS THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW.”- BARBARA BARTOLETTI, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ON THE2009-2010 STATE BUDGET
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* “News rom the Majority Leader”, Senate Majority Press Release, March 18, 2010 ** “In Albany, Budget Battle Behind Closed Doors, Gotham Gazette, March 30 2009