Nassau Comptroller Howard Weitzman has been talking with the Spitzer administration about becoming state tax commissioner. Should he take the job, Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi would fill the vacancy with legislative approval.
Long Island Power Authority president Richard Kessel is said to be front-runner to replace Weitzman. Suozzi's office would not comment. Kessel, who has gotten along well with the media for 25 years, is suddenly standoffish. He replies through LIPA spokesman Michael Lowndes "no comment" when asked if he's interested in the job.
But more than one person noted that Kessel's appearance at Suozzi's State of the County address Tuesday was the first they could remember. And there he was at the same table with Suozzi Thursday at a Long Island Association breakfast listening to, and being acknowledged by, Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
- Sid Cassese
UPDATE: Things may move along now that Weitzman’s county car is mobilized.
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Both good choices.
And...when will Syd Cassese finally be added to the Newsday Editorial board? Syd is a journalist's journalist...a real fair-minded and evenhanded pro for a long time on Long Island.
Sorry. Did I type Syd? I meant Sid. I have to switch to decaf.