Dean: Just like Nassau, except for the ocean....
Dean Skelos, in his new role as Senate Republican majority leader, is having to get around a bit and relate to the non-Long-Island parts of NYS. Yesterday, he found himself in Chemung County (you can see it on the map), and the local TV station reported his pitch this way:
"ELMIRA, N.Y. -- New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says Chemung County is only slightly different from his native Nassau County."
He went on to note that Chemung had more lakes and no ocean and his point, of course, was that everyone in NY wants the same thing -- better schools, lower taxes and a Republican majority in the NY State Senate.
But the Albany Project suggests he may be reaching just a little too far to find commonalities -- 1.3 million people vs. 91,000, 56 school districts vs. 3, median income $72,000 to $36,000:
"Dean may need more than few more of these "listening tours" upstate."
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John iley, I love it you get all your news from the Huffington Post and the Albany project.
Did you mention any blog about how Obama's staff placed signs in Jerusalem for his arrival and how he was jecked by some yelling "Jersulamen is not for sale."
Oh wait, that would be critical of him an you can say it about him.
How about adding a conservative to this blog page to even it out.