Aside from being the partisan cat call at a former Congressman from the area, the possibility that Albany might shut itself down is too tempting not to comment. Seems like a great idea from this vantage. Nobody expects 'vital' services to stop, but if all those offices filled with people, systems and other extraneous doings of the State were to suddenly not exist, I would not notice but for the languid commercials I might suffer through if the crisis went on that long. 
Is Mr. Spitzer savvy enough to manage such political brinkmanship as Clinton did in the nineties when faced with a similar prospect ? Here's a great opportunity to humiliate and castigate the Senate for what is insured to be a multiple year struggle of partisan showmanship. I've only ever existed at the fringes of government and politics, but I'm a big fan of the show. This is not simply a matter of right or wrong, but an exhibition of supposed talent that has been touted all along. Will my fellow Columbia County resident steer his ship of state through Albany's iceberg with a deft hand or will it only come to sink POTUS aspirations if Hillary or Rudy pull it off ?
I'm guessing its the City that would suffer. It is the gaggle of need and support when it comes to how we reapportion the wealth of the state. But somehow folks will get to work and chug on through the day. I'm sure the state workers in Albany will revel in the additional free time and avail themselves of the casinos up in Saratoga or just stay home and watch some Oprah, all the while knowing that the pay will stay and the benefits not stop flowing just because Uncle Joe is tangling with the Steamroller.
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It always amuses me when any government shuts down "non-essential services". If they are non-essential, why do they exist? Of course, my view is that all of their "services" are non-essential.
Posted by Kent McManigal | March 27, 2007 11:08 AM
Posted on March 27, 2007 11:08