Executive Pay: New York tops the list. [Stateline.org]
Police Scandal: “Police Headquarters and City Hall, where officials are preparing for a police scandal the likes of which the city has not felt in decades.” [Murray Weiss]
2012: Trump “is making a fundamental miscalculation about what we can get away with.” Critics wonder Read More
Mayor Bloomberg took a swipe at NYC Comptroller John Liu’s major report saying public sector workers, on average, earn far less than their private-sector counterparts, something that has been in debate amid the economic crunch in local governments nationwide.
On his weekly radio show, Bloomberg said Liu’s report “didn’t include pensions” into their calculation, Read More
Pat Healy notes that Hillary is for capping the number of troops going to Iraq, but not for capping the funds that pay for them.
Eliot Spitzer has a new DOT Commissioner.
Spitzer’s promise to ease driver license access may help terrorists, argues a critic.
Larry Littlefield doesn’t like Spitzer’s Read More
Bill Weld came out today with a big, clear, simple idea: Eliminate income tax for the first $75,000 of income.
Only hitch: the $6.9 billion price tag. Weld suggested he’ll pay for it by laying off public employees and tossing people off Medicaid.
This should, actually, be the substantive heart of the race for Read More
