Building a Government as Good as Our People, and a Website to Take Us There
By Mike Connery on 04/15/2010 @ 09:26 AM
Welcome to the new blog of the New York Senate Dems!
It was just 16 months ago that New York Democrats took control of the State Senate, following 44 years of Republican misrule characterized by corrupt deals, deficits and dysfunction. Republican fiscal mismanagement drove New York to the brink of insolvency, and their corrupt culture alienated New Yorkers from government.
In our short time in the chamber, Senate Democrats have made great strides in reforming the chamber. We passed an unprecedented rules reform package that made the Senate more transparent and equitable. We opened up the government to its people through public hearings across the state and open data and web standards online at NYSenate.gov. We reformed the Public Authorities, and we made tough choices to bring budget discipline to Albany.
We’re dedicated to building a government as good as our people, but it’s going to take time. Two years in power is not enough to undo the damage from four and a half decades of Republican malfeasance. We still have a long way to go before New Yorkers have the government they deserve.
Only a strong, enduring Democratic Majority in the State Senate will be able to reform Albany, rein-in spending, lower taxes, and create good jobs for the people of New York. Building that majority will require us to protect our members who face tough challenges this election cycle, and run hard challenges of our own against Republican incumbents.
These goals are within our grasp, but those races cannot be won, and that better government cannot be realized, without your help. So what can you do?
For starters, you can help us build our community of supporters and help us plug in to the online political conversation:
- Sign up for our RSS feed.
- Become a fan on Facebook.
- Follow us on Twitter.
- Subscribe to us on Youtube.
- Sign up to receive email updates from New York Senate Dems.
- Spread the word about our relaunch, and ask your friends to do the same.
Above all, leave us comments – about the blog, about races in your area, about ideas your have or political gossip you’ve heard. We want to open a dialogue in this space about how we can work together to build a stronger Democratic Majority to reform Albany.
This is just the beginning. The launch today of our blog is a first step in a larger build-out of the online capabilities of the New York Senate Dems and our candidates. At the end of April we will launch a new website with capabilities on par with anything in New York State politics. It’s going to be a long hard fight to reform Albany. But with your help it’s a fight we can win.
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