LaValle Flip Flops on Budget Extenders
By Mike Connery on 04/22/2010 @ 11:00 AM
Earlier this week, in a rambling speech that jumped from Albany dysfunction to schools and job creation, Ken LaValle flip-flopped on a vital budget extension vote, switching from a "yes" vote in previous weeks, and joining sixteen of his colleagues as a proud member of the Party of No.
LaValle complained about the tough choices Democrats made in slimming down the 2010-2011 budget, but his vote, if successful, would have cut funding immediately for all manner of jobs and vital services that New Yorkers rely on, including our troopers, guardsmen, corrections officers, nurses, and social service workers who care for our veterans, the homeless, and mentally disabled.
Beyond the immediate consequences of his vote, LaValle's age seems to be showing, as he's apparently forgotten about the 97 budget extenders and 11 late budgets passed during the Pataki/Bruno era of government:
- 2008: 9 days late/ 2 extenders
- 2004: 133 days late/ 12 extenders
- 2003: 42 days late/ 5 extenders
- 2002: 42 days late/ 8 extenders
- 2001: 125 days late/ 12 extenders
- 2000: 39 days late/ 3 extenders
- 1999: 126 days late/ 19 extenders
- 1998: 14 days late/ 4 extenders
- 1997: 126 days late/ 10 extenders
- 1996: 104 days late/ 14 extenders
- 1995: 68 days late/ 10 extenders
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