Samuels Slams Cuomo’s ‘Republican’ Redistricting Plan

[hrmjustin]

Ross Barkan

Bill Samuels, a Democratic activist and gadfly, is back on the war path against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, vowing this fall to defeat a redistricting amendment that the governor supports.

A long-time thorn in the side of Mr. Cuomo–the well-heeled activist recently claimed the governor has “no core”–Mr. Samuels, the founder of the good government group EffectiveNY, said today he would be filing a Freedom of Information Request for all communications from January 1 through August 15 between commissioners of the State Board of Elections and the governor’s office, regarding the use of the word “independent” to describe a proposed redistricting commission, and the exclusion of any description of what Mr. Samuels called a “highly partisan process.”



Read more at http://observer.com/2014/08/samuels-slams-cuomos-republican-redistricting-plan/#ixzz3AkolXpUM

[samsingh]

1. i suspect cuomo is a repug at heart.

[hrmjustin]

2. I just don't trust or get him.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Nah. Just a slimy opportunist...

which might be the same thing.

[hrmjustin]

4. Lawsuit Filed Against Redistricting Amendment

http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2014/08/lawsuit-filed-against-redistricting-amendment/

[hrmjustin]

5. Not all good-government groups oppose redistricting amendment

http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2014/08/19/not-all-good-government-groups-oppose-redistricting-amendment/