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Showing Original Post only (View all)NY Dem majority passes Cuomo's ed bill "with heavy hearts". One even holds his nose while voting. [View all]
The Democrats have a majority, disapprove of his bill....but pass it anyway. This angers me so much. I am wide awake after reading this stupidity. This is needless acquiescence. Can we stand up for nothing at all?
Assembly affirms Cuomo-driven education budget, with heavy hearts
Kenneth Zebrowski. (New York State Assembly)
ALBANYMembers of the the Assemblys Democratic majority, with a few exceptions, supported a budget bill that overhauled state education law at the urging of Governor Andrew Cuomo. But they werent happy about it.
One by one, Democrats rose to describe their grave concerns about the billwhich creates a new educator evaluation system, rolls back tenure protections and makes it easier to fire teachers. One lawmaker even held his nose as he voted.
But, they argued, the final agreement was better for public school teachers and students than Cuomos original proposal and it was better to accept some changes than risk a late budget.
How delicate is the balance between compromise and dysfunction? said Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski, a Democrat from Rockland County, while explaining his yes vote late Tuesday night. Depending upon how you look at an issue, compromise can become dysfunction or good government, and forcing a late budget can be dysfunction or good government.
And the words of another Democrat who talked about how bad the bill is but voted for it anyway.
Another Bronx Democrat and a former teacher, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, called the bill terrible and said the chambers impending approval was a shame. But because of the significant increases in school aid woven into the bill, It is wrong to vote against it. He voted aye.
Destroying public education one nose-holding Democrat at a time.
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NY Dem majority passes Cuomo's ed bill "with heavy hearts". One even holds his nose while voting. [View all]
madfloridian
Apr 2015
OP
Well said, Peter Greene. "people who club baby seals feel a little bit bad about it"
madfloridian
Apr 2015
#5
They said it was better than Cuomo's original, and they didn't want budget to be late.
madfloridian
Apr 2015
#12
"permanent licenses are no longer permanent, a backdoor way to dump senior teachers"
madfloridian
Apr 2015
#19
It reminds me of watching the Iraq War Vote. Something died inside of a lot of Democrats
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#26
The Democrats have become so spineless it is embarrassing. I remember fighting right wingers
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#22
"Cuomo would have relented if they had taken a united position against this bill."
madfloridian
Apr 2015
#24
The Democratic politicians hold their nose while voting for legislation and the Democratic voters
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#32