Posted on 08/12/2009 2:38:08 PM PDT by LibWhacker
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The son of a powerful state senator instrumental in this summer's Senate coup was given a newly created $120,000 job in the chamber in the latest political appointment during the governor's hiring freeze.
Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada's son, Pedro G. Espada, holds the new job of Senate liaison between governments, Senate Democratic majority spokesman Austin Shafran confirmed Tuesday.
The elder Mr. Espada, a Bronx Democrat, was one of the dissidents who created a June coup in the Senate when he joined a Republican-led coalition, taking the slim majority from his Democratic party in exchange for a lucrative leadership post. Five weeks later he returned to the Democratic conference, restoring its majority to the Democrats, in exchange for another lucrative leadership position.
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Bringing Latin American style politics to New York, via Puerto Rico. This sounds like something that would happen in Mexcio or Argentina.
That is exactly what he gets for not standing up and placing his hand over his heart for the American Flag. I saw it on YouTube.
he is another one of the people involved, by association, in the reverse-treason.
Try the golden handshakes in Sacramento.... the 100K club
Sonofa....
Get used to it. Like voter fraud, the rats love it and want to keep it. They’re proud of it.
New York is going down the toilet with its left-wing, PC, corrupt Govt. It is nearly half-way down already.
Had a guy here in Florida create a job at a University and got the job for himself. He’s going to jail and so are the cronies who were in on it.
I bet that doesn’t happen in NY.
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