Legislator's comments (about women of low morals) upset county employees

Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin ^ | 11/20/02 | Todd McAdam

[Phantom Lord]

The problem with Broome County's social services is women of low morals and their drug-dealing, abusive boyfriends, said the chairwoman of the county committee that oversees the Department of Social Services.

Further, said Legislator Wanda Hudak of Endicott, the solution to the abusive boyfriends is "a 25-cent bullet."

[Phantom Lord]

Speak the truth and get blasted for it.

[Phantom Lord]

Binghamton Bump

[BenLurkin]

Bump for the

[lsee]

"Things that make you go hmmmm" bump.

[Temple Drake]

Of course she's right. That's why she will hounded perpetually for it.

[BenLurkin]

The is the enemy of the left.

[mikeb704]

Further, said Legislator Wanda Hudak of Endicott, the solution to the abusive boyfriends is "a 25-cent bullet."

I disagree, mainly because I don't think you can find a 25-cent bullet anymore. Can you?

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[hexpoppy]

Is there an address where we can mail our 25 cent donations?

[Rifleman]

Sure. A brick of 500 .22 rimfire (plenty of power for the task) is about $10 plus tax on sale. $.02 each.

[Republic of Texas]

" "She made it quite clear she liked neither the Department of Social Services nor the people it serves," said Marie Hepworth of Binghamton. "

This is only wrong in Orwell's America.

[lady lawyer]

I like this woman.

[cynicom]

The lady speaks the unvarnished truth and it is not acceptable. What a shame. When I lived in that area, it was common practice for women to wear out their welcome in PA, then move across the NY state border and be welcomed with open arms. In many cases their boyfriends also migrated with them.

[drjimmy]

I'm sure that all those people on welfare simply suffer from low morals, and that the following has nothing to do with their status:

Binghamton is at the other end of the spectrum from Albany: it has been in recession more than any other upstate metro area examined. The area experienced three distinct recessions in the 1980s linked to volatility in its computer-related electronic components industry. Decline in this dominant industry led to a one year recession in 1985, followed by a very long recession beginning in 1988—a full two years before the rest of the country entered the 1990-91 recession. That recession lasted over four years, ending in 1992, and was followed by another episodelasting over a year, ending in 1996. Over this prolonged recessionary period, employment in electronic components and accessories dropped by about one-half, and manufacturing jobs declined by more than one-third. Overall, the Binghamton economy spent more time contracting in the 1990s than expanding, and was on a downward trend roughly from 1988 to 1996. Its latest recession began in May 2001.
Spring 2002 Newsletter, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

[Temple Drake]

yep, Economic Man...all behavior is dictated by how much money you've got.
NOT!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Tell me about it. Maybe the woman reloads, or has some cheap little chunk o' crap.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Yuck. You can't do anything with that other than have it lodge under the skin and cause a real nasty infection.

[patriot_wes]

"The problem with Broome County's social services is women of low morals and their drug-dealing, abusive boyfriends, said the chairwoman of the county committee that oversees the Department of Social Services."

honest, concise, to the point.....WELL WE CAN'T HAVE THAT!

[Phantom Lord]

Many of the people in the Binghamton area on social assistance were moved to Binghamton by Gov. Cuomo and former mayor Crab from the NYC area to lesson the load on NYC's social services.

And the economic situation of the Southern Tier is a self inflicted one caused by years of running roughshod on the taxpayers, pitting the elderly community against the younger residents with the elderly winning and the young (myself included) moving the hell out, and the importation of criminals and government dependents from NYC.

[drjimmy]

Many of the people in the Binghamton area on social assistance were moved to Binghamton by Gov. Cuomo and former mayor Crab from the NYC area to lesson the load on NYC's social services.
Did they use boxcars for this move or did Cuomo and Crabb (there's a helluva name for a law firm!) drive these people from NYC themselves? Whether the economic wounds are self-inflicted or not, they are real, and responsible for a lot of the people needing social services.

[ppaul]

Just sit in court for one day and observe the domestic violence and dependency hearings.
You'll conclude that Wanda Hudak is 100 percent right.