Former Gov. George E. Pataki has joined Chadbourne & Parke as a counsel focusing on matters involving environmental issues, particularly renewable energy.
Do you think that this position might be as much about lobbying for government funding as it is about practicing law??
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Governor Pataki is secretly negotiating with the State Legislature and may approve a raise for them in exchange for approval on projects that would aid his presidential aspirations.
Mr. Pataki and lawmakers have agreed to convene a special session in mid-December, ostensibly to hammer out an agreement on a civil confinement bill for sexual predators. Sources say talks between the governor and legislative leaders in the lead-up to the session have already extended far beyond that issue, and involve pay raises, an expansion of charter schools, judicial appointments, an appointment to the board of the City University of New York, and possibly an agreement on a plan to build Moynihan Station.
“They’re dealing. How close or far apart I don’t know, but they’re dealing,” said a source familiar with the legislative negotiations.
I am completely in agreement with Pataki on the need for more Charter Schools, however, this quid pro quo method of bargainin
The Des Moines Register reported recently that Loras Schlute and Ed Failor were stepping down as advisers to New York Republican Governor George Pataki's 21st Century Freedom PAC over Pataki's support for abortion rights. Schulte is described as a "social conservative activist" and Failor is a board member of Iowa Right to Life. "I've never made any secret of my intense pro-life views," said Schulte (intensely, we presume). "In order to be true to myself, where I stood and what I believed, it was time to step away."
To the best of my knowledge, Pataki has never made any secret of his pro-choice views - although their intensity may be subject to further scrutiny. This doesn't sound to me like it was a relationship that was likely to work in the first place.
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New York Republican Governor George Pataki says "now is the time" to be thinking about running for president - but now isn't quite the time to set up an exploratory committee, which the Governor has yet to do. The New York Post quotes Pataki as saying: "I do believe there's been too much finger-pointing and polarization and less of standing together with practical solutions to the real problems that this country faces, and I do intend to be part of that national dialogue."
The Post's observation that Pataki "is considered by those in his party as an extreme long shot" only tells half the story. Those outside his party also consider him an extreme long shot.
'NOW IS TIME' FOR WHITE HOUSE BID: PATAKI By KENNETH LOVETT and STEPHANIE GASKELL - New York Post Online Edition: Seven
Here's a scathing assessment of departing New York Republican Governor George Pataki, from a constituent: Bob Confer, vice-president of Confer Plastics in North Tonawanda, NY, writing in the Tonawanda News (today's top story: 'Symbolic Spaulding chimney takes a tumble'). "Pataki brings nothing to the table in terms of presidential value," Confer writes. "He does not possesses any of the leadership traits, economic knowledge, and understanding of governance required." In case you remained unsure of Confer's opinion of Pataki, he expounds on the Governor's "soft-spoken and reclusive" nature and his "lack of a compelling presence and ability to connect with people." By the time Confer closes with "Pataki is not presidential material," you kind of feel that you've got the message.On a more positive note, Pataki made a key staff hiring at the beginning of December, recruiting Kara Ahern as finance director for his 21st Century Freedom political action committee. Associated Press
One of former New York Republican Governor George Pataki's key weaknesses as a presidential candidate is his seeming inability to excite much passion amongst voters. He is not, shall we say, over-endowed in the charisma department.He has, however, excited a few people to the extent that - not to beat around the bush - they want to kill him. Associated Press (published here in the Kansas City Star) reports that there were 597 security incidents affecting Pataki in the last ten years, 146 of which were categorised as 'high risk', meaning that there was a threat of "death or harm". That included 25 explicit death threats and 10 bomb threats. Measured over ten years, in a state the size of New York, I'm not sure how alarming such numbers really are, but they have worried New York state police to provide for Pataki, at taxpayer expense, additional security for the month, at the end of which "the security risk would be reviewed." Whether the security measures might extend to places
It would be mean to ask if the number of people who have threatened to do physical harm to former New York Republican Governor George Pataki (146 in the last decade, according to media reports) is greater or less than the number of people who have threatened to vote for him as President. Mean but, in my case, apparently unavoidable.You may recall the story in the New Year that Pataki had been granted a New York state police security detail as a result of the perceived threat to his safety. As an update to that story, AP reported in mid-January (shown here in the International Herald Tribune) that Pataki had "asked the state police to phase out the taxpayer-financed security detail." Those of you concerned for the Governor's well-being should be reassured to hear that he was "now consulting with private security firms instead."Unconcerned either by the danger of being outside or the almost total absence of any interest in his presidential ambitions, Pataki spent January as a presid
