Paladino Wants a State Constitutional Convention…
…which I think is a pretty good idea. He explains how it works in this interview. But that’s not why I’m posting it; I’m posting it, of course, for the neat little slam he slips in at the very end against me and AV contributors Mike Niman and Bruce Jackson.
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August 21, 2008
Carl Paladino: Let’s Change State Constitution
A couple weeks back, we posted Carl Paladino’s radio commercial condemning Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent James Williams and calling for his resignation.
Now Paladino is pushing a bigger agenda: a state constitutional convention to reconsider the way state government does business. Here’s his challenge, coming to your radio soon:
(UPDATE: Here’s the audio of Paladino’s latest radio ad, and the transcript is below.)
CONSITUTIONAL CONVENTION
AUGUST 20, 2008
HEY UPSTATE NEW YORKERS. / IT’S ME AGAIN,/ CARL PALADINO. AREN’T YOU JUST PEACHY ABOUT OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION? / WITH GREAT RHETORIC, ANTICIPATION AND FANFARE, THEY DRESSED UP FOR THE $6 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT DANCE AND THEN DID THE ALBANY TWO-STEP WITH THE SHREW SHELLY SILVER CUTTING ONLY $400M. / ALBANY IS NOT ABOUT YOU./ IT’S ABOUT A GLUTTONOUS GOVERNMENT PARALZYED IN THE THREE-MEN-IN-A ROOM BOX INCAPABLE OF CHECKING OUR FALL INTO THE ABYSS, / ARROGANT, PREDATORY UNIONS / AND LEADERS ENDOWED WITH UNSHACKLED POWER AS A RESULT OF OUR IRRATIONAL HISTORY OF ELECTING THE IMPOTENT AND MINDLESS TO COMMAND OUR LIVES. /
THEY FAVOR UNIONS AND RAPE THE TAXPAYER MAKING THE FEEBLE EXCUSE THAT THEY DIDN’T READ THE BILL./
HELLO!
WICKS LAW, TAYLOR LAW, REDISTRICTING, TERM LIMITS, RESIDENCY,/ DEBILITATING, OVERREACHING REGULATION./ THE HIGHEST TAXES IN AMERICA, DYSFUNCTIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS, REDUNDANT WASTEFUL GOVERNMENTS, INSOLENT PUBLIC AUTHORITIES,/ IT GOES ON AND ON. SO MANY ISSUES, AND NO HOPE FOR AN IMPOVERISHED UPSTATE GROVELING AT THE MERCY OF A THRIVING DOWNSTATE. /
HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH OF THE INCOMPETENT, SELF-SERVING, TWISTED MENTALITY OF ALBANY?/
MAJORITIES OF THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE CAN CALL FOR A REFERENDUM TO CONVENE AND ELECT DELEGATES TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (THE LAST WAS HELD IN 1938) TO RESHAPE OUR LAWS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. / WE’RE PETITIONING ALL OF THIS YEAR’S LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES TO PLEDGE, WITHIN 7 DAYS, TO SPONSOR SUCH A BILL AND FILIBUSTER THEIR CHAMBERS ON ALL OTHER LEGISLATION UNTIL THE BILL PASSES./
WE WILL PUBLISH THE RESULTS IN ARTVOICE AND ON ARTVOICE.COM BEFORE THE PRIMARY.
IT’S NO LONGER A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE. / THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION. /
A GREAT MAN ONCE SAID ALL THAT’S NECESSARY FOR EVIL TO SUCCEED IS THAT GOOD MEN DO NOTHING./
IF THEY DON’T MAKE THE PLEDGE, VOTE FOR THEIR OPPONENT AND LET THEM GO FIND ANOTHER CAREER.
CARL P. PALADINO
CEO
ELLICOTT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
