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Albany Times-Union, April 4, 2005 A Day For Stretching Truth
Maybe it was budget burnout that caused two Senate Democrats' April Fool's Day press releases to be largely overlooked. Senate
Minority Leader David Paterson, D-Harlem, praised Majority Leader Bruno for a
"sweeping series of substantive and procedural reforms" that didn't
happen, including ending "lu-lus" -- extra pay senators receive for
chairing or holding ranking seats on committees. "What
better news could there be on this April Fool's Day?" Paterson asked. Sen.
Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, meanwhile, issued a "modest proposal" to
install video lottery terminals in public schools. Krueger,
an opponent of using VLT revenue for education, said she realized that
placing the terminals in schools rather than racetracks would "eliminate
the middleman by allowing parents and students to directly fund their own
education." The
VLTs could also be used as voting machines, encouraging voter turnout
"through a free chance to win big and pay for education at the same
time," Krueger's release stated. "We might even be able to draw
down the new federal dollars for this original math curriculum ... learning
to play for the odds." |
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