Two pieces of Taghkanic news:
(1) The Town Clerk's office has moved to 483 County Route 15 -- click the image at right for more details;
(2) The irrepressible Rick Graham has a long “My View” piece in this weekend’s The Register-Star. Graham floats a theory about how Supervisor Betty Young might elevate Wilzig majordomo Erik Tyree to her position upon retirement:
“The Republicans asked Taghkanic Supervisor Betty Young to pony up for all the covering up they have done for her over the years and run one more term or at least until the Republicans take back the Governor’s seat, which they are almost certain to do.“When the new Republican Governor is elected, Betty Young will then announce her retirement. Now here comes the interesting part; She will probably nominate Tyree from Independence party spewing a bunch of hogwash about how she feels that both parties are too divided to benefit the people. However, the Taghkanic Town Board is evenly divided and her pick will not be approved, she can recommend but she can’t vote on her recommendation however she can appoint a deputy and it was Tyree, the billionaire’s go-for boy and John Faso new found pet.
Then the newly elected Governor will be forced into appointing a new Supervisor and he (the Governor) will probably agree with the Republican Committee Chairman Fingar, Betty Young and wanna-be John Faso that maybe an Independence Party member is the way to go for now.”
The one big flaw with this line of reasoning is that the next Governor of New York State will almost certainly be Andrew Cuomo (whose poll numbers are in the stratosphere), not a Republican as Graham posits. Cuomo is no Coakley.
Moreover, rumors are that The New York Times is preparing a devastating exposé on the private life of current Governor David Paterson (whose poll numbers are already in the toilet), which may force him from the race:
Despite recent events in neighboring Massachusetts, Cuomo would be expected to crush almost any challenger, such as possible GOP nominee Rick Lazio. And, with millions already in the bank, he is likely to run in a primary and win against Paterson if he doesn’t drop out.“For about two weeks now, Albany has been buzzing that the New York Times was preparing a blockbuster scandal exposé about Governor Paterson, one that could seriously affect his chances for reelection.”
