DiNapoli Was For It Before He Was Against It
Posted by Team Wilson - Fri, June 25, 2010 at 09:58 AM
The Times Union has an interesting piece today in which a spokesman for Harry's opponent ties himself in knots trying to explain away DiNapoli's position on short-term borrowing (see also: the pension raid plan). While DiNapoli was the one proposing this plan last year, our unelected comptroller disagrees with his policy in an election year when he's held accountable to voters. Here's an excerpt:
(DiNapoli Spokesman Dennis Thompkins) said that DiNapoli opposes the governor's plan for short-term borrowing, which was a component of an early version of a plan he is now pushing legislators to adopt that allows governments to adjust contributions over time, overpaying when increases are small and underpaying when they rise.
"We proposed this last year, we thought it was a good way to protect local taxpayers from local spikes," Tompkins said.
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