Albany Watch

Bring back buggy whips

March

A veteran Albany lobbyist who earlier this week had heard lawmakers defend keeping open juvenile-detention facilities with no juveniles in them today heard a long discussion about the perfidity of the state Budget Division urging that some prisons be closed, since the number of inmates is shrinking.

“It almost makes your head want to explode,’’ he said. “I bet that if the stagecoach drivers had a union, they would pass a bill mandating stagecoaches.’‘

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 29th, 2008 at 11:55 am by Jay Gallagher.
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One Response to “Bring back buggy whips”

TourPro March 31st, 2008 at 7:09 am
This is just the first tantrum in the process of weaning ourselves off of correctional economic development teat.

Don’t even joke around with the “stagecoaches”, this may be a viable option after I pay my taxes this year.

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