Paterson says he won’t be intimidated by personal attacks

June

This is Gov. David Paterson’s full response to a question he was asked about Democratic Sen. Kevin Parker’s statement that the governor is a “coke-snorting, staff-banging governor,” which refers to Paterson’s past admissions of marital infidelity and drug use. Parker has since apologized and called his comments “reprehensible and regrettable.”

“I am not going to be overreacting to defamation. I’m not going to be intimidated by personal attacks. My job is to … serve the people of the State of New York. They can keep hitting me. They can keep trying to hurt me. I’m going to stand up for what’s right. This War of the Roses between these two conferences, who right now if I weren’t in this they’d be fighting each other and doing this to each other. But they’ve only directed this at me to distract you from the fact that they’re not in the chamber or out of the chamber working their problems out. When they work their problems out, we can get back to business. As soon as they work their problems out, we can get to the necessary legislation that will expire on June 30.”

This entry was posted on Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 1:40 pm by Cara Matthews.
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One Response to “Paterson says he won’t be intimidated by personal attacks”

NAPF June 27th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
While the powers that be in Albany continue to cause a stalemate in the State’s business I would hope that when they do get back to work they convince our non-elected Governor that the .34 per $100 of salary of all emplyees for all businesses, non-profits, schools, and churches is very unfair to Dutchess County. Only approximately 6k people out of 330K residents commute to NYC. Also, why isn’t Ulster County included in the counties that have been elected to bail out the MTA? There are MTA employees who live in Ulster county and who travel over the Mid-Hudson Bridge everyday to catch a Metro-North train to work AND they and their family members ride the trains FREE!!! That is a perk that should be taken away immediately. Why should my tax dollar be used for their free transportation and for the transportation of Dutchess County residents who choose to commute to NYC for better wages?? Makes no sense to me!!

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