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In cities such as Chicago, New York, especially in the "Tammany Hall" days, Albany (under the late Mayor Erastus Corning), and other places where one party or the other has a hammerlock, there is a sizeable risk of corruption. In New York State,former Assembly Majority Leader Sheldon Silver (Dem.) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (GOP) are facing lengthy prison terms. For a long time, state budgets were decided with those two, along with the governor, locked in a closed room.
Elections are necessary for, among other things, accountability. I think this is a travesty.
Even our Governor and U.S. Senate races have only nominal Republican opposition. As of two weeks ago the gubernatorial candidate only had $250,000 in his campaign kitty, see He's Atop the Ballot, Yet Virtually Broke. And G.O.P. Donors Are Not Coming to the Rescue. The Republicans appear to be defaulting on major races. I'm sure the Democrats do likewise. Parties should not yield or default in elections.
It's not healthy for our democracy.
- New York's (Federal) 17th Congressional District;
- New York's (State) Assembly District 91; and
- New York's (State) 37th Senate District
In cities such as Chicago, New York, especially in the "Tammany Hall" days, Albany (under the late Mayor Erastus Corning), and other places where one party or the other has a hammerlock, there is a sizeable risk of corruption. In New York State,former Assembly Majority Leader Sheldon Silver (Dem.) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (GOP) are facing lengthy prison terms. For a long time, state budgets were decided with those two, along with the governor, locked in a closed room.
Elections are necessary for, among other things, accountability. I think this is a travesty.
Even our Governor and U.S. Senate races have only nominal Republican opposition. As of two weeks ago the gubernatorial candidate only had $250,000 in his campaign kitty, see He's Atop the Ballot, Yet Virtually Broke. And G.O.P. Donors Are Not Coming to the Rescue. The Republicans appear to be defaulting on major races. I'm sure the Democrats do likewise. Parties should not yield or default in elections.
It's not healthy for our democracy.