Letter: Endorsement choices won't ease corruption
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo delivers his nomination acceptance speech at the state's Democratic convention in Melville on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Credit: AP / Richard Drew
Please do not be naive. By disbanding the Moreland Commission to get his budget passed, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has conclusively demonstrated that he has no desire to fight corruption ["A step Cuomo, Astorino can take to fix NY politics," Editorial, May 23]. The commission was investigating Albany ethics.
I know nothing about Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, but given the track record of Albany Republicans, I suspect he is little different from his cohorts. Second party, third party, nth party endorsements have nothing to do with it. Our New York political establishment is a corrupt ethical joke.
History reminds us of the good old days of Tammany Hall, Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago, and my personal hero, Gov. Huey Long of Louisiana. Corrupt to the core, they returned to their constituents goods and services that otherwise would not have been available. They at least had some sense of obligation to those they did indeed serve. This is far beyond anything that the current political establishment of self-serving hacks can understand.
Until and unless some wealthy individual is willing to fund a campaign outside of the existing establishment, we are but lemmings in the process.
Richard M. Frauenglass, Huntington
