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While patronage jobs and political pay - for - play are significant problems in Rockland County and Clarkstown, this seems to be nothing more than hysterics by an overindulged brat who was egged on by a clownish, demented uncle.»
Not exact matches
Jameson Doig, author of a book about the agency's history, Empire on the Hudson, says that
while the Authority has always been a backwater of
patronage, Gov. Christie took the practice to new heights, appointing more than 70 people — primarily those who helped him out in the 2009 election — to
jobs within the agency, both high and low level.
All those
patronage jobs cost the state dearly
while complicating the delivery of justice.
Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a
patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure
jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn
while being incredibly penurious with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.
thus this practice will end up costing the taxpayer much more money in the long run,
while perpetuating the handing out of
jobs through the political
patronage system, rather than a more fair civil service testing system which assures better qualified people being placed in the positions.