Carl Paladino on Sheldon Silver

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From: Carl Paladino
To: Carl Paladino
Sent: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 7:36 pm
Subject: Sheldon Silver and the New York State Press a/k/a Wimps

Obviously you are not disposed to call for Sheldon 

Silver's resignation or even a Federal investigation 

of his corruption.  After all, he only embezzled 

$103,000 from the State treasury and in the context 

of his other high crimes and misdemeanors, what's the 

big deal?   Silver was only doing what he has always 

done.  He was bailing out his buddy Vito Lopez.  After 

all he is Sheldon Silver, the guy who wrote the book on 

intimidating the press with the denial of access.  Just 

ask Liz Benjamin and Jim Vielkind.  Is there no one in 

the spineless press who has the cohunes to stand up to 

this diabolic scoundrel?

Considering Silver's past, the press should be asking 

if it was quiet money to keep Vito's mouth shut about 

other topics?  We'll probably never know the answer to 

that because the press will let the good old Albany 

establishment boys bury the issue with a Special 

Prosecutor investigation that will go on forever 

and result in nothing.  Whenever politicians want 

to bury an issue they appoint a Special  Committee or 

Prosecutor.  

Silver acknowledged  "a mistake was made."  Was it an 

intentional mistake?  The confidentiality clause, his 

long history of making such "mistakes" and the BS that 

other elected officials knew lead one to believe that 

it was an intentional and unforgivable mistake.   

What more do you need to demand his resignation?   

Silver is a poster child for term limits.  18 years 

of intimidation, arrogance, illusion and theatrics 

that the establishment boys call "skill."  He rules 

the entire State government with an iron fist.  We'll 

never see Tort, Malpractice or Workers Comp reform 

while he's there.  He gets a load of 

money from his personal injury law firm, and under 

the rules he has written, he is not required to 

disclose it.  We'll never see reform of the Wick's law, 

Taylor Law or Tri-borough Amendment which punish the 

taxpayers with mind boggling costs.  We'll also 

never see initiative and referendum which would 

give the taxpayers a real voice in their government.   

Silver thinks that three men in a room with one 

alpha dog works good for him. 

Mike Gormley's expert from someplace else tells us that 

Silver is out of the weeds because all his actions were 

known to the Comptroller and Attorney General.  What 

Mike didn't say is that both of them owe their jobs to 

Sheldon Silver and have been his puppets for years.  That 

doesn't work for the people Mike.   The "Joint Commission 

on Public Ethics" was personally picked by Silver.  That 

also doesn't work for the people Mike.

We know the press is just peachy with things as they are.  

The status quo suits you so well because it keeps the 

taxpayers dumbed down and cheap brainless staff keep your 

profit margins up.  You can sell the people of New York just 

about any garbage.  They eat it up.  They accept mediocrity 

and failure because the press has told them that they can't 

do anything about it.  Those who can get out.  Meanwhile 

guys like Silver keep the entitlements rich to bring more 

dregs to New York to enhance the effort for a permanent 

democratic majority.  Silver recently showed just how 

far he has gone off the reservation by proposing that New 

York State taxpayers give financial aid to educate any 

illegal in America.  Who wants to stick around to pay 

for that burden?

Corruption is rampant in Albany because Shelly Silver is 

not only involved and complicit but he also protects the 

criminality of his followers when one of his bottom fish 

gets caught with dirty hands.  

Silver's attitude has now evolved to the absurd.  He 

alone can violate the rules of the Assembly and disburse 

taxpayer money with impunity and without prior consultation 

or approval.  He uses taxpayer money to ensure loyalty.  What 

possible theory could justify the use of taxpayer money to 

resolve a sexual harassment allegation?  What other actions 

of this man will raise the red flag?  Why is a downstate 

District Attorney, who associates with the good old boy 

establishment RINO's, selected as the Special Prosecutor 

instead of a more objective upstate DA who would be less 

inclined to belabor the proper dissection of an 18 year 

career of arrogant larceny and intimidation.  If anyone 

else embezzled $103,000 the press would be calling for 

the construction of a gallows prior to giving him or her 

a fair trial.

The question is why is this particular government 

official above the law.  For anyone else in government 

it would be embezzlement.  For Shelly it's just another 

day of taking care of his friends and family club.   

The press could get by its cowardly image if it followed 

its role model,NY Times, and jumped at this opportunity 

to take down the man that even his friends refer to as the 

demon. 

Silver is vengeful and his retaliation is unmerciful.  For 

me, as the greater fool, it's a call to arms. For spineless 

cowards like the editors and reporters (and publishers) of 

the New York State press it would be an earth-shattering 

bold change of policy.  It would require actual research and 

a major effort to connect the dots and we all know the 

reluctance of the Albany press corps [Tom Precious of the 

Buffalo News included.]   They don't like controversy and 

are only capable of tweaking up feel good press releases.   

Here in Buffalo there would probably be a big problem for 

Stan Lipsey who's friends and family club members Jordan 

Levy and Howard Zemsky may be found on Silver's dance 

card when the Feds start following the money.  Do they do 

each other big favors?  Are investment tips the quid pro 

quo for handsome multi-million dollar subsidies from the 

taxpayers for their projects?  The money comes from one 

of Shelly's "off the books" vehicles like his private 

stash of taxpayer cash which some refer to as the 

Dormitory Authority.  

He who lives by the sword will die by the sword.

If you agree with the above, forward it to your 

friends and family.