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I agree w/ Dana.  There are laws on the books that can be enforced to address those who drive
irresponsibly.  This is another law that won't can't / won't be enforced.  

What was the real motivation for proposing and passing such legislation?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$/votes/insurance lobby/open door for tracing/tracking......remember, cell phone records checked for time of accident
and what was happening with the service at the time.......

BIGGER BIGGER BIGGER PICTURE HERE.......we are pioneering Americans....not bulls with rings in our noses........

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I agree w/ Dana.  There are laws on the books that can be enforced to address those who drive
irresponsibly.  This is another law that won't can't / won't be enforced.  

What was the real motivation for proposing and passing such legislation?

The real motivation is very simple and in plain sight.  Now they can say......'Look what we did....because WE CARE.'  Anyone with a lick of sense knows this won't be enforced.

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what is Savage getting? A few years ago she had this bill about inhaled alcohol, which was the big rage in NYC supposedly, and they passed it where it go "banned" in our county. Well shortly after she received a large donation for a thousand dollars from a company which is the largest nationwide distributor of alcoholic beverages! SHOW HER THE MONEY BABY!!!!l

I was wondering why a Alcohol distributor out of Connecticut donated 1000 clams to the Friends of Savage.  Now it makes sense!  She's a real person of principle isn't she.

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Don’t pass laws you know won‘t be enforced

    Legislators, whether at the local or national level, continue to create laws that are not enforced. Just drive down one of our highways and observe the speed limit signs. There is no correlation between the posted limit and what warp operators are actually driving in.
    The same with current cellphone laws — lipstick in one hand and a cellphone in the other. Now text messaging. Another law, another joke. This, they hope, will take the focus off their inability to pass tangible and substantive legislation. Or take the focus off the lack of enforcement in relation to existing, conscionable statutes.
    The real injustice is that it gives law enforcement agencies the ability to administer "selective enforcement." If you know someone or are connected to a mover and shaker, then the law is easily circumvented. The common citizen without connections is the one who pays.
    These types of selectively enforced laws, whether at the national, regional or local level, undermine democracy. It is no wonder that apathy, political disengagement, and disrespect for the law runs rampant in our society.
    JOHN NEWELL JR.
    Amsterdam

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Savage didn't do anything right, she will not do anything right and has not done anything right. This is what she did, distracted the sheeple from the record County deficit Democrats created, from the complete failure of Metrograft under Death Ray, and her failure to sell the County Home. In other words, it was a brilliant political move.

If it will save ONE life, it will be worth...







...wearing body armor 24/7.

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I was wondering why a Alcohol distributor out of Connecticut donated 1000 clams to the Friends of Savage.  Now it makes sense!  She's a real person of principle isn't she.

Good point! But why WOULD anyone from another state contribute?

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  from the complete failure of Metrograft under Death Ray

I hope you're not suggesting that Metrograft would be an acceptable and more successful public authority if run by somebody with an (R) next to their name.  Metrograft in principle is a failure, under the control of either one of these corrupt parties. People thought the Republican revolution in 1994 was going change the tax and spend liberal ways of Democrats.  What do we have??  A $1 trillion dollar deficit created by the equally insane tax and borrow philosophy.  So much for fiscal conservatism.  America hasn't seen deficit spending like this since the 1940's.  The difference is, in the 40's we were indebted to ourselves, and not our most formidable enemy, the Chi-coms(Communist China) 

There will be no change in this country until people stop with the partisan "my political party is better than your political party", when the truth is they're both the same, handing the reins of the country back and forth every 10 or so years.  Whether these career politicians are in the minority or the majority, they have the ability to enrich themselves and their largest donors who keep them in power. It's criminal.

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There will be no change in this country until people stop with the partisan "my political party is better than your political party", when the truth is they're both the same, handing the reins of the country back and forth every 10 or so years.  Whether these career politicians are in the minority or the majority, they have the ability to enrich themselves and their largest donors who keep them in power. It's criminal.

Thought it worth a second read in the event your comment was missed the first time!!!!!!!!!

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There will be no change in this country until people stop with the partisan "my political party is better than your political party", when the truth is they're both the same, handing the reins of the country back and forth every 10 or so years.  Whether these career politicians are in the minority or the majority, they have the ability to enrich themselves and their largest donors who keep them in power. It's criminal.

here here......

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Text-messaging ban a matter of safety

    I was glad to see the Schenectady County Legislature ban text messaging while driving [Dec. 10 Gazette]. Certainly. This initiative will make the roads safer for all of us.
    I was also disappointed to see Legislators Joe Suhrada and Jim Buhrmaster willing to put their politics before protecting the people who elected them. In both Nassau and Westchester counties, the ban passed unanimously because safe roadways are not, and should not be, a Democratic or Republican issue.
    While this law seems like common sense, the need is very real. In Washington, a 53-year-old driver who was checking his email caused a five-car pileup near Seattle. In California, a 46-year-old train engineer was sending and receiving [a] text message prior to a collision that led to 25 fatalities, and 130 injuries. Closer to home, just over a year ago in Monroe County, five teenage girls were killed in a tragic car crash which authorities have said could be linked to text messaging.
    Chairwoman Susan Savage and the rest of the Legislature who voted for this important law deserve a round of applause, rather than the childish boos that Suhrada hurled.

    THOMAS BELLICK
    Schenectady
The writer is chairman of the Democrats’ Union and Nott street committee.

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Mr. Bellick, the Chairman of the Democrat's Union and Nott Street committee, is apparently, himself, unable to see beyond politics.  While common
sense dictates that it is unsafe to text message while driving, there are practical considerations regarding the notification of the existence of this regulation in Schenectady county and the enforcement of this law that were apparently not considered and addressed by Ms. Savage in this "feel good" legislation.  The timing of the proposal of the legislation, when efforts should have been focused on reducing county spending so that taxes would not be increased by the reported 9%, is suspect and clearly a political play.

This crumb ought to spend more time watching his own kids, one of whom at least was arrested in Schenectady several months ago, instead of being a nerdy toady for the SAVAGE Machine in the county. He is obviously angling to run for office and needs to spend as much time on his knees groveling as possible for the bosses at the county. He shouldn't try to talk with his lips up someone's butt. What comes out smells pretty foul, like his own teenage kid's criminal behavior.

I suppose it what is meant by a Merry Christmas.

My Mom used to say "if everyone paid attention to their own families first, the world would be a lovely place." Sadly this guy would rather throw crap at Mr B and Mr S than make sure his kid is doing the right thing and not out breaking the law. Politics, politics, politics and not an ounce of statesmanship to go around when it comes to the "New Team."


Sad....tisk tisk tisk...

OK Graham, spill it, what was he/she arrested for?

check the papers and see, it wasn't pretty.