Blair Horner Quotes

Why would the lobbyists raise the money except in expectation that they would have access to a Spitzer administration? - Blair Horner

When you draw the lines with 10 percent difference in population, you're starting out in a system that is fundamentally unfair. - Blair Horner

We view it as a first step. I think it does a pretty good job of covering the budget hearings. - Blair Horner

We think it will fundamentally change Albany. - Blair Horner

This year was definitely more open than the bad old days, but the door was only open a crack. In the old days, I felt like I was outside of the Vatican waiting for the white smoke instead of waiting for the budget. - Blair Horner

This sounds like a legacy budget for the governor. He's trying to set a tone that's not confrontational in hopes of getting it through the Legislature. - Blair Horner

This is the theatrical side of the budget process. The substance is still done behind closed doors. - Blair Horner

They just shut the restaurant door. This gives New York one of the strongest gift bans in the country. - Blair Horner

They are doing their jobs, so I guess that's an improvement. There is no disputing the fact that they are doing this in response to voter anger that really crystallized in 2004. They don't want to go into the 2006 election without having the budget done on time. - Blair Horner

They all see the clock ticking closer and closer to midnight. The Legislature, and especially the Senate, feels like they've placed themselves in political peril if they don't have a budget done on time. - Blair Horner

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