Hmm, now when did we last see anything like this? How is it possible to overhaul a system (or bring "change") when you're relying on the same old crowd? Nobody is suggesting hiring idiots without experience (OK, except maybe Palin) but this transition team represents everything that is wrong with the system these days. Political leaders all rely too much on the same old insiders and special interests who mucked up the system in the first place. NY Times:
When Andrew M. Cuomo named members to his transition committees this month, he described them as experienced leaders with broad experience in the public and the private sectors, selected to help him recruit the best and brightest New Yorkers to his new administration.
But another group is also heavily represented: Campaign contributors to Mr. Cuomo, lobbyists and others likely to seek access to the new administration as the next governor grapples with an enormous state budget gap and issues that include natural gas drilling in the Catskills and overhauling the state Medicaid system.
Of the more than 170 people named to one of Mr. Cuomo’s 7 transition committees or his new council of economic advisers, 84 are registered lobbyists or work for businesses, trade associations or labor unions that lobbied state government last year, according to a review of state lobbying records.
