Of a sudden the budget agreement for fiscal year 1998 appeared with this charming entry: "Sell Governor's Island -- 500" (millions of dollars).
There's no word yet on how much Democrats are prepared to spend to help sell Governor McGreevey's budget message.
I think what surprises some people is that a governor would have enough sense to write a book or found a company, and I think that's just selling governors short.
Six years ago, while flying over the island with Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then senator, President Clinton offered to sell Governors Island to New York State for $1.
Mr. Bloomberg had a strong desire to get President Bush to sell Governors Island to the city for a modest price, a deal sealed earlier this week at the White House, to try to ease school overcrowding.
The federal government must sell Governors Island, a former military base in New York Harbor, even though part of it was designated a protected national monument by President Bill Clinton in January, according to a legal memorandum prepared by the United States Department of Justice.
a. Sell the governor's mansion and eliminate the state's lieutenant governor position to save money b.
"The public will pay more if they see their sacrifice is actually going to net them a specific good," said Richard A. Davey, the state's transportation secretary, who is conducting an aggressive campaign to help sell the governor's package.
Gilkes dismissed talk that he is headed for the campaign and said he remains focused on using the resources of the super PAC to sell the governor to voters.
Accepting per diem payments from the state treasury while she was at home, spinning lies about her opposition to the "bridge to nowhere," selling the Governor's jet on ebay and firing the Governor's cook will not make her a reformer.
Mr. Matthews has recently attracted the attention of federal prosecutors for his role in renting and selling the governor's condominium in Washington in 1996 and 1997, and for having the governor stay free for five days at his estate in Palm Beach, Fla., in 2001.
