Donde Aprende Espanol el Dr. Daines?
January 13, 2009 | 1:25 p.m
ALBANY—Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines has taken back to YouTube to defend David Paterson's proposed tax on sugary drinks -- this time in Spanish.
Dr. Daines learned the language as a Mormon missionary in the early 1970s in Bolivia, according to Health Department spokeswoman Claudia Hutton.
"He feels he loses touch with a lot of New Yorkers when he doesn't have an opportunity to communicate in Spanish, and he wanted to reach Spanish-speaking people with this message," Hutton said.
Here's the new video:
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