Spitzer suggests to Shelly that they use a panel of three former Comptrollers that will select up to five of the best candidates that interview for the position. Shelly in an effort to join Spitzer in an effort to bring more tranparency to the government process agrees to give up his statutory power to control the appointment process and puts his faith in the belief that if the process is fair, at least one of the members of his conference will make it on the list. He knows these men well and believes that they will perform well when interviewed by this panel of unbiased public servants. The interviews take place and at least four of the five Assemblymembers perform exceptionally well. All four of these members prove to Shelly that the faith he displayed in their abilities was warranted. Anyone that put any faith in this process felt as though the list of five would look something like this: Brodsky, DiNapoli, Mulrow, Stark, and either Weitzman or Fletcher. In fact, if you look at the predictions that were posted on this blog earlier this week, the suckers that thought this process was legitimate predicted the list would look similar to the one I just noted. But, as we now know, the fix was in. Spitzer never had any intention of allowing this process to develop organically. He had no intention of relinquishing control of the process and allowing the best candidates to be suggested to the legislature. Instead, Spitzer took advantage of the good will displayed by Silver and used it to spit in the face of the Assembly Democrats. The process was rigged from the very beginning to produce an outcome that would put in place a Comptroller that owes Spitzer for his or her job. Now we hear from the Spitzer sycophants that Shelly must abide by the deal he agreed to and send these three pre-determined names to the legislature for a vote. The problem is that Spitzer clearly negotiated the original deal in bad faith, knowing all along that he could control the process and exclude qualified individuals from the list. Therefore, as far as I'm concerned, the deal is non-binding and the legislature can appoint who ever the hell they see fit to appoint.
Is this how it went down?
Spitzer suggests to Shelly that they use a panel of three former Comptrollers that will select up to five of the best candidates that interview for the position. Shelly in an effort to join Spitzer in an effort to bring more tranparency to the government process agrees to give up his statutory power to control the appointment process and puts his faith in the belief that if the process is fair, at least one of the members of his conference will make it on the list. He knows these men well and believes that they will perform well when interviewed by this panel of unbiased public servants. The interviews take place and at least four of the five Assemblymembers perform exceptionally well. All four of these members prove to Shelly that the faith he displayed in their abilities was warranted. Anyone that put any faith in this process felt as though the list of five would look something like this: Brodsky, DiNapoli, Mulrow, Stark, and either Weitzman or Fletcher. In fact, if you look at the predictions that were posted on this blog earlier this week, the suckers that thought this process was legitimate predicted the list would look similar to the one I just noted. But, as we now know, the fix was in. Spitzer never had any intention of allowing this process to develop organically. He had no intention of relinquishing control of the process and allowing the best candidates to be suggested to the legislature. Instead, Spitzer took advantage of the good will displayed by Silver and used it to spit in the face of the Assembly Democrats. The process was rigged from the very beginning to produce an outcome that would put in place a Comptroller that owes Spitzer for his or her job. Now we hear from the Spitzer sycophants that Shelly must abide by the deal he agreed to and send these three pre-determined names to the legislature for a vote. The problem is that Spitzer clearly negotiated the original deal in bad faith, knowing all along that he could control the process and exclude qualified individuals from the list. Therefore, as far as I'm concerned, the deal is non-binding and the legislature can appoint who ever the hell they see fit to appoint.
I vote for Brodsky!