From Capital New York:Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed education bond act might put an iPad in the hands of every student, but a chance to fix the state's leaky sewage infrastructure River would go down the drain.
The $2 billion education bond act floated by Cuomo in Wednesday's State of the State speech would get computers, tablets and high-speed broadband into every school across the state. But it will also effectively kill off any chance of a $5 billion environmental bond that would pay for sewer upgrades, drinking water protection, climate change adaptation, improved air quality and farmland protection.
Only one bond plan can be put to voters statewide vote a year and it must be for a single purpose, according to the state Budget Office.
Cuomo made it clear Wednesday that he'll put his weight behind the education initiative, not environmental improvements, on the same ballot where his name will appear in November.
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Talk about sweating details diverting attention from the real stuff - the Gov Cristie thing is just jockeying between him and Coumo on the presidential campaign.
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