Here is the response I received from Assemblyman Robert Reilly in response to my email about possible special education budget cuts. Not entirely reassuring.
Dear Mrs. Peterson,
Thank you for your email with the wonderful message about the progress
of Joshua. As you know our State is in a dreadful financial status
leaving many people vulnerable-loss of job, loss of service, etc.
Honestly, we will not get out of this crisis without pain. Hopefully, we
will all work together to resolve this crisis while continuing to
protect and service our most vulnerable people. I have tried to become
more knowledgeable about autism and what we in the Legislature can do
and stories such as yours and Joshua's remain rare. Keep your spirits
up- you are an inspiration!
Sincerely,
Robert Reilly
Member of Assembly
The day I received this email, I was told by a dental hygenist that the governor of NY, Governor Paterson, gave his staff sizable raises. I guess we know who won't be feeling pain during this crisis. I tried to track down the news story supporting what the hygienist told me and found this story in the local paper. My blog isn't letting me insert the link but if you copy and paste the URL below you can read the story.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=771736&category=REGION
It certainly doesn't look good. It kind of makes me feel sick and cynical, neither of which I enjoy.
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That's sickening and symptomatic of what's wrong with our political system. The excessive bureaucracy controls everything and eliminates any and all transparency the government should have.
Megan,
I'm sorry to hear about the New York Governor's failure to lead by example, but it truly doesn't surprise me. New York government, from the top down, is full of this type of behavior and further scandals. I'm not saying other states aren't like this, but New York was more overt and open about it.
The one thing that would be nice is if New York would decrease its cry for publicly funded mandatory pre-school and full day kindergarten. I truly believe it is another government entitlement program, that doesn't result in higher educational competency. It is government funded child care.
Sadly, few people are going to say... cut the pre-school so that special ed students can have access to the resources they deserve. However, that would be one sure fire way to trim expenses on New York' Education Budget.
Old habits die hard ... we didn't get into this situation by chance but by a multitude of decisions... decisions such as ignoring things that are important and rewarding those who did nothing short of that which they were asked. Just keep your chin up, keep doing what you are doing and think of it as a sign of the times... remember... you win in the end because you have the Lord on your side.
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