Blaring by Blair
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- January
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Among animals, birds are considered the sentinels of nature, watching, screeching alerts to danger, sometimes seeming to laugh at human foibles. Among New York watchdogs, Blair Horner is a top sentinel of Albany, alerting the rest of us to the dangers of a democracy that is not running as one, of elected officials run amok. And after 25 years of watching, Horner had learned to laugh at the foibles, if not failings, of Albany. Yet he retains an outlook that “sometimes, things can go right.’’
Horner, pictured, is legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, government watchdog of the state and defender of the public interest. He joined our Editorial Board today to discuss the outlook for reform in Albany in 2009.
OK, so reform in Albany can seem an oxymoron (no, I didn’t just call anyone in Albany a moron). Nevertheless, Horner explores the possibilities for, and roadblocks to, government reform in an hour-long interview that is informative and, often, wry. Who said public policy isn’t fun?
To view the interview on demand, go to www.LoHud.com/editorialspotlight, click the “on demand” button and select the show from the list at the right.
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on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 3:39 pm by Laurie Nikolski.
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