Cuomo Supports People’s Convention

New York State is a deepwater oil rig gushing toxic disaster.

The current legislators are BP.  Arrogant.  Unrepentant.  Overmatched by the task.

Andrew Cuomo aspires to be Fixer in Chief.  His “New NY Agenda: A Plan for Action” is a smart comprehensive liturgy of New York’s massive public ailments, replete with diagnoses and suggested cures.  He is jockeying, of course, to harvest broad civic unrest in the form of votes.

His key platform plank, for us, starts on page 28 of his 250-page tome.  http://www.andrewcuomo.com/system/storage/6/34/9/378/acbookfinal.pdf

Here, Cuomo fils calls for a constitutional convention “to enact into law important reforms.”  He knows he can not obtain major reforms from a sitting NYS Legislature conducting business as usual.

This call is the most vital “position” taken in all 250 pages.  Everything hinges on an energized public loudly demanding a constitutional convention and demanding reform.

His brand name is strong and Cuomo will win the governorship going away unless he pulls a Tiger.  Or a Spitzer.  But this non=partisan citizen’s group does not support or endorse Cuomo or any candidates.

We support the only actions that will actually work to restructure the state’s diseased governance regardless of the comings or goings of particular leaders and their promises:  A) a constitutional convention ASAP; B) formed of uncompromised citizen delegates; C) well-prepared in advance by a thorough non-partisan commission to tackle the major issues; D) with the broad support of the citizenry to counterbalance and fend off furious, scurrilous special interest campaigns when it comes time to vote on proposed constitutional amendments.

We — You! — must make supporting a people’s constitutional convention THE single most important query you pose to every candidate you meet this year.

Join us if you haven’t.  Send $10 (or more).  Sign the online petition to build our clout.  Then talk it up…ask two friends to join this cause.  Lift a finger, send an email link.  Be a player not just a watcher.