{"id":10553,"date":"2014-08-04T08:34:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10553"},"modified":"2014-08-04T08:34:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T12:34:23","slug":"the-bad-news-is-starting-to-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10553","title":{"rendered":"The bad news is starting to stick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Post has some good news<\/a> on the Moreland scandal:<\/p>\n

“Gov. Cuomo<\/a>, \u201ccrazed with anger\u201d and increasingly abusive to those around him, fears the first round of public polling since the \u201cMorelandgate\u201d scandal will take a major toll on his \u2014 until-now \u2014 sky-high popularity, administration insiders say … Administration insiders, aware of private polling data already collected by Cuomo\u2019s campaign, say the public poll likely will show the governor\u2019s approval rating plummeting …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.<\/p>\n

Sooner or later Cuomo is going to need a fall guy, the most likely choice being Larry Schwartz. \u00a0What has Larry been up to lately<\/a>?<\/p>\n

“… Larry Schwartz, who holds the title of secretary to the governor, agreed in recent weeks to meet with prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office<\/a>, the person said, a development that suggests investigators are interested in learning more about the administration’s actions before and after the commission was shut down in March. \u00a0Mr. Schwartz was Mr. Cuomo’s conduit to the Moreland Commission, and it is his alleged actions that have served as the basis for accusations that the administration improperly interfered with the commission’s investigations, directing them away from any entities with ties to the governor. \u00a0Mr. Schwartz didn’t respond to email or phone messages on Sunday evening …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Schwartz would do well in prison where his “pull it back<\/a>” statement would have a whole new meaning<\/a>.<\/p>\n