NY PSC Says They Are Very AWARE about CONCERNS About Conflicts of Interest- REALLY ?- Let's Put It to the Real Test!

Yes.... you damn well bet we can accurately test that PSC premise with plenty of  first hand evidence and experience. Read on and let me prove to you exactly how much BS this really  is!

Here is the NY  PSC statement to the town concerning the potential conflicts of interest with the Harris relationship at BP and the NY PSC.

"I can assure you that the Siting Board, the Department, and the Commission are very aware of concerns about potential conflicts of interest."

Oh really PSC, have you talked to your boss the Governor lately!

First the PSC has been working very hard to put distance between the PSC, the Commissioners, the DPS, and the Art X Siting Board.  OK...but whose umbrella does this all fall under?  Who appoints those commissioners for example?  Who is the State CEO?

Oh yes, that would be the one and only Gov. Andrew Cuomo. After all he appointed Maureen Harris the NYPSC Commissioner wife of the BP lawyer and he had to know the relationship, or he isn't doing his vetting job very well.

 As the CEO of the entire  State of NY, and as once the NYS  Attorney General,  the buck ultimately stops on his desk for ethics for example. Especially when your damn campaign slogan was integrity in govt!   The tone of the actions of the State and its agencies and it personnel fall under his leadership and more importantly his leadership by example and message .  You can bet they watch his every move and message, blatant or subtle.  Their jobs depend on it.

So what is the message he is imparting on this entire Cape Vincent wind mess that will filter down to his agencies?  Well let's see.

The PSC says they are AWARE.    In 2010 Cuomo came to Watertown running for NY Gov.  As Rick Wiley at the blog JLL reported it, he had the chance to shake Cuomo's hand and ask him if he was aware of Cape vincent.    Cuomo said he WAS aware.  Well good for you Andy!

Well first of all, I received a call from one of Cuomo's  top lawyers Hank Greenberg. (look up Greenberg Taurig  law firm if you want to see power) He asked  if I  would shut down the protest that was taking place that day in Watertown.  The deal was basically shut it down and we will make a deal to talk to you privately.  I told him it was not my protest to shut down, and gave him the names of others directing it.   Oh, and guess what that protest was about.  It was about Cuomo's inaction about the Cape Vincent wind mess and the cesspool of blatant conflicts of interest attached to it.  I was getting this call because he was REAL AWARE of what WE were AWARE of in CV!  Yeah,  he was aware alright, and Cuomo didn't want to have that exposed to the public so they would also be AWARE too, and he was tasking his top counsel Greenberg to see if he could get NY citizens to forfeit their 1st amendment rights so Cuomo could look nice and squeaky clean with his GOVT. INTEGRITY BS?   

The protest went on anyhow, and we got our meeting with Cuomo's top staff anyhow in a nice quiet out of the way place.  At that meeting where Greenbeg was present  and Cuomo's Deputy Chief of Staff and we made them REAL AWARE, and actually they had known about it since 2007 and I can prove the increasing awareness they had and verified!  of what the hell was going on in CV.  AND at this meeting when others wouldn't, I  made a specific point of the role of NY Sen.  Aubertine from CV had in this mess.  They and Cuomo where AWARE, because we put it right in their lap. 

Ok, so now everybody on Cuomo's staff is freakin' AWARE!   - Well Yippee Skippy!!!!

So here is the test. 

What did Cuomo, now the CEO of the State do?  He appoints the PSC Commissioners and you can bet confers with them on a regular basis...what did  he chose to do with all his AWARENESS?  What message has he sent to his agencies including the DPS,PSC, Commissioners and Siting Board?

He started a bogus investigation of former CV officials NOT including Aubertine, AND THEN DID NOTHING!!!  So much for AWARENESS

Do you think any of his underlings like at the PSC are paying attention, because this awareness bullshit sounds exactly like their boss's message?  In fact I wouldn't be surprised if this PSC mess landed on Cuomo's desk and he was involved on how to reply! 

Well actually it isn't fair to say Cuomo did nothing with his AWARENESS of CV!  He did plenty!!!

After the NNY voters removed former NY Sen. Aubertine over wind ethics lapses, who BTW sat on important NYS ENERGY COMMITTEES, and had wind leases along with his family and buddies in CV Cuomo used his AWARENESS to slapped us all right in the face in NNY.  Cuomo was so AWARE that despite the wishes of NNY voters he put Aubertine right back in NY Govt as his Agricultural Commissioner.  And Cuomo was AWARE of Aubertine's whole CV ethics mess.  Then Cuomo appoints a PSC Commissioner whose husband is the BP lawyer and basically will represent BP and  Aubertine's wind leases.

Wow... now that is AWARENESS...of how to screw over the voters, and a community, and the democratic process!  Three strikes of AWARENESS!

And this is the awareness example Cuomo is sending to the PSC and all his State agencies.  Basically don't give a shit about those hicks up in CV, do whatever the hell you think you can get away with unless you get caught! 

That is the awareness  he has demonstrated by his EXAMPLE!

And there, ladies and gentlemen ,is your TEST of AWARENESS  and what it means coming from Cuomo's and his State agencies and employees like the PSC. 

So what is the PSC going to say?  Hey Cuomo, you are an idiot for how you handled CV, and we are going to defy your example. Really???

Now considering all this and who ULTIMATELY has the powerful influence over the PSC, and what example he sets, and that Art. X is Cuomo's baby, doesn't  it just make you all warm and fuzzy and giggly that the freakin' PSC is AWARE!!!

Who the hell do these people think they are kidding !!!!  I hope our town board is now AWARE!

Hey PSC...I got your AWARENESS right here!!!! The only thing you are really AWARE of is we caught you with your conflicted pants down!!!

Now as long as we are talking about awareness, Cuomo is going to probably run for NY Gov. again in 2014, and probably take a shot at the Presidency.  THEN we are going to have another disscussion about AWARNESS and who is aware of what!!

And I am betting there are some important Republicans that would pay attention when we make THEM  AWARE!

I think Gov Cuomo should wipe this CV slate clean and end this Art X wind nonsense, and use an executive order or at least executive pressure to override Art X and declare the 1000 Isalnds and the Golden Cresent and Lake Ontario off limits to industrial wind development.

When 2014 and 2016 come around don't have a short political memory!!!