"As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I was formerly."
- Dr. Samuel Johnson, Boswell, Life of Johnson, Sept. 1783
Striking Back at Legislature, Pataki Vetoes Tax Increases By AL BAKER
ALBANY, May 14 — "Gov. George E. Pataki signed his name to 119 vetoes today, making good on his pledge to reject the tax increases and much of the new spending proposed by state lawmakers in a budget they passed over his objections.
Acting just under deadline, the governor said he was striking out $1.3 billion in spending added by the Legislature, and vetoing the entire revenue bill its budget is based on." [more]
