ROB BIAGI TO GO TO ALBANY ON AUGUST 19th ON "TAX CAP EXPRESS"
TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE 91st ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

Assembly candidate to travel to Capitol for emergency session to push George Latimer to act on tax cap, necessary spending reductions to save our economy

(July 30, 2008) While Assemblyman George Latimer and Speaker Sheldon Silver moan and groan about having to be dragged back to Albany for Governor Paterson's Emergency Economic Session on August 19th, Rob Biagi, candidate for New York State Assembly in the 91st District, today announced he will personally go to Albany on the 19thto help fight to get a tax cap passed.

"The Governor courageously warned all members of the public and private sector that a record budget deficit looms ahead and that the era of spend now and pay later must be eradicated," said Biagi.

"But even with all the writing on the wall from every credible economic expert, including our own eyes and ears, Sheldon Silver had the sheer audacity to claim to the Daily Newsthat Paterson was 'overstating the problem' and that we should 'wait and see' until October when the second quarter numbers are out," said Biagi.

"Does the Speaker really think the global, national, state and city economies are going to reverse course on their own in three months just in time for the elections? What fortune teller is working for George Latimer and the Assembly Democrats?" asked Biagi.

"Silver's Assembly Democrats have their political backs against the wall and now George Latimer will have to fall in line with tax cap because it's the right thing to do and his special interest-controlled super majority has lost all credibility on this issue," said Biagi.

"Being a good Assemblyman is not just about shaking hands and showing up at picnics, it's about making tough choices on critical issues at the right times – and Latimer has been glad-handing his way through a previously booming real estate market when he should have been voting to cut spending and unfunded mandates from the get-go," said Biagi. "We just can't afford his spending sprees anymore."

"I'm taking the day off work on August 19thand I'm going to Albany and I will personally call upon Latimer and the Assembly to pass a tax cap that day and adjust spending at this most critical time for our state and local economy," concluded Biagi.