John Liu, never fails to disappoint me.  This man is a total buffoon.  How dare John Liu, Mr, "everyone call me Mr. Comptroller" ask Governor Paterson to resign even before the facts are found. How dare Mr, everyone call me Mr. Comptroller state that Gov. Paterson isn't qualify to close the budget.  How dare this liar who ran his whole campaign on a sweat shop tale, which never happened according to his own mother, ask our Governor to resign.  

Why doesn't this small prick ask his former colleague Indicted City council member Seabrook to resign?  

(1) John Liu ISN'T INCLUSIVE.

    -in his ad, he states "equal opportunities for all" YET IN his own office, all his staff is ASIAN except for Elizabeth who is hispanic.  I am 99% sure that all his staff were not people of color when he was a manager at PWC. Al Sharpton and John Liu, what a perfect match.  In the meanwhile, Asians are know for their African American prejudices.

(2) John Liu is a Liar

    -he lied about working in a sweatshop which even his own parents refuted.  In an interesting interview with John Liu that appeared in the Chinese paper, the World Journal, John tells the reporter that he and his father lived in a big house in Taiwan and they employed 2 maids.  Where did Liu get that 3 million dollars so fast to run his campaign anyway. the leftover slush $$$ from the defunct Great Eastern Bank his father defrauded?  

The September 29th runoff for NYC Comptroller pits John Liu, with a degree in mathematical physics and extensive financial experience, against David Yassky, a lawyer and career politician with no financial experience, whose financial abilities are so challeneged that in 2006 he threw $15,000 of taxpayer money to a fake non-profit that did nothing but pay salaries to a former City Councilman's family...after that former City Councilman endorsed Yassky, of course. Yassky also made the same kind of corrupt deal with a Ratner front organization, exchanging an endorsement for taxpayer funding. And, of course, there is the fact that Yassky endorsed Sampson for Brooklyn DA four years ago even though Sampson's primary reason for running was to get machine boss Clarence Norman off the hook (Clarenace Norman is now in prison, of course, despite Sampson and Yassky's efforts).  And remember that Yassky also voted to overturn term limits that the voters had approved TWICE, while John Liu voted to support the will of the voters.

John Liu lied that he worked in a sweatshop with his mother since his father couldn't find a job within his means.  Yet the Daily News revealed Liu's father first job in US was INTERNATIONAL OFFICER in Hokkaido Takushoku Bank.  And even Liu now states his mother brought work from the factory and he sometimes helped her.  Liu's family bought a split level home with 2 car garage in 1977 when he was barely 10 years old.

John Liu exploits the Immigrants who really did work in sweat shop factories and were paid such minimal wages that they live in large groups in tiny apartments. 

I am appalled that LIU will force his mother to say he worked in a sweatshop factory as a child.  LIES!!!!

Question:  Why didn't Liu ever mention he worked in a sweatshop factory during his 2 runs as city council member but mentions this fairy tale for his comptroller race?

Question:  Why didn't Liu, a supposed victim of child labor, speak against the practice in Chinatown?????

Liu's remarks' Liu: "Most of the time, my mom did work at home.  (therefore his mother's home was a sweatshop?)

Suggested Campaign Slogan for JOHN LIU LIAR

SO MANY LIES-SO LITTLE TIME! 

Please do your research on LIu, even his own mother calls him on LIES.

John Liar's new ad with images of women in crowded factory while voice over "WORKING IN THAT SWEATSHOP AS A KID TAUGHT HIM WHY WE NEED TO' but  his parents and two of his mother's friends say it NEVER happened.  HIs mother worked at home because she had to take care of Liu and his siblings  

 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election_2009/2009/08/23/2009-08-23_city_controller_hopeful_john_liu_touts_youth_in_sweatshop__only_family_says_it_n.html

John Liar's other ad claims he helped catch MTA using 2 sets of books. But the claim was made in 2003 STATE controller's audit and a state appeals court later ruled the allegation was UNTRUE.  Perhaps Liu's father who was convicted of BANK FRAUD kept 2 sets of books

Per this video below again David Weprin states this bill intro 653 that he is sponsoring will increase protection for the carriage horses but it will  decrease. Most of the groups, ASPCA, HSUS, NYC Bar, Humane League of Voters, etc has testified that this bill will decrease oversight and basically is a death warrant for these horse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_e-RVEwq_U

 I think the Lobbyist Walter L McCaffrey is still supporting this cruel Industry and even played the race card by suggested people are biased against the Irish. Many Irish are against this industry.

Further to my blog-open letter to Working Family Executive Dan Cantor

http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gothamwars/open_letter_to_wfp_executive_director_dan_cantor.html#comment 

The New York Post reported today "Campaign filings show that City Councilman John Liu (D-Queens), who recently announced that he was entering the comptroller's race, chipped in his 10 grand on Oct. 3 for a table at the Working Family party's annual fund-raiser.

The most Liu had given to the party in any previous year was $1,000. "

Take a stand and vote for your values and not for any back-room agreements. Word on the street is that Council Member John Liu switched his citywide office bid from Public Advocate to Comptroller for Endorsement from Working Family Party.

Former Public Advocate candidate and current Comptroller Candidate Liu who spoke in a Democratic club breakfast meeting in Brooklyn back in Feb 2009 and definitely said he was running for Public Advocate. He did not even mention the Comptroller job. You can't trust this guy.

Let's not forget that John Liu took money from the bank employees of the Great Eastern Bank during his campaign. The very bank that his daddy was convicted of scamming for a million dollars.

"We're being asked to make cuts to services and raise people's taxes. We should start by asking those who owe the city money to pay," said City Councilman David Weprin (D-Queens), who heads the Council's Finance Committee.This is a joke, right? Actually it is Campaign Speak to those who do not know the real facts. This is the same person who is voicing support for (and sponsoring) Intro 653-A, an anti-consumer bill that would reward the carriage industry by increasing rates of carriage rides and taking away oversight from the ASPCA. 

It's official: Adolfo Carrion is no longer waffling between Mayor and Comptroller.

This morning, at his ABNY debut, Carrion declared he is not going to run for Mayor and plans to seek the office of Comptroller.

The running Spitz List of Comptroller Candidates and suggested slogans:

William Boyland, Jr: Did I Mention My Last Name is Boyland?

Jim Brennan: Couldn't Think of Anything Better to Do

As the newspapers continue to criticize the State Legislature's choice for Comptroller, I wanted to provide an alternative viewpoint:

1 - Tom DiNapoli is as qualified as state or city comptrollers New Yorkers have chosen in the past. As an elected position, the process allows for ANYONE to hold this position - no financial background required.

2 - Mr. DiNapoli received bi-partison and bi-cameral support.

3 - Assemblymembers have a relationship with Mr. Dinapoli. He is well liked and trusted. It's not 'cronyism' to vote for someone you know and trust.

4 - The State Democrats voted in-step with their leader, yet have received little criticism. In fact, if the Democrats owned only two more seats in the Senate, they would be in the same position.

Mr. DiNapoli is the Comptroller, despite being having been called “unqualified,” and it is now his burden to prove the critics wrong. Unlike the Governor or the media it is not his technical qualifications that trouble me. Experts can be hired to provide information and advice, although the person doing the hiring must have enough knowledge to evaluate that advice, which often conflicts. My concern with a former member of the Assembly serving as Comptroller is different -- conflict of interest. Our incumbent elected officials, those who work for them, and the small number groups that support them, have become an insular tribe with overlapping interests that conflict with, and have been given priority over, those of most current and all future New Yorkers. As Comptroller, Mr. DiNapoli will oversee three functions -- financial reporting, auditing of state agencies and local governments, and pension administration. In each of those functions, doing an honest job would require him to show, for all to see, who the winners are, and who the losers are.