Andrew Cuomo gets a bit more awful.
IN 1985, the centennial of the founding of the Adirondack Forest Preserve, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York told conservationists in a speech: “The wilderness areas of this state are not a disposable resource, to be consumed and discarded. They must be preserved. Forever.”
That same year, he set aside forest preserve land around Jay Mountain as a state wilderness area.
Now his son, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, has set in motion a plan that would allow open pit mining on 200 acres of that wilderness.
Great.
This isn't that far from where we vacation every year. Heavy industrial mining operations up there would be a total kick in the gut.
The weasel wording of the amendment that passed last year is totally par for the course for the Cuomo junta. New York deserves better than Chris Christie-lite.
(Pictured: an ideal place to destroy)