Carrie said she agrees with much of the agenda laid out in Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State address, including adjustments to the bail reform legislation and a large boost in funding to address the state's "mental health crisis," while not raising taxes. She also agreed with fellow Malta Rotarian Helen Endres, former Saratoga County public health director, about the urgent need to increase funding for other parts of the health care system, including nursing homes, and invited Helen to speak at a Jan. 24 press conference.
Carrie was skeptical, however, about measures to restrict usage of gas and wood stoves.
Asked about the Senate Judiciary Committee's 10-9 vote yesterday to reject Hochul's nomination of Hector LaSalle to be chief judge of the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, she said that from the outside "it looked like he was railroaded." Carrie Woerner, Hochul, LaSalle, and the anti-LaSalle senators are all Democrats.
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