Comments on: Long Island on the Issues: Assm. Michelle Schimel vs. Matthew Mitchell (Assembly District 16) http://blog.tstc.org/2008/10/27/long-island-on-the-issues-assm-michelle-schimel-vs-matthew-mitchell-assembly-district-16/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Dan Morley http://blog.tstc.org/2008/10/27/long-island-on-the-issues-assm-michelle-schimel-vs-matthew-mitchell-assembly-district-16/comment-page-1/#comment-5413 Dan Morley Fri, 14 May 2010 04:05:29 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=1762#comment-5413 Ms. Schimel does not deserve to be voted back into office. She appears to be completely clueless with regard to firearms legislation, insisting on implementing a microstamping system that will imprint a serial number on a fired bullet casing, supposedly leading the police right back to the criminal. Problem is, and don't try to explain this to her or her staff, criminals generally don't want to get caught. What happens if the shell casing leads back to a stolen gun? What happens if a criminal leaves someone else's shell casings at the crime scene? Additionally, I encourage every voter to call Ms. Schimel's office and demand an explanation as to why she continues to support spending millions of taxpayer dollars every year for a ballistic database that has not solved ANYTHING since its inception in 2001. At least some assembly members (i.e. Jim Tedisco, et al.) have enough backbone and intelligence to put forward legislation to get rid of this waste. Lastly, the state is in the worst mess I can recall and there is no question it has happened under the Democrat's watch. The assembly and senate majorities appears totally incompetent and incapable of doing anything. If for no other reason than she is an incumbent, it is time for her to go and to give Mitchell an opportunity. Ms. Schimel does not deserve to be voted back into office. She appears to be completely clueless with regard to firearms legislation, insisting on implementing a microstamping system that will imprint a serial number on a fired bullet casing, supposedly leading the police right back to the criminal. Problem is, and don’t try to explain this to her or her staff, criminals generally don’t want to get caught. What happens if the shell casing leads back to a stolen gun? What happens if a criminal leaves someone else’s shell casings at the crime scene?

Additionally, I encourage every voter to call Ms. Schimel’s office and demand an explanation as to why she continues to support spending millions of taxpayer dollars every year for a ballistic database that has not solved ANYTHING since its inception in 2001. At least some assembly members (i.e. Jim Tedisco, et al.) have enough backbone and intelligence to put forward legislation to get rid of this waste.

Lastly, the state is in the worst mess I can recall and there is no question it has happened under the Democrat’s watch. The assembly and senate majorities appears totally incompetent and incapable of doing anything. If for no other reason than she is an incumbent, it is time for her to go and to give Mitchell an opportunity.

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