Thursday, January 11, 2007
More Spitzer Appointment(s) UPDATED!!!!!!
Extra!!! Extra!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!! Liz Benjamin(Capitol Confidential) gets the jump on another Spitzer Appointment.............."The New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services just put out a press release welcoming Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s new Mental Health commissioner, Dr. Michael Hogan.
NYAPRS lauded Hogan, who is Ohio’s mental health commissioner and has also held that post in Connecticut, and was also tapped by President Bush to serve as chair of the New Freedom Mental Health Commission, which was charged with conducting a comprehensive study of the public and private system of delivering mental health services nationwide.
I think this is Spitzer’s first appointment of an official from outside New York, which means he’s starting to live up to that “national search” pledge."
and The Poughkeepsie Journal reveals Horse boarder named farm commissioner "Gov. Eliot Spitzer has appointed Patrick Hooker as the new state agriculture commissioner. Hooker is currently Director of Public Policy at New York Farm Bureau.Hooker has served as the public policy director at New York Farm Bureau since 1999. Hooker began his career at Farm Bureau in 1990, when he was hired as Deputy Director of Governmental Relations in charge of national affairs. He and his wife, Karen own a 360-acre farm in Richfield Springs, where he grows hay, boards horses and produces maple syrup." Meanwhile Azi Paybarah(The Politicker) has More Spitzer Hires "Eliot Spitzer has some new hires, including former attorney general candidates Sean Patrick Maloney and Denise O'Donnell. The list also includes a commissioner for the Department of Mental Health, but no one to head Department of Health.
From the statement:
Andy Beers will serve as Executive Director of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Mindy Bockstein is being nominated to serve as chair and executive director of the Consumer Protection Board.
Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo is being nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.
Derek Douglas will serve as Director of New York State Governor Spitzer'sWashington D.C. office.
Olivia Golden will serve as State Director of Operations.
Michael F. Hogan is being nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health.
Patrick M. Hooker is being nominated to serve as Commissioner ofAgriculture and Markets.
Robert M. Maccarone is being nominated to serve as Director of the Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.
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Steve A. Mitnick will serve as Assistant Deputy Secretary for Energy and Telecommunications.
Maloney is going to be First Deputy Secretary to the Governor.
And O'Donnell is being nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice. " If you want to see the complete official Spitzer Announcement....click here...........andy
NYAPRS lauded Hogan, who is Ohio’s mental health commissioner and has also held that post in Connecticut, and was also tapped by President Bush to serve as chair of the New Freedom Mental Health Commission, which was charged with conducting a comprehensive study of the public and private system of delivering mental health services nationwide.
I think this is Spitzer’s first appointment of an official from outside New York, which means he’s starting to live up to that “national search” pledge."
and The Poughkeepsie Journal reveals Horse boarder named farm commissioner "Gov. Eliot Spitzer has appointed Patrick Hooker as the new state agriculture commissioner. Hooker is currently Director of Public Policy at New York Farm Bureau.Hooker has served as the public policy director at New York Farm Bureau since 1999. Hooker began his career at Farm Bureau in 1990, when he was hired as Deputy Director of Governmental Relations in charge of national affairs. He and his wife, Karen own a 360-acre farm in Richfield Springs, where he grows hay, boards horses and produces maple syrup." Meanwhile Azi Paybarah(The Politicker) has More Spitzer Hires "Eliot Spitzer has some new hires, including former attorney general candidates Sean Patrick Maloney and Denise O'Donnell. The list also includes a commissioner for the Department of Mental Health, but no one to head Department of Health.
From the statement:
Andy Beers will serve as Executive Director of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Mindy Bockstein is being nominated to serve as chair and executive director of the Consumer Protection Board.
Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo is being nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.
Derek Douglas will serve as Director of New York State Governor Spitzer'sWashington D.C. office.
Olivia Golden will serve as State Director of Operations.
Michael F. Hogan is being nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health.
Patrick M. Hooker is being nominated to serve as Commissioner ofAgriculture and Markets.
Robert M. Maccarone is being nominated to serve as Director of the Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.
...
Steve A. Mitnick will serve as Assistant Deputy Secretary for Energy and Telecommunications.
Maloney is going to be First Deputy Secretary to the Governor.
And O'Donnell is being nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice. " If you want to see the complete official Spitzer Announcement....click here...........andy
