TESTING THE 2018 CHALLENGERS

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb

 under construction

2012

cc:   CJA's July 9, 2012 letter -- "RE:  Actualizing the Name, Purpose, and Methodology of the Citizens’ Committee for an Effective Constitution"    transmitting e-mail        
    Enclosures:      
        (1) CJA’s July 19, 2011 letter to Attorney General Schneiderman,
              analyzing Court of Appeals’ February 23, 2010 decision in judges’ judicial pay raise lawsuits
        (2) Executive Summary to CJA’s October 27, 2011 Opposition Report
        (3) Press Release of CJA’s March 30, 2012 lawsuit
        (4)  Elena Sassower's September 9, 1997 letter to B. Thomas Golisano,
             with attached transcript excerpt    

          WEBSITE OF CITIZENS' COMMITTEE FOR AN EFFECTIVE CONSTITUTION -- www.effectiveny.org

cc:  CJA's July 24, 2012 e-mail -- "Subject: What is You Response to CJA's July 9, 2012 letter -- 'Actualizing the Name, Purpose, and Methodology of the Citizens' Committee for an Effective Constitution'" 

cc:  CJA's July 24, 2012 e-mail -- "Subject: Building Scholarship on NYS Constitutional Issues & Governance -- beginning with CJA's Public Interest Lawsuit vs NYS' Highest Constitutional Officers & 3 Government Branches"

VIDEO
of CJA's November 29, 2012 public exchange
with Assembly Minority Leader Kolb
(at 17:45 minutes)  

CJA's December 31, 2012 letter to...Kolb -- "RE:  ENSURING AN INFORMED ASSEMBLY VOTE ON ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP & ASSEMBLY RULES"

2013

CJA's January 3, 2013 letter to All 150 New York State Assembly Members --
"RE:  TRANSFORMING THE ASSEMBLY ON DAY 1 OF ITS 236th LEGISLATIVE SESSION
BY APPROPRIATE RULES & LEADERSHIP"

CJA's January 4, 2013 e-mail to Assembly Members --
"Press Inquiries: Your Most Important Votes of the Upcoming 236th Legislative Session"

click here for: legislative rules reform

CJA's January 7, 2013 letter to Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb -- 
"RE: THE BEST STRATEGY FOR THE ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN MINORITY: Assembly Rules Reform"

See webpage:
2012-2013 - Championing appropriate rules & leadership for the New York State Legislature

cc: CJA's January 30, 2013 letter to Temporary Senate President Skelos & Assembly Speaker Silver -- "RE:  Enabling the Legislative Committees Directly Responsible for Oversight of the Judiciary’s Budget to Discharge their Mandatory Legislative Function 

cc: CJA's January 30, 2013 letter to Senate and Assembly fiscal committee & judiciary committee chairs & ranking members -- "RE: February 6, 2013 Joint Legislative Hearing on 'Public Protection': The Legislature’s Mandatory Duty to Override the Judiciary’s Request for “funding for the next phase of the judicial salary increase”, in Discharge of its Checks-and-Balance Constitutional Function"

cc: CJA's February 1, 2013 letter to Governor Cuomo -- "RE: Discharging Your Constitutional Duty with Respect to the Judiciary Budget Request for Funding of the Judicial Salary Increases Recommended by the August 29, 2011 'Final' Report of the Special Commission on Judicial Compensation"

cc:  CJA's February 1, 2013 letter to Comptroller DiNapoli & Attorney General Schneiderman -- "RE: Discharging Your Constitutional Duty with Respect to the Judiciary Budget Request for Funding of the Judicial Salary Increases Recommended by the August 29, 2011 'Final' Report of the Special Commission on Judicial Compensation"

cc: CJA's March 5, 2013 e-mail to Senate Finance Commitee Minority --
"Subject:  Senate Finance Committee Minority: Verifying the Dispositive Nature of the February 6, 2013 Opposition Testimony to the Judiciary Budget & Judicial Pay Raises"

cc:  CJA's March 5, 2013 e-mail to Senate Finance Committee Minority --
"Subject:  Senate Finance Committee Minority Procedures for Enabling Senate Members to Discharge their 'Policy Making Role'"

cc:  CJA's March 13, 2013 e-mail to General Budget Conference Committee, etc. --
"Subject: The Legislature's Duty to Reject Judicial Appropriations Bill S2601-A3001 & its Unidentified Judicial Salary Increases that are Fraudulent, Statutorily-Violative, & Unconstitutional"

cc: CJA's March 13, 2013 e-mails --
"Subject: The Uselessness of the Legislature's 'White', 'Blue', 'Yellow' & 'Green' Books as Aids to Legislators in Understanding the Judiciary Budget & District Attorney Salary Reimbursement"

   -- ANALYSIS of the Legislature's "Color Books",
to further demonstrate the Legislature's duty to reject the Judiciary Budget & the Judicial Salary Increases

          Exhibit A:   Senate Majority's "White Book"  link to "White Book"
          Exhibit B:   Senate Minority's "Blue Book"   link to "Blue Book"
          Exhibit C:  Assembly Majority's "Yellow Book" link to "Yellow Book"
          Exhibit D:  Assembly Minority's "Green Book"  not publicly available