Mills Gets His Reward from Pataki

You may not even remember his name, but former Orange County, New York state assemblyman Howard Mills was the man tapped by the GOP to make a run for Chuck Schumer's New York Senate seat last year. Schumer is an extremely popular, moderate Senator with a long career serving New York. The results were predictable, with Schumer winning in the largest landslide in the state's history, leaving Mills out of a job.

Well, no longer. George Pataki, following a long New York tradition of using the governor's powers of political appointment to reward the faithful, (regardless of success, competence, or qualifications) has gifted Mills with a new position. Howard will now serve our home state as insurance superintendent with a salary of $127,000 per year.

It's good to have friends in high places, eh?