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Thomas F. O'Mara
May 13, 2011
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The newly created Spending and Government Efficiency Commission, or SAGE Commission, is inviting public input on ways to cut government waste and smarten up about state spending.
We should take every advantage of the opportunity.
The SAGE Commission is charged with leading the first major overhaul of the state bureaucracy since the late 1920s -- which, from where I stand, makes it the No. 1 government reform effort underway in New York State today.
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Go to Newsroom![In late September, Senator O'Mara, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano and a few of their legislative colleagues visited Mahany Farms in Arkport (Steuben County), where owner Gary Mahany (center, yellow shirt) and his employees grow Irish potatoes. “Cornell University's efforts over the past 70 years to contain the Golden Nematode, and to conduct the research and development that will always be the front line of protection for our growers and growers throughout America, have been remarkable," said Senator O'Mara, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/mahanyfarms_newweb.jpg?itok=RYhzeHvQ)
![Currently quarantined to eight counties in New York State, this potato pest first discovered in New York State in 1941 is so destructive and impossible to eradicate that, not controlled, it can lead to total crop failure.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/goldennematode_newweb.jpg?itok=iKvZsFmU)
![In Senator O'Mara's district office in Elmira on Wednesday, the senator and Robin DeLong of GST BOCES present Amna Gafsi of Horsheads with a Legislative Proclamation commending her achievement.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/nyacce_studentoftheyear_newweb_copy.jpg?itok=QENSkJ0P)