{"id":3818,"date":"2011-02-25T08:39:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T13:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2011-02-25T13:42:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T18:42:15","slug":"governor-cuomo-tear-down-that-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/02\/25\/governor-cuomo-tear-down-that-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Cuomo, tear down that website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Months have passed since New York state announced that it would cancel its support for the Empire State Games program.<\/p>\n

And months have also passed since local communities and businesses in the Adirondacks rallied to save the Empire State Winter Games, which begin this weekend.<\/p>\n

“The state of New York has said it can\u2019t do it, but Lake Placid is saying we can do it,” said North Elba town supervisor Roby Politi.<\/p>\n

Which is why is is outrageous that the state of New York still has a banner on its Empire State Games website<\/a> declaring that the games have been cancelled.<\/p>\n

Anyone Googling Empire State Games will find this sad, and also false, news:\u00a0 “The Empire State Game programs have been discontinued.”<\/p>\n

Only down below a big block of verbiage is the announcement about “the Winter Games” that are still going on, sponsored by “the Lake Placid CVB.”<\/p>\n

Bluntly, this is ridiculous.\u00a0 As Chris Morris reports<\/a> this morning, the effort to salvage the Winter Games through grassroots efforts is exactly the kind of Albany-free spunk that Governor Andrew Cuomo has been calling for.<\/p>\n

Given that they abruptly stopped writing checks — without warning, without giving us time to react and adjust — the least Albany could do is turn their Empire State Games website into a direct link that leads to the local Adirondack effort.<\/p>\n

Better yet would be a splashy website produced by New York state congratulating local communities, celebrating the fact that the games are still alive and well, and emphasizing the continuity and tradition that is thriving in a new form.<\/p>\n

How about a statement of respect and support from Governor Cuomo himself?<\/p>\n

In a small way, the state’s clumsy — even insulting — website symbolizes the fears that many people have about the future.<\/p>\n

As we’re forced to go it alone, without all those taxpayer dollars, will Albany help us, or at the very least get out of the way?<\/p>\n

Or will state officials throw up roadblocks?<\/p>\n

The Office of Parks can tear down this roadblock with a few small changes of computer website code.<\/p>\n

From now on, anyone clicking on www.empirestategames.org should be sent directly to the www.empirestatewintergames.com<\/a> where potential visitors will find accurate information about the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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