New York State Legislature - Bastion of un-Democracy

Just a gripe. The New York State legislature is probably one of the most entrenched and special interest-tied entity out of all fifty state legislatures. Its gerrymandering ensures or should I say guarantees incumbents in winning re-election every year. Democrat Speaker Sheldon Silver and Republican Senate leader Joseph L. Bruno are like the Father and Mother of modern Tammany Hall.

Recently, the state legislature chose to appoint of its own members to the post of State Comptroller General.

This incurred the wrath of popular Governor Eliot Spitzer.

Here's a quote that is hard to believe:

Westchester Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky called the New York State Assembly, the "best legislative body in America" and said America was a "beacon of democracy" because it had legislatures to check executive authority.

Spitzer's answer:

"His sense of irony is pretty remarkable."