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WHAM TV and Governor's Girl Friend

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The Voice of Reason

Sandra Lee, Andrew Cuomo's girlfriend, and host of a cable TV food show, was in Rochester this week to promote the local Foodlink organization.

Some controversy arose when WHAM TV's Sean Carroll started asking Lee questions about Cuomo and his administration.

Lee's PR people (reportedly) said that she wasn't going to answer questions about state government, and sources claim (I wasn't there so I don't know for certain) that WHAM TV was asked to leave the news event.

So here comes a question posed to all.

Who, in your opinion, is in the right here? Should WHAM TV's reporter have asked the questions he did, or should the news event just focused on the Foodlink story?

I will offer my own observations after giving others the chance to offer theirs.
 
Charitable organizations are wise to focus on their mission and not become sidetracked with political attachments.

People representing charitable organizations risk causing the revocation of the tax-exempt status if they allow themselves to get involved in politics.

Sounds like the lady was wise and shrewd.
 
Kind of surprised they even bothered...it's been well known all along that she's resolutely nonpolitical and won't discuss politics at all, and won't address public policy issues unless they directly relate to nonprofit efforts to extend help to the hungry. The NY Daily News did a story all about this late last spring when it became clear Cuomo was going to be the nominee.
 
Until she has an official role in state government and/or politics, why would she comment on Cuomo and/or his administration? As a "girlfriend", she doesn't have any legal standing in relation to Cuomo. It's not like she's the official "First Lady" of the state, representing the interests of the Cuomo administration.
 
What's the big deal about this? The reporter asked the question. The reply should have been no comment and left it at that. -Unless the reporter was persistent and was causing a disruption.
 
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