ALBANY - Public Defender not good enough for Elected Official !

Another screwing of the NYS taxpayers who will pay $700 per hour to represent NYS Assembly Speaker  Sheldon Silver.   [$500 lawyer + $200 paralegal PER HOUR].   And by Albany standards this is considered a  "reasonable" rate...talk about legal "dream teams"..... I think pot has already been legalized in Albany!!! A public defender is good enough for the rest of us!....They should bid this work out like they require the rest of the state gov't to do!!!... Read the details in this article from PRESS & SUN    http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20130701/NEWS10/307010063/State