Small Town Paterson

David Paterson is about to make an appearance in the State Capitol to discuss recommendations from a state panel looking at improving efficiency in local government. (It will be live-streamed here starting at 11:30.

The findings should have a pretty limited in Paterson's home territory of New York City, but are likely to affect upstate and suburban voters, who complain of overlapping municipal entities and the resulting heavy tax burden. The kinds of voters, in other words, that any Democrat with aspirations of running statewide will need to appeal to.