Warren Redlich, Guiderland City Councilman and current candidate for the Republican Party and Libertarian Party nominations for Governor of New York, is taking a hard-line approach to state budgeting. Redlich vows if elected he'll put an immediate cap on salaries for some of New York's top public employee positions.

From the (Oneonta) Daily Star:

Serving on the town board made him more aware of the problems facing the state, he said. This includes declining revenue and spending that was out of control, he said.

This includes public sector salaries that were out of line, he said.

For instance, the president of the State University College at Albany makes $280,000, gets a $261,000 pension from another job and earns $100,000 as a consultant for the state teachers retirement system, Redlich noted.

Redlich's platform includes capping most public sector salaries at $100,000 and eliminating unnecessary state agencies, such as the Commission of Corrections and the Thruway Authority.

He said he hopes his message of cutting corporate welfare and government spending appeals to the Tea Party movement.

Redlich faces former Congressman Rick Lazio for the GOP nomination and on the Libertarian side, former Escort Service CEO Kristin Davis.