Former (David) Paterson (tax cheating) chief to return in voluntary post

Gov. David A. Paterson's former chief of staff, who resigned last year after revelations he failed to pay his taxes for five years, will return to a voluntary leadership position with the governor's 2010 campaign.

Rumors had swirled that Paterson may be about to rehire Charles O'Byrne, who resigned Oct. 24 following news reports of the tax debt. O'Byrne's hopes for political survival deteriorated after his lawyers revealed the debt was nearly $300,000 - $100,000 more than he originally disclosed - and that he had only paid it off within that week.

The situation went beyond the governor's control when O'Byrne's lawyer offered a widely ridiculed explanation, saying he was afflicted by "late-filing syndrome," a condition he said was brought on by depression and that made it difficult for O'Byrne to fill out his returns.

Last night, Paterson released this statement: "Yesterday evening, I met with Charles O'Byrne to discuss the possibility of us working together again. Charles is very much enjoying his new career and has offered to work as a volunteer in a leadership position with my 2010 campaign."

An openly gay former Jesuit priest with close ties to the Kennedy family, O'Byrne, 49, was Paterson's most trusted adviser and confidant inside the administration, having worked for Paterson for several years in various capacities.

You know, at the time I thought the guy was full of it but I met someone (a black guy) years ago who said his family knew Jesse Jackson and several black congresscritters personally and he was very frank about the fact that none of these people pay taxes. He just said it flatly and straight up like it was a known thing and no problem. He said the IRS doesn't dare mess with them and they know it. He went on to say (that I didn't know at the time but have later discovered) that there is such a thing as a Federal Carry Permit that literally trumps everything. He said these folks all have them and with it you can carry ANYWHERE. Airplanes, courthouses, ANYWHERE, but to get one you really have to "know someone". At the time I thought he was full of crap, but as time goes by I am learning more and more that he was probably right about all of it. Ironically if this guy was right, we have ALREADY LOST the fight. Our masters are in place and we just don't know it or can't deal with it or whatever. If this guy was telling truth we past the point for pitchforks and rope years ago but the folks that did it to us were so smooth about it we haven't even woke up to the fact yet.

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