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Gov. Paterson says he may have used campaign cash for hotel hookup
DAILY NEWS ^
| March 20th 2008
| BEN LESSER
Posted on 03/20/2008 8:13:01 AM PDT by george76
Gov. Paterson admitted Wednesday he may have improperly billed his campaign for at least one hotel tryst with a girlfriend.
The hotel tryst was apparently listed as "constituent services."
A Daily News review found that in a handful of other campaign expenditures, Paterson may have used campaign funds to cover personal expenses and misstated their purpose in public disclosure forms.
The records also show he made reimbursements, but he acknowledged he may have failed to pony up in one instance.
A campaign payment to Lila Kirton, a high-ranking state employee who was one of his paramours, was listed as "professional services" - which is supposed to refer to legal advice, accounting or speechwriting.
Kirton, 49, of White Plains, is the only woman whose name has been confirmed by Albany sources.
She hasn't responded to calls for comment, and co-workers said they didn't see her yesterday at her $150,000-a-year job in Paterson's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs...
Paterson met privately with Mayor Bloomberg at City Hall yesterday and they held a joint news conference.
Before Bloomberg cut off questions about the affairs, Paterson was asked if he had any regrets about his revelations.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; corruption; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; goingoutwithabang; gooutwithabang; paterson; wentoutwithabang
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Office of Intergovernmental Affairs...
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:13:01 AM PDT
by
george76
To: Grampa Dave; Liz; The Mayor; SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:13:59 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
A campaign payment to Lila Kirton, a high-ranking state employee who was one of his paramours, was listed as "professional services"
"Professional services", indeed.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:14:29 AM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Bi-partisanship: Democrats and RINOs working together to screw up the country)
To: george76
The difference between those girls and the rest of us in all these cases, is that the girls got paid.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:14:33 AM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(When you choose the lesser of two evils, you still have evil.)
To: george76
If he is admitting this one encounter at such an early stage in this scrutiny, surely there is a whole iceburg under the water we are not seeing.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:15:41 AM PDT
by
Mr. Brightside
(Michael Reagan: My Dad Would Back McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970504/posts)
To: george76
ROFL. Is Bruno next in line?
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:15:52 AM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: george76
Who is next in line? This guy will be out soon.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:16:07 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(Hope is a theological virtue, not a campaign promise)
To: george76
It’s just never-ending with these losers. They’re all about themselves, always have been, always will be.
To: ElkGroveDan
The difference between those girls and the rest of us in all these cases, is that the girls got paid. Some of them might even have gotten kissed too.
To: Mr. Brightside
This is just the first week.
8-)
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:17:44 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: pissant
ROFL. Is Bruno next in line?Yes. That is my understanding.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:18:22 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(El Conservo Tribe, tribal name "Avoids Fort Marcy Park". Watching the Rat Fight.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia; BIGLOOK
“Professional services”, indeed.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:18:47 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: frogjerk
Who is next in line? This guy will be out soon.At this rate, the building janitor believes he has a shot at the governorship.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:18:54 AM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
("My advice: Quit supporting the party that is symbolized by an ass." Ted Nugent)
To: george76
drip, drip...wonder what tomorrow will bring?
To: pissant
As of new Joe Bruno is next in the chain unless a new Lt. Governor is selected and confirmed soon.
We all knew that NYS government is corrupt and should be completely disbanded. This just proves the point, it has now become irrefutable.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:20:16 AM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(Hillary = Senator Incitatus, Clintigula's whore...er, horse.)
To: george76
He
MAY have?
Okay, on to the next governor. Next!
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:21:04 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: george76
ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:21:26 AM PDT
by
cubreporter
(I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever fully realize.)
To: george76
Where's Pelosi to remind us about “the culture of corruption”???
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:22:21 AM PDT
by
ryan71
To: george76
Pinging Governor Bruno....
To: A_Former_Democrat
Never, never, never EVER give your hard earned money to politicians. We dont’ know where it goes for sure but lately...it doesn’t look good. We quit giving a long time ago. Let them get their own money.
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posted on
03/20/2008 8:22:32 AM PDT
by
cubreporter
(I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever fully realize.)
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