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• [1] Fred in Manhattan November 30, 2007 - 10:07AM

  At least Hevesi had public employees drive around a woman he was actually married to:

  http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/giulianis-mistr.html

  "Well before it was publicly known he was seeing her, then-married New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani provided a police driver and city car for his mistress Judith Nathan, former senior city officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.

  "She used the PD as her personal taxi service," said one former city official who worked for Giuliani."

  All the Republicans who called for and got Hevesi's resignation are, of course hypocrites, but a felony is a felony is a felony.

  
  
• [2] The Albany Project from Williamsburg November 30, 2007 - 10:12AM

  http://www.talkleft.com/story/2007/11/29/161935/45

  Rudy committed a felony.

  
  
• [3] Donald from Nassau November 30, 2007 - 10:17AM

  Couldn't care less about this issue. Nothing but muck raking.

  
  
• [4] RJ from Brooklyn November 30, 2007 - 10:23AM

  Please let's not leave out the argument that among his top mayoral claimsd is how he reduced the size of his budget, since this manipulation reduced the size of the mayoral budget. It's like the claim of reducing the size of govmt when you contract out the same functions--govmt's still paying, only the budget lines change.

  
  
• [5] Paulo from Paterson, New Jersey November 30, 2007 - 10:25AM

  The thing about muckraking is that it involves raking muck... in other words, it involves uncovering political corruption and not fabricating corruption where there is none. Was the timing intended to be sensational and inflammatory? Absolutely. Does that invalidate it? Hardly.

  
  
• [6] Mike from Jersey City from Jersey City November 30, 2007 - 10:30AM

  WHITHER PRESS INTEGRITY?

  Brian, where was the follow-up question when the reporter who wrote one of these articles suggested that the tip on this did not come from the Romney Campaign?

  Moreover, how is it that no one identifies Bill Thompson -- the City official most-quoted on this -- as a Hilary supporter?

  This seems more like a Clinton move than a Romney tactic.

  
  
• [7] Amy from Manhattan November 30, 2007 - 10:35AM

  I remember when Giuliani used to make claims about what great results his actions were having--things like the WEP (work for your welfare) program--but refused to release the actual statistics that would have shown whether his claims were true, even though the law *requires* those records to be made public. I kept thinking we'd find out the truth once he left office, but Giuliani's staff sneaked the records out of City Hall in the middle of the night & nobody's been able to get at them since.

  This is the real story; the Hamptons tabloid fodder is only a small part of it. This should be the issue: Giuliani routinely hid information that the public has a right to, & broke the law to do so. I wonder if Cheney took lessons from him--or the other way around.

  
  
• [8] Sean Pisano from Brooklyn November 30, 2007 - 10:41AM

  Well if the discount Metro Card goes up it won't make sense for me to take the train anymore. I take the subway and the LIRR to work every day it ends up costing me $75.00 a week. With discounts. What will I do if the fair goes up.

  
  
• [9] Dereau from Midtown November 30, 2007 - 10:49AM

  It is a big deal. It is a felony.

  > "She used the PD as her personal taxi

  > service," said one former city official who

  > worked for Giuliani.

  Sound familiar?

  [NY State Comptroller Alan Hevesi's] decision to step down came as Albany prosecutors were preparing to ask a grand jury to indict him on charges of defrauding the government and on other felonies stemming from his use of state employees as chauffeurs and aides to his wife, a law enforcement official said, charges that could have yielded a prison sentence had he been convicted.

  Wife or mistress, it's still a felony.

  
  
• [10] ira krulik from new york December 01, 2007 - 07:06AM

  Brian - One of the biggest political stories last week was the breathtaking statement of the pathological liar who is 'married' to the world's most famous 'congenital liar'. President Clinton's June 2004 Time magazine article and his many other post-9/11 statements seem to 'contradict' his new position. I am sure that your very capable and unbiased staff will help prepare a segment next week on 'Clinton veracity', which was somehow overlooked.