Eliot Spitzer- The Buffalo Bean

Bad Ideas, Worse Behavior: Spitzer’s B...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Economy, Featured Articles, Federal Government, Media, NY State Government, corruption on 04 8th, 2010 | Comments Off

There’s good news for anyone worried that sanctimonious disgrace Eliot Spitzer learned lessons and improved himself since he joined the Emperors Club: he hasn’t changed at all. Yep, he’s still as contemptible as ever. I hate to even give attention to someone who most people hoped would enjoy...

Posted by Anthony Bialy in Erie County, Kook Left, NY State Government, The Skyway on 03 7th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Expanding the Best Picture Oscar field to 10 entrants may water down the field. But some competitions feature a plethora of worthwhile candidates. Take trying to pick the Best New York State Democrat. The academy that’s in charge of issuing the Democraties ™ would have to permit a similarly...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2010, Featured Articles on 03 3rd, 2010 | 6 Comments

My friend S.E. Cupp, in her latest column for the New York Daily News, dares to say that the New York governor’s race isn’t merely just waiting for Cuomo to jump in and cruise to an effortless victory. To fellow jaded New Yorkers who think they’ve heard it all, I humbly offer this:...

Posted by Matt in Federal Government on 11 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment

So says the New York Daily News: Rep. Nydia Velazquez is the front-runner – for now, at least – to replace Hillary Clinton if she becomes the next secretary of state, a source close to Gov. Paterson said yesterday. There are two other top contenders: Rep. Brian Higgins of Buffalo and Rep....

Collins Suspends Erie County’s App...

Posted by Matt in Erie County on 09 19th, 2008 | Comments Off

It is nice to know that some people are fighting for the taxpayers and not kowtowing to the unions. Honoring a campaign pledge, Erie County Executive Chris Collins suspended the controversial, union-friendly apprenticeship law that business leaders felt unnecessarily drove up the cost of county-financed...

Albany Earns Label of “Sin City...

Posted by Matt in NY State Government on 08 24th, 2008 | Comments Off

A sad, but amusing article in the Buffalo News today says that with New York’s capital city, with its fair share of sex scandals, has earned the label of “Sin City.” A former legislative aide accuses an assemblyman of sexually harassing her. An underage intern accuses an assemblyman...

Eliot “Client Number 9″ Spit...

Posted by Matt in NY State Government, corruption on 05 20th, 2008 | Comments Off

Gotta love it. NO DOUBT, when Eliot Spitzer was attorney general – or, as he was more fondly called, the Sheriff of Wall Street – you know he expected his high-profile cases to be turned into thinly disguised episodes of “Law & Order.” Tomorrow night, he gets his wish –...

Posted by Matt in Links of the Day, NY State Government, corruption on 05 13th, 2008 | Comments Off

Plea Expected in Prostitution Ring Used by Spitzer

Posted by Matt in NY State Government, corruption on 04 1st, 2008 | Comments Off

The latest chapter in troopergate scandal has the investigators being investigated. A little-known but powerful state agency with broad powers to ferret out wrongdoing in government said today it has begun an investigation into how at least three different state and local agencies handled their probes...

Posted by Matt in Links of the Day on 03 30th, 2008 | Comments Off

State Senate committee will continue to investigate Spitzer’s role in smear

Posted by Matt in NY State Government on 03 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment

It appears now that disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer played a much bigger role in the plot to smear Senate Majority Leader Bruno than previously thought… Former Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer lied to prosecutors about what turned out to be his major role in a campaign to smear a political rival,...

Posted by Matt in Links of the Day, NY State Government on 03 27th, 2008 | Comments Off

Spitzer Linked To Second Prostitution Ring

Spitzer Resigns...

Posted by Matt in NY State Government on 03 12th, 2008 | Comments Off

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer will be giving a statement at 11:30 a.m. ET. I’m hearing that the resignation will take effect on Monday. There is a lot of speculation about a possible deal with prosecutors in return for his resignation… The hypocrisy of this whole situation is astounding....

Posted by Matt in NY State Government on 03 11th, 2008 | Comments Off

And this guy’s platform was all about routing out corruption.. Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a person briefed on the federal investigation. An affidavit in the federal investigation...