Posted on 12/04/2006 10:42:11 AM PST by conservative in nyc
Edited on 12/04/2006 10:44:10 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Attorney General and Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer is about to drop a new bombshell on scandal-scarred state Comptroller Alan Hevesi that senior officials predict will be the final straw to force Hevesi from office, The Post has learned.
Spitzer's office plans to release an explosive report as soon as tomorrow, outlining the results of a two-month-plus investigation into the cost to taxpayers of Hevesi's multiyear use of a state worker as a private chauffeur and companion for his wife.
One source said the report will be a "devastating indictment" of Hevesi's misuse of office, reinforcing an earlier finding by the state Ethics Commission that he conspired through false and inaccurate records and misleading statements to hide his activities from the public.
The report is seen as certain to spur Albany County District Attorney David Soares to bring a criminal indictment against Hevesi.
It would also, a source said, prompt former federal prosecutor David Kelley, who was named by Gov. Pataki to help him decide whether he should ask the Senate to remove Hevesi from office, to ask the governor to do just that.
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If Hevesi resigns his office, he'll be replaced by a vote of the Assembly and Senate, meeting as one, which would put the Democrats in the majority.
Should he be removed by the Senate before the end of the year, Pataki would pick his successor.
In both types of removals, Hevesi could still seek to regain his position on Jan. 1, when his new term in office would begin.
That could lead the removal process to begin all over again.
Good riddance.
Ping.
Believe it - they would vote for Hugo Chavez if he were running as a Dumbocrat. And Hevesi still doesn't get it - and he still has his supporters! He was endorsed by the Daily Snooze! He really never believed he would get caught or did anything wrong. And he knew the dopey lib voters would still support him as long as he supports gay marriage, partial birth abortion and all the sacraments of the Democratic party.
Quite the lineup, bebe cuomo, elliot pitz, alan hevesi.......all great Americans.
I still can't believe the voters of this state reelected the corrupt comptroller.
They voted for him the way we voted for Mark Foley - knowing that he wouldn't actually serve the term but trying to keep the office in their party's hands.
NY voter for Hillary! twice. Why would you be surprised that they would vote for a corrupt Hevesi too.
To be corrupt AND a democrat has always been a resume enhancer!
In the name of good government I think the wife should be forced to repay the cost of "companionship" in direct relationship to the market price for the services provided, whatever they may hae been.
Dont forget the republican bumberg
Ef Spitz. Why can't Pataki man up?
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