Do I gotta say it ?
Posted on 07/16/2007 11:15:53 PM PDT by neverdem
INVESTIGATORS probing possible illegal pension fund activities during disgraced state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's tenure are being hampered by the disappearance of "volumes" of sensitive documents, The Post has learned.
The documents - providing a paper trail on the investment of tens of millions of dollars in pension-fund assets - disappeared after former Democratic Assemblyman Thomas DiNapoli was named by the Legislature in February to replace Hevesi, who pleaded guilty to misusing state resources and resigned in disgrace in December, a source close to DiNapoli's office said.
"This involves actions that occurred on DiNapoli's watch, not on Hevesi's," the source said, noting that internal tracking records confirm the time frame the documents went missing.
The papers, which identify who received fees for obtaining state pension-fund investments, were believed stolen or destroyed by a high-ranking Comptroller's Office employee, according to the source.
The disappearance of the documents - which could point the finger at politically connected individuals who received the investment fees - has hampered ongoing investigations of the Hevesi scandal being conducted by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Albany County District Attorney David Soares, who has convened a special grand jury.
"The investigation would have been wrapped up a week ago if...,"
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Albany insiders doubt Inspector General Kristine Hamann's ability to fairly investigate the Spitzer administration's role in having the State Police monitor Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno's activities - and a conflict of interest is the reason why.
Hamann, a former executive assistant district attorney in the office of Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau, was appointed to her job by Gov. Spitzer, whose reputation would be seriously damaged if Hamann finds that the governor or his aides directed a State Police surveillance program, as Bruno charges.
"Nobody expects the full story from Hamann," said a source close to Bruno.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Hevesi's mug was on the frontpage, but I can't seem to find an image of just the frontpage. For some reason the Post doesn't include its subtitles on its printer friendly version.
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Do I gotta say it ?
LOL! Thanks for the pic!
The irony is that for YEARS, we in NY were subject to endless local media propaganda about what a honest politician Hevesi was. He was a crook and a dirtbag.
Of course this is the exact same media that promotes Hillry. Her Heinous has never been asked anything but a prepared softball question by the lapdog media.
Makes you wonder just how deep Shelly Silver is in this with his handpicked puppet not minding the store properly.
Interesting. I actually know one of Hevesi’s people. Old bf of one of my daughters’ (before he became involved in politics).
Your image says “image stolen from www.diggersrealm.com” and shows their logo.
Typical Rat behavior.
It always seemed to me that Hevesi was railroaded. The charges against him were a tempest in a teapot. I never could understand why the state made such a big deal out of his abuse of some trivial perqs. Not to say he was in the right, but what’s the big deal?
Now we see that after Hevesi was removed and the hand-picked successor named, many important documents were removed.
To me, it looks like Hevesi was taken out so a tame Comptroller could be named, who would impede an investigation that could embarrass a lot of powerful people in Albany. Hevesi was just in the way, so he had to be destroyed.
But I don't see how it's the case that the whole thing was done to install Shelly's puppet. If so, they took a big chance in releasing damaging information about Hevesi prior to the election and risking that he would not get re-elected. Without re-election and removal or resignation from office, there is no selection process controlled by the Assembly, and therefore no puppet. You wouldn't take that big a chance if you had to have your own man in.
It's probably more that they needed to get rid of Hevesi so that one of his lieutenants would leave which would then allow the documents to be destroyed, either on the way out by that person or right after that person left and would no longer be minding the store. In that regard, yes, Hevesi would have to be taken out.
But that doesn't mean Hevesi is not a crook because he is. He just may not have been the biggest crook in Albany.
The dems have run NY too long.
Albany is a legislative cesspool.
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