Posted on 03/22/2008 6:10:11 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Gov. Paterson is reimbursing his state Senate campaign for stays at a Manhattan hotel, as his aides revealed he'd also improperly used the account to buy suits, furniture and a dinner with his dad.
The new revelations came during an hourlong briefing with reporters, in which the aides struggled to explain numerous questionable charges to Paterson's accounts from campaign accounts.
Those include payments to a Quality Inn on the West Side where Paterson has admitted to bringing an extramarital lover - and to sometimes using his campaign credit card when his own didn't work.
Paterson is repaying $252 for two of the Quality Inn stays - on Nov. 9, 2002, and April 20, 2003 - because he can't remember who stayed there, campaign lawyer Henry Berger said at the press briefing.
But the new Democratic governor also used his campaign account for other personal expenditures - a practice that is illegal - and then reimbursed the fund several months late, Berger acknowledged.
The lawyer said he found the repayments after a limited internal review.
They included:
* A $1,430.04 check Paterson wrote in June 2004 to cover more than $1,000 worth of clothes at the Men's Wearhouse, and a roughly $350 tab at the club Den.
The items were listed as "constituent services" in Paterson's filings, and there are no receipts available, Berger said.
It is also a violation of state election law to falsely label the reason for the campaign expenditure.
* A $637 check in July 2004 for roughly $470 worth of furniture at Taft Furniture Warehouse, an Albany Crowne Plaza hotel bar bill and about $40 at another men's store.
* A $70 check in February 2004 to cover a post-Christmas dinner with his dad at Docks restaurant on the East Side.
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Those include payments to a Quality Inn on the West Side where Paterson has admitted to bringing an extramarital lover - and to sometimes using his campaign credit card when his own didn’t work.
Sounds like an 18 year olds problem. This guy is the Governor?
out-of-the-frying-pan alert.
—maybe it woud have helped if he’d have learned to read Braille-—
Why hasn’t this corrupt clown been thrown out of office?
Upstate ain't. Good for us :)
I'm glad this doesn't go on in other states. (ahem)
Because the 'Rats don't want Bruno to be gov.
Memo to the NY State office supplies dept: print some generic letterhead such as “From the Office of the Governor of NY”.
This just gets better and better.
“sometimes using his campaign credit card when his own didn’t work.”
You mean when his was maxed out due to irresponsible money management?
Officials are turning a blind eye to him?
Don't ask, don't tell?
Can't wait to see what else the new gov has been up to...
Oh, the ignominy!
I can't see that happening any time soon. Not unless Patterson's actually charged with something. And I can't see him being charged with anything becaus the 'Rats won't want Bruno in. Paterson's basically got a get-outta-jail-free card for the rest of his term unless he's done something the Feds would have jurisdiction over.
paterson was ridin NY dirty.....but as b. HUSSEIN states....
he is just a typical black guy....so the new guv will get a pass from the lib/dem msm!!!!!
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