Posted on 12/20/2010 11:43:56 AM PST by Second Amendment First
The state’s top ethics watchdog slapped Gov. Paterson with a whopping $62,000 fine this morning for accepting free World Series tickets last year from the New York Yankees....
"The moral and ethical tone of any organization is set at the top," Commission Chairman Michael Cherkasky said. "Unfortunately the Governor set a totally inappropriate tone by his dishonest and unethical conduct. Such conduct cannot be tolerated by any New York State employee, particularly our Governor."
The $62,125 fine comes less than two weeks before Paterson is slated to handover the Executive Mansion to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/nyregion/20paterson.html?ref=politics
In most states this would be a felony not a fine.
He couldn’t find his wallet...
Wow! Bet he didn’t see that coming.
LOL!
Maybe he was applying for a job as an umpire.
Now, a football game I could understand. They could have one of the cheerleaders sit in his lap and give him running commentary on the game...
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