Posted on 07/30/2002 2:43:24 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Multimillionaire businessman Tom Golisano has launched his long-awaited $50 million campaign for governor of New York.
Golisano, the founder of Paychex, has run twice before as a Perot-style candidate. He is currently running in a primary contesting the Independent Party's official endorsement of New York Republican Gov. George Pataki.
New Yorkers are being treated to endless commercials introducing Golisano.
But some question his real agenda.
One of Golisano's top advisers is Roger Stone, a close friend of and consultant to Donald Trump.
Trump strongly opposes Pataki - based not on his record, which has been solid, but on the fact that Pataki supports limited gambling in some economically ailing areas of upstate New York, including the Catskills.
Trump is angry about such plans because he believes such gambling facilities would drain visitors from his Atlantic City casinos.
Golisano is glad to play the game. He has no chance of winning. His effort has one goal: Give the New York governorship to a Democrat.
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