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	<title>Comments on: Crouching Scandal, Hidden Hevesi</title>
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		<title>By: Joseph A Guagliardo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joseph A Guagliardo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 12:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>rUDY gIULIANI - While MAyor - had bodyguards for his wife, girlfriend, and his kids. as well as a security detail at hi Moms house. Why isnt that an issue?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rUDY gIULIANI &#8211; While MAyor &#8211; had bodyguards for his wife, girlfriend, and his kids. as well as a security detail at hi Moms house. Why isnt that an issue?</p>
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		<title>By: Jay Gerard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Gerard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We need to keep our priorities straight. One&#039;s priorities depend, of course, on where one sits. Public employee pension funds have come under much scrutiny in the past several months. The national media have reported that many such funds are under-funded. To the extent that a jurisdiction&#039;s legislation requires, pension shortfalls will be made up with taxpayer dollars.

As a retired New-York-state teacher, I have been more than pleased to read that -- under Mr. Hevesi&#039;s guidance -- the pension fund that we retired public employees depend is one that is well-funded.

Did Mr. Hevesi transgress? Possibly. But there is an article in today&#039;s (10/27/06) NY Times entitled &quot;Spitzer Withdraws Endorsement of Hevesi,&quot; written by  Michael Cooper. The last five paragraphs of this article begin with this: &quot;In 2003, Mr. Hevesi asked the Ethics Commission for permission to use a state driver for his wife.&quot; The remaining four paragraphs of the article make it unclear, in my mind at least, whether Mr. Hevesi&#039;s actions amount to unethical behavior.

So, did Mr. Hevesi transgress? Possibly. But what should our priorities be? Is this possible misdeed so serious that we should jeopardize the solidity of the state pension fund by entrusting it to hands of someone who has no experience in dealing with funds of this size? I believe not, and I hope that the voters of New York will see through the political miasma and vote for Mr. Hevesi.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We need to keep our priorities straight. One&#8217;s priorities depend, of course, on where one sits. Public employee pension funds have come under much scrutiny in the past several months. The national media have reported that many such funds are under-funded. To the extent that a jurisdiction&#8217;s legislation requires, pension shortfalls will be made up with taxpayer dollars.</p>
<p>As a retired New-York-state teacher, I have been more than pleased to read that &#8212; under Mr. Hevesi&#8217;s guidance &#8212; the pension fund that we retired public employees depend is one that is well-funded.</p>
<p>Did Mr. Hevesi transgress? Possibly. But there is an article in today&#8217;s (10/27/06) NY Times entitled &#8220;Spitzer Withdraws Endorsement of Hevesi,&#8221; written by  Michael Cooper. The last five paragraphs of this article begin with this: &#8220;In 2003, Mr. Hevesi asked the Ethics Commission for permission to use a state driver for his wife.&#8221; The remaining four paragraphs of the article make it unclear, in my mind at least, whether Mr. Hevesi&#8217;s actions amount to unethical behavior.</p>
<p>So, did Mr. Hevesi transgress? Possibly. But what should our priorities be? Is this possible misdeed so serious that we should jeopardize the solidity of the state pension fund by entrusting it to hands of someone who has no experience in dealing with funds of this size? I believe not, and I hope that the voters of New York will see through the political miasma and vote for Mr. Hevesi.</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel Millstone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Daniel Millstone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s been unstated here and elsewhere it has been covered has been the real reason a driver was assigned to Mrs. Hevesi. Is it a kindness to keep this sort of thing mysterious? I, personally, sympathize with the Comptroller&#039;s mis-step in this regard and ask you: is snarkiness is really the best tone here?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s been unstated here and elsewhere it has been covered has been the real reason a driver was assigned to Mrs. Hevesi. Is it a kindness to keep this sort of thing mysterious? I, personally, sympathize with the Comptroller&#8217;s mis-step in this regard and ask you: is snarkiness is really the best tone here?</p>
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		<title>By: Dan Rivoli</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan Rivoli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I learned an interesting term the other day: Yellow Dog Democrats, meaning people will vote for a yellow dog before voting for any Republican. I know the term was associated with southern Democrats, but I think people today, in New York, would vote Democrat despite Hevesi&#039;s scandal.

Also, while it is a big deal, does it negate the good work he has done for New York? I don&#039;t know, but that&#039;s true of any scandal, I think.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I learned an interesting term the other day: Yellow Dog Democrats, meaning people will vote for a yellow dog before voting for any Republican. I know the term was associated with southern Democrats, but I think people today, in New York, would vote Democrat despite Hevesi&#8217;s scandal.</p>
<p>Also, while it is a big deal, does it negate the good work he has done for New York? I don&#8217;t know, but that&#8217;s true of any scandal, I think.</p>
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