Thanks to Liz Benjamin, I have become aware that, among the many, many fundraisers that lobbyists have been invited to as they celebrate another marvelous year beginning in Albany..... is one to benefit recently-convicted "honest services theif" Joe Bruno. As if the very fact that lobbyists (one gave Liz the invite) are being hit up for funds to support the legal defense debts of a retired Senate leader convicted of corruption....There are no disclosure requirements for legal defense funds - not even if you're still holding elected office - (see: Monserrate, Hiram; or Gonzalez, Efrain).
So, we'll never know exactly who is ponying up cash to support Bruno, who certainly doesn't lack for admirers in spite of his conviction - especially in the Capital Region.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blo...
If you got an invite and want to pay $250-1000 for me to go in your stead, lemmee know. I'm going to be in Albany that weekend, and I sure would love to be a fly on THAT wall. |
