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Eliot Spitzer
New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer has apologized amid allegations of involvement in a prostitution ring. On March 12th, 2008 he resigned from office. March 17th will be his last day as Governor of the state.
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In what may seem like an amusing joke, a disgraced politician who resigned amid a headline-grabbing hooker scandal is speaking about government ethics at a prestigious Ivy League University this month.
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who left public office in shame after being exposed as a regular client of a high-end prostitution ring, will lecture about ethics in government next week at Harvard University’s Foundation for Ethics. The...
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For our next installment of the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between flacks and reporters during Eliot Spitzer's downfall—we bring you the tale of the Today producer who offered to help a flack find a job at NBC. As soon as the New York Times broke the news of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's habit of patronizing high-end call girls on the afternoon of March 10, 2008, his communications director Christine Anderson pretty much knew she...
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From gawker.com
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Eliot Spitzer is very aware that everything he does could be fodder for a joke or a snide comment about his prostitution scandal, from the pulling on of his ritual black socks in the morning to the conference for which he recently traveled to London (Title: "Realigning the moral compass of the boardroom") to the fact that he asked the hotel where he met a reporter if they kept a guest log, since he remembered staying there a few years ago...
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From nymag.com
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Eliot Spitzer recently had lunch with a reporter from the Financial Times to discuss, among things, his writing gig with Slate, how he rarely eats pasta for lunch, and why he's gone soft on Hank Greenberg ("maybe it's maturity or distance from the case"). Towards the end of the meal, the topic turns to paying someone to do stuff for you, and the noted hooker-fucker had this to say:
At one point we are comparing notes on skiing, and I make a...
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From dealbreaker.com
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Gawker Matt Zimmerman told Eliot Spitzer's communication director, Christine Anderson: "If you ever want to get back into TV (and not ABC!) let me know and I can see about openings here." John Cook writes: "The casualness with which he made the offer" -- made while trying to arrange an interview with Spitzer -- "speaks volumes about the relationships between flacks and -- oh, who are we kidding? It's Today."
From poynteronline.org
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- Eliot Spitzer: Chamber Of Commerce Must Be Stopped (huffingtonpost.com)
- A Note on Sourcing on The Spitzer Files (feedburner.com)
very ironic announcement that I just got in my Harvard email announcing a forthcoming lecture: HARVARD UNIVERSITY EDMOND J. SAFRA FOUNDATION CENTER FOR ETHICS Eliot Spitzer, former Governor and Attorney General of New York, will deliver a public lecture as part of the 2009/10 Labs Lectures on the Question of Institutional Corruption. Thursday, November 12 at 4:30pm Emerson Hall, Room 105 25 Quincy Street, Cambridge This is a ticketed event.
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From freerepublic.com
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For all the talk of a return to politics, former Governor Eliot Spitzer remains ensconced in his family's muscular real estate business.
Last week, Mr. Spitzer sold a parking garage underneath The Corinthian condomium built by his dad Bernie in 1987. The price: $10.275 million, an apparently handsome deal for the governor-turned-real estate mogul.
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From huffingtonpost.com
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- News :Spitzer prostitute offered $1 million to pose nude ??? (france-actress.blogspot.com)
Disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer went on a rant last week. Hurling half-truths and red herring arguments in an article for Slate, he advocated jeopardizing public workers' retirement security for political ends. Spitzer is miffed at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for opposing the major expansion of government power being proposed in Washington. To combat the chamber, he advocates using public pension funds as a weapon.What Spitzer...
From feedburner.com
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- Is Eliot Spitzer Running For Comptroller? (marcambinder.theatlantic.com)
- Claim: NYT showed Spitzer's reps extraordinary deference as sex scandal... (poynteronline.org)
- Memo to Spitzer: It's Not Your Money (freerepublic.com)
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No, this isn’t the movie. But Eliot Spitzer still is coming to a big screen near you, if you live in Albany, that is.
The former governor is moderating a discussion on American foreign policy and Israel at New York City’s 92nd St. Y next month. It’s also being simulcast at Albany’s [...]
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From blogs.timesunion.com
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Former governor Eliot Spitzer is really working on the next chapter of his life. When not pundit-ing on talk shows, being discussed as a 2010 candidate, or teaching at City College, he's working at the family biz, his dad's multi-million dollar real estate empire. Now it's been confirmed that Steamroller himself oversaw a pricey Manhattan real estate transaction.
According to the Observer, "Last week, Mr. Spitzer sold a parking garage...
From gothamist.com
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- Spitzer sells Murray Hill parking garage (feedburner.com)
