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Why Was Wills Ever Sitting in the Council?
Huntley pol pal on hot seat(NYP)
Councilman Ruben — who formerly served as Huntley’s
chief of staff — is one of four lawmakers under probe for steering
taxpayer funds to the nonprofit Young Leaders Institute, according to a
source close to the investigation.
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Even Before Wills Was Elected to the Council There Has Been A Buzz of Him Pocketing Money From Non Profits to Help Pay For Child Support
True News 2010 - 2012
Bladeo is Came in 3rd to Rubin Wills Who is Also Under Investigation and had or has 2 arrests warrants on on him
Wills Investigation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
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NYP and NYT Disagree On Role of Spitzer's Wife
As Spitzer Pursues a Comeback, His Wife Chooses to Stay Offstage(NYT) Silda Wall Spitzer has so far been all but invisible as her husband,
former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, runs for New York City comptroller, a stark
contrast from his earlier days in politics.
Why NYC women are backing tainted Spitz & Weiner: Louses’ spouses the key to poll surge(NYP)
Political experts and city women said yesterday that Anthony Weiner
and Eliot Spitzer’s latest poll numbers — showing them leading with
support strong from female voters — can be attributed to the forgiveness
of their far better halves.“Both of them have strong and very
competent, capable wives, so it’s certainly possible women would say,
‘Why not?’ These strong, sensible, competent women are standing by their
guys, so why not” vote for them? said Maurice Carroll, polling director
for Quinnipiac
University.
Lopez Millions in Member Items For His Non Profit Locks Him Into A Council Win No Matter Who Backs His Opponent
“I’m very pleased with the support of the community,” former Assemblyman
Vito Lopez said of his scandal-scarred City Council candidacy
yesterday. And, although allies of rival candidate
Antonio Reynoso
have been trying to brand Mr. Lopez as the race’s front-runnner, Mr.
Lopez argued that, “based on the endorsements and the amount of
money that [Reynoso] has raised, he’s probably considered the slight favorite.” *
Growth of a New-Age Political Machine - New York Times (1993)
* Group endorses Vito Lopez' rival for Council(NYDN)
Vito Lopez is Counting On his New Age Political Machine to Win A Council Seat
Only Bloomberg, Cuomo and Quinn Can Stop Vito Lopez From Become the Next City Councilman
In 1993 the NYT wrote an article about
Vito Lopez's New Age Political Machine.
Lopez has been using his government funded political machine to get
himself and a lot of other politicians elected through the years since.
Lopez's machine the Ridgewood Bushwick
Senior Citizens
Council is what he is counting on to get himself elected this year to
the city council. Lopez's machine employees almost 2000 people in his
council district. Those 2000 people service thousands of other voters
in Lopez's council district, especially seniors who vote.
Ridgewood Bushwick has also built with Lopez's political help thousands
of low costs apartments for residents in the city council district Lopez
is running in. Lopez using his political skills and genius has included
powerful pols and even Wall Street Tax Shelters guys in his
housing programs
not only in Bushiwick but throughout the city and state because of his
control of all the housing in Albany and City Hall. It was Lopez's
political power and who he made deals with that has block him from any
legal problems. While others pols were sent to jail for using their
member items to help their friends and family.
Lopez
also used his government funded machine to help his friends and family,
but was for 20 years untouchable because of his political power to
elect to office DAs and others who would investigate him. Only by
closing down Lopez's machine the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens
Council or treating to close it if he runs for City Council, can Vito be
stopped from becoming the next city councilman. * Vito refuses to pull
out of Council race (
Bloomberg Cuomo and Quinn Can Push the Vito Lopez Stop Button for Council
Only Bloomberg, Cuomo and Quinn has to power to cut off funds to Vito
Lopez's machine. Quinn's city council charter commission gave him a
district he can win in, even after moving his house out of the
district. We expect all the mayoral candidates will also promise to cut
the funding to Lopez's machine if they get elected. The Mayor and
Governor should do the same now. *
Cuomo Spokesperson Calls Vito Lopez's Resignation "Best End To This Ugly Chapter" (NY1)
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The Scandal-Plagued Vito Lopez Campaign Forges On(NYO)
Vito Lopez Will Get Hasidic Support
Organizer in the Williamsburg Hasidic community: "Lopez should be judged on his record of helping Bklyn communities."
How Vito Lopez's Machine is Still Funded
For all your
Vito Lopez backgrounder needs: state contracts with Lopez-connected Ridgewood-Bushwick Council The Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council got $873,589, despite
having been under scrutiny from federal and state investigators since a
probe found it had submitted fraudulent and questionable claims for
taxpayer cash from the city this year. Funding was earmarked by Brooklyn
Councilmen Erik Dilan, Steve Levin and Domenic Recchia, plus the
borough delegation.
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