In response to the NYtimes article -- I read some where The Independence party wanted to return the money wired to them. Here is the article published in The Wall St. Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704746804575367640532086242.html
I guess the author of The NY Times didn't read the article.
Aram Ronston in the best article perhaps to come out of The NY Observer and the gutsiest.
http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/secret-campaign-mayor-mike?page=0
"Although it is Mr. Haggerty who may do time, the mayor's actions deserve more scrutiny than they've received so far. An extensive review of records and campaign documents by The Observer, as well as interviews with witnesses, indicate that Mr. Bloomberg funneled money to Mr. Haggerty, who claimed to be a "volunteer," sidestepping the political committee the mayor had promised to use to finance his election campaign. By deploying Mr. Haggerty and an unrelated political party, the the mayor's team avoided drawing attention to a controversial election day tactic. But even more serious, experts say Bloomberg may have broken campaign finance laws. The Observer found that Mr. Haggerty's 2009 efforts for Bloomberg weren't an isolated case: similar tactics were deployed in the mayor 2005 campaign. In both races the Mayor's private funds were quietly routed to Mr. Haggerty." Aug. 17, 2010
Below a link to Wayne Barrett's Piece Feb. 22, 2010 Wayne Barrett
Mike Bloomberg Broke Election Law, Admit His Own Lawyers
Folks: When Cy Vance created his Public Integrity Hotline I made YouTubes about me calling and reporting Mike Bloomberg and Christine Quinn and I referred him to articles like these 2 above!
Resign Mike and take your campaign staff with you. An old post and I forgot to ask for a full refund of tax payer money for his campaign staff who barely won him an election with 109 million "on the books" and he repays them by making tax payers give them 6 figure salaries, parking permits, and all kinds of perks I can't imagine.
In my old post Cy Vance admits he would not even be investigating if he hadn't read the article in The NY Post.
Mike secretly went in to testify against John Haggerty and I made this YouTube. Mike is perhaps the least transparent mayor yet and he refused to hand over 62 emails The NY Post demanded via FOIL and Cy Vance and even John Haggerty don't want those emails aka a subpoena -- why? My guess is the emails are a bowling ball and they would take down every deputy mayor and them some, the mayor himself.
Look at how Mike Bloomberg stands by Steve Rattner --- how would he explain that to school kids? My point is Mike just wants to win the game -- he doesn't care how. He didn't care how his 109 million plus charity kick backs like the Doe Foundation received....
And here is an article about how Mike (and Steve Rattner?) shunt charity money to the Cayman Islands...he isn't that subpoena proof just like Mike Bloomberg's emails? I love the photo in this article with Mike and his mini-me Christine Quinn who a friend described as a gangster. I call her Ms. Slush and Intimidation.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/11/mike_bloombergs_5.php
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703929404576022073490880578.html?KEYWORDS=John+Haggerty
Mike's secrets...how he ran 2 campaigns in a row funneling money to John Haggerty which is why I say Haggerty is innocent. Mike funneled him money and did not care about where the money went -- he just wanted a win so John is as innocent as Mike is!
Mike's Cayman Island investments via Steve Rattner yet he stands by Rattner but sneaks in to court to testify against Haggerty. Why? Haggerty just got Spitzer like thinking he could get away with anything because he was given cart blanche way too many times.
It is why NY is going down the toilet because some many politicians supposed representing us feel the exact same way and play as dirty. With Mike and Christine Quinn it is just easier to see.
p.s. Will someone tell me who in NYC gov. approved Sullivan and Cromwell -- the same firm Goldman Sachs uses as defense attorney for Quinn staff as reported in The NY Post way back when before Mike and Christine used slush and intimidation to steal a third term.
