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From New York Mag's Intelligencer:
Spitzer-Lovin’ Lobbyists Head to Albany
Eliot’s friends and admirers movin’ upstate
You talked a pretty good game on your way to the Governor's mansion, Mr Spitzer and I wish you all the luck in the world. Albany is a mess and we desperately need to drain the swamp, so to speak. But, just keep in mind that this is a new age, Mr. Governor-Elect, and we're going to be watching you like a hawk.
From New York Mag's Intelligencer:
Spitzer-Lovin’ Lobbyists Head to Albany
Eliot’s friends and admirers movin’ upstate
As Eliot Spitzer prepares to ride into Albany as its conqueror, his lobbyist supporters are looking to rent office space up there, too. One of Spitzer’s longtime campaign consultants, Roberto Ramirez, the Bronx political macher and lobbyist, says he will be expanding his city-based MirRam Group and opening an Albany office, but he won’t disclose any details about who will run it and which new clients he’ll rep. “The soup,” Ramirez says, “is not ready.” Sources say the city’s top-grossing lobbyist and one of Spitzer’s fund-raisers, Suri Kasirer, has plans to expand her city operations by opening an Albany outpost. Scott Levenson, a lobbyist who raised money for Spitzer, is also checking out new office space in Albany to “steer clients towards drawing down” on the expected surge of Dem-sponsored capital. Spitzer has made reforming Albany his top priority, and lobbyists wonder what restrictions, if any, he will put in place to curb conflicts of interest. Says one Dem lobbyist, “From day one, Eliot has vowed to kill the pay-to-play system. Now everyone has paid, and they want to play.”
You talked a pretty good game on your way to the Governor's mansion, Mr Spitzer and I wish you all the luck in the world. Albany is a mess and we desperately need to drain the swamp, so to speak. But, just keep in mind that this is a new age, Mr. Governor-Elect, and we're going to be watching you like a hawk.
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