We’ll have to wait and see, but it looks like the “bombshell” the New York Times will reportedly drop on New York Governor David Paterson may not be quite as juicy as recent reports led us to believe.
According to a source close to the Paterson camp who is familiar with the scope of the Times‘ reporting, the Times piece will be an in-depth profile of the governor focused on his personal character. There are likely to be new details about his marital infidelities, but the source added that it’s not going to be the bombshell the blogs have predicted. “The piece is PG-13, not XXX,” the source explained. “Not to say it won’t be problematic, but the Aqueduct situation? That’s potentially criminal. On his extramarital affairs, the question is who those people are, and what jobs they’ve held.”
In case you missed the story over the weekend, you can catch up here. Here’s a little background info on the “Aqueduct situation.”
Gov. Paterson’s top lawyer conceded Friday that politics was a key factor in picking the winning bidder for an Aqueduct “racino.”
Peter Kiernan’s stunning revelation came as Paterson hustled to cast the controversial selection of Aqueduct Entertainment Group as squeaky clean, insisting the losers who told of secretive and shady dealings were voicing sour grapes.
“A number of people who lose cry foul, and they think they can get some resonance,” Paterson told KISS-FM.
Kiernan, the gov’s chief counsel, said the weeding of bidders was more about political reality.
“It’s not a typical [bidding] process,” Kiernan told the Daily News. “It is not governed by procurement law. It is a political process because you have the three political leaders that have to make the decision.”
Just politics as usual, huh? Unfortunately, a big juicy sex scandal would get people’s attention. People will lose interest in the Aqueduct bidding process faster than you can say “Aqueduct bidding process.”
Via memeorandum
