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August 17, 2005
Pirro Is Forced to Address Chapter of Husband's Past
The NY Times
by Michael Cooper
The press coverage of Jeanine Pirro's campaign has focused more on the liability of having a scumball (or is it sleazebag?) for a husband. No one has even asked the question on everyone's mind, if Pirro is running against Clinton, then which client is their hairdresser going to vote for?
Seriously, while the Albert J. Pirro's love-child story is running neck and neck with a Catholic Church hetero(!) sex scandal for page one tabloid attention, the NY Times had to get in on the action.
Even NoLandGrab can't seem to hold back on taking a gratuitous jab or two. But the real reason why we're bothering to mention the Pirro race is that The Times stumbled on one juicy tidbit about Al Pirro's second career and the company Ratner keeps:
Mr. Pirro, whose law license was suspended in 2003 for three years, has a lobbying firm, the Pirro Group. For several months in 2004, it was retained by Forest City Ratner, the development partner for the new Midtown headquarters of The New York Times Company, to seek tax credits for an environmental cleanup of the site. The site was cleaned up according to state guidelines although the tax credits were not granted, said Michele de Milly, a spokeswoman for Forest City Ratner.
NLG Note: We're only pointing this out because we know you care — this is one time Brooklynites can't heckle the Times for not carrying a disclaimer about their partnership with Forest City Ratner.
Posted by lumi at August 17, 2005 7:15 AM