Another plea from Spitzer’s V.I.P. brothel

Temeka Rachelle Lewis has already pleaded guilty to her role as chief booker for the Emperors Club V.I.P., the Internet-based prostitution ring that disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer frequented.
Now, Cecil Suwal, a New Jersey prep school graduate, is expected to plead guilty to money laundering and prostitution violations.
It is said she was the operations manager and [...]

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One down at Spitzer’s chosen brothel

Temeka Rachelle Lewis pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to being the primary booker for former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s online whorehouse of choice, Emperor’s Club V.I.P.
Lewis was charged with promoting prostitution and money laundering.
From the New York Times story:
Ms. Lewis could face a prison sentence of up to 25 years when she is sentenced on Aug. 10, [...]

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Ashley fights back

Ashley Alexandre Dupre, the high-priced call girl that disgraced governor Eliot Spitzer kept his socks on for, is going after another pillar of society.
Dupre is suing pornographic video maker “Girls Gone Wild” for more than $10 million because she claims she was offered alcoholic drinks, and after she was intoxicated, she was coerced into showing [...]

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King seeks crown

The tremors of the The Steamroller driving himself off the cliff and exploding on impact are still reverberating.
David Paterson was supposed to be a clean slate, until Days Inn dalliances smudged his image and no one knows if those old bulls, Bruno and Silver, will soon defeat him at mudwrestling. Then, as Michael Samuels posted [...]

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Spitzer gets a job offer

It seems fair. While call girl Ashley Alexandra Dupré, Eliot Spitzer’s last great date, has gotten offers from Penthouse and Hustler to pose nude, her most famous patron has receive a bare-all offer of his own.
Playgirl magazine, which features nude photos of men, has reportedly offered Spitzer the opportunity to pose for its pages.
The magazine [...]

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A Long Island offer for ‘Kristen’

Syosset-based Star Industries’ Georgi Vodka has made a six-figure offer to Ashley Alexandra Dupré to make her the poster child for the ads the company runs on the back of New York City buses.
Dupre would also become the pitch-woman for Georgi Vodka.
Dupre, in case you’ve been under a rock, is the high-cost prostitute former Gov. [...]

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Capital One in the middle

The Federal investigation into how deposed Gov. Eliot Spitzer paid for his high-cost hookers is centering around an account at Capital One that’s holding the cash for future campaigns.
The Albany Times-Union, among other publications, reported Saturday that the account has $3 million earmarked for what was supposed to be the Spitzer 2010 re-election run.
Federal investigators [...]

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Spitzer’s not getting a break … not yet

The exiting governor may have some serious legal hurdles ahead of him, but that doesn’t mean the rest of the world is going to take it easy on the famous John.
Top technology blog Engadget is reporting that Canadian mobile telephone service provider Virgin Mobile is poking fun at Eliot Spitzer in its latest advertisment.
Virgin is [...]

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Spitzer ran under Colbert’s whore-dar

Eliot Spitzer was no stranger to the Stephen Colbert Report, he made his third appearance one month ago. But even though Client-9 and Colbert were such regular acquaintances, the comedian was completely baffled by the news. In fact, he said Spitzer flew under his “whore-dar.”
But Colbert isn’t the only celebrity annoyed with the pay-for-play governor. [...]

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Time’s up on Spitzer’s fame

As Eliot Spitzer heads off into the obscurity of the politically damned, we are reminded of Andy Warhol’s prescient quotation on celebrity, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
“In the future,” he said in 1968, “everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.”
The “vision” word gets bandied about rather carelessly these days, but consider this: Warhol [...]

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Amie Street’s big day

LI Biz Blog has been keeping an eye on Amie Street, a unique online store where amateur artists can sell MP3s of their music that was created by a couple of Long Islanders.
The service, which prices tracks based on popularity, has received backing from Amazon and has begun selling ring tones. However, its biggest moment [...]

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Hello, “Kristen”

On the same day ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer quit his post, media outlets around the world moved on to the next phase of the story that sunk the “Hooker Happy” governor - outing the prostitute who met him in Washington.
Kristen is actually Ashley Dupre, a Jersey Shore runaway living in New York City, trying to make [...]

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A comment from Spitzer’s LI guy

In case you were wondering if Michael Allen Harrison, the Long Island Regional Representative for the governor’s office had anything to say about the demise of his former boss…Harrison sent this statement:
“Many would like to choose their place in history, but the reality is that history, instead, chooses us. The duty of a leader is [...]

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The Duke and the Guv

“Client 9″ has entered the language and will be associated with Eliot Spitzer forever as if the number was tattooed to his forehead.
Anyone out there wondering who, for example, is Client 10? Client 1? No one’s talking those numbers, but one figure has surfaced. The New York Daily News has a story today identifying Client [...]

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Spitzer resigned, the video

In case you missed it:

Here is the transcript:
In the past few days I have begun to atone for my private failings with my wife Silda, my children and my entire family. The remorse I feel will always be with me. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for the love and compassion they have shown [...]

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Suozzi on Spitzer

Updated: Suozzi released an official statement this afternoon after Spitzer’s resignation press conference. It included much of the same wording from his speech Tuesday night, along with a few more comments. Here’s what he said:
We are all shocked and saddened by the revelations regarding Governor Spitzer. My sympathy goes out to the Spitzer family as well [...]

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Paterson’s Broadwater welcome mat

When Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigns, and he’s expected to do so some time this morning, he will leave a hearty pile of pressing tasks on the new governor’s desk, including several reform initiatives and the state budget.
But while the budget will decide how much Long Island schools will either give up or gain, there’s another [...]

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The case of the missing governor

Well, the first full day after Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s brief apology on Monday brought us nothing…and New York’s editorial writers are none too happy about it. The drumbeat for Spitzer’s resignation continues.
In the Daily News editorial, headlined “What a Sorry Spectacle,” New York’s hometown paper wondered if the governor thought he could survive this mess:
He [...]

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Kominicki: And what about Silda?

Oh, the stoic wives of politics.
Was I the only one haunted by Monday’s footage of Silda Spitzer? There at the podium beside her man, her usually lively face as drawn and blank as a cancer patient’s. Eyes down with but one glance – a searching, almost curious look – at her husband.
Who is this man, [...]

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Client-9 domain name grabbed

Though Gov. Eliot Spitzer dubbed himself The Steamroller, we’re betting the moniker Client-9 will far outlast his James Taylor invocation.
Perhaps that’s why Nick Galbreath, a 37 year-old software engineer in Manhattan, moved quickly to snatch up the client9.com domain name yesterday. He paid around $10 for it.
The site is already live, featuring a rundown [...]

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Why Wall Street clapped

Joe Bruno, and an overactive appetite for commissarial trysts, aren’t Eliot Spitzer’s only enemies. He has a crowd of haters on Wall Street who applauded the news of his demise.
The Street’s Stocpickr blog gives a pretty concise reason for the bad blood. Spitzer tore apart several major companies when he was attorney general, during his [...]

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It all started in Hauppauge

Perhaps the most shocking political story in New York’s history, the reduction of one of the most feared former attorneys general, and a boisterous freshman governor, to prostitute patron Client-9, can be traced back to the Internal Revenue Service building in Hauppauge.
According to the New York Times, the investigation actually began last year when the [...]

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The incredible shrinking governor

If Gov. Eliot Spitzer woke up this morning thinking he would survive his latest misstep, he seems to be the only one.
One day after the New York Times reported the governor’s involvement in a prostitution ring, media outlets throughout the state were reporting Spitzer was prepared to resign, including WCBS-TV, which claims sources say he [...]

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Not the Steamroller?

There isn’t a news organization in the world that is ignoring this big news of the day: Gov. Eliot Spitzer is reportedly linked to a prostitution ring.
Hold on to your seats.
From the Associated Press Story:
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has told senior advisers that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, The New York Times reported [...]

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Bloomberg for governor idea a popular one?

It once seemed Gov. Eliot Spitzer was untouchable. Now he’s plain getting slapped in the face.
According to a post in the Daily News-run Daily Politics blog, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at a event this morning at the Woodmere Country Club in Nassau County, which was hosted by state Sen. Dean Skelos. It was [...]

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Watch it: Spitzer on the Colbert Report

Eliot Spitzer … governor, superdelegate and … senator?
Check out the steamroller’s appearance on last night’s Colbert Report.
Watch it.

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Spitzer’s truthiness

Tune in to Comedy Central tonight: Gov. Eliot Spitzer is appearing on The Colbert Report.
The governor’s interview will be taped and aired during the show’s 11:30 p.m. broadcast.
Spitzer’s office isn’t totally sure what Colbert will be asking the governor, but we’re sure it will be funny.
“Even if we told you, it’s Colbert,” spokeswoman Jennifer Givner [...]

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New license plate marks Giants triumph

The state of New York is offering New York Giants fans the chance to buy a new license plate commemorating Big Blue’s historic Super Bowl victory.
The custom plate features the New York Giants logo with the words “Super Bowl Champions XLII” underneath it.
Plates are available for passenger and commercial vehicles and can be personalized. For [...]

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Roosevelt district bailed out

You can’t say Gov. Eliot Spitzer does nothing for Long Island schools.
The governor today will pay off the Roosevelt School District’s $8 million debt, and promises to support the district until at least 2015.
From the NBC brief:
The state is bailing out the financially troubled Roosevelt School District on Long Island, which has been under state [...]

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Spitzer shortchanged … the city?

Area officials have been on the offensive since Gov. Eliot Spitzer released his executive budget last week, claiming the governor is shortchanging Long Island’s school districts - and this - forcing another property tax hike on Nassau and Suffolk residents.
More than 40 school districts here are facing a cut in state funds and our reps, [...]

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