More on the FBI's Bruno Investigation
WCBS reports (video link) that the investigation does appear to be related to Bruno's close, strictly-horse-based relationship with Jared Abbruzzese.
They also note the particularly unfortunate timing for the state's soon-to-be highest-ranking Republican. With Spitzer riding a wave of reform in and Hevesi riding a wave of scandal out, Bruno may find himself particularly vulnerable.
Hank Sheinkopf: "Senator Bruno seemed to be away from the problem, now he’s right in the middle of it. The calls for reform will only increase, and there’ll be more attacks on the Albany politicians."
Meanwhile, it's up to us to find a proper name for the emerging scandal. Saddlegate? The Horse Pork Affair? Albany Cowboys? I got nothin'.
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Accountability | Corruption | New York State Senate | Scandals | Sleaze | State Senate | New York | Joe Bruno
c'mon, dude.
Submitted by lipris on 20 December 2006 - 4:43pm.
it's simply Brunogate.
it's time: the albany project
Well...
Submitted by Paul Curtis on 20 December 2006 - 4:58pm.
Lacks a certain equine flair, but for the sake of simplicity, I'll go with it...
Scandal name
One of the problems in naming scandal in NYS is that "everything connects to everything"-- especially for the famous three men in a room. You would not want to risk a name that contained the scandal in a space smaller than its various parts take up.
Despite that risk, the "Grafton Graft Affair" has real pizazz.... if some Saratoga race fan can come up with the name of a horse of obscure and secretive joint ownership to add in to cover that end of things, we may have a handle on this....