Will someone please make sure our governor paid New York’s required sales and use tax on his sexual transactions conducted in another state?
Dorinda M. Mittiga
Congers
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Is there any truth to the rumor that Bill Clinton is clients one through eight?
Goerge Mole
The Bronx
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If anything good can come from the tragic downfall of Gov. Spitzer, it is the man who will be replacing him.
David Paterson will become only the fourth African-American governor in our nation’s history.
Additionally, the fact that he is legally blind will make him an inspiration to millions across the country, who are told they can’t do something because of a disability.
Those facts can easily be lost in a scandal like this, though they shouldn’t be.
Steven M. Clayton
Ocean, NJ
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The most egregious part of the Spitzer saga is it appears he may use his status as governor to diminish his legal jeopardy.
The people of New York gave Spitzer his office and powers due to a constitutionally approved election.
The mere assumption that he would use our votes as a bargaining chip to avoid jail is an obscenity.
Bob Tufts
Forest Hills
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Arrogance and aggression may have helped Spitzer claw his way to the top, but his ego and concupiscence led to his downfall.
T. King
Manhattan
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Spitzer, I don’t accept your apology.
Joseph Kempski
Belleville
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At least now we know why Spitzer wanted driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants: He was hoping that some of his “dates” could carpool!
Manny Dar
Elmont
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I don’t understand why Democrats are making such a big to-do about Spitzer’s conduct.
Why don’t they just pretend that it’s Bill Clinton again and let it go?
After all, they all do it; he just got caught. Isn’t that the prototypical liberal party line?
Marc Arenstein
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Could this Spitzer scandal be a blessing in disguise?
The Democrats can’t make up their minds about whom they dislike, Clinton or Obama.
But then comes Spitzer, an unashamed, sleazy liberal.
Spitzer’s a made-to-order Democrat. He comes with his own ready-made scandal.
Move over, Clinton and Obama. The liberals have struck gold – the perfect candidate with enough baggage to make Blue-Dress Bill and Chappaquiddick Ted proud.
Jeff Rickey
Manalapan, NJ
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Spitzer, in his statement to the press, says “politics in the long run . . . is about ideas, the public good . . . and what is best for the state of New York.”
He is entirely correct and, out of his own mouth, damns himself.
By allegedly patronizing a prostitution ring to the tune of thousands of dollars, he has knowingly helped a criminal organization flourish.
Thereby, he has knowingly supported trafficking in human beings, money laundering, tax evasion, drug dealing and who knows what else.
It is not to be dismissed as “a private matter.”
Helaine L. Smith
Manhattan
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Spitzer is an embarrassment to the people of New York. His arrogance and steamroller style have made him an ineffective governor.
His attempt to characterize his current crisis as solely a personal matter belies the fact that solicitation of a prostitute is still a violation of the law.
The hand of divine justice is at work here in removing him from his self-appointed throne.
It is not only time for Spitzer’s self-examination, New Yorkers also deserve the chance to have a governor who knows the meaning of the word “respect” – for citizens, family and self.
J. Biaggi
Manhattan
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The higher you set yourself above everyone else, the farther you have to fall.
Jon Pally
Staten Island
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Am I the only one, or is anyone else getting sick and tired of the TV networks continuously breaking into programming for news stories that can wait until their 5 p.m. broadcasts.
On Monday, the interruption was about Spitzer’s involvement with a prostitution ring that broke during “General Hospital.”
Who cares? Like he’s the only politician who’s ever been involved in some kind of scandal.
TV networks have news programs morning, noon and night. If they are also going to interrupt programs, they should do it for something important, like another terrorist attack or the president resigning.
Robert Backele
Bayonne, NJ
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Spitzer has been involved in a prostitution ring for some time – we know it as “politics.”
His political career is not over. There’s always New Jersey and Louisiana.
Jerome Levenberg
Cedarhurst
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Don’t be so quick to convict Spitzer. Maybe he was working undercover; or is that under covers?
Michael Wishner
Manhattan
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It sounds to me that Spitzer is now the ideal candidate for president.
He has all the qualifications of Bill Clinton.
Rich Pokorny
Bayside
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Spitzer made a career out of extorting resignations from corporate executives, even in the absence of wrongdoing.
Now he admits to criminal conduct but takes his time in resigning. That’s chutzpah!
Chris Gidez
Fairfield, Conn.
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The real scandal here is how high priced the call girls involved appear to be.
Shouldn’t a governor who cared about blue-collar folk have visited a low-rent streetwalker?
Raymond Davies
Staten Island
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Who’s a steamroller now, Spitzer?
This liberal Democrat says, “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”
Richard Kavesh
Nyack
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Dream Team 2008: CLINTON-SPITZER.
Fred Findley
Lake Wales, Fla.
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The involvement of our governor in the world’s oldest profession only bolsters the argument that this industry should be legal, regulated and taxed.
Dan Rosen
Manhattan
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The last thing we need in New York right now is another Clintonesque soap opera to contend with.
Spitzer’s self-righteousness is astounding.
If he really wants to do the right thing for his constituents, he should get a taste of what some of the good, hardworking people in the insurance industry felt when he ruined their lives.
Let’s put Spitzer’s picture in the dictionary under the definition for “hypocrisy.”
Linda Cavallaro
New Hyde Park
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It looks like the steamroller was rolled over by the happy hooker who went to Washington.
Spitzer’s holier-than-thou attitude has caught up with him.
While he was trying to bury State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno with his dirty tricks, he never thought a trick of his own would backfire against him.
Since his time in office, Spitzer has done nothing for New Yorkers. He believed that he was entitled to be governor and that all would bow to him.
His arrogance, lies and incompetence showed the first few months in his term.
I truly pity his wife and three daughters, who will live with this humiliation for a very long time to come.
Lori Nassis
Astoria
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Spitzer doesn’t deserve the “honor” of making the decision to resign.
Instead, he ought to be fired. I only wish that Donald Trump had the authority to say to him, on national TV, “You’re fired!”
It’s just too bad that we have no national law that provides for an “express” line for 24-hour impeachment and banishment from political office.
Richard Siegelman
Plainview
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Now it’s Spitzer’s wife standing by her man while he confesses his sins at a press conference, Ã la Jim McGreevey.
Grow a spine, ladies! Go out there only to announce that you have already cleaned out the bank account, taken the car, the dog and the house and that the bozo you married is yesterday’s news.
Ann Rychlenski
Ozone Park
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Client, Client Number 9.
Steamroll down the Hudson Line.
If you’re caught in the sack, do you get a refund back?
Wayne Olson
Pawling
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It’s time for all of the people who were involved in Troopergate to follow the governor out the door.
Let’s also hope that the legal problems related to Spitzer and his henchmen in Troopergate continues at an accelerated rate.
Spitzer was bad for New York.
Jim Canavan
Glens Falls
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It didn’t take long after the news broke about the Spitzer scandal for Democratic talking heads to take to the airwaves to allege that Spitzer’s was a victimless crime.
I doubt sincerely that Mrs. Spitzer, their three daughters, Dina McGreevey and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton would agree.
If prostitution and the related crime of money laundering were victimless, I doubt that then-Attorney General Spitzer would not have prosecuted these offenses so vigorously.
Furthermore, if adultery is a victimless offense, why is it grounds for the legal dissolution of a marriage?
L. Barlerin
Manhattan