tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post4167379733870830757..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Cuomo Says He Won't Return The Bribes, Er, Donations From Glenwood Managementreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-83384219628703806642015-05-07T11:55:58.692-04:002015-05-07T11:55:58.692-04:00From a strictly legal point of view, Glenwood seem...From a strictly legal point of view, Glenwood seems to be clear....whatever illegal deeds they did (come on, enormous NYC real estate company...nope, never shady) were negotiated away with their cooperation with Preet. Now Cuomo...maybe he did simply and legally take Glenwood's $$ as fully-legal, above-board campaign donations. Now, of course I doubt that, but its about PROOF!!! I can't imagine that a potential Cuomo indictment will be filled with quotes from wiretapping etc. What would they build an indictment from? Unless there is some very clear, very obvious (like in Skelos case) evidence of criminal deals from Cuomo himself, it won't happen. Maybe some Cuomo aides will go down (like with Christie in NJ), but I just don't see the legal architecture here where Cuomo himself catches an indictment. There would have to be some serious heavy handed, Cuomo-himself quid pro quo evidence. Beyond that, it seems that our campaign, political, and legal structures that allow deeply compromised, broken, criminal politicians to act on behalf of moneyed interests to do so and avoid prosecution by simply not providing the most flagrant forms of evidence is the real devil in the room. There is a real chance that Cuomo actually didn't do anything illegal, by the strictest terms. That sucks because on basically every measurable category, he is as crooked as they come....except that explicit evidence category. UGH! Preet may give us another NJ. The stink will get real close but never on the Governor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com