Call Walter Rich the Jack Abramoff of New York State.
The elements are all there. Illegal gifts. Secret meetings at lavish vacation getaways. Politicians sleeping over at Walter Rich’s mansion in Cooperstown, New York. Real estate giveaways to campaign donors. Huge government grants for railroads that don’t exist. Forced employees donations to Republican candidates. A tell-all book from an insider to the Walter Rich empire that is about to hit the shelves.
Who’s involved? No one knows for sure, but both Republican incumbent Congressman Sherwood Boehlert and his apparent successor, State Senator James Seward are suspected.
This story has just begun, but it threatens to become just as big as the corruption scandals that brought down congressmen Tom DeLay and Randy Cunningham. Read an article for New York Liberal for more details.
