If, like me, you wondered how someone could spend $80,000 on anything and not miss it, let alone have their partner notice, we have an answer.
The scion of a wealthy Manhattan real estate developer, Spitzer is a millionaire who could easily live off his share of his father’s real estate business.
He reported $1.9 million in income to the IRS in 2006.
Not including last year, his earnings have been $14.9 million since 1998, and that total only hints at his family’s wealth. His father, Bernard Spitzer, is said to be worth at least $500 million.
Spitzer’s tax returns show that a majority of his income comes from rents collected on apartments and shops owned by the family. As governor, he earned $179,000 a year.
His wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, gave up a lucrative career in corporate law in 1994.
One person might miss Spitzer’s various assets. Hillary Clinton just lost a superdelegate.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Lt. Gov. David Paterson are both in the Hillary Rodham Clinton camp. Spitzer was a superdelegate because he was governor, Paterson because he’s an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee. Now, Spitzer is out, so Clinton will lose a vote. Paterson occupies two “slots.” He could resign as a DNC member. But since it’s an at-large slot, his replacement could come from any state, and for either candidate. There are already two vacancies in at-large seats. There is no indication that Howard Dean plans to fill them.
But then, there is also no indication Howard Dean plans to do anything about anything.
Who were the OTHER clients of the Spitzer service? Could all of them have another political affiliation?