Giuliani Stepping In It

The story just keeps getting worse for Rudy regarding his (mis)use of the NYC police and/or city finances. ABC's investigative blog, "The Blotter" reports:

Well before it was publicly known he was seeing her, then-married New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani provided a police driver and city car for his mistress Judith Nathan, former senior city officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.

"She used the PD as her personal taxi service," said one former city official who worked for Giuliani.
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The former city officials said Giuliani expanded the budget for his security detail at the time. Politico.com reported yesterday that many of the security expenses were initially billed to obscure city agencies, effectively hiding them from oversight.

The former officials told ABCNews.com the extra costs involved overtime and per diem costs for officers traveling with Giuliani to secret weekend rendezvous with Nathan in the fashionable Hamptons resort area on Long Island.

I pointed the same thing out regarding Huckabee a few days ago. There are two primary reasons that the Republicans had such a horrible election in 2006: their spending proclivities and their ethics violations. With Huck, he is weak in both areas. It is hard to determine if Rudy would be weak on finances. But this story at least demonstrates the sensitivity that he will have on this issue, if not now at least in the general election.