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Closeted Comptroller?
As reported a few weeks ago on the New York Post's Page Six:
ALBANY pols are concerned because one of the possible candidates to succeed state Comptroller Alan Hevesi is said to be a closeted homosexual. The Democratic majority in the Assembly will pick Hevesi's replacement, probably from their own ranks. "Though they would appoint an openly gay candidate, they worry about someone in the closet," one Dem told Page Six. "After the Hevesi fiasco, they want honesty, and worry about the pressures involved for a statewide official to remain in the closet." They point to what happened to New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, who was forced to resign when his secret came out.
Now that former Assemblyman Tom DiNaploli is the Comptroller, I'd like to know if he is the subject of the Post's piece.
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From The New York Times profile of Mr. DiNapoli
"He is single and has no children but is close to his family. Mr. DiNapoli’s 53rd birthday is on Saturday, his brother James said. “Sunday, he does this every year, he brings us and my kids and my wife into the city to see a play,” he said, noting that this year it would be “Wicked.”"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/nyregion/08man.html
Hmmmm.
Posted by: Homo at February 10, 2007 05:29 PM
This is more of an issue to me than the issue of whether he's qualified (most people in this job, including Hevisi were legislators before they were comptrollers).
In this day and age, if he's gay, he should come out already.
Posted by: Wondering at February 11, 2007 12:13 PM
