Klein’s own spokeswoman wrote critical ‘Post’ article

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To the Editor:

 That other paper [The Riverdale Review] criticized Oliver Koppell for comparing Klein to a cold-blooded reptile, BUT it was his own spokeswoman, CANDICE GIOVE, who, as a reporter for the New York Post, wrote a story headlined “Coldblooded Pol’s Ethics Gap.”  

She reported that Klein is “as slippery as his pet iguana... Klein has gamed the system — and possibly broken the law — for years, thumbing his nose at city zoning regulations, getting tax breaks he isn’t entitled to, and failing to disclose his assets to state officials. His ethical breaches range from a dubious mortgage and scandal-scarred political donors to questionable court appointments and renting his Senate office from a firm with alleged mob ties.”  

These were her words.  Except for Klein’s going to court to stop the Moreland Commission — everything in the Koppell campaign piece was from Klein’s own spokeswoman.  

There is an interesting postscript to this story and that is that the original article in March 2012 has Candice Giove’s byline but the online version now omits her name.  I didn’t even know you could do that, and who did that, and why?  

Well, I can guess why and it is wrong, but not as wrong as all of Klein’s misdeeds as reported by his own spokeswoman.     

Lorraine Coyle Koppell 

Oliver Koppell, Candice Giove, Lorraine Coyle Koppell, Jeff Klein

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