Mr. Spitzer has arrived
It's become quite clear over the past year that Gov. Eliot Spitzer is no fan of the Capitol press corps -- AKA the Legislative Correspondents' Association.
Still, his aides brought a large, framed photograph of the governor up the one flight of stairs to the LCA, where the black and white image was put in place this morning -- on Day 355 of his admininistration -- along a wall of photographs of other governors dating back to Teddy Roosevelt.
Maybe fitting, but the Spitzer photograph is hardly warm and fuzzy; LCAers here this morning have characterized it as everything from Spitzer looking angry to confused. [Of course, mabe they were just upset their favorite Spitzer photograph -- a beach shot featuring a shirtless, smiling governor -- didn't make it onto the wall.]
Either way, he's here -- at least on paper -- and reporters can look up from their cluttered desks to the Spitzer image looming large in the center of the press room. Like the governor, who has rarely come to Albany since the whole troopergate affair blew up in July, the photograph also isn't much in the mood for answering questions.
As for George Pataki -- remember him? -- his photograph was moved into a corner slot, above the desk of a Bloomberg News reporter who was away from the office and had no say in the matter.
-- Tom Precious
