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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 09:58 AM Apr 2016

NY Daily News: Investigators probe de Blasio fund-raising associated with New York developers

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/investigators-probe-de-blasio-fund-raising-n-y-developers-article-1.2611789

On its face, it makes no sense.

A handful of sophisticated New York developers write big campaign checks to rural backwoods political committees miles upstate.

Upon closer inspection, however, it all becomes clear.

The developers were told the money wasn’t meant to help elect some yahoo constable in Moosebreath Corners, N.Y. Instead, it would help Mayor de Blasio in his quixotic quest to flip the GOP-controlled state Senate to the Democrats.

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