Breaking: Governor Of New York (Maybe) A Fan Of Hookers

March 10, 2008
DASHIELL

Eliot Spitzer became of the Governor of New York by running as a hard-nosed former prosecutor who cleaned up Wall Street and organized crime and was now going to clean up his state capital. Now, involvement with organized crime may end his political career. The New York Times is reporting that Spitzer told his staff today that he was "involved" with a prostitution ring. His involvement may or may not be related to the bust of an online call girl ring that made all the headlines last week. His brief cryptic statement on the matter left most questions unanswered and speculation and rumors continue to run rampant. Maybe he'll stand up and announce that if even a married Governor of one of the largest states in the nation can frequent call girls without hurting himself or anyone else then maybe prostitution isn't such a horrible thing and maybe we as a society should re-think our attitudes toward sex work and rewrite our law books to treat this industry and its workers more fairly. (On second thought ... nah.)