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Letitia James makes a mockery of the New York Attorney General’s office with her immoral vendetta against Donald Trump, vdare.com, the National Rifle Association and any opponent of the progressive agenda. She has turned her office into the Augean Stables, overdue for a thorough cleansing.
New York has not had a real attorney general since Louis Lefkowitz. Lefkowitz was elected in 1958 as a Republican along with Nelson Rockefeller as governor and Jacob Javits as senator. He stayed in office until he retired in 1979, overwhelmingly re-elected each time he ran. There was no one better, at least New Yorkers thought so.
His staff was like family, I don’t think he ever fired anyone, he’d just shift them around. Working for him was working in a Jewish law firm with a smattering of Christians, mostly Irish or Italian Catholics. They yelled and screamed at each other, threw insults, and expected them to be thrown back. “All was sound and fury, signifying nothing.” At the end of the day, it was ” see you tomorrow, stay well.” It was a cast of characters from the pen of Damon Runyon.
But “Mr. Attorney General” had a record of solid accomplishment for New Yorkers. He wasn’t a grandstander, or a womanizer, or power-hungry, avaricious for the next higher officer. His office was never out to “nail someone” unless they were crooked. He was “the people’s lawyer” and that was good enough. His Bureau of Public Financing was better than the SEC in monitoring Wall Street and paid for itself with broker-dealer and investment advisor registration fees. Any investment firm doing business in the state had to register even if was headquartered on the far side of the moon. The bureau even had its own securities analyst who had come off Wall Street and could spot a cheap trick a mile away.
Condos and co-ops, whether new structures or conversions, were considered investments as well, and required registration if they advertised in New York State, no matter where the building was located. Registration included finance plans which had to pass muster from bureau accountants and building plans prints to be studied by bureau engineers. New Yorkers were not about to be fleeced by gonifs grabbing a quick buck.
Also coming under green eyeshade surveillance were franchises. The attorney in charge of that one was a Jewish lawyer who looked and acted as if he were plucked from Maine, Yankee to the core. He advised most seeking to buy a franchise not to, or at least not to without being thoroughly apprised of the risks which the seller had to disgorge.
Lefkowitz and his boys put charities through the mill as well. If you were soliciting from New Yorkers you’d better be on the level, or else. His consumer protection bureau kept a watchful eye on those who would separate a citizen from his money. If you thought you’d been cheated by a New York business you had recourse to the AG. Swept up in his net were phony talent agents, diploma mills, car dealers, timeshares, and foreign-flagged cruise lines who had trouble meeting health requirements. The consumer was not always right, but Lefkowitz wanted justice, not scalps.
Louis Lefkowitz and his “gang” were dedicated public servants, a far cry from the legal cannibals found in the New York Attorney General’s office now.
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Author: William Layer
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