Paterson Spends 20k on a New Rug

With a state deficit that could reach 15 billion by the end of next year, what's another $20,000 spent on a fancy carpet for the state house? That's how much was shelled out by Governor Paterson for the antique Turkish rug purchased from Spitzer/Paterson campaign donors Stark Carpet located on 3rd Avenue here in Manhattan. With the governor's almost singular issue over the last few months being the state's budget crisis, the purchase has naturally raised some eyebrows. But Brad Maione, a spokesman for the Office of General Services defended it saying, "(The governor's mansion) serves as a public space that in many ways is a museum open to thousands of visitors and school children each year." The Times-Union notes however that unless there's a public event, most days it remains closed to the public.

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By Billy Parker in News on November 20, 2008 6:18 PM

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jnguy

#1,

Sorry. I was the one who read it wrong.

#9, Thanks for pointing out my error.

lindsayfunke

Oh Hugo, you're adorable as always.

Can't he just go to IKEA like the rest of us?

cmdrogogov

heh..whoops!

PFCheungs

It's not like he can see how ugly it is.

Brooklynbobby

HUGO MEGO, if you hate it here so much, why not get the fuck out? I promise, we won't miss you.

Pull My Finger

He gets a new big buck rug and we get subways with no seats, service cuts and tolls on the bridges.

Toby von Meistersinger

Needlessly renaming bridges, pricey rugs. What is next expensive hookers?

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

paterson really turn into a politician quickly

schadenfreudian mensch

Mind you this is on top of hiring some retired smuck for a $140,000 job while there's a hiring freeze that he imposed. As the saying goes, do as I say not as I do.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/09/22/2008-09-22_what_hiring_freeze_big_state_payday_for_.html

Gothamist_Cynic

and people are rooting for this blind fuck. what a disgrace!

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

Can I visit the rug and walk on it since I paid for it?

peanut100

yeah but the rug really tied the room together.

NannyState

Burn the fucking thing.

blakeslick

#8

If you give it a re-read, you'll see that taxpayer money was spent to buy this rug from a donor to the Spitzer/Paterson campaign

jnguy

#1, read before you comment.

Donor money is not the same as taxpayer money.

cucarachita

I hope they let him return it. Cuz this will give him an acute case of buyer's remorse.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

Lets raid the mansion and take back our rug

rcltrh

Not surprising that other legislators don't want to compromise and cut anything either when the leader doesn't seem to feel the need to cut anything himself. Thought maybe Paterson was going to be different, but it seems he's becoming just another crooked politician like the mayor and all the mayors and governors before them.

nog

this is something you put on the floor and walk on, right? that's really easy to get dirty in a matter of minutes, especially after it snows/rains? right?