A little more about my item where surrogates (Bill Samuels and Hank Sheinkopf) for likely 2013 candidates (Bill de Blasio and Anthony Weiner) were sparring.
In my item, Samuels launched the attack, calling Weiner “too shrill” overall, and his opposition to non-partisan redistricting “ridiculous.” Sheinkopf came to Weiner’s defense, calling Samuels out of touch and “the guy with the silver spoon.”
It’s an interesting position for Sheinkopf, who worked for Bloomberg’s 2009 campaign that pushed Weiner out of the race.
Page Six asked Sheinkopf if he’s working for Weiner.
“I never discuss what I’m doing. I presume I’ll be employed,” he told them.
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Hah — Sheinkopf never discusses what he is doing.
Yeah — we had to look at one of Pedro Espada’s rare campaign finance filings to see that Sheinkopf was a financial backer of the now indicted Espada. I guess he was counting on Espada not filing again? Poor Hank — made the mistake of giving big dough to Espada in the one cycle Espada filed a report. Or maybe not — maybe Sheinkopf gave a lot more to the crooked Espada? Does Weiner or any pol for that matter really want to connect themselves to someone so close to the poster boy for political corruption in NYS?