MOVE OVER ELIOT
By Kristin Davis

Client number 9 is talking to potential fundraisers and political consultants about a comeback bid. If Eliot Spitzer runs I will also take the plunge and enter the Democratic Primary for New York State Comptroller. I am confident I can gather the necessary signatures to get on the Primary ballot.

I will run firstly to highlight the inequities and sexism in our criminal justice system which penalizes women, minorities and poor people while wealthy, connected white men like Eliot Spitzer evade justice. Our system that allows Spitzer to walk on money laundering and violating the Mann act (transporting a prostitute across state lines), but sends Plaxico to prison for seven years for shooting himself in the foot is ripe for real reform.

At the same time I am just as qualified for the position of comptroller than Spitzer, a bully who used the Attorney general's office to blackmail business but whose record in court was embarrassing.

I managed the operations for a hedge fund for 10 years, I was VP by the age of 26. I built a multi-million dollar International business out of nothing. I will have my Masters degree before election day in November 2010 as I am finishing my dissertation now. Unlike Prince Eliot I worked for everything I achieved; Daddy paid his way.

Many of my friends have asked me why I have gotten so "political". Sitting in Rikers for four months gives you a lot of time to think. I thought a lot about the unfairness of our system and the total incompetence of our elected officials who can't even pass a gay marriage bill. Then Philip Markoff murdered my friend and former employee, Julissa Brisman, and I decided to start speaking out. I spent months wondering if one person speaking out can make a difference. I believe it can.

Eliot Spitzer has violated the public trust. His hypocrisy, patronizing escort services while prosecuting others and his lies about the illegal financing of his campaigns for Attorney General should exclude him from any position of trust.

His black socks in the boudoir are an additional affront to good taste. His abuse of some of the women I arranged for him to spend time with raises serious questions about his character.

If I run, I will advocate the legalization, regulation and taxation of both prostitution and marijuana to solve New York's fiscal problems. Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, and Tom DiNapoli offer only tax increases, more borrowing, greater debt and service cuts: I will offer a plan for new revenues from two activities that are going to happen anyway.

Under my plan New York's budget can be balanced without raising taxes on working people or cuts to vital services. Who else can say that?
 
Prostitution should be legalized for both the public safety and to fill the public coffers. No more Craig's List murders. No more Johns robbed. Regular medical check ups and licensing of service providers by the State.

Millions of pot smokers are prepared to pay taxes on an activity no more dangerous than drinking alcohol, which is legal in New York State. Let people grow their own up to a reasonable amount. Standardize distribution and tax.

I really would like to see a Candidate for Governor articulate this platform.

I ready to match my ideas with the Steamroller- not to mention asking him some pointed questions. I am ready to throw my hat in the ring. I will be the first candidate in New York history to run while on probation. See you at the debates, Eliot.

NY'S GAY MARRIAGE DISGRACE
by Kristin Davis



Yesterday, the New York State Senate squashed a bill that would legalize gay marriage.  This virtually ensures that this issue is dead until new legislature is installed in 2011.

I am in favor of personal freedom. I believe that gay marriage is a matter of equality. I believe that people regardless of race or gender should be able to marry if they chose to do so. If all people are created equal, shouldn’t we be able to marry whomever we want as long as it’s consensual?

The concept of civil unions sound fair but it's "separate but equal" and that's unconstitutional which makes gays and lesbians second-class citizens. Nothing but full marriage equality fulfills the promise of the United States Constitution.

That is part of what makes America great. We have personal freedoms not afforded in other countries – freedom of speech, freedom to vote and question our government, freedom to choose…and I believe this includes the freedom to love.

Is individual freedom important to you? It is our responsibility as citizens to look out for our individual freedoms and to protect them. It is our duty to speak up for those whose voices cannot be heard.

New York’s inability to pass a bill to address gay marriage is a defeat to everyone who lives in this great state.  Legislators blame the bad economy and say that their time is better spent focused on reducing the state’s spending. If that’s the case then lets legalize the world’s oldest profession and start regulating and taxing it to generate revenue. How much money would that bring in to our state?

It’s a time for equality. Its time to acknowledge that women should be afforded equal rights and be able to chose what they do with their bodies. Its time to acknowledge that marriage is a matter of love and should be afforded equally to everyone. And it’s a time to look for new ways to address fiscal issues and stop using the recession as New York's shortfall.