As regular readers may note, I’ve commented on the unfolding drama surrounding NYS Controller Alan Hevesi (search my blog for more) and his ‘taking adavantage of my position’ shortcuts. Fred Dicker of the NY post is reporting that the Controller (an elected official) has put a non-elected official in charge of his office while he battens down the hatches. Time to lawyer-up Mr. Hevesi. See: Hevesi Yields Power, Puts Pal In Charge an excerpt from which follows:

SCANDAL-scarred state Comptroller Alan Hevesi has turned control of his office over to his longtime political consultant, Hank Morris, in hopes of staving off a criminal indictment, The Post has learned.

High-level Democratic officials, including operatives close to Hevesi – who is under criminal investigation by at least two agencies for providing a state-funded chauffeur to his wife for 31/2 years – said Morris is now the de-facto chief of one of the state’s most powerful offices.

“Hank Morris has taken over for Hevesi,” said a key player in the statewide Democratic election campaigns.

“Longtime government aides have been pushed aside as Morris calls all the shots” on what the huge comptroller’s office – which serves as the state’s top auditor – is able to do, the source continued…

How nice – the democracy of one at work. As a citizen I somehow feel underserved…