Questions Linger on Use of Jet By Spitzer

The New York Sun reports:

After days of stonewalling, the campaign of gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer yesterday released the names of the airports that the attorney general flew out of on a private jet provided by a gambling figure bidding for the state's lucrative thoroughbred racing franchise.

In May, Mr. Spitzer, on his way to a series of fund-raisers, flew on a jet provided by Richard Fields from Phoenix Sky Harbor airport to Tucson International airport to Lunken Field airport near Cincinnati, and to La Guardia airport in New York City.

The names of the airports will be important if the state lobbying commission decides to launch an investigation into whether Mr. Fields, a registered lobbyist, violated lobbying regulations by charging Mr. Spitzer and a campaign staffer accompanying him at a first-class commercial rate instead of the actual cost of a chartered flight.

Eliot Spitzer sure thinks he's special.