New York claims to be the financial capital of the world and its powerful chief executive Governor Eliot Spitzer, 48, whose rise to political power as a fierce enforcer of ethics in public life was undone by revelations of his own involvement with prostitutes, resigned on Wednesday, becoming the first New York governor to leave office amid scandal in nearly a century.
The scion of a wealthy New York real estate baron, Mr. Spitzer graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School before rising to fame as an avenging state attorney general, hunting down Wall Street criminals with an uncompromising fervor. Now the same rules that he imposed on other people are haunting him in his link to a high class prostitution ring with the potential for criminal charges to be levied against him by US attorneys.
Now the media pundits and pop psychologists are searching for an answer why a man who demonstrated an unnerving steeliness for taking on the misconduct of the top Wall Street barons and who had everything going for him, had secretly led such a reckless life, possibly breaking federal laws.
At his Midtown Manhattan office, the governor — with his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, at his side — offered an apology to his family and to the public and said he would devote himself to serving “the common good.”
“From those to whom much is given, much is expected,” Mr. Spitzer said. “I have been given much: the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me.”
“Over the course of my public life, I have insisted — I believe correctly — that people regardless of their position or power take responsibility for their conduct,” he said. “I can and will ask no less of myself. For this reason, I am resigning from the office of governor.”
High-end sex market is a growing industry in most global cities, and men from the financial sector are an important part of the clientele. Eliot Spitzer was a former attorney general before he became governor in New York and he knows the rules that have got him into trouble.
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yes indeed. he was the one who was cracking up prostitution rings . All others except the one he chose to get girls to get laid. He also seems to have paid nearly 5000 dollars for one setting. What a loser.
The high class prostitute he chose to get engaged was one of the many university students who are supposedly engaged in sex industry.
I wonder if Maldivian girls also get involved in such acts to get a quick buck.
Hi anonymous.
Thank you for the comment. It has been known before that women who were in need of extra cash would get into prostitution to earn the money. But now, their numbers have increased and even students have joined the bandwagon. Good looking girls on the fringe of society with emotional and financial problems are lured into working for escort services where they serve to satisfy the lust of men who are willing to pay big money.
The tragedy is that these girls lose their reputation and often end up on some kind of substance abuse.
The moral of living by good values is no longer a high priority in this age of materialism with the demand for instant gratification. Going by what happened in the massage parlours in Male' before they were closed down, we know there are some girls in Maldives who entertain men in similar manner.
Oxymoronic. Life is about making difficult choices. Anyone who knows that he/she is not capable to run an office or work ethically and morally at a post should resign himself/herself or at least try harder to become better.
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