Article: LONDON GIVES BACK $10,000 CONTRIBUTION RONALD LAUDER QUESTIONED STATEMENTS THE COMPTROLLER CANDIDATE MADE ABOUT GEORGE PATAKI.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JANE GOTTLIEB Capitol bureau

Herbert London, in a move he said showed taxpayers what an independent comptroller he would make, returned a $10,000 contribution Friday from a key supporter who questioned his public statements against fellow Republican, and gubernatorial candidate, George Pataki.

``It was unusual. Maybe unorthodox. But it's also true I managed to get the attention of some people,'' said London, explaining the latest in a string of peculiar actions generating interest around one of the state's more obscure races. ``If we were put in a position between maintaining our independence and $10,000, it was an easy choice.''

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