Article: WHY ALL THE FUSS OVER PATRONAGE JOBS?(PERSPECTIVE)

Article: Dennis Vacco, the fool
New York Amsterdam News;  December 16, 1998 ;     520 words ...New York Amsterdam News 12-16-1998 Dennis Vacco, the fool Dennis Vacco, the lame-duck attorney general of New York State, has initiated another idiocy -- an attempt to challenge the unofficial election results that left him job hunting ...

Article: Former NYS Civil Service Commissioner Endorses Dennis ...
Italian Voice, The;  October 20, 1994 ;     350 words ... ... 20-1994 Former NYS Civil Service Commissioner Endorses Dennis Vacco For Attorney. General Former New York State Civil Service ... this race who happens to be Republican," said Gambino. "Dennis Vacco is the better candidate because he is better qualified to ...

Article: VACCO SETS NEW ROLE: TRUSTBUSTER -- MICROSOFT CASE, OTHERS WIN AG ...
Crain's New York Business;  May 25, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Association's antitrust committee. "Frankly, given the difference between a Bob Abrams and a Dennis Vacco, it would not have surprised anyone for Dennis Vacco to have taken a hands-off attitude toward antitrust," says Richard M. Steuer, a partner ...

Article: STORE ASSOCIATION COMES TO DENNIS VACCO'S ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  December 9, 1996 ;     570 words ... ... Stores DELMAR The Albany Times Union recently reported tobacco-heir Patrick Reynolds' assertion that state Attorney General Dennis Vacco has refused to ``take on'' the cigarette companies. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, this past week ...

Article: Ex-attorney general's firm faces fine: Dennis Vacco ...
Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: James M. Odato Apr. 18--ALBANY -- The lobbying firm of former Attorney General Dennis Vacco could be fined $325,000 for allegedly hiding an illegal contract for millions of dollars if a tribal casino was built in the ...

Article: Ex-attorney general's firm faces fine; Dennis Vacco ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 18, 2007 ;     698 words ...Byline: JAMES M. ODATO - Capitol bureau ALBANY - The lobbying firm of former Attorney General Dennis Vacco could be fined $325,000 for allegedly hiding an illegal contract for millions of dollars if a tribal casino was built in the ...

Article: Lawyer: Lobbying probe was closed; Ex-Attorney General ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: JAMES M. ODATO - Capitol bureau ALBANY - The lawyer for former Attorney General Dennis Vacco's lobbying firm contends the state lobbying commission's chairman vowed to call off an investigation into an alleged illegal ...