NY State Comptroller Carl McCall, the Democrat party candidate for Governor in the fall election, did his bit at the office:
State Comptroller Carl McCall successfully sought a job for his daughter from a top Verizon exec - while reminding him in the same letter that the state pension fund owned millions of the firm's shares, The Post has learned.What a guy! And what a family! There's nothing like the party of the people.
After congratulationg Bell Atlantic honcho Fred Salerno on the merger that created Verizon, McCall cited the state's $143 million in shares - then urged Salerno to consider his daughter as a job candidate.
"Under separate cover, I am sending the résumé we discussed," McCall wrote in the Aug. 19, 1997, letter on official state stationery.
In another mailing, McCall sent Salerno a two-page résumé for Marci McCall, his daughter, who wrote that her goal is "to obtain a position coordinating or directing special events and/or community relations."
Marci McCall was hired by Verizon in November 1998 and worked in one of the company's customer-service centers as a "specialist."
But her employment at the telecommunications giant abruptly ended in March last year, when she was fired for using her company credit card for personal expenses.
Marci McCall was charged with larceny for allegedly writing $97,000 in bad checks to try to cover the expenses, but prosecutors dropped the case three months later because she repaid Verizon $24,000 that she owed.
Marci McCall now works in marketing for Sweetheart Cups, a firm owned by Carl McCall's running mate, Dennis Mehiel.
Why isn't the $63,000 she still owes considered a bribe?
