Dennis Vacco was Attorney General of New York State.
Campaigning for Internet Censorship
Vacco came to national attention through a series of prosecutions brought against ISPs for allegedly distributing child pornography. The principal defendant Buffnet ince eventually pled guilty to a charge of fourth degree felicitation of a felony and was fined $5,000. [1]
The Fox News Controvesy
Vacco played a prominent role in Mayor Rudy Giuliani's attempt to force Time-Warner Cable to carry the right-wing Fox News channel. An attempt by Vacco to bring an anti-trust violation charge against Time-Warner failed. Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ...
Fined for Lobbying Violations
In 2005 Vacco was fined $500,000 for accepting a lobbying contract with an illegal $5.5 million 'success fee' barred under New York State anti-corruption laws.
And under the screaming inch-high headlines of Spitzer's own news releases are details of Vacco's hirings and firings that Spitzer claims have transformed the once non-partisan office into a patronage mill.
In a race that pits a former federal prosecutor, Vacco, against a one-time aide to Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, Spitzer, the credentials of the candidates seem to have taken a backseat to charges and counter-charges.
The Vacco camp claims Spitzer could not possibly have financed the loans himself, as he has said, insinuating that his wealthy real-estate developer father, Bernard, helped his son and in the process violated campaign finance laws.
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