I'm not in the habit of agreeing with editorials in The New York Post. But The Post was right today to condemn the light sentence which was given to Raymond Harding, former chairman of the defunct Liberal Party, for fraud involving the state's pension fund.
Harding received no jail sentence or fine -- and was permitted to keep $800,000 which he pocketed in fees for serving as a sham intermediary between the pension fund and investment firms.
This was an inappropriate sentence for the political boss whose machinations were crucial to the election of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Harding tricked voters into voting for a political party which was neither liberal nor a real party, but instead was a patronage operation for his sons and friends.
It will be interesting to see if our senior elected officials and political prognosticators have anything to say about this sentence. I'm not holding my breath.
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