Word: zaccaro
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Dates: during 1984-1984
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Ferraro got off even more lightly. "I consider myself completely vindicated," she said following the announcement of the Ethics Committee's findings. The six Democrats and six Republicans ruled that Ferraro should not have claimed exemption from reporting the business dealings of her husband, Real Estate Developer John Zaccaro, in her congressional financial disclosures. Ferraro would qualify only if she had no knowledge of her husband's finances, had no role in their development and had not benefited from them. This, said the committee, was not the case. But the 47-page report concluded that she acted without...
...gift from her daughter Lisa, a second-year law student at Yale. Working 14-hour days leaves Allred little time with her husband William, 53, an aircraft-parts dealer. The two married in 1968. William Allred supports his wife but jokes, "The sole saving grace between me and John Zaccaro is that Gloria will never run for public office...
...became a historic symbol of how high a woman can aspire in politics, may be limited by the legal problems of her husband. These problems might never have arisen if the spotlight attracted by her candidacy had not also come glaring down on his business. As a result, Zaccaro's real estate income has dropped ("Who wants to be partners with somebody knowing the deal's going to be all over the papers?" Ferraro asks). She is considering writing a book about her unique campaign experience. Such a work could prove both illuminating and profitable. She can expect to command...
While campaigning last week, the Democrats treated the sleaze factor more gingerly than might have been expected, perhaps because they did not want to revive the controversy over the personal finances of Geraldine Ferraro and her husband John Zaccaro. Mondale allowed that "there has been a tacky element to the Administration" but said that he did not want to appear "pious" because other Administrations, including Democratic ones, had also suffered because of the peccadilloes of their officials. He was likewise restrained about Vice President George Bush, who revealed last week that he had been forced...
...Although Zaccaro is not running for office, is it possible that he is guilty of legal sleaze? Can his wife be sleazified by "sleaze through association?" Is there sleaze in everyone's closet...