Byline: Elizabeth Benjamin
Dec. 8--ALBANY -- Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer took a swipe Thursday at Gov. George Pataki for appointing hundreds of loyalists to public posts in his final months in office, saying the practice, although legal, is "not in the spirit of good governance."
Some of the slots the outgoing Republican governor has already filled or is eyeing as landing places for a favored few carry salaries of more than $100,000, and at least one has a term that would outlast Spitzer's first four years in office.
Asked about published reports that Pataki has so far appointed more than 400 people to state boards and commissions with the power to set policy and spend, and is considering dozens more, Spitzer, a Democrat, replied:
"As much as I have tried to respect the incumbent's legal capacity to make decisions, I think wise policy would dictate against putting in place individuals in agencies where their terms in office will extend deeply into my term."
About 290 of those appointments have been confirmed by the Republican-controlled state …
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