Disgraced New York governor turns online scribeEliot Spitzer Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10 1959 ) is an American lawyer, politician and the current Governor of New York. Spitzer was elected governor in the November 2006 election. , the former governor of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of who has kept a low profile since it was revealed he was frequenting call girls, has been hired to write a regular column for Internet magazine Internet Magazine was a monthly print title launched in October 1994 by the UK publishing house, Emap. Its last issue, number 119, was published in July 2004. History Slate. Spitzer's first article, critical of the US government's bailout bailout The financial rescue of a faltering business or other organization. Government guarantees for loans made to Chrysler Corporation constituted a bailout. of ailing financial institutions, appeared on slate.com on Thursday (slate.com/id/2205995). Spitzer, who earned a reputation as an anti-corruption crusader as New York attorney general before becoming governor, resigned in March after authorities busted bust·ed adj. 1. Slang a. Smashed or broken: busted glass; a busted rib. b. Out of order; inoperable: a busted vending machine. 2. a call girl ring. The Emperors' Club VIP charged clients up to 5,500 dollars an hour for sex and Spitzer was revealed to be one of the regulars. Jacob Weisberg, the editor-in-chief of the Slate Group, told The New York Observer that Spitzer's column would be a "regular thing" and would appear every other week. "It'll be heavily about the financial crisis and fixing financial markets and the economy generally," Weisberg said. "He's got a lot to say and he was very receptive to writing on the subject." 
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