Lin Wood

Bill White, disgraced ex-head of Intrepid, agrees to pay $1 million settlement in pay-to-play deal The former head of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum has agreed to pay a $1 million settlement for his role in a massive state pension fund pay-to-play scandal. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the deal with Bill White on Thursday. Cuomo charged that White acted as an unlicensed paid middleman for investment companies seeking lucrative state pension fund business during disgraced former Controller Alan Hevesi‘s tenure. In one case, according to Cuomo, White helped win $500 million in pension fund investments in Guggenheim Partners Select State Fund. White “secretly” received more than $570,000 in fees from the deal, Cuomo said. He also not only gave $10,000 to Hevesi’s 2006 reelection campaign, but bundled $50,000 in donations from two Guggenheim principals. “The state pension fund, which should be safeguarded for taxpayers, was instead served up to fixers, finders, and fund-raisers like Bill White, who used his access to fill his pockets,” Cuomo said. Amid the probe, White last May suddenly quit his job with the Intrepid museum, which he had held since 1992. Six people have entered guilty pleas as a result of Cuomo’s probe, including Hevesi’s former chief investment officer, David Loglisci. The center of the scandal, Hevesi former political consultant Hank Morris, is under indictment and facing a trial for his role. https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/09/17/bill-white-disgraced-ex-head-of-intrepid-agrees-to-pay-1-million-settlement-in-pay-to-play-deal/

Bill White with his husband Brian Eure, Charlie Daniels and Bernie Kerik.

Well, well, well . . . Time for rest. Again. A few final thoughts for the day and night: I love telling my puppies good night. And I love greeting them in the morning. The evening and the morning make my day!!! I sometimes ask myself during the day: “How can I fight so many battles???” There are so many battles and I am just one man. “How can I defeat my enemies when they control the corrupt media and the legal system of injustice???” I cannot as I am just one man. I know I did not do anything wrong or unlawful. Yet, I am still relentlessly attacked!!! I should be pulling my hair out!!! But I do not. I press on. Knowing that when I am weak, God is strong. Knowing that God goes before me and fights my battles for me. What God does for me, He will do for you if you believe in Him. He believes in us and will never forsake us if we believe in Him. Jesus Christ is God. I hope you rest well tonight. God bless each of you. Good night. Lin 🙏🙏🙏