Kevin Fullington

The Politicker simply doesn't understand why John Haggerty, Bloomberg's Republican field operative hasn't been paid. The Ognibene folks see sinister motives, but other GOP insiders aren't sure what's to be gained.

But here's another perplexing item: Back in January, campaign manager Kevin Sheekey leaked the hiring of three political operatives to the Times. They included two Democrats, Stu Loeser and Patrick Brennan, and a Republican, Kevin Fullington. Fullington is a former aide to City Council GOP leader Jimmy Oddo who now works in the Mayor's Office of Legislative Affairs.  read more »

Six months later, the two Democrats are on Mike's campaign payroll, but Fullington's name still hasn't shown up on a campaign filing. And I saw him at City Hall earlier today.

So what's the deal? The Democrats over there just can't bring themselves to sign those GOP paychecks?

It took a while, but the Bloomberg campaign has steeled itself to bringing an actual Republican political operative into Mike's midtown headquarters.

There have been press reports since January of the Mayor's campaign hiring Republican staff. But don't believe the hype. One of those Republicans, Kevin Fullington, is still in his job in the Mayor's Office of Legislative Affairs. The other, former Pataki aide John Haggerty, didn't show up on Mike's most recent campaign finance filing, but we're told he finally started with the Mayor this month and has even been dragged along to a Democratic club or two.  read more »

Anyway, he's working hard. A Queens spy provides this evidence that Mike will be showing up at Haggerty's political home base tomorrow night.