"Thick as a brick and just as smart." That is how Hugh Butler, Libertarian candidate for state treasurer, described Alter's decision to put his picture on the 24-page unclaimed property listings. The listings were placed in newspapers around the state a week ago.
"Ms. Pignanelli is right again," said Butler. "She has exposed a red-handed theft by a trusted state officer who used taxpayers' money to paste his picture all over an announcement about unclaimed property. The man further compounded his crime by intimating that Ms. Pignanelli would find her complaint expedited by Attorney General Jan Graham's office because they are both `women Democrats.' ""Alter is out of it. Probably because of being trapped with accountants and investment bankers," said Butler.