In the case, which pitted the academy against various ticket brokers who allegedly sold or tried to sell tickets to the Oscars, an investigator for the academy who solicited tickets was told by a broker he should consider: "a pair of Oscar tickets ($30K totall.
The aide, Peter E. Kauffmann, was the main witness questioned by lawyers for the State Commission on Public Integrity in a two-and-a-half-hour hearing into whether Mr. Paterson had violated ethics laws by having aides solicit the tickets.
Mr. Johnson attended the World Series game with the governor, and he was involved in soliciting the tickets from Yankees officials.
AMY DAVIDSON: The tacky-corrupt part of the Yankees thing seems to be that his office solicited the tickets, rather than just humbly accepting them.
But he did not send the check until later, after a New York Post reporter inquired about whether he had solicited free tickets to the game, even though he was probably not entitled to them because he had no official business at the game.
While Mr. McAuliffe solicits big-ticket donations in one-on-one settings, smaller gifts are being sought in direct-mail appeals.
Nobody solicited our ticket stubs, but I kept mine, long after my mother threw out my scorecard and 1950s baseball cards, in the hope that I would meet Erskine and get him to autograph it.
To make up the difference between what such an evening actually costs and the retail value quoted to patrons, institutions must divert a greater portion of ticket receipts, solicit corporate underwriting or even dip into precious investment income.
Investigators found that Dunn often provided favors to the woman, including tickets to at least seven concerts and sporting events, including one Las Vegas event where he solicited a free ticket for the employee.
Geelan runs a Web site, donatea.com, that solicits unused tickets to New York-area sporting events and donates them to children with cancer.
