2007-12-21 Giuliani Secretive As Mayor

2007-12-21 \Rudy Giuliani\secrecy\Associated Press http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071221/giuliani-secrecy/ Giuliani Secretive As Mayor &ldquo;When a mayor of New York leaves office, little goes out the door but memories – unless he's Rudy Giuliani. Government rules discourage the city's most powerful officeholder from departing with more than token gifts collected on the job. .. [but] when Giuliani stepped down, he needed a warehouse. ... In a Republican presidential candidates' debate last week, Giuliani asserted: "My government in New York City was so transparent that they knew every single thing I did almost every time I did it. ... I can't think of a public figure that's had a more transparent life than I've had." ... But the public record, as reviewed by The Associated Press, shows a City Hall that had a reputation of resistance – even hostility – toward open government, the First Amendment and the public's access to simple facts and figures.&rdquo;   