The Occasional Observer

From Gordon Taylor at RedState:

The beaut-iful girl on the left is none other then Diane Dixon, Olymipic medal winner in the 1984 and 1988 summer Olympics. According to Ms. Dixon, Lt. Gov. Paterson got her a nice paying gig with the NYC Department of Education. Here is how she tells it...

“I’m a single mom with a child. I need this job,” said Dixon, who grew up on Carroll Street in Crown Heights and won medals in the 4×400-meter relay at the 1984 games in Los Angeles and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Dixon, 43, said Paterson, 53, was “mostly responsible” for getting her a badly needed job earlier this month with the city Department of Education in Crown Heights’ District 17.

Apparently they have been having an affair that lasted at least until this past summer, well beyond what Paterson says.

Read the rest of the post here.