What the hell kind of government are we stuck with here any way?

‘ELIOT’S BULLY’ MADE THREAT: INSIDER

A TOP aide to Gov. Spitzer in volved in the Dirty Tricks Scandal angrily threatened to “professionally kill” a top utility executive for opposing the governor’s energy policies, sources have told The Post.

Spitzer Policy Director Peter Pope said he was “going to kill” Gavin Donohue, the head of the Independent Power Producers of New York, an association of private energy companies, in a bitter clash early last summer over the governor’s efforts to block the construction of nuclear-power plants and more than two “clean coal” plants in the state, the sources said.

“He was really threatening Gavin. It was unbelievable. It was shocking,” said one of the state’s best-known lobbyists.

“Pope was screaming and threatening to get him fired with his bosses and jabbing his finger in Donohue’s face,” added another source, who claimed Pope had also threatened several lobbyists over policy disagreements.

“He was yelling at Gavin, ‘You’re working against us! You’re trying to hurt us! You have to pressure [Senate Majority Leader Joseph] Bruno to get with us on this!’

“When Gavin tried to explain why he opposed the governor’s plan, Pope said he didn’t want to know about the substance of the issue. He just wanted to close down [pass] the governor’s bill,” the source continued.

Donohue, former deputy chief of staff to Gov. George Pataki and a one-time state Environmental Conservation Department executive deputy commissioner, wasn’t intimidated by the confrontation, telling associates, “I told Pope, in so many words, to go f - - - himself.”

“I have never been treated so unprofessionally in my whole life,” he told associates.

Donohue kept detailed, written notes of the clash, one associate said. Contacted by The Post, Donohue said he’d had “intense negotiations” with Pope.

But when asked whether he had been threatened, he responded, “I have no comment.”
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