Liz Benjamin reports that the Doe Fund, a nonprofit organization that is prohibited by their 501(c)3 status from engaging in political activities (such as supporting the mayor's power grab), may have been engaging in political ... well, you get the idea.

Putting two and two together, it is now obvious that the 50-60 people who filled the front rows at the term limits hearing on Thursday were Doe Fund people whom Mayor Bloomberg paid to sit there, holding preprinted signs, and claiming (as several did when I asked what group they belonged to) that they were only there as individuals.

This being the case, the leaders of the Doe Fund, especially President George McDonald, should be fired, and Mayor Bloomberg's activities should be investigated for possible criminal and conflict of interest violations.

I can only hope that Daily News reporters who have begun looking into this scandal finish the job, rather than giving up because it's not easy to get the facts.