How does Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz spend $6,000 of campaign cash? On Jacques Torres fine chocolates, of course. The NY Post reports that Marty, who is running for re-election this year, laid down all that dough for "staff gifts and gift bags" in December 2007. One watchdog group told the paper that the spending "illustrates yet again the laxity of oversight and guidance the New York law provides for what is and is not an appropriate campaign expense"—but the BBP says: "not a single penny of public funds was used to purchase them." Maybe Marty should get the Brooklyn shop to make chocolate-molded Marty pops for his campaign season.