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Under scrutiny, Atlantic City mayor disappears
Associated Press ^
| 10-5-2007
| AP
Posted on 10/05/2007 4:13:46 PM PDT by Westlander
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Under federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam, a groggy-sounding Mayor Robert Levy called in sick at City Hall, climbed into his city-issued Dodge Durango and seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth.
The mystery and the gathering scandal over Levy’s military record have worried civic leaders in this seaside casino resort, which has a long history of corruption, with four of the last eight mayors busted on graft charges and one-third of last year’s nine-member City Council in prison or under house arrest.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: atlanticcity; corruptdems; disappears; mayor; missing; robertlevy; stolenvalor
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Your government at work.
To: Westlander
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:25:15 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: Westlander
>Mayor Robert Levy called in sick at City Hall, climbed into his city-issued Dodge Durango and seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth.
Is this guy still stuck in junior high or what?
Why doesn’t he just say that his dog ate his service records?
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:26:36 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(The 10 most important words for change: "If it is to be, it is up to me")
To: Westlander
Wierd. Best quote in there “Atlantic City is doing fine without a Mayor.”
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:27:37 PM PDT
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
To: Westlander
Did they look in Congressman Jeffersons “cold cash” fridge yet?
To: Westlander
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:31:35 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
To: Westlander
Oh, well, they can easily get another. It’s not like there’s a shortage of sleazy characters in NJ.
To: Westlander
Cloaking device? UFOs?
Wish he'd taken about half the federal gov't with him
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:46:13 PM PDT
by
ninonitti
To: proxy_user
God....I hate Atlantic City Casino’s. Anyone who goes to Vegas even once will never want to go to a A.C casino ever again. Another thing about the place. Never leave the boardwalk. Go a block behind the casino’s after dark and you are practically commiting suicide. The city is a blighted dump.
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:48:27 PM PDT
by
Bogtrotter52
(Reading DU daily so you won't hafta)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Kind of has that 70’s porn star look to him in the photo.
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:51:44 PM PDT
by
rineaux
(Just say NO to taglines)
To: rineaux
Yeah, Harry Reems.
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:54:09 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
To: Old Sarge
Sarge, I live about 20 miles from AC.
Although he embellished his record of being in the Green Beret, his medals are legit.
He was a life guard for years prior to becoming the mayor.
I got a feeling he might have taken his life.
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posted on
10/05/2007 4:54:21 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: mware
What do the locals speculate? Anything happening?
Keep your ear to the rails.
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:33:14 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: mware
I got a feeling he might have taken his life.I'm afraid that you may be right.
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:35:35 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: Old Sarge
One of my colleagues was a life guard with him.
My FRiend is a pretty strong republican, and he had a very high opinion of him as a man and FRiend.
I'll see what he thinks when I go back to work on Monday.
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:36:51 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: Old Sarge
Sarge what I don't get is that this is an old story. I remember reading about this during the last school year. My FRiend and I discussed the fact that he embellished his record as a member of the Green Beret.
Why wait until now to go take off?
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:39:32 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: mware
Somehow, I don’t think we’ll know in time.
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:40:43 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: mware
I got a feeling he might have taken his life.It is also possible he had the goods on some of the mobster types around those parts, and they didn't want him plea bargaining them into the slammer. People who have that kind of problem oftimes are discovered buried in a pit of quicklime.
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:45:08 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(IF TREASON IS THE QUESTION, THEN MOVEON.ORG IS THE ANSWER!)
To: Old Sarge
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:45:21 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
It’s possible Lucius. Sad because he had an honorable record in the military. He didn’t need to claim being a Green Beret.
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:47:20 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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