Posted on 01/26/2015 9:05:43 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
No words exist to fully describe the abject wickedness which has consumed Albany, NY as it fails in its sworn duty to protect and honor the public trust! “It is a cesspool unworthy of respect or trust and now stands naked in disgrace,” says NY POST editorial writer Michael Goodwin. (1) The “three-men-in-a-room” scenario of Governor, State Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the State House has ruled for decades, often in total disregard of legislators and ordinary constituents.
But one man and one man alone in that room ruled New York, both state and city. His fiefdom of pay-to-play, show-me-the-money alleged foul play makes Sheldon “Shelly” Silver the guy who has pocketed millions from alleged scams so convoluted that trying to trace their rabbit warrens of corruption can become a near exercise in futility.
And now, this man must face the law’s sour notes in a five count, FBI indictment alleging four million dollars in bribe taking, influence pedaling, fraud, and misuse of honest service. Speaker of the New York House Sheldon Silver, “… monetized public office,” says Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara who heads up an 11 year investigation now bearing fruit. (2) From taxpayer money passing palms for whale watching in an upstate NY lake to thousands of lobbying dollars pouring in from Big Booze, Big Oil, Big Union, Big Real Estate, Big Pharma or Big whatever, if you did business in the world’s trade capital, you paid THE MAN or you didn’t play. “He would make money orders and just ask us to put our name on it,” said one woman who was part of the vast array of faceless shell givers who let their names be used for political gain. (3) And why did Governor Cuomo shut down his own investigation of corrupt politicians...
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
Is there a website devoted to chronicling the daily arrests of democRAT politicians?
New York corruption predated Chicago’s.
“Tammany Hall” and Boss Tweed.
I wonder how long it will take for this avalanche of excrement to dump on Son of Mario, the Pious? Couldn't happen to a worse guy.
From your pen to God's eyes !!!
Bump.
Doesn’t Hillary live up there?
Doesn’t Hillary live up there?
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