Posted on 02/15/2005 9:26:55 AM PST by NormsRevenge
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The son of a Los Angeles-area congresswoman was sentenced to 41 months in prison for an extortion scheme involving municipal contracts in the city of Carson.
R. Keith McDonald, 41, a former president of the West Basin Municipal Water District board, was convicted in October of receiving kickbacks and paying off three Carson City Council members for their support of a $6 million public bus service contract.
McDonald and his mother, Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Torrance, asked for leniency, with the congresswoman writing in a letter to the court that her son was in an "unfortunate situation" and "is confronted with many challenges right now."
But U.S. District Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler said in court Monday that a lesser sentence "would not be reflective of the seriousness of this offense."
McDonald was convicted of 10 counts including soliciting a $50,000 contribution to his state Assembly campaign to back an expanded political consulting contract.
McDonald, whose attorney said he would appeal, became the 12th person to be convicted in a federal investigation of political corruption in Carson, a city of 88,000 residents in south Los Angeles County.
WHAM! BAM!
Another DIMORAT
In the CAN!
Oops.
That should be.
WHAM! BAM!
Another DIMORAT
In the SLAM!
Another fine Demo-Rat makes the headlines...they really do represent the LOWER HALF of our society. Of course, if it had been a Repub, it would have occupied the first four pages of every MSM toilet-rag for months!
Hot diggity, they're dropping like flies today!
LOL!
And the HITS just keep on coming.
2004/2005 just ain't so hot for the libturd population.
SCHADENFREUDE!
Has any lawyer for a convicted client ever said he wouldn't appeal?
appeal = more money!
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