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City Councilmen Get Grand Jury Subpoenas (FBI Interested in Two More Memphis Officials)
The Memphis Commercial Appeal ^ | December 8, 2006 | Staff

Posted on 12/09/2006 6:12:24 AM PST by mcg2000

Memphis, Tenn. (WHBQ)- Even before the ink dried on the last criminal complaint, two more Memphis City Council members have an appointment with the law. The two council members were subpoenaed by a federal grand jury Friday afternoon, eight days after two other councilmen were accused of bribery.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 600wrec; bluffcity; bribery; citycouncil; corruption; dems; elections; fordfamily; libs; memphis; tennesseewaltz
Both Dems ...

Barbara Swearingan Holt (pictured with Edmund Ford)


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1 posted on 12/09/2006 6:12:29 AM PST by mcg2000
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To: mcg2000

Isn't Barbara getting a promotion to some real city job, or do I have here mixed up with someone else?


2 posted on 12/09/2006 6:16:24 AM PST by Coldwater Creek (The TERRORIST are the ones who won the midterm elections!)
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To: mcg2000

After the Feds are done cleaning up Memphis I wish they would tackle Philly corruption.


4 posted on 12/09/2006 6:20:39 AM PST by NEPA
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To: mariabush

Not sure?


5 posted on 12/09/2006 6:24:35 AM PST by mcg2000 (New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad on The Red Cross.)
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters

The interesting thing about her crying? She gave that speech the day two other councilman were arrested for accepting bribes - she knew there was trouble heading her way.


6 posted on 12/09/2006 6:25:41 AM PST by mcg2000 (New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad on The Red Cross.)
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To: NEPA

ha! Memphis is built on corruption, that's true, but Philly! Now that's too big for even the Feds to take on.


7 posted on 12/09/2006 6:29:54 AM PST by Shimmer128 ( My beloved is mine and I am his. Song of Solomon 2:16)
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To: NEPA

Not enough days in your lifetime. Memphis has always had corrupt politics.


9 posted on 12/09/2006 6:31:59 AM PST by Coldwater Creek (The TERRORIST are the ones who won the midterm elections!)
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To: mcg2000

They are a stupid lot on the city council, they let ford vote on his own censure! What dufus's.


10 posted on 12/10/2006 4:54:35 AM PST by GailA (Proud to admit I'm a quilt-a-holic.)
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