Posted on 10/13/2008 5:15:49 PM PDT by DocT111
West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress who worked on his staff and was threatening to sue him, according to current and former members of his staff who have been briefed on the settlement, which involved Mahoney and his campaign committee.
Mahoney, who is married, also promised the woman, Patricia Allen, a $50,000 a year job for two years at the agency that handles his campaign advertising, the staffers said.
A Mahoney spokesperson would not answer questions about the alleged affair or the settlement, but said Allen resigned of her own accord and "has not received any special payment from campaign funds."
Senior Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives, including Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), the chair of the Democratic Caucus, have been working with Mahoney to keep the matter from hurting his re-election campaign, the Mahoney staffers said.
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In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Congressman’s $121,000 Payoff to Alleged Mistress , Thebaddog wrote:
“You work at my pleasure” says the congressman to his mistress. Interesting choice of words. And she was upset that he was cheating on her with another mistress. Whadda guy.
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Apparently, she didn’t work hard enough:)
Imus just paid the tape of this tool’s conversations with the mistress. He’s a first class jerk. If he were a Republican, this would be all over the place.
Is the audio online anywhere?
Gotta be by now. Try Imustimes.com
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