Posted on 10/28/2008 8:54:39 AM PDT by 6SJ7
State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested this morning after an 18-month undercover investigation by Boston police and the FBI in which she allegedly accepted eight bribes worth $23,500.
The 15-year Democratic lawmaker allegedly accepted cash payoffs that ranged from $500 to $10,000 to help a nightclub secure a liquor license and to assist a private developer who wanted to build on state land. Wilkerson allegedly tried to influence legislation in the state Senate as recently as last week to help the developer in the Crosstown section of Roxbury, near the intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue.
The probe included one confidential informant and at least two undercover FBI agents. Investigators made audio and video recordings and took still photographs of Wilkerson allegedly accepting cash payoffs starting in June 2007 and continuing through this month.
One series of photographs displayed by federal authorities at a press conference this morning show Wilkerson allegedly stuffing a $1,000 payoff into her bra during a meeting with an informant at No. 9 Park restaurant that was surreptitiously recorded with audio and video. The 10, $100 bills were not in an envelope and clearly visible in the photograph dated June 18, 2007.
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Anyone who wants to see what an Obama administration would look like only need look to the Patrick administration with its bloated budget—up about $3.20 billion—which turned a $0.30 billion surplus inherited from Governor Romney into at least a $1.20 billion single year budget deficit. And Patrick’s surrogates are blaming? You guessed it, George Bush, Mitt Romney, anyone but themselves!
Anyone who wants to see what an Obama administration would look like only need look to the Patrick administration with its bloated budget—up about $3.20 billion—which turned a $0.30 billion surplus inherited from Governor Romney into at least a $1.20 billion single year budget deficit. And Patrick’s surrogates are blaming? You guessed it, George Bush, Mitt Romney, anyone but themselves!
Congrats on escaping MA. I envy you. I would only add Texas to your fine list of states, that is where I want to move to. As soon as the housing market recovers to a point where I can break even I am out of here.
BTW where did you move to ?
I think her son got a “make work” job with the state as well.
From Messachusetts and a Dim-o-crat. Not surprising. She might have been a better running-mate for Obuma than Biden!
Come on down, the weathers great! Austin would be nice if you like the city and you could offset some of the Kalifornia lefties.
st Augustine in north florida
here we have no state tax, 2nd amendment is observed, the castle law is great and I think only TX is the same with that law.
We have the homosexual amendment on the ballot but that will be very close here in Florida, all in all we know our votes will count.
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we need to get 60% of the vote unlike CA which only needs 50%, if it were 50% here then it would pass but latest polls show 57% in favor of us right now .
She jus’ dedistributin’ the wealfh. To herself.
Middlesex Register of Probate and former Mayor of Sommerville (pronounced "slummerville") caught on hidden surveillance camera looting the coin operated copying machine after hours, recently.
Paul Revere rode out to "spread the alarm to every Middlesex village and farm." The government of Middlesex County is older than the United States, has one of the most wealthy populations of any county in the United States and went bankrupt about five years ago. Go figger.
I live up here, and just watched the evening news for a few minutes while they discussed this. They interviewed several people who said on camera that this was a politically motivated operation because it occurred a week before the election.
You can guess who those people are going to vote for.
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