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Turner released on $50K bond in bribery case... Another Massachusetts Democrat caught by FBI
The Boston Herald ^ | November 21, 2008 | Jessica Fargen & Hillary Chabot

Posted on 11/21/2008 1:03:18 PM PST by Boardwalk

City Councilor Chuck Turner has been set free on $50,000 bond after facing charges in a Worcester federal court today alleging he accepted a $1,000 cash bribe to help secure a liquor license for a Roxbury nightclub.

Turner had no questions as federal Magistrate Judge Timothy Hillman presided over the proceedings before a packed court of supporters of the Roxbury politician.

"We love you. Yes we do," shouted one supporter at the close of the brief session.

Turner’s arrest is in connection with the expanding federal case against disgraced state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, who was indicted this week on charges that she accepted $23,500 in cash bribes to help the Dejavu club secure the same liquor license, which was to be located in Turner and Wilkerson’s districts.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; corruption; ma2008
He is quoted as saying that 90% of polititians are corrupt and only 10% of us are not.

I guess we have to make that 91% now!

1 posted on 11/21/2008 1:03:19 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk

From what I hear he actually belongs to Green party, but regardless, he is no Republican./


2 posted on 11/21/2008 1:07:41 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Boardwalk

Too bad this is happening just now..........it will fade away under the Obama Administration, imho.


3 posted on 11/21/2008 1:07:55 PM PST by Sparky1776
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Gonna be many more indictments coming too.

Really.....do your corruption CAREFULLY....don't just take cash from "some guy"...


4 posted on 11/21/2008 1:08:38 PM PST by ElectricStrawberry (1/27th Infantry Wolfhounds...cut in half during the Clinton years.)
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To: raccoonradio

Green Rainbow party...

http://green-rainbow.org/PressReleases/20070925_turner_prelimelect_results.html

>>Chuck Turner, incumbent Boston City Councillor and Green-Rainbow Party member, won 75% of the vote in the District 7 preliminary election held September 25. He received 1,476 of 1,949 votes cast.


5 posted on 11/21/2008 1:08:52 PM PST by raccoonradio
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Given what he’s accepting, he really does belong to the Green party. GREENbacks!


6 posted on 11/21/2008 1:09:38 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Sparky1776

He’s the guy who called a press conference to allege our troops were raping women in Iraq and claimed he had proof. Turned out all he had were stills from an Eastern European porn site with people dressed up in fatigues.


7 posted on 11/21/2008 1:11:48 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: raccoonradio

We in Massachusetts are trying to figure out if he is stuffing it in his man bra?


8 posted on 11/21/2008 1:12:44 PM PST by Boardwalk
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It’s Mass—what did you expect?


9 posted on 11/21/2008 1:13:08 PM PST by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: OCCASparky

Massachusetts is the role model for what the rest of the country will be when Obama swears in. Mass is run by democrats.

We are so screwed!


10 posted on 11/21/2008 1:14:51 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk

Chuck Turner

11 posted on 11/21/2008 1:36:44 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Boardwalk

I think the dirty rotten bastard is lying.
I’ve asked folks from around the world what they think of politicians from where they come from.
Every person I’ve asked from: Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, France, Germany, Rumania, Russia, India,Pakistan,Japan,Korea, Etc. Etc. all say they ALL ARE CROOKS.
90% aren’t crooks. They all are crooks.


12 posted on 11/21/2008 2:04:16 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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