Posted on 06/16/2009 7:31:19 PM PDT by Steelfish
Congressmans wife snarled in bribe probe
Detroit councilwoman caught in scandal over sludge contract payoffs
DETROIT - City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of a prominent congressman, sought political support from Baptist pastors and prayers from constituents Tuesday as her re-election bid collided with a corruption probe involving cash bribes handed over in fast-food parking lots.
A person told The Associated Press that Conyers is the "Council Member A" listed in a court document as receiving more than $6,000 for her fall 2007 vote on a multimillion-dollar sludge contract.
She has not been charged. The information comes from a person with knowledge of the investigation who asked not to be named because the person was not authorized to speak publicly.
No suggestion has been made that Conyers' husband, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has any role in the investigation and it appears unlikely to dent his nearly 45-year political career.
In Washington, he said he hadn't talked to his wife Tuesday and wasn't aware of any discussions with prosecutors.
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Unless these are new charges, this woman was implicated months ago and the silence has been deafening. I suppose her husband has his hands full trying to bring charges against the Bush Administration to tend to his wife’s needs.
This is the stupid cow’s latest statement, made on her radio show (no, I’m not kidding) this afternoon:
“I just want to say that first and foremost publicly that I am a child of God. And that all these things that are going on right now that I believe in my heart that God will deliver me from them. And so I say to all of the people out there if youre not praying for me, then youre just adding to the problem. And I would just respectfully ask that you keep your comments to yourselves and if youre going to speak about someone, speak the truth. If you dont have the truth to say, then keep your comments to yourself. You cant comment on me, my husband or my family because you dont know us. And for those of you who do know us, you know how to speak appropriately about us. And so I just say for all of you who have kept me in your prayers, who continue to lift me up in Jesus name every day, I just want to say thank you.
The Democrats Culture of Corruption.
I have to laugh when pious frauds like Jesse Jackson accuse Republicans of corruption.
When you see the word Detroit, and anything political, you know what you’ve got, what party, whatever. Scumbags?
“so when sarah palins daughter get pregnant its her fault...but when a DEMOCRATIC senators WIFE is bribing..its no problem...liberals!!!!!”
Just a minor edit there;))
No sense getting worked up over democrat corruption.They know damn well nothing EVER happens to them.N-O-T-H-I-N-G!!
Is this the woman who wears a tiara to council meetings?
Just watched an episode of LIFE AFTER PEOPLE. When it to the point of forty year they showed places in Detroit that have already been abandoned for forty years. Most of the intelligent people started getting out a few decades back and the city has continued to decay.
On another note about the show, it showed what would happen to the GM sky rise. I thought how ironic it is that when the concept of this show was first realized the producers didn’t know they would be filming actual property and not have to us CG.
Real high class representation for the City of Detroit. I was born and raised in the western suburbs of the city and it just seems to get worse and worse. Here’s MonCon in fine form.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZQLxVO-qjM
Monica Conyers
Anyway, she announced that she is not running for re-election.
Oh, I'm sure there are, but they don't talk about ethics, like Republicans do. So their reasoning is that when one of theirs violates ethics codes, he's not to be criticized, because he's not being a hypocrite, which is, of course, the bigger failure than violating ethics codes.
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