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Jersey City politician pleads guilty to extortion (dem-o-rat)
The Examiner ^ | 10-14-09 | Jim Kouri

Posted on 10/14/2009 4:59:53 PM PDT by dynachrome

At her plea hearing, Webb-Washington, a self-described housing activist serving as head of the Webb-Washington Community Development Corporation, admitted that between March 2009 and May 2009, while seeking to win a seat on the Jersey City council, she accepted three corrupt cash payments totaling $15,000 from a cooperating witness.

Webb-Washington admitted that the payments were in exchange for her exercising her future official assistance, as an anticipated member of the city council. Webb- Washington agreed that she would use her future city council position to assist the cooperating witness in obtaining certain development approvals for a purported development project on Garfield Avenue in Jersey City, in return for the bribe payments. Webb-Washington further admitted that she had agreed to accept an additional corrupt cash payment from the cooperating witness after the election.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: activist; corruption; demorat
Another "community activist"
1 posted on 10/14/2009 4:59:53 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

And no mention of her party affiliation either? Typical.


2 posted on 10/14/2009 5:09:47 PM PDT by Mmogamer (<This space for lease>)
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To: dynachrome
"Webb-Washington, a self-described housing activist serving as head of the Webb-Washington Community Development Corporation, admitted that between March 2009 and May 2009, while seeking to win a seat on the Jersey City council, she accepted three corrupt cash payments totaling $15,000 from a cooperating witness."

Surely a Republican. No?

3 posted on 10/14/2009 5:14:04 PM PDT by YHAOS
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To: YHAOS

Acorn nuts don’t fall far from the tree.


4 posted on 10/14/2009 5:15:51 PM PDT by dynachrome (I am Jim Thompson!)
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To: Clemenza

*ping*


5 posted on 10/14/2009 5:33:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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