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Former San Diego mayor (party unknown) acknowledges using charity for gambling, losing $1 billion
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/14/16964847-former-san-diego-mayor-acknowledges-using-charit ^ | Andrew Rafferty

Posted on 02/14/2013 5:24:25 PM PST by dead

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To: dead

One reason that I don’t commit crimes is because I could only commit little ones, which guarantees that I would do hard time and be punished hardcore.


21 posted on 02/14/2013 6:08:02 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is a longtime supporter of homosexualizing the Boy Scouts (and the military).)
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To: dead

She’s a liberal democRAT. But I’m surprised NBC didn’t say she was a Republican.


22 posted on 02/14/2013 6:29:16 PM PST by South40
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To: dead

My my my. California elects every Democrat they can in the last election, but they don’t legalize marijuana? And we have all these Democrat women who can’t seem to keep track of billions of dollars? Wonder if that money came from the drug trade to elect Democrats.


23 posted on 02/14/2013 6:29:27 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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O’Connor was the Democratic leader of California’s second-largest city from 1986 to 1992. The two-term mayor was elected San Diego’s first female leader after eight years on the City Council. She was married to Robert O. Peterson, founder of the Jack-In-The-Box restaurant chain.


24 posted on 02/14/2013 6:38:38 PM PST by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (The)
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To: dead

Her attorney should be jailed for being a dumb ass liar. No way could she have won and lost a billion dollars playing video poker. Even in this age of a trillion dollars, a billion dollars is a huge amount. Plus, it is statistically impossible to win one billion dollars or something far less playing video poker. The video machines are set for the casino to have a small edge which over time gives the casino its profits. One person playing for a long time has to end up losing to the house.

As a former resident of SD, I and every resident know that Maureen is a Democrat. As like just about all county and city elected positions in California are non-partisan, although in recent years that has turned into a joke as the Dem Party began pouring money into these non-partisan elections.


25 posted on 02/14/2013 6:50:00 PM PST by CdMGuy
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I asked this on another thread. That's 125 million per year for 8 years.

I don't care how GOOD you are at video poker, NOBODY goes up by that amount. Even doubling per turn.

Hell, even the blackjack card counters don't ever get that lucky.

Once they hit a certain level, the pit boss "politely" asks the patron to leave.

If you're a "whale", and keep losing, great. You get treated as a king, with comped suites and food/drink.

There must be a zero missing from this story. Maybe a couple.

This doesn't happen in the real world.

26 posted on 02/14/2013 7:03:56 PM PST by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks dead.


27 posted on 02/14/2013 7:56:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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Why isn’t she in jail?


28 posted on 02/14/2013 9:40:18 PM PST by Rodney Dangerfield ("Lean Forward" = "Bend Over")
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Remember when private citizen Bill Bennett lost $800K gambling?

It was stop the presses news.

But he's a republican, and it was his own money. So of course, round the clock coverage.

A democrat elected official STEALS 2 million dollars from charity to gamble and all we hear is crickets from the MSM.

29 posted on 02/14/2013 11:25:43 PM PST by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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You're being completely unfair to Obama. He wasn't a crackhead, he snorted powder cocaine.

Geez, people, don't make such terrible accusations against our President.

Dope fiend and cocaine abuser. That's all.

Crackhead? Such disrespect to our drug abusing leader.

Well I never...

30 posted on 02/14/2013 11:33:04 PM PST by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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To: dead

This reminds me of a ridiculous, legendary incident in Reading, PA in the mid 1960’s. The mayor was convicted and sent to prison for selling the city’s snow plows, and using the proceeds to pay his gambling debts.


31 posted on 02/15/2013 3:54:17 AM PST by Daveinyork (."Trusting government with power and money is like trusting teenaged boys with whiskey and car keys,)
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(attorney) Iredale said his client won more than $1 billion

That's almost $350 thousand per day. Does not pass the smell test. Either that's a typo or a mis-speak or they're trying to cover up money laundering, too.

32 posted on 02/15/2013 4:00:48 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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