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Democrat L.A. City Council Member Indicted by Feds for Bribery
Breitbart ^ | 10/13/2021 | Joel B Pollack

Posted on 10/14/2021 5:52:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Los Angeles City Council member Mark Ridley-Thomas, a prominent Democrat, was indicted by federal prosecutors on Wednesday in a complex bribery scheme that allegedly involved Marilyn Louise Flynn, the former dean of the USC School of Social Work.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blacksupremacy; bribery; council; democract; losangeles
This means no jail time and a seat in congress one day correct?
1 posted on 10/14/2021 5:52:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes. Correct. Maybe a future judgeship or VP of Chinese lobbying firm after congress.


2 posted on 10/14/2021 5:55:04 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No, it means he has fallen out of favor with the democrat Syndicate.


3 posted on 10/14/2021 5:57:06 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
So a government university has to bribery an elected city council member to get anything done. What is a private citizen to do if they need something like a permit to build a house? Great government you have there, wonder if you are going to keep it?

Oh I did not read where the university person was arrested for bribery! It takes two you know! Only one is called embezzlement.

4 posted on 10/14/2021 6:19:56 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

School of Social Work.?? We’re dead, stick a fork in us.... And bribery you say.? Shoot, there isn’t anywhere in our government that’s not awash in bribery.. From the white house down..! As someone once said, (Will Rogers?) We have the best government that money can buy.... :(


5 posted on 10/14/2021 6:55:41 AM PDT by unread (Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities - Voltaire)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
He definitely won't get the same treatment that cheaters like Lori Laughlin and this real estate developer:

A former real estate and title insurance executive has received the longest prison sentence in the college admissions scandal so far.

On Wednesday morning, a California judge sentenced Toby MacFarlane, a former senior executive at WFG National Title Insurance Company, to six months in prison for paying $450,000 to get his son and daughter into the University of Southern California as fake athletic recruits.

Ridley-Thomas will make the rounds on BET talk shows and black churches asking for forgiveness and redemption - and he'll get it.

6 posted on 10/14/2021 6:58:16 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Lockbox

“What is a private citizen to do if they need something like a permit to build a house?”

Kind of like Mexico?


7 posted on 10/14/2021 7:28:42 AM PDT by dljordan (Slouching towards Woketopia)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m shocked!

(That this long-time Democrat hack was actually charged with something)


8 posted on 10/14/2021 7:32:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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You’re right, you don’t just import persons from another country you also import their believes......


9 posted on 10/14/2021 7:42:43 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A Democrat arrested? He must be out of favor with the Party! Is he not Marxist enough? 🤓


10 posted on 10/14/2021 8:55:02 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention)
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To: Deplorable American1776

Somebody with the proper “connections” wants the City Council seat.


11 posted on 10/14/2021 8:57:28 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
... and a mechanism to funnel Ridley-Thomas campaign funds through the university to a non-profit to be operated by the relative.

It's time to end tax write offs for 'nonprofits' and 'foundations'... 99% of them are commie or corrupt.

12 posted on 10/14/2021 9:15:44 AM PDT by GOPJ (Military suicide deaths last year: 580- By COVID:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Not the first time Mark Ridley-Thomas been in question he’s had his hand the till for years.


13 posted on 10/14/2021 9:54:48 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

First thing he did was try to upgrade his office.

L.A. County supervisors order review of $700,000 office renovation
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-22-la-me-ridley-thomas23-2009dec23-story.html


14 posted on 10/14/2021 11:03:16 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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